The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-10-03
no WE WANT ANOTHER WAR.

That Audrew johnson has q settled
purpose TO attempt tie destruction of the
Government by force of arms, seems to
be well authenticated OF course very
few will now believe anything Of the kind
In 1860 there were but feS who believed
that the Southern members of Congress
really intended anything more than to
frighten the North. 1t was generally
known that Floyd was sending arms and
ammunition to the southern States, even
as the Southern president is now doing,
but no one believed that it meant war
It did however, and all too soon was
heard the thunder OF those cannon taken
flom under our very noses, without a
word of remonstrance because no one
beliere6 they would commit the covert
act and fire on the flag So now John
son, maddened at the prospect Of speedy
removal from office for criminal negligence
of duty and disobedience of the laws of
Congress, is trying to renew the conflict
and rekindle the flames which so nearly
consumed us in those FIVE dread years Of
blood Do you ask what induces this
belief, we reply with an extract from the
Washington Un.os, the Presd-nt's own
organ. We have others of the same sort
but this one viii suffice our purpose:
Men of America. are you prepared to
be reduced to slavery? Is the Anglo
Saxon character 80 feeble and cowardiy
shat you will not strike oHa blow f'r the
institution of yolr fathers and the free
dolu OF your poS;erity? We call upon
you III God ; name, ard in the name OF
Liberty, to rouae-to o:ganlze--and pre-
fs;sc to meet these insi,!.0us and heartess
tyraIIts. Ii I.ot ior yual own saheS, tot
the sake Of your children, be ready to
t;ieet the issue and ii necessary, couse
rate the dying struggles ot- l1ihcrty and
constitutional law with your blood. Dem
t,crats arouSe-At.UUSE SE-and thoroughly
ORGANIZE"
What different dill rebels talk prior to
the rebellion? Ne wonder il the country
has not seen enough Of blood yet! We
hope some of tn Sc men who are now
crying So loudly Ier BLOOD will not run
10 Canada when ii comes 10 the striking
point. Bat whether they 90 or stay
matters not II they succeed in creating
disturbance before they 81. The rebel
ieneral Reauregarii says Of the South,
1T is only those that remained at home
! and spared their breath titat tune their
vuices still for war. which is equally
true at the North Everything now
seems to hang on the single ,hgead how
the elections .nrn. if democGatic then
war; if Repuoilcan, then peace. for it l,
universally conceded that the Presiiens
will plunge us imto civil war if he re
| ceives any encouragement this fail. and
| that the Republican party only can save
| the country from the evils into which it
was plunged by the Slave Democracy
/ Senator Howard, of Michigan has writ
ten a letter to the Detroit 9rtbuae in
which he uses the following language -
| ''At the same time there is nothing gear
/ in those threats of violence upon Con
gress. The had their open initiation in
johnson I'D Of February speech, 1866,
| in winch the tone Of sgaeger and intini-
dation is discoverable. 1t was his pfin-
cipal rhetorical flourish in his drunken
Swing round the circle, and found it
way into almost all his veto messages. It
can hardly be regarded as merely for bun
combe, for hi, recent conduct, taken In
connection with the well known military
preparations going on in Maryland and
more than one other border State, leaves
| but little doubt that the original purpose
| of johnson to attempt violence upon
Congress has become deepened and in
tensited under the malign influence OF
Jerry Black and other private advisers.
Congress will do their duty firmly and
regardless of these revolutionary prepara-
| tons-,let him be sure OF that and it rests
with the people and the army to protect
them in so doing If rebels and rebel
| sympathizers have not yet had enough OF
strife and blood, they can. N my poor
opinion. become easily satiated BIZ stirring
mp johnson to assault Congress by mill
tary violence; and indeed, I am not sure
that in the long run such mad attemp,
would not, as leading to Il final and CON
elusive suppression of the rebellion and
rebelism by the condign punishment Of
| their fOmenters by 4 decided benefit r.
the government and the nation. There
must be fnal decision 1t some time
Perhaps it is the will of Providence thai
Johnson's madness should hasten it.
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