The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-30

To what LssEths shall This Mau
Abase fhe PaIIsHee Of the Country:
1870 &c Fesels-


( We have bsen advancing and FEtFest-
ing long enough. Too many white
dszs have been exchanged The Pres
Idsnt msanz war. War o Il, then,
aud God speed the right
Nearly 1--WE months Einee. the regular
session Of Congress YVES adjourned.
! The Winter had Witnessed an sngry
contest with the President. There were
three parties: l. The Democratic frsS
u1ent, which gave the President moi
z yided allegiance. p The moderate Hs=-
p1JliczuE, VINO. trusting in mis- honor,
sudsavored 70 make his duty 50 PLAIN,
and his RESPONSIBILITIES 80 exact ana
limited, that he could not escape tbeh'
3. The earnest and extreme R=Pubh-
cans, who felt that We could nct FsS7o2-
strLICt the country without the I'D psacn-
iTnrnr Of the President ICe cOunszLs
0Ithe moderate R=pnbLicaDs prevailed.
they carried the Reconstruction bi4!-
WIN the aid Of ODs Of these parties they
prevented Impeachment. IDS WIS ac-
eompIishsd by me assurance thai me
Z President, having protested against tDe
action Of Congress, would couteut min
-. I u have the lag quietly csTrleo into
. execution. He apPO MED generals II
. command OF the military districts WHO
! were most acceptable 20 the country.
J In the case Of Gen. Sheridan, Al !s4si-
: 80 know tbzt HOme OF these spPplnl-
u4euts we're made against MS oI = Iud. =
tuenL, and - dsisErncs 10 the wisns= Ci
I Congress. Tbe Senate aud House sc-
Z iourn-d. Il was EEK that he TirtUzl
{ zcquIescerce OF TIE PFssiden- would
iusEE an extra session unuecsszaTE-
I Summer wound Zee the StaLes recon-
struggled. Universal Suffrage would Dc
z tested The Stairs would gradually
drin back into The Uoion. When M.
McPh-rson called ib= roll OF lie House,
I 10 DeceIH Der, ell the StEtes would an
-w=r. AID ouc= more = foil American
Congress would SIT n Al American
lien came the frst crime. This law
Of Reconstruction, duly considered nc
Sel!-sppEosed, ass zSSzllsd BY MI.
StsDbeIy. We give Mr. S-anDeTy me
credit Of being an able lawyer and up
riZht man. BuI the President wanted
an opinion that was not upright, ana
n an evil hour bis Attorney General
wrote IT, Ingenious and sub Is, the
country did not fail 20 zee that j: IVES
= fraud, and that the President, Ia in-
E!IIoE ITS publication, Was dishonest
Il cut the heart out OF tee Military oil.
Reconstruction waE brought 70 dead
lock. The opinion, 10 uss The figure Of
Gen. Sheridan, was bFosd, macAdam-
lzsd road 10 fraud and perjury, and the
Southern States were thrown INTO chaos
Congress WIS hUrTisd!y assem- U!ed. \
olI was passed which even the suotIsty
2 lOk L44AsaJgE1-A ~
The extreme Republicans commended
lhz; even this would not do, and that
to have Reconstruction, ths Prssideut
should Dc iupsachso. The counssls OF
Such men as AT. -PezsaDoen aud NJ.
Wilson, Mr.. CoIfax and ar. Sherman,
prevailed. Il was held that with q Law
thus plainly Triuenr the President
would walk directly, and South would
be restored. This ssEurance, indeed,
Vas given By men who claimed 10
speak for Lhe President; Congress BE-
heyed il, and again adjourned over I'M
til winter.
Now CONES the second crime. Stan
berry cannot explain the law. Blue iE
20 palp-b bly, blue that there is no
making even the President believe IL
/ gray. The President has the best part
[ Of a year before him. Since he cannot
uuiiIfy the law, be psrsecuiss its minis
/ Iers. Stanton is stricken down. The
/ War Secretary, who has been retained
I two years for his dissg reeabls qualities,
I j. removed for his virtues. Because OF
/ the only quality which the Republican
party bODors in Stanton, he Is dis
grac-d- TReD comes Sheridan. This
glorious soldier simply performs a SOL
/ JisT's duty. He executes the law in its
true spirit. He does the work which
The country expects him TO do, and Is
dismissed. a few days pass, and Sick
( Lee is removed for lOya! devotion to
congress ana the COUNTY, a ldllL ma
ny Democrat Is placed in New Orleans,
| while q SO der without record goes TO
! Charleston. In a few days Pope VIII
/ be ordered back to the Indian country
I TO assist Sheridan in guarding suffers
L posts and baggage trains. Grant has
served the Presidents turn in remOY-
I ing Stanton, and his EXcellency is inn
patient already, calling the General Of
our armies "a Radical spy and trail
/ tor.H He will no doubt speedily be
asked to retire in favor Of Steedman or
I Black. That Christian gentleman and
soldier, Howard, who has shownin his
high place the philanthropy and piety
OF the great name he bears, is written
upon the slate of degradation. Holt
I will fOlIow-snd with these men every
4 soldier or civilian who will not aid the
4 President in his treason.
i Where Widths end? Tine President
/ means war. Tue country must stand
and Eight, or be defeated. we believe
4 anything possible OF Mr. Johnson. His
i Administration is record Of decep-
lion, cunning, disloyslty-ant
Z TO the best interests Of the country BE
has made the Administration OF Buch-
anau respectable by showing deg rad Il :
tion to which even Mr.. Buchanan could
not sink. He has betrayed mis- party;
he has betrayed his friends; he has be-
trayed Lis country. Sotbing Is LEFT of
his Administration but II lew miserable
lDDDETB ike alDDse VINO DduS HTDUUI
Nun, and few wTetcbed political I'D
venturers like Black. The men who
I accepted conIumely for his cause, like
seward. and Randall, and WslIes, he
is impatient 10 drive out OF his ca biuef.
The sHVsge of Sahara Is not iusensible
TO the obli cations or friendships; but
even this no longer remains with Mr..
johnson.
We admunish the people TO prepare
for stern and high responsibility. 1t
is nearly n bundled days until Con-
gress meets. Till then we are power
less. We can only bow TO ibis dreadful
tyranny. TIE President appealed TO
the country in his last message. We
\ join him III the appeal. Let our friends
organize every where. Let us make the
CANVASS upon the inIamy Of Mr.. John
/ sons Administration, aud having de-
feated him at the ballot box, we can
prepare, through our representatives,
I 20 consider the best course to be taken
/ to punish him for his crimes against the
lsoverelgn will OF the American people.
LoNo DREssEs.-Mr. oliver Wendell
Holmes uses the following language in
reference TO one OF fashions foolish
freaks: -T-....--
But coufound the make belisve-wo-
men We have turned loose in our streets;
| where do they come from2 Not out OF
Boston parlo1, i trust. Why, there
isn't a beast or bird that would drag It's
1 tail through the dirt in the way these
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