Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-08-30

Stanton A Great Man.
! Stanton. Grapt an1eJohnsou.

~ StantAn, Grant, anaJOhns0n.
j from the Cincinnatti West and south Dem u
Il In our npinion Mr.. Stanton retains
his advantage overfhe President. We
think further, that the hitter has en-
| tered on tire inclined plane, by the
suspension of the Secretary of War,
which leads to impeachment and depo-
sition frotn office. His position is
one to be used for all small and dis
honest men by way of warming and in
struction' 1t Is position where 60
ing forward and turing IL equally diff
cult, and where standing still Is quite
| impossible. II will be conceded, by
every body that he has made mortal
enemy OF the most formidable man of
his party. Edwin M. Stanton is o
practiced, determined, remorseless man,
and as gifted as he Is unforgiving.
There will be few scenes, OF the peace
which follows the war of fratricides
more sublime than tile quarrels of the
conquerors. The one, we are now
witnessing Is but specimen of the
rest that arc to follow between civil
ians; and by and by, the soldiers, Cap
tains, and Generals will split up into
chiefs and factions, like those that fol-
lowed the premature death .of Caesar
and Alexander. 1t Is Stanton's eIe-
lnent much more than Grants, and
the truth which Is to be evolved from
each particular instance will be as un-
like present appearances rs possible. nj
Gen. Grant who 10 essentially q
weak, because he Is a very dull man,
eral, by means of Stanton's genius and
energy in the War Office, has not the
confidence of the Radicals who rule the
roast. They look to the future, resol we'd
to crush oppositioH by, force of arms,
and If necessary, make dictator.
aud CONSEQUENTLY they need a first
rate General fully concurring plenty
OF such rivals, and one of them is likely
to be preferred to him; he knows it,
and henceforth will try to make
friends not only among army officers,
but statesmen. He needs the aid of
powerful and INSCRIPTIONS men. He
cannot find one so much to his purpose
as Standardization who made all of
the fame of Grant, and who had such
a prodigious power as Secretary of
War, that there was no other limit to
1t than success, no matter on which
side he appeared. We know Mr.. STAN
ton perfectly well, and do not over
rate him, but We keep clear of the hab-
it of undertaking an opponent which
is so conspicuous among the Democrat
ic journals in this very case. Our
Stanton,s measure, and he is no giant
at all, because they know no other
criterion but the possession of that
power which he seems to have lost.
If we examine the popular notion of
Stanton's fall, We will find it very
erroneous. Things are not by any
means what they seem to be. Gen.
Grant is less fit for Secretary of War
than he is for the head of the army or
for President. He has not the caliber
to do anything better than his fight
ut Belmont, without such hacker as
Stanton. He Is brave soldier--a con-
stitutional fighter, aud give him over
whelming resources and he can pile
them on his adversary and stifie him,
as he did in the last campaign in
Virginia, which history will record as
Stanton.s greatest triumph, for like
Carnot, he organized that final victory
by furnishing not only the material
aid, but brains to Grant. He crea-
ted the leader as well as the army. a.
And now Gen. Grant in civil office
is helpless-perfectly lost where STAN
need of the latter than ever, and as
Il
cling more and more to Stanton, who
is the Warwick of Administration.
He has made the General in Chief Of
the armies Of the United States,
and crowned him with the victory,
and lost none of his power with eth
err Grant or Sheridan, the first and Sec
ond of military chiefs whom Secretary
Stanton has created. Stanton will
therefore remain in the War Office as
the presiding genius, although he may
not leave his own house. We have no
doubt he and Grant understand each
other, and that Johnson has been
cheated by appearances, for he Is In
capable of reasoning altogether. Ills
own daughter has been greatly incensed
by the suspension of Mr.. Stanton,
who will so use his advantage ms to
strengthen his own hold on his party
and decapitate the PRESIDENT. H..
The case now stands thus: Mr.. John
son had no friends I'm any party. lie
had many enemies, but he had so hum.
bled himself by acts of omission and
commission that he was simply pris-
oner at the White House not offensive
enough to be expelled. But by this
suspension of the Secretary of War, lie
has become aggressive, and he has not
only set the precedent of destroying an
obnoxious officer, but he has aroused
the fierccst and most implacable of all
enemies up to the work of retaliation.
The Tenure of Office bill provides in
the second section that IL the Senate
does, not consent to the suspension oil
the officer suspended. then he is restor.
ed to his Office as before, aud the k0cunl
teReas gives way just as il he were the
isimple nightwatch of the building dur.
ing the sleeping hours of the Secretary
of War. The Senate, as SOON as ii
meets, will reinstate Stanton at Grants
instance, and he will march back into
triumphant possession of what is now
the stronghold of the Republican party.
There it will be easy for him to direct
the impeachment, trial, and ejectment
of the President. That is the pro-
gramme of the future-the fate for
which Mr. Johnson has properly re-
served himself. When it overtakes
him, he will find himself without a
party, or even troupe of friends. He
last time, while the men he has trusted
and honored. and those he has perse.
cuted and disgraeed, will combine to-
gether as cordially AS If he had never
existed. ..~ -:
Edwin M. Stanton is to-day not only
more powerful than ever, but he is the
most powerful man in the Republic,
because he is able to overthrow the
President, and to make some other than
himself the successor. Warwick could
only advance the royal imbeciles to the
throne, but from an inferior station,
the Last of the Barons" held sway
over the British throne. 5.........'
ER-.FE. 4. III r
A LONG WALK.-Edward Payson
Weston, the young pedestrian, who
created somewhat of sensation in 1861
by walking from Boston to Washington
against time, averaging fifty-one miles
for ten consecutive days, has been pit
ted against his old antagonist, to walk
from Portland, Me-, to Chicago, ILL.,, a