Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-08-01

IL IifI)UOticUH congressman mas ~
Plain TAX pith some Of. JOhnsOn's
CuJinet-7nc President in Constant
Fear Of IWpedchment-He Wiz be
q candidate for the Senate from Ten
nessec-JOhnson Urged to Abosdon
Opposition to Sheridan Treatment
of Rebel Prisoners.
Especial Dispatch TO the Chicago Trbunc.l
WASHINGTON. July %.
n few days after the adjournment of
Congress, one Of the strongest Republican
members of the House. and one of the
leading opponents of Impeachment, took
occasion to express his views of hsassoci-
| ates in the party to two members of the
Cabinet. He first went to 10 the Attorney
General, AMI said: MIR. Stanbery, YOU
have deue all in your power To put obsta-
cles in the way Of the enforcement OF the
laws of Congress. and have particularly ex
erted yourself to break down the Recon
structiOn laws. Now you must fully and
clearly understand that if the President
does not faithfully execute the law we
have just passed, the very first thing Con
gress will do on Resembling will be to
impeacl him, aid | for one will exert my
self to secure that end" and that he mi sht
be perfectly certain il would be brought
about.
Stanbcry replied that he felt sure the
President would execute the law So as to
avoid trouble. as he was in great and con-
slant fear OF impeachment and tho more 30,
of late, As he had made up his mind to 90 at
once to Tennessee on the expiration of his
present term and run before the Legislature
as candidate for the United States Senate.
Stanbery said further. that his own influence
would he thrown steadily for the execu-
ton OF the law 10 the letter.
The next person visited was the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. to whom this member
said, "Mr. McCulloch. You have done al
in your power to disgrace US: you have
turned good honest men out fplacc every
where and filed their places with swindlers
and robbers. who are plundering the Treas
ury and eating up tl,c revenue He then
went on to repeat what he had told Stan
berry, that if these things continued. and if
the resent law was not executed. the first
thing Congress would do would he TO i'm
peach. McCulloch protested that he had
made as few changes for political purposes
as possible, and that he would do all he
could to have the laws enforced.
In this connection and bearin upon the
Presidents apparent determination to re-
move Sheridan. it may be stated that sew
cral of Mr.. JohnsOn's warm supporters
among them one OF his Cabinet, called on
him to urge that he should abandon lis
opposition to- the Reconstruction law, and
especially give up his plan OF removing
Sheridan, telling him that he could reap
NO possible good and only injury from any
further conflict with Congress.
In connection with the charges now So
frequent in Democratic papers, that rebel
prisoners were treated with great severity
in Union prisons, the fact has conc out in
an examination of the record OF the Elmi-
IA prison on the Surratt trial, that orlhrec
months in the spring of 1885,, out of over
five thousand prisoners then confined there,
only six died.
WAsIIrYGToS. July 81.
II seems to be settled at last that the
President is only waiting to see his way
clear before removing Sheridan. Nothing
new has occurred, the open oppC si;ion be-
Ing little less manifest during the late
session of Congress, though the leading
men in the Union party knew .fihe Presi-
dents intention for the last two weeks.
Grant and Stanton have almost forced the
President to- keep his hands Off Sheridan,
and General Thomas has protested in
writing against the change, and they
may yet prevent it. The cry of the Presi-
dent 5 hackers is that Sheridan has insuItcd
both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Stanbcry. One
additional reason for desiring present ac-
ton is the fear that Sheridan may remove
Throckmorton and some other leading
Texas rebels.
sIrERIDAN's SUCCESSORS
The New York Times Washington
special says: 1T is stated to night i'm
Administration circles that General Thorn
as has consented 10 relieve General Shcri-
dan after the elections in Tennessee, next
month. The statement must not be ac-
cepted as authoritive. as it is well known
that General Thomas has endorsed Sheri-
dams course, and il is fair TO presume that
he would not be more acceptable to the
President and his friends than Little Pr -
The New York Tridgaes Washington
special says: General Hancock will pro
badly be appointed to relieve General Shcr
idan."