New-York tribune., 1867-09-04

ing for blood. 1he deHaSosuo o"" PohVi|"
conventions in the future, with Rebel deiega-
tions holding the balance OF power. Unable to
answer the high commands of justice he thought
thot the nation had similar inability. I'm
huod with a prejudice which had come to him
,,;,h his birth and condition, he sought to make
If n principle He had used the negro for his
ambition he bowed to the Rebel that he might
retain power. Never in earnest himself about
emancipation, he could not feel that the country
was terribly in earnest. A demagOgue in his
soul. he saw only in his fellow-citizcns nation
Of wire pulling and wire-pulled demagogues.
Men may be false, but nations never. The
people saw what their Chief Magistrate could
not see. Every American gentleman had
blushed over the exhibition he made as Vice
President taking an oath he was scarcely sober
enough to understand. This, with still later
exhibitions Of the kind, was generally forgiven.
But forgiveness does not always produce re-
pentance, and the man who reeled into the
Presidency speedily illustrated the sentiment
that strong drink is devil. A dema-
gogue, sober or drunk, is demagogue
still; and the President was not slow to
show that the spirit had not left him.
InlS hImlllaIlOn WIS puo "h'" Wv"
the inaugural address to twenty acts that fol-
lowed; to his February speech, and his swing
ing around the circle. These were personal
deeds seen of all men, and subject to the rules
that govern the personal habits of gentlemen.
But we had President to whom no moral test
could apply. Here was man conspicuously
illustrating those very faults which every good
father warns his children against. Here was
Chief Magistrate-the first citizen of the Re-
public-for whom all Christians taught their
children to implore Gods special blessing; com
mander of our armies and naves, and welding
an authority as great as that of the C8sars
Yet we blrished for him and mourned for our
country, as men i'll ancient days blushed ior
COmmOdus and mOurned for Rome.
The stream cannot rise higher than Its foun-
tain. Sweet waters never come from Dit'er
spring If the wOOf is straw, we cannot weave
the web into silk. We may SOW the hold Win
tares, and cultivate them according to the
most constitutional methods, but they will
never grow into wheat The plain fact known
TO all men, sorowfully felt and mourned over
even to tears is this, that most unworthy
citizen sits i'm the chair of Washingt0n-that
the best interests of the country have no moro
malignant enemy than the President-and that,
unless the people save the country in spite of
their rulers, then indeed there is no salvation.
Pitiful-ptifu, and yet sadly true. We are
to day surrendered over to an Administration
which began with bar-room capering, and
which seeks TO rule the country very much
as the Pewter Mug politicians of Tammany
Hall rule New York. Congress believed that
yea meant yea, and adjourned under tho IN
fuence of pledges which always govern the
conduct of gentlemen. Scarcely sixty days
have passed, and every pledge has been broken.
We leaned on Grant, and Grant is neutralized,
oyerruled, mnated-rcduced to a cypher
He can protest and plead, but his protests are
scorncd. and his entreaties sigh around the
Presidents ears like the winds that come up
from the Potomac. Grant is too Ingenious
too frank. too honest, too sincere and simple
minded to deal with the Gigantic Demagogue
that rules him. He pleads for Stanton
Stanton is driven from the Cabinet. He begs
for his trusted Sheridan-thc finest soldier of
his time is sent out TO haggle with Indian
chiefs and thieves of the Indian Bureau. lie
demands the right to execute the law Congress
specially cOnfded TO him. He is practically
told that the President will execute the law
himself that he had better write no political
essays, and that he NAV devote his great
genius to Quartermasters and Commis-
saries, and mastering idle Brgaders
out of the service Congress is away,
Grant is powerlsss, Tammany brother
reigns in New-0rleans, and the President
merely pauses to feel his ground before he
takes another step, and, still overriding the
expressed law of Congress, call into power the
elements of the Southern Confcderacy. Where
will he stopl He procams himself on the
war-path. He tells his followers that he has
put his foot down. He means to " overthrow
" military despotism and reGstablish the Con-
" stitutiOn.n We do not mistake these menaces,
for this man is capable of anything to hold
power. His fate is fixed. His political fall is
as certain as any event governed by tho laws
of national policy. He has betrayed his party,
broken his pledges, dishonored himself, dis
graced the country. Feeling this, his policy is
desperation, and there is nothing he may not
dare
Let us show him that he dare not that while
he has neither the respect of the people nor the
confidence of any party, there is power above
him. heretofore patient and magnanmous, but
which will not allow patience and magnanimity
to become cOwardice. This hour requires plain
speaking, and we have sought to speak plainly
of Andrew Johnson. In the like spirit we inn
plOre our friends to organize. to enter into this
new political campaign with the spirit that
moved our fathers when they drew sword
against England, and which sent million
of our brothers into the heart of the proud and
naughty Rebellion. Let the Republican party
organize in every county North and South.
Sink all minor issues in the one great duty of
driving from power this dishonored Admins
tration. That is the duty of every patriot
We have spent too much money, we have shed