The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-24
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Revolutions do not stop. He who dares to
throw himself a. barrier to stay them sinks
before their Irresistible march. True genius
ssizes the helm, rides on the tide, gathers and
harmonizes the oontsnding forces, and by the
power Of intellect guides events more quickly
TO their resultant. win Mr.. johnson finally
rise TO the demands Of the sitaations Can he !!
The next few weeks will show us. Judging,
however, from past blunders-his apparent
desire to embody in. himself all political
power to merge into unity the three branches
Of government, and call that unit Andrew
johnson; to place himself alone as the expo
nent which gives the only value to every
political equation to make the people. who
have fought for and gained the great battle Of
nationality, believe that Congress does not
represent them-he will fail to take fortune at
the food and redeem himself
The quarrel between the President and
Congress is but phase In the great march of
our revolution. Congress has no more risen to
the magnitude Of the problem than has Mr..
Johnson Failing to comprehend the great
principles that underlie the reharmonizing of
the nation, they have let slip their opportuni-
ties, dallisd with reconstruction, mingled 1t
too much with political ambitions, forgotten
that they were .legislating for the country,
lowered themselves to the narrow scope OF
. party. and have at last thrown themselves
of guard and shown the vulnerable points
In their armor. Thus light Is breaking In.
Now let the President use it. Let him correct
his first great error-the retention of the old
Cabinet left by Mr.. Lincoln; let him brush
them away in body. They were born Of other
times and other wants. New issues demand
new men. Let us have them. Had Mr.. johnson,
upon his accession to power, named a new
Cabinet and called Congress together immedi-
ately, the reconstruction Of the South would
long since have been ended for he and the
people, through their Congress- would have
pulled together in common purpose. II Is
not yet too late to restore harmony between
the forces Of government. Now, however, is
the moment to strike. Let the President, by
virtue Of the executive right given to him by
our fundamental law, suspend the Cabinet,
the Tenure Of Office bill to the contrary
Notwithstanding; for that is one Of the
hlundora- IF ho hns uv
courage to do this he Ia not equal to
the occasion, and thereby proves that we have
no hope Of national harmony until his term Of
ONCE has expired or Congress has impeached
him. So rare an opportunity for man to
retrieve himself has never occurred in our
political history; and we now look to Mr..
Johnson to refute or admit all that his enemies
have said against him. We can have no recon
struction of the country until we have had
reconstruction Of the Cabinet; for this, by Its
too ready influence upon the President, has
made him political batstick for party pur-
poses.
Besides the reconstruction Of bis Cabinet
Mr.. johnson Is master Of the best method
for the reconstruction Of the South, and by
single stroke Of his pen may, by virtue of the
power which the constitution gives him, pro-
claim universal amnesty-amnesty for the
white who was foolish enough 10 run into
rebellion with the idea that he alone was
created to govern the country amnesty for
the poor negro, whose intellect Is completely
unsettled by our political quarrel over him
amnesty for the North, which is heartily sick
Of paying the bills for these Ethiopian theatre
Gals; amnesty for our commerce, our agricul-
tural interests, our progress as people; above
all things, amnesty for the brains Of our states
men. Let rs, therefore, have new Cabinet
and general amnesty.