The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-02

Johnson, In measured terms predicting July
session Of Congress and Interpretation Of tho Law by
that body which cannot be mistaken " a removal OF
the Executive while generally the gna secesonists
regard the affair eopeuing of the reconstruction
roversy, in which, amid the general scramble something
may may be gained by them In the way Of
from the party the other; aud to gain thai
point OF getting back into the Union with
vestige OF political power their hands-thev
willing that the business OF reconstruction should be
| delayed indefinitely The apathy TO which the more
bitter had beaken themselves has for the disap-
peared, and the question whether the people OF the
South will not sustain the President rather than that
restoration should be further postponed Is anxously
debated, some arguing ths the North has had quite
enough both Of campaigning and diplomacy, and that
it is possible by Fabian policy, in which Everything is
left undone, to worry the North into admission OF
the Southern States terms Of their dioa ion
Conhscaton they profess to regard legal impoesi-
blity CONFIRMATION Of the constitution and policy
In the exercise OF which the people would condI-
tons back up the enacted statutes Of the legislative bodv
SILL the fear OF attempted connscatiou like the ghost
OF Won Euslen haunts their uneasy siumber and that
which they proe to regard grasshopper In the
brain Of Thad Stevens constitutes nearly the
Why the agators Of the Crescent CITY quiet and
subduod in their murmurngs they really are roaring
unto each other gently We player Of the lion in the
"Mid Summer NIGHTS Dream"
With the single exception Of the TiSes the New Or
leans papers ominousy reticent, So far as any
opinions upon the subject concerned though being
the official organ Of the city tina. paper mus, OF
be counted very accurate exponent OF the general
sentiment The Times Of this morning, however, treats
the subject in style of ground and lofty syntax
ing the General with most rhetorical severity and eav-
ing syogism OF Whacly and no linguistic device Of
Blair and Quackenbos unemployed, by Of wedding
the loftiest Indignation TO the loftiest and most
Macaulcyan diction. After complimentng General
Sheridan the brilancy Of his military career by way
OF carrying out the Ionginan principle Of effective con-
trast the writer proceeds with sermonoid which might
easily have been the offspring OF post prandia revcre
Of tho great growler tho Boswell ridden Dr johnson.
The article concludes by advising Mexcanization OF the
Whatever NAV have been the acts OF General Sheri
dan as commander OF this military department, whether
he may have been ndscree In word or deed the cause
or reconstruction woud suffer by his removal and
by the modification OF his orders either Of which would
be Interpreted certain concession the part Of the
government tn the faoOus camor and discomfort o. the
opposition. The New Orleans secessionis makes OBJ
lection far as the removal Of Governor Wells Is con-
cerncd or at least processes to make no objection And
here s nterpoated q subtle Distinctions dis motion
without difference perhaps-between the manner and
the matter Of Sherdans administration Preendedy II
Ia not to the substance Of his that the obec Is
made, but to the form into which that substance is
rounded As certain old English rhymester Describes
the sermOnzing OF English cIergymen the orders 10 Is
insisted are good, but the synax and grammar Of the
General offensive and is asserted that he mauages
with dlsjonted skill.
Ana What at seem. ssss psr,d 1o a. st FIRST
The pretence an old one, Wig: that General sher
dan is not personally and socially acceptable to the
people OF this otv and that he IL and must be socially
constutionav gentlemen and be treated with
exceeding gentlemany delicacy, no Obector ventures
to un~.ss hmssf and expose the real motive for ali this
camor and high sounding nonsense about being treated
with les: o. bluntness and more OF Partisan navor
yesterday ss not received into society in New Or.
leans and counted the lion he expected to be- and hence
measures" And this, 80 far As conversation is con-
cerned, Is the utmost that be extracted though
Of all objection Is the fact that the General be
trned with, tempered with or hoodwinked. and
:s persists :.m IL SshIs my Ssr Of ac
fully masked. or n how many lions skins
EMBODIED To say the least his removal :.
stamp most prono~o, would be regarded by all parties
here as triumph Of rebel influence over the admins
discomfort than any future commandant ought to be
compelled TO harvest and than nothing could be more
mpSc a. the present janc%rs when Attorney General
restoration upon the rebel conservative platform, and
though rather Quxotic hts against the windmill Of
military reconstruction 10 still borne on by the storm Of
rebel plaudits to victory, more likely TO defeat
Should there be NO session Of Congress In July-as
prominent secessionists insist upon predicting there
w-the work OF reconstruction upon the Congressional
plan will at cease to be even apparently cooper
squabbes about tho legality Of this order or Of that will
have taken the place Of submission before the LIST Of
August and II anything IL to bs done I, must be done
quickly and with sufficient emphasis TO b unm sta
kable in It's meaning Meantime the friends Of recon-
structiou the radical basis depressed, though
ton 8LSa cea mos sneers the croaker the street
corners. quoting the words Of tho Grand konarque,
letter: and thereupon follows navssty OF shcrdan's
expostulaon, like the following which heard dozen
time: repeated with sgnt variation Q.
to differ from the Prerdent" the is not to be rusei"
''his Judgment is wrong" 81 am right" o. this ik,
sometimes covert and sarcastic often open and bold
the comments upon the position taken by the General
commanding this military district upon the Presidents
until date OF August and this refrain Of popular feel
ing the T0 takes and frames into rhetoric this
Ing only reproducing however, the gossip Of the
and of the oungers rebelious St James Tie
radicals the other hand maintain that General Sher
dan IL acting uudee aaw Of Congress, with which neither
the President nor Attorney General Sianbery have any
right to interfere, and which neither has
petent control jurisdiction and thus stands the ques-
thority shall have pronounced upo, 1t emphatcally;
after which season OF quiet may be expected though
meantime the caudron bolts and the public pulse beats
generously danger OF sediton and bubbles up anew
and the ship OF reconstruction, hawrested from its
wind OF popular feeling and sentiment
Registration progresses very slowly owing TO the fact
that the opinions Of the Attorney General have only
been carried with notifications In this district and
registrars have little business except insert their
thumbs carefully 10 their mouths and look with
expression OF unutterable wisdom-though from
every journal rises the refrain in small "caps" at the
head Of the editorial column -"Not to register and
Is to against the South; !" and croakers with
unusual felicity OF ermace roll their eyes carefully
into the tops OF their heads and fccbly the
three sad syabes Register" The registration Of whites
Is however Notwithstanding the gene raj apathy gaining
proportion to that OF the blacks Who, for the most
part have already registered, and II beginning to be
very generally conceded that II Mr. stanbery opinion
Is carried out to the letter Louisiana will give moderate
rebel conservative majority at the coming election,
granting Congress should have special July
sion, and materially modify the programme, event
which, preendedy at least the conservatives regard
exceedingly problematica In fact the conservatives
feicating themselves upon q rumor that Senator
Sherman "sees nothing as yet 70 warrant extra
sion,r and upon calculation OF members unable uu.
willing to attend doubts expressed to the getting
together Of quorum.