The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-14
pres..en. ..onnson in the present Crisis.

GFT0nt Vs NeD l0rE Hsfdfu OC%o"" 'f
golden opportunity is now before i5osl.ei' ".i''
Johnson to make himself the undsputet. n,,ls.ei "
of the political situation, and his adlhihlsiui'
positive power III the land. II nc mas any Pt'i. !i
: anv 50 gacity, any clearness of vision N PefIen n
| the advantages OF his present posltioii, ne ".i
readily understand what Is required oi nun ~
reach these advantages and to turn them to Soou
| account The great Central States, through tie
| voices of PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio, have spoken OH
| this radical ultimatum Of universalreero suinage
| and negro supremacy, and II mas tiuS ~Dotoii IN
manifest to all eyes that We al on inc Neite ~ @
of the greatest Of revolutions IN the snais ol oui
political parties. Nlr. johnson may no" 10 neOil !
10 give cohesion and direction to this new
| of public opinion and complete recohstIMuet,1oi rue ~
OF his Cabinet is the first essential 10 meet Tue Ut
| mands of this crisis. o,,i
In beginning a new administration With an oid
cabinet Mr. johnson undertook very dlhcuit
task but in attempting from time 10 tllie 70 aoa '
this old cabinet to neM order OF thlngs,py patcH
ing patch here and patch there, IL was t1,e
abor lost and experiment not Only prohtles,s'
bnt so fruitful OF disasters that he may be thank
ful it has not cost him his ohclai heao' pu. -
in an official sense, he has escaped the lasI MS M
fortune of Charles the First OF LOUIS .lie io
teenth it is because his mistakes nave sel'cu .ie
nurnoses Of his adyers 1ries and they have profit
al by them Now with their own heavy DuuSet
of biunders, condemned by the popular voice n ol
the Northern States rs far as they nave
themselves, Mr. johnson may turn the taDles upon
his name, his policy and his administrator wan m
the great majority of the loyal masses oil 'he
LOYAL North. ,;,,.
10 this end he needs new Cabinet, beglnnna
With the State Department. hetlreMeht Mouiu no o
now be an act OF cruelty to Mr. Seward, but All act
OF kindness He has outlived his day.ol lselui-
ness i'll public life, Pc belongs to All age ana gen
Grafton, to political system OF doghlas anu uea5
that have passed away The best that MS iaithiui
good man Fridsy can now do Tor him Is 10 SlorilN
tb. M Mrs Lincoln. ana III nCHll
and scandalous tatle about her little bills as ady
of the White House. To get rid, therefore o, tiie
master in order to be relieved OF his man. %"uiu
be of itself good move on the part OF the Presi-
dent but much higher and larger considerations
call imperiously for new Secretary oil state.
The same broud and general reasons, TO greater
or less extent apply to all the other members OF te
existing Cabinet, including old MI eiiGs ahu III nis
ring OF spollsmen under the care OF MIR, FOX we
understand that Mr. Johnson has been meditatnG
for some time past upon such stroke oi PoIcs
and il has been ntlmated TO US from We'll luIorieu
sources at Washington that he WILL IN all pfopa-
biity, under the announcements OF tiese t,.e a.e
elections proceed without further delay to active
measures Let him do so; but let hini, IN tie re-
construction of his Cabinet against the implacaole
Radicals be careful to avoid the other extreme OF
incurabe Copperheads. He wants no such oihcia
advisers about HIM as either OF the two Seymours,
on the two Woods. or Mayor Hoffman, Voorhees, OF
V.llandighem. Such dead weights would. soon
sink Mr. johnson beyond the reach OF reSnrrec-
tion He wants men thoroughly identincn Witn
the Union cause in the war-men OF whom the
loval masses OF the North are justly proud ana
vet men who t. not committed TO the revolution
alv schemes OF Gadica iauaticsm--not VISIONARY,
bnt clear-headed men-such- men, II you please,
al Grant Thomas, Sheridan, Hancock, tarraSut
and Porter.
In the intermediate course thus sn8g, : al Mr.
Johnson max now do great work in tusihg the
conservative Union men OF both parties INTO the
victorious party Of 1885, leaving Northern radicals,
fanatics and oopperheads and all the disturbing
factions of the day. North and South, high and
,ry like the drft-wood left on 10th sides OF great
river from heavy food. We may say, too, that II
the revolutionary programme of the last two ses-
sious of Congress- stan Is condemned By the peo'
pie, the constitutional amendment upon which the
elections of last year were contested stands en-
phatically. endorsed. A Cabinet therefore, and
message to Congress, framed upon this issue and
especially upon the suffrage settlement embraced
In said amendment would make at once diversion
in both houses of Congress as fatal to the radicals
as it would be advantageous to the administration
in securing the legislative balance OF power Mr.
johnson will do well to understand that the people
have not been following him or lighting his battles
IN these late elections but that they have been
pronouncing judgment against the vicious negro
schemes of radical fanaticism, as they propoumced
a year ago In favor Of the fair and acceptable
scheme of Congress which the radical leaders N
their inflated folly and self-conceit abandoned :.