Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-18

AID hESASEAACE.
We reprintfrom the New York Her
ald portions of the letter of It's Wash
ingtoh correspondence, which indicates
possible if not probable violent conflict
between Congress and the President soon
after the assembling of the former in No
yember next. 1t is difficult to sift the
wheat from the chat in these diurnal
Washington dispatches, and especially
those to such sensational journals as the
Herald That paper makes it the sub
iect of a leader the next day, in which
question is treated Eith unusual SEE
robustness and the conclusion arriy ed at
that the p resident viii be "tOo wise to
venture upon such blunder as this.
Impeachment seems to be res dGudi-
Gaia, with the leading Jacobins. They
also anticipate the use Of force to carry
it successfully. The leading Jacobin
press, in this view, is assiduously eultiva-
ting Gen. Grant Accordingly we have
the following ominOus outgivings. The
New York Tribune says
We want Grant to be with us, so essen
tally with us, that we can lean upon his
strong right arm He has been too easy
with the President, too good-natured, too
anxious to please, and so has been betrayed
into false positions, to the detriment of the
general welfare This is no mere technical
quarrel about the wording of an order. 1t
is a conflict of fundamental principles.
Congress has imposed upon the General OF
the army the responsibility of seeing that
the reconstruction laws are faithfully exc
cuted in the spirit in which they were
framed. General Grant cannot throw of
that responsibility upon Mr.. johnson. 1t
is not enough for him to place himself upon
record as an enemy Of the PRESIDENT
policy. He has a strict duty to discharge
toward the people who have confided to
him his high trust. Il is time for him now
to be stern. He should know that the Presi-
dent means war, and that he cannot escape
a sublime responsibility.
Again the Tribune says:
Such a man as General Grant never
figures well in taking a step backward.
When, therefore, he lately planted himself
on Section 5" we expected him to eight
it out on that line, if it took all summer"
Perhaps, however, he will yet retrieve
himself Meanwhile the country wishes
him not TO snub, but to conquer, the
President.
The Detroit Post holds out the follow
ing tempting bait to Gen, Grants ambi-
ton
By implication and intent, the law gives
General Grant power to resist the Presi-
dent in precisely such a case as the present,
but not in direct terms. 1t places in Gen.
eral Grants power the privilege of insub-
ordination, if he chooses to accept the
responsibility. 1t tells the General, that if
a crisis shall arise such that you think best
to disobey the President, the President
shall be powerless to punish you. In short,
it furnishes an opportunity for the Gen
eral, without imposing upon him duty.
For a bold, ambitions General, trained
in political as we'll as military tactics, this
law furnishes a splendid opportunity.
Such a man, by refusing to obey the Presi-
dents recent orders, and planting himself
upon this law, could practically have made
himself master of the situation, and dicta-
tor over reconstruction during the recess of
Congress; and, in this, sure of the enthusi-
astic support of the people, and Of the
gratitude of Congress and the country.
These sentiments are shared by the
Radical press generally; and it only re-
mains to be seen whether the President
viii prepare himself to meet the issue,
and save the country.