The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-16
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So mn power as Congress loft in hi. hands IN
.S; Si.s auflscT5' TIC President has chosen tu
ETsrG,s9y suspenng tho Secretary OF War from
In hlEapncily of COMMANDMENTS Chicr of tho
| nmt' uiresltient has commanded Gen. Grant
.n hct nsrrcsary OF War al iw,y.in, tho iutcrlm
Congrcsa ''' i"'e'''s "
Whll4 'are sorry to sec Mr. Stanton oul OF HE
Eun,nGt, ,, , ierc r Inns long been worry useful W..
| iu'u that,o chief Executive must in In, ,,rnrrai /
interest III Tor tho proper administrator of tho
| PUBLIC sncc, have Tho control pT his sIIbor,li-
nnrrs; II" usea his power and placr TO ,lcrv or
nSic'' thG!"S, Congress can mpracli and rcniny,I
nm nnuf Congress docs not chose Ia uXrrri,a
that constitutional power, ii.cn the people Mt tI,n
IcAt e!ech can punish tho delinquent officer i,y
| his place. ''" ~
At tho blnm Of all discussion nn fllia subject.
M nu Oh Unconstitutional rcglIlatu'ns upon it, lirt
can rim thco,litiy in four ycan that it he plain
y violates 10 Constitution. Congress- will lro com :
peIe., ny y people To impcacll and remove him;
ana thnt II congress- docs not act, The people havu
NJ tho Prcsenti'l election SDwcr over ilie whole
/ mhtler to eclD az Dco.us to them bcst Thus
mo conhtr, ~ made gafc against usurpation ur
| GorIiPtloh, nd that witllDut any such njuriulnI
| himtations f tho Executive authority nY that
wmicil Gonsess unwisciy, as wo think, has
That Mr.. santon woul,l a.copl dismissal A. In,
hntltl5 OF tho Resident wo did mot iunb. He has
ionG hcc ailonB To retire from public s,rv,cc: h,
mas rcmninc'ts tho Cabinet only because lie wa.
ponlicians of 18th parties, was wclco ic,l to uud
dcNlrcd by the people. lilo las bccII nu tlnubt Of
GISae ,Iso IN ID, Cabinet 10 long aH th" President
liI not faston sluarrcl mpnn or break with him; |;
but when this occurred his usefulness ccasut be,
caiiso lc coNl no longer Iopo TO nuonro Mr.
Johnson iof Btol or exercise u resi- rainIuy, power
o,i We ,iS not m l"tSs s !ss S Stanton Ibis him
iniltI6neo wns deroycd, the order of sn.nn,.;n,
was probably wacoine 10 him. 'i'0"s''''
W1 l,erccivc tlas sun,n journals try to bring
General Grant hto contempt aud a,n,picion lrc-
cause hc llas brn commanded to take charge.
temporarily, of tie War department. I;u lot ANY
ono say what GRAFT was to do. lIe is n = ,l,lirr
tho hShGst oilicer of tho army under tho ircsi-
dent. lilo has ohGed his snpcrior's orlc. IA hr
was Obliged to do. Had he hcsiach ar refused In
would llavc sot mn example Of iuslor,linntIon for
Ml'sh WIN tic would hare deserved severe punishment
iiG has mol resigned his place in tho army; hc i,
stlli Geheral; hc lEH gone to tho War Department.
as lle wonll tlu,ibtisI have gone To Texas AT tlis
Iteshicnts order. fhc country IN To bG cnngIati,-
Eleil that 80 truD 1lan hollis important a pp-
s,tlon. Tho President has, for his own purpns,B
chosen To place Gnut in what sontu In::y think 4:
tIlso positions; but for that Grant is no, to L1
Wo tlo mi credit the rcnors that General Sicc,l.
man IL To DO called 10 the War Department. Such
an appointment would bc too sraIltlaors; it would
even Air. JotInsnI would scarcely venture uppn
uencrai Slcc,lnlan in very well remembered ns
person I, who. sen: by Mr.. johnson I" investigate
INC management Of tho Frrn,mcn'S lfIlrcau tried
To- destroy the characters uf faithful aud !onnri-
bic officers in his official reports Tltcsn rcporIs
ol his wero so fnlr, devoid OF truth that oven
tho worst encmcsof The Frccllncns I,ircau were
glad TO drop thcl; and tho officers whose fnir
iImc llo tried to slain cleared themselves in every
instance OF tho WONG imputed to thcn.
Tho action of Mr.. johnson has left tho public
cllrin,,s tn know What may como next Does bo
intend to crafty the dcsi,s the Ul,st tv,,ctiou-
istR people nsk. DoGS lie intend to remove
sheridan, Popn and Sickles II ~ no. likcir liz
could nave renewed them withnnt rcnlnviiIp Mr.
stanton. Tho President, i'll such Il matter js
not subject to tho authority ar interference nf the,
Secretary. lut II is scarcely worth Willis 10 spcc-
uiate apont AIR. JotInsons intentions. IIn has
shown himself, so often, tricky, anI given tn I'M
dcrhahd, iticonscqucnt, and what NAV fairly be
called mean actiona that il s nu useful 10 apccu-
lnto about what hr may do hereafter; nor do VIC
think II very important. IIo will prnu.bly DELAY
M much M he can, tho work nf reconstruct ion
ad thus Keep the country i'll turmoil. But that
work las now gone so ilr that il can SCARCELY bn
much delayed by tho President
IL scccsslonst politicians arc wisc at NIL thcy
must sec that they have little to hope from, the
help of L President who llaa.,., Mnnhi eyeii tiit
against him in ComRrrts' rrspcet. Mr.. Johnsuu
n,i innri. .,aaSru aairi that ho has lost tho CON
fdonco and respect of Democrats ~ well as Re
pubcans in tho Northern States; and his chief
advisers and friends now OF tho class al ol |
pro-slavcrr politicians Df tho South, oi whom he
said during tho war; that the country cuu!l never
have pcaco until they were pmt aside and now men
brought forward in their places.