Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-08-14
And here is Beverly Nash's view:
Editorial Items.

The New YORK W0rld is opposed TO the re-
moval of Sheridan. 1t thinks it would make
him the Republican candidate for next Presi-
dent, and that Grant would not run, as the
Democratic candidate, against him. This is
not a very patriotic reason in the World, but
the conclusion to which it leads that paper
is undoubtedly sound one.
If we may believe newspaper gossip, Mr..
Seward said, while in New York, to some one
who asked after the President
"Do you remember that wonderful pas
sage in Addison's Cato,-
Thou hast seen Mount Atlas
Where storms and tempests gather on his brow;
He stands unmoved, and glories in his hight
Mr.. johnson, sir, is the Cato of to-day. l
begin to think his country is not worthy of
him.
We knew that A. j. sometimes got high,
Addison to that effect, that he gloried in
his hight"
1t is stated that Gen Grant has informed
the President that no officer of sufficient rank
can be spared from other duty to take Gen.
Sheridan's place, and it is now thought at
| the war Office and Gen. Grants headquarters
that Sheridan will not be removed, though
the President still asserts that he will be.
President johnson has not yet accom-
plished the long threatened removal of Gen.
Sheridan. In the meantime that officer is
rapidly reconstructing his Department by
removing rebel officials and putting loyal men
in their places. 1t is supposed that Gen.
Grants opposition to Gen Sheridan's remov-
al, DELAYS the Presidents action.
| 1t is reported that Secretary Seward and
| Postmaster General Randall advise the Presi-
dent not to attempt to remove or suspend
Secretary Stanton.
There is an act of Congress which, I'M
der a penalty of five years Imprisonment,
prohibits any one in the District of Columbia
from writing or sending a challenge. The
country would like to Bradley, senior
who challenged Judge Fisher, tried and con
yicted under that law. But, of course,
nothing of the sort will be done.
There are Washington rumors Of more
complications in the cabinet, that Postmas-
ter General Randall is anxious To get back
into the Republican party, and will resign
rs preliminary step,-that Secretary Ne
Culloch has had serious collision with the
President and that Secretary Seward can t
remain with johnson longer. We are ina
BILE to understand how johnson and Seward
can be at odds, unless it be in respect to the
quality of their drinks.
| The amount of false swearing before in
vestigation, committees, military commits
thing stupendous. Sanford Conover, one of
the principal government witnesses who ties
titled respecting the completely of Davis and
others in plots to assassinate President Lin
soln, is now in Jail serving out sentence for
perjury committed in that testimony and
yet this same Conover has just issued another
| lying bulletin, claiming that Gen. Butler and
Mr.. Ashley, members of Congress, have
been endeavoring through him to mauufac-
ture testimony to impeach President John
son. OF course this story, like his former
one, is sheer fabrication. We hope, how
ever, it will-make Republicans more cautious
in receiving as truth the inventions Of per-
iured villains who sell their testimony in the
market, and impose their lies upon unsus-
pecting people
The New Orleans correspondent of the
New York Herald says that Gov. Wells, about
the first of July, really medtated coup
etat, including the consumption of his CUB
ernatorial functions and the rehabilitation in
official dignity of the whole horde of ex-con-
federate officials. The meeting of Congress
defeated the design.
The Democrats of Windsor county recent
ly resolved that they are in favor of delegate
conventions, thus taking sides with Cain OF
the Rutland Courier against g Smith and
/ Atkins
The Michigan Constitutional Conventio
have been recommended by their committee
on salaries, to pay the state officials as fol
lows Governor and Supreme Court Judge
$1,000 each auditor, treasurer and circui,
Judges $2500, and land commissioner, super
intendent of instruction and attorney general
$4,000.
John Tyler. of Virginia, son of the acct
dental president of that name, is in Wash
ington endeavoring to organize an anti-radica
party in Virginia. This Tyler is despond
ent and is in the habit of saying to every list
ener: " Seward, johnson and the rest of us
sir, will be head shorter, unless we sta,
this mad radicalism. Nothing but union
of the conservative elements will do, sir, un
der Mr. Stewards head 1t would be grea
loss, undoubtedly, to John Tyler, to lose hi
head, but we don't learn that his listener
share his concern in that respect
The Nashville Union (Conservative) fig
ures out Gov. Brownlow's majority thus ia
25,e52.
The New Orleans Times Conservative
speaking of the registry in Louisiana say
that d" the preponderance of blacks registered
is very large, and as mass they will vote tn,
Radical ticket. The colored persons who ex
press determination to cooperate with tn,
Conservative party are SO few and noticeabl,
as to prove that they are only exceptions t,
the general rule
A Washington correspondent reports Sec
rotary Seward and Thurlow Weed as in favol
of Mr.. Stanton's staying in the Cabinet.
Chicago is an Indian word meaning mucl
wind These aboriginal inguists, says al