The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-10

as a rebuke for it's ungenerous assaults
on Gen. Grant;
The General can well afford 10 com
pare his record with that Of the Tribune.
When the Southern States rebcIled, he
was not in favor OF letting them go,
Tie never proposed because disaster had
beiallen our arms, to stop fighting and
90 20 compromising He never was
known TO hold secret conference with
rebels, for the purpose Of ending the
struggle by bargain He did not urge
the President TO pay the traitors four
hundred millions for slaves Lost by them
in consequence Of their own crimes.
He has written no letters 10 rebels like
Breckenridge, urging them 10 return TO
the United States and take part in po-
litacal action. He is not known aa the
Author Of IaaIn and unconditional, !,
universal amnesty, though he has con-
siderable reputation in connection with
plans for the unconditional surrender Of
the Confederates His name nowhere
appears on the bail-bond Of JEFF. Davis.
In short, be has comported himselfl like
a soldier and patriot, and not like an
intriguing and trimming politician.
/ IMPEACHMENT The Providence Jour
nal, which heretofore opposed impeach
ment now says
"Mr. johnson seems determined TO
court his own impeachment. Having
failed utterly to win the confidence OF
the people as ruler or, to gain the snp-
port of any party TO his policy ofrecon-
struction, he may hope IN the last ex-
tremity to gain sympathy as martyr.
The majority in Congress have no wish
to impeacho or remove him. They shrink
from step which involves a new dis
turbance Of the public peace. They are
i content with the approval given by a
nation to their policy, and with the gem
eral odium which the President has in
Cured by his wilful opposition. Know
ing that the power is in their hands, and
that the longer the work Of reconstruc-
ton is irnpoded by President Johnson's
folly, themore perfect the final readjust-
ment, they are willing to leave him TO the
disgrace and ruin he has invoked. But
he will not be left alone. He insists ON
renewing the quarrel and stirring up
The dying embers Of strife We fear
that those nnwise efforts may be sue
cessfHl. Public opinion is changing,
and calling for decisive measures. 1t is
thought that no permanent Cancellation
between North and South is possible
while the President wilfully stirs up
! strife. He is now the chief hinderance
to a peace adjustment, and the radical
leaders Of the Republican party are gain
ing streDgth by the President ID obstina-
Cyl"
J GES. GRAST's LAST Now Gen. Grant
has shown that to withdraw to a stron-
) ger position is as good strategy IN the
Cabinet rs well ms in the field. The mo-
} ment he found the evident intention oi
Congress had not been actually embod.
led Id tho reconstruction acts, SO as to
enable him to exercise supervisory pow.
ers ever the Distyict Commanders in all
respects, be receded from the purpose
: to do 30, as good law-abiding man
should haysdone- But he withdrew on.
| " to the clear boundary OF his authori-
ty. The instant he reached that, he moi
! only madera stand, but he launched a
D terrible shot into tho enenys camp
Awaiting himself Of the power which we
J have heretofore pointed out as within
} the scope of his authority he has for.
! hidden the military commanders to re.
4 instste any official that may have been
: removed by themselves or their prede.
cessors. This fixes the case Of Governors
Wells and Thorckmorton, and of the
whole tribe Of rebel officials that have
been so wisely dislodged by Sheridan
D Pope and Sickles- They have not even
: the honor Of being resuscitated on one
1 day to be decapitated the next-"nev.
ermore' is to be their epitaph.
r We presume, Of course, that this or.
!. der is to stand. We do not see how
: any fair minded man can have any doubi
I as to its validity. Let us take, for in.
: stance, the case Of that incarnation oi
Q rebel bigotry and cruelty, Mayor Nun.
roe, who was removed by Gen. Sheri.
? dan. The removal was approved b
T Gen. Grant. ii Gen. Hancock should
!. hereafter reinstate .Munroe, General
Grant would instantly remove him. II
it to be supposed, then, that Hancock
q could 60 on restoring this man TO ofiict
indefinitely, compelling Gen. Grant II
q follow each restoration with fresh re
moval, when single order forbiddinf
3 his reinstatement would peryent al thii
0 complication, with the exercise Of th'
same degree Of authority Every sens
1 ible man will say that If the General @
8 the army is empowered to appoint Al
official and to remove him, and also L
Q approve or to disapproye his appoint
q ment when made by another; he surely
!. has the power to forbid it. Two othel
g considerations are also pertinent: the
reconstruction acts provide for mtilta
; ~ government, where the modes Of pro
4 ceedure are different and require fot
= the acts themselves 3 somewhat difleren
o Interpretation from what We find in pur,
: lly civil legislation. The whole system
!. Of orders, in fact, Is military rather that
d civil in its nature Secondly, allowing
Q even that the issue Of Gen. Grants las
0 order xaa not clearly authorized by ths
D text, It certainly is not forbidden by an.
i part Of these-acts. while the last section
Of the series covers IT completely, - fol
a lows; IAN the provisions Of this act