Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-13
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

How the Results Affect the Presiden-
GiaI Question - Impeachment not
Likely 30 be vigorously Pressed
Immediate Changes iR the Cabinet
Expected.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Oct 10.-The results of
the election in Ohio and Pennsylvania
having been pretty we'll ascertained, there
has not been so much excitement to-day as
during Yesterday and the day before,
though the crowds have thronged the ho-
tells, newspaper offices and other places,
freely discussing the great political events.
EVERYBODY SURPRISED.
IL is bat truth TO state that the results
surprised both parties, especially that in
Ohio, and it is difficult to declare whether
| Republicans or Democrats are the more
astonished. Some Of the latter, who were
regarded as over confident, were laughed at
yesterday for Offering to bet that Hayes,
| for Governor, would not have more than
| fifteen thousand, while no one up to last
night was willing TO take the chances that
| Thurman would be elected No similar
| political event has excited greater interest
i among public men and politicians here,
especially Presidential wiTeworkers, and it
has been discussed to-day, from the Presi
Dental circles st the White House down
through all the various cliques and crowds
of the town.
THE ELECTIONS AND THE IMPEACHMENT
QUESTION.
The first question asked, What will
Congress now do about impeachment is
answered generally that, while it may not
| be abandoned, it will not be pushed very
vigorously.
The Presidents friends say he has no
fears of impeachment, even if he ever had
any, and will show that he intends TO turn
over a new leaf regarding Office holders,
commencing first with his Cabinet.
| CABINET CHANGES.
Ia this it may be stated with confidence,
that the first change will be made in the
| War Department. General Grant will be
superseded in the course Of ten days by
either General McClernand, of Illinois, or
Frank Blair, Jr.
The State Department is looked for next
in order, and the Secretary of the Treasury,
| and Postmaster General Randall will proba-
bly, follow Mr.. Seward.
There is more reasonable doubt of Secre-
tary McCulloch's suspension than, perhaps,
of any other Cabinet Minister'S; but the
Presidents Democratic friends are very
bitter On the Secretary, and declare that he
has refused to assist them with single
Office in Pennsylvania. It's doubtful if the
President can Withstand the pressure, and
Mr.. McCulloch seems to feel it, for he de-
clared to-day that he did not regard his
tenure Of Office as very strong.
The change of General Grant excites
more comment than the other Cabinet
Ministers; for the removal of the latter
have been generally anticipated, provided
the election resulted against the Repnbli-
can party.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
Perhaps the greatest feature of the dis
cussion is that pertaining to the impending
Presidential campaign. The Colfax, Chase
and Grant men express their views freely.
The former two do not favor the abandon
ment of manhood suffrage, but such Re
publicans as support Grant for President,
declare that the result in Ohio shows that
the suffrage plank must be omitted in the
next Republican con vention.
The Washington Star, the largest cir
| culated paper here, and Radical in politics,
SOuuhH the hey -llOle Vi tlllS ldtlCl NOhAoCs
Mr.. CHAsEs FRIENDS.
There are in Washington a large nuns
Der of influential and wealthy men who are
working zealously in the interest of Mr.
Chase for the Presidency, and they have
taken the very deepest interest in the Ohio
election. Some of this number declare that
policy requires them to keep quiet for the
present, but they openly deny that theyin-
tend to dissolve their organization.
SAGE CONCLUSION.
To sum up these expressions of the views
of the various parties, there is general
concurrence in agreeing to wait and see
what Congress will do when ii assemblies
on the last of November, and, in the mean
time, to watch the course of the Admins
tration.
THE DISTRICT COMMANDERS
The important fact that the President
has summoned General Schofeld here, and
may call other district commanders, is
looked upon as indicating a new policy re-
gsrding reconstruction, and it is well I'M
derstood that the President will ask Gem
eral Schofeld to postpone the Virginia
election.
NeHeEdl Il OpS may bSISLuOfcus anu Ncll-
eral Swayne, at the head of the Freedmen's
Bureau in Alabama, is sure to be decapi-
tated. This is the best information which
can be obtained from official sources, where,
in fact, not much concealment regarding it
is maintained.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l0.-The political
atmosphere, already disturbed by the great
triumph of Democracy over Radicalism,
was even more excited to-day by rumors
porteading events which, it is believed, are
close At hand. That of chief importance re-
lates to the anticipated reorganization of
Ihe Cabinet The presence of Reyerdy
johnson, whom rumor names for Secretary
of State, but probably without foundation,
gives some coloring to it. That the Cabi- |
net will be reconstructed seems not to adj |
nit of doubt: and while it may transpire |
Immediately, it is not likely to occur until |
after the New York election.
The friends of the President declare he |
interprets the splendid triumph in Ohio |
and Pennsylvania not only as an indorse- |
ment Of his policy, but also as a demand |
Of the people for him to constitute Cabi- |
net that harmonizes with their political |
sentiments, and which will not betrsy |
their trust. And further, that since the |
reaction has come for which he waited, his /
action shall be bold and decisive. These |
are the declarations Of his friends. The /
President Is reticent TO all but his few con-
fdential friends. New York. Ohio. Penn |
sylvania and Missouri will be represented |
il is said, in the Cabinet.
The report that Grant will Immediately |
leave the War Department, or McCulloch |
the Treasury Department, needs confrma-
ton. When they 60 it isprohable that all |
will 60.
The Radicals in and out Of Office, mean
while are in tribulation. Al a meeting of !
the Southern Loyalists and Grand Army
of the Republic prominent member said
if Congress modified the reconstruction act
the party would be wiped out. Others OPP
pose this on the ground that without negro
suffrage the Southern States would be
Democratic They are, therefore, for Con-
gress carrying it out to the end, regardless |
of results.s
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TIE New York Herald of the 10th says
A petition is going round for signatures
asking the Fortieth Congress to impeach |