The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-18

GEN. snkhsDAn vxNDIoA7ED.


President johnson is anxious to remove
Gen. Sheridan simply because he is carrying
out with promptness and energy the policy Of
Congress. Most of the rebels and Copper.
heads are very jealous in instigating the
Presidentto wreak his vengeauce; on Sheri.
dan, but occasionally We find an organ OF
that stripe which looks at the matter in q
different light. And amongst these the New
Orleans Bee seems to be the most decidedly
outspoken, as the following brief extract
from an editorial Of that paper will indicate:
ut is like the murder Of President, one
passes off the stage and another comes on;
the same work continues, and the oppressed
gain nothing, but add to their sufferinas the
general horror of the deed. The Radicals
have made up their minds to take posses
sion Of the Southern State Governments, and
run them 10 their own way. The end will
be reached before we find peace. and what
matters II whether IL is done ID The rabid,
bold manner of Sheridan, or brought about
little by little as in the case of some
other commanders. General Sheridan sees
the work that he has to do, and does it
promptly. That much is decidedly in bis
favor; and We see no reason for blaming him
for the removsl OF officials elected By the
people, and the substitution Of radicals.
Congress expected him to do it. and to put
only such men in power as were willing to
give their aid and influence, and that of the
offices they hold, to the advancement of the
Radical party. For this, then, we must
blame Congress, and not Sheridan. And we
cannot deny that some Of the appointments
he has made are acceptable to our people
1t would be great misfortune if Gov. Wells
were reinstated after Sheridan's removal, and
our people feel it, if they we're flank enough
to say so. In that case and others General
Sheridan has been sustained by popular opin-
ION here, though only in his selections, and
not in his overruling the civil authority
A Radical contemporary makes the follow
ing very pertinent comment on the phase of
the question thus presented: "The COM
parison of the removal Of District Com.
mander to the taking off of President
is very forcible and pertinent. The rebels
tried the latter as means of securing the
triumph of the rebellion, and failed. And
now they have learned that similar conse.
quences result from the attempts Of the
President to aid the same cause by the re-
moval OF District Commanders. 1t is true
that the Radicals have made up their minds,
not so much 'to take possession of the
Southern State governments, as to see
that those governments shall be run
in the interest Of freedom and LOYALTY
hereafter, as they have been heretofore in
the interests Of slavery and treason. Tha.
they will succeed in reaching this end 10
shown BY the progress which has been made
In spite OF the opposition of Mr.. johnson
and his rebel friends. Gen. Sheridans ad-
ministration is heartily and enthusiastically
commended and approved by the loyal men
Of the North. The confession which the
Bee is forced to make of the wisdom Of his
appointments counterbalances much Of its
complaint on account Of the exercise of the
power to make them, considering that it is
on this very account that his removal is de-
manded. Altogether, il is very gratifying to
have Gen. Sheridan's administration so COM
pletely INDICATED by his enemies at the mo-
ment when the President is contemplating
his most vigorous assaults.