The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-10-16
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Ehe President and the Radicals
& The Washington orrespondent OF the
Bostons Post writes as follows:
The developments of the Radical plans
(which are being, made here are $50 start
s::ssii,1,a fhat the honest masses of the people
!, Ss,aS' scarcely credit them. En- my dispatch
last evening T. brief alluded tosucb facts
Sssis. had reached me through q most rella-
abie channel. There is no doubt. otSthe
3. suppose og the Radical leaders IN Con:
gross to make the effort to secnre,thesus-
I. Tensiion Of the President during the pen:
denGys sof u trial lnnd eTarticles OF impeach-
s,,an sto carry into effect this purpose
fo Tise physical force, if necessary, to dis
:: :1,lSce Mr. oiinsonf and toeseat Sen atof
Wade in, the Presidential chair. Mr..
,;Shanks, i, member of Congress from In
diana; ddressed5a a large assembly OF ne
: :. lgroes in Richmond, Virginia, yesterday,
& sSsirll as the Associated Press reports, said:
ohnzsori. guilty, would be impeached,
md even with the aid OF the Maryland
militia, which he was armng, ne would
be 5poWerless do anything Ihe 9, men le,
lat at the North we're ready at the tap OF the
drnni toaaaeIl3 l3hima md his militia Hore
SIS SthesdecIaration that the Presidents
:s;Ssg,uiIt is to- be determined in advance OF
the impeach hment, and consequently being
:-:,gssutiityshe is to be suspended or removed
= during the pendeney OF the trial: The
: sTevointionists seem, to take 1T for granted
That the Executive will not quietly sub.
init to. being thus. deposed, and the coun-
-zZttry, is being constantly. reminded of the.
smilit mower which Con gress can. con-
saroi. The: Austin (Texas) Republican, a
Radical paper say Congress wilipul-,
{. 3.Eariize the: President and the Supreme
Court, ii. .iit gets a, chunec--,-that 1T will
!. strike down. Johnson or be estricken down,
s;tnd 2t6at the grand army OF the republic.
. demonstrating is itssforces.o {.s ~:
:: :: Hereswe hayesthe animns OF the party
:, which. thus threatens the President. with.
and suspension. The .peo-i
North and South, may shut their eyes
and ears TO these facts, but q crisis IS has
: TENN Mlaen9they will ~bescompelled, not
only to. listen and see, but to act. For
some eelSs the subject seemed to die out,
Int the congre CATION here within the last
few :days, OF tily active leaders of the,
Il threatened, revolution has given rise to
: fresh excitement, and now. you hear listlc
gelses discussed OH the streets. These gen
!. fenefl have. attempted to move: very Qul-
stIyaIid secretly since their arrival.a the
.1naiionais capital tahcl Il M oyement
lnoWIl. 3 =: :: :: 80. 5E
In. tliis-e,uer rgency every one inqulfes,
5wfi;ltwiil the President do in the preml-
ssses II Iza1i not otautholized. to say whath he
.:ss.r Ill do, aor.has ,he intimated to any one
that seriously contemplated Subtraction
sosfstiie part of Congress- Yet Lam salts
fed that andrew Johnson is not the. man
-fosallow himself to be dcposed except in
: The modespointed outby the Constitution
/. TO that lie lzswill yield ready obedience.
IF npon an i,npeachmcn and trial, he be,
pronounced guilty Of high crimes and
.inisd donaeanf rs by the United States Sen
!. ;ise sitting asstiic high court of5lmpeach-
nlentsu,nde ders the Constitution, then am
satisfied the President would surrender
his Office TO his legal successor. IL, on,
the othershand, the attempt be made to
suspend orsremove the head iot the Exec
.EEutiFe Department Of the Government py
any mealIs tsoutsidc Of the Constitution,
.asconaict.is not only inevitable, but one
which must test much more severely the the
Stability of the American Government
than did the Southern rebellion. This:
conflict the Radicals declare their purpose
!. TO precpitate, and upon them must rest
;;,thezterriblc responsibility.
s.. In view of this state ofiaffairs it may
;pl5ossibiy liappen that President Johnson
. . may ma strengthen himself by an entire
change of Cabinet, calling around him
sonlyisuch gentlemenas accept the sltua-
tion,and who are willing to stand by the
constitutionand preserve it intact "against
alizits enemies, foreign and domestic"
Should. such atchange be determined on,
1t fnirhtsbe looked for. soon after the cleo
;tions,are over, and before the assembling
-5of Congress, SO that the new CABINET
Z would be in good working order and
ready to meet any issue which might be
presented by the legislative department.
Depend nponsit, we are abave interest,
.ingsde xelopments. very soon
sGENEnAL SHERMAN AT w AsHlNGToS.
The Washington letter writers have been
put to. their wits ends for the last few days
:; to discover sthe-object Of General Sher-
rnan's-visit to- the Capital 1t is pretty
= generally conceded now that lis visit has
s some connection with cabinet affairs. The
Radicals say4that Grant has remained in
xfieswar office from a, sense of duty only,
End is desirons. of being relieved Gree
lev thinks taat it-Grant surrenders his
1snosition as Secretary of War that the Pres
ident would naturally seek the strongest
man man with the masses as his successor, and
hence he concludes that Sherman's trip to
Washington will end in his being placed
sinpossession ofthe portfolio ofwar. Sher-
5r1ansSais zone. sof the most Conservative