The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-09-04
ssThe.erisis and the Remedy.

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The following editorial article
was published in the New York
ssHerald of Thursday last. 1T will
be observed that the removal Of
Sheridan is sustaining as eonstituS
tionaf and legal aud that Ma: J ohm:
son is, called on to:eheeks the wave
Of radicalism &c, .sx-, ,sj1.. -: -
oger:thirty millions of people
Ito besruled by P Ptritanism and the
'negroA This is the result of four
years of terrible war; the sacrifice.
sef stWe.&hundred It thousaad lives;
;the.sinkiag of national IN orality5;
the wreckng Of 7eonamercea the
ruin of our agrieultaral interests ;
the imposing upon our country. a
debt :ef, three thousand mliionsef
4delfars.sseThe hes mad &&rekofa tio nary.
selementstbatS blind y arges the na-:
zion tesrain sfsiiit continue its race.
go haltt is death to hem ); and. yet
they must be. halted Trael :to.
their IDEAS, and true to- revolution
sary rules stheySbegip now to- ap&
preach rtheEsseeendaph in the
eyerthrew:. .e;of all geyernm ment.,
Heretofore they, have followed a
single idea TO It's widest teextnemes;z
they now reduce themselTesto up7S
hold men Instead of principles
They now strike the name'ef sher:,
:iman asths 4oudest note upon their
political harp, and would make
the, country believe: that the trans.
fer of that officer ito other duties
is an assaults upon them. In the
transfer of Sheridan we see snoth=
ing. outside Of. he3simpleE military
right which exists IN the hands Of;
the President to- carry soat The du@
.ty. .devolving upon him as Com
mander.m-C Chief: Of. our army and
Executive @of the nation. IF be.
thinks thata change Of officers is.
desirable in any command, be is.
acting properly IN making that
sehsnge. General Grant, as a$sel-
s.diier, shows his good senseHin obey
Ing the order ito assign Sheridan
to other duty It alters no law
that Congress has made and affects
no prineipleeof reconstruction, as
iis is proven sby~-Grantss order TO.
Thomas, which is virtually a SIM
pie change of-executives to carry
out the same general plan. The
relative merits of Thomas and
Sheridan to- fill the position are
scarcely worth arguing. Sheridan
is a bold, dashing soldier, with a
'statesmanlike mind that leaps to
a conclusion and an exercise of
rigid justice. What is overturned
in the leap sometimes wounds
when the sensibil;ties are keen.
Thomas, comprehensive and great
in solid military genius, moves
slower, but with not less Of GER
tainty and justice but in his
exercise of power he will wound
less than the brilliant cavalry of.
fcer who has-frst ON the field,
and next in the most difficult of
the FIVE Military Reconstruction
Observation-Disclosures our admira-
ton. The country loses nothing
in the change the law is not al
tered; reconstruction goes on as
before and in the same channel.
The removal Of Sheridan will
perhaps elevates him. 1t almost
places a Presidential nomination
in his grasp. The great Radical
element. Of the country, looking
for an,exponent Of it's will, may
turn to Sheridan. General Grant,
who feels somewhat disposed to
remain in a position which makes
him the focus of power, will throw
his influence in the scale of his
favorite. The reconstruction prob
lem, however in it's present phase,
is bringing daily new elements to
the surface; and until we know It