The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-09-19
DANGER AHEAD.

ouSI "itat tile IreSluent1al programme
Is seems at present a little mysterious,
but sufficient is revealed to show that it
Is just what loyal men win disauproye of.
1t is well known that he considers Con
gress an Illegal body, as they were not
| elected by all the States-forgetting as
1t would seem, that he was elected in the
same way and that if one is illegal the
other must be- Now with this idea oi
liiegaiity IL his head he seems bent on
| doing something that will carry his name
on the wings Of fame, or intamy, down
through ali ceming time. He Goes not
forget for an instant that he is comman-
der IN chief OF the Army and Navy. and
he evidently supposes that when he gives
the order these forces will be on hand to
! do his bidding, no matter how unconsti-
tutional his acts. The southern papers
also promise him million of men to help
subjugate the North. OF course no one
supposes they would furnish a thousandth
part of that number, but still the promise
is sufficient to turn the crazy head of tn G
President and make him think that he
can just as well be Dictator as not This
Is shown by the amnesty proclamation
lately issued in direct opposition to the
laws Of Congress- He in effect says,
other presidents have issued amnesty
proelamations aud why not L? Congress
is an illegal body aud has no right to tell
me | shall not 10 as my inclinatinns die
tate !" lie therefore does what Congress
says shall not he done, and what no other
president has attempted without The fill
concurrence Of the law making body, for
granting pardon to one individual. is
one thing, and granting amnesty to a
whole class is another OF very different
nature. .
Well, what next? He has taken the
initiatory steps as Dictator and is it too
much to believe that he will soon issue a
call for a congress OF the late rebels to
assem- BILE that he viii recognize such a
bodyas the legal Congress of the United
States, and that he will use or attempt
to use the army to enforce his insane
measures? We think not Every act
OF his goes to prove thar he is & mal;-
cious, cowardly man at bay and that
there is nothing too bad for him to un-
dertake If it has the least show of success.
We will soon know whether he or Grant
is the strong man, There is a deadly
hostility betweeu them, and it is thought
that the President may be able to out
wit the man who overthrow the rebe
army Possibly in some small matter.
he may succeed in getting the start bu;
he Is not the man to cope with General
Grant in the long fierce engagement, and
SO we believe that though the present
course OF the President tends to blood
shed it will profit him nothing. The
loyal north has put down one southern
president, it can If worst comes to worst.
subdue second The greatest trouble
with our Northern people is this, they
are too generous! Andy johnson should
have been impeached long ago, and peace
restored 10 the country. Our military
forces might long ago have been in their
quarters had this been done, but no, the
greater the criminal the more is SYM
pathy and generosity exerted in his be-
halt Take for instance the case OF Jeff.
Davis. Our people know that he has
willfuiiy put to death by fire and sword,
by starvation and disease their nearest,
dearest friends, and yet this siekly SEN
tlinentality. ,his tawning syeophancy, this
indecent haste to show their oyeriiowing
generosity aud milk cf human kindness
has lndaced them to cry aloud for his de
iyerauce from durance and his pardon
For ms crimes. Aye, those who have
suffere.' most-aside from the soldiers,
who would see him hung SO high that he
| would freeze In two seconds-are the
most pleased with the ovations paid him
IN Canada. So with the president, those
who are the most panied at the constant
| turmoil which his resistance to the laws
| OF Congress creates are the most back
ward in seeing him displaced aud man
elevated to his position who would restore
peace to the nation and give additiona
brliiiancy to our colors abroad. Let JUS
tice be done though men in high places
be humbled in the dust-though these
milk of human kindness men fno
their occupation gone.