New-York tribune., 1867-09-18
j. y. F0RYEY on THE SITUATION

The editor of The philadelphia Press writes
the following letter to that paper:
In all tins thick and awful gloon there Is but one star TO
light the way-Gen Grant IN the war Oi't Cu & - -
nfttry more than once dependent upon hs sword j.
mn h'gug uuou his word. Whatever may nave Dte.i
al rst Thought Of his accepting the pOL2ho Oi sC ~
ono. ma nnrrof now questions the vital Importance Oh
his presence In that Department Inc heoci cl5uy -
snects ana fears him. The men who had iea ihiilos ~
r,nt claims with stanton which that just ara honest
man refused to consider, found Grant as lhneXlDe IL c
Minister whose great talents and victories lie so itS
oueutly and 80 recently and Significantly fecosiLeu
lis fyorite officers displaced against his wishes, II not
his protest the attitude OF Cen Graut was heIot Ioo %
importaut 10 his cOunrymen or more unpleasant 70 mn
seli have not him, aud write rather Itoi tt9
views or others than from my own kn1WeGse' baS a
here set down, and have met our most thQughi anu
Considerations friends The destiny OF the Republic mas
never been more completely III inc hahus VI Nc" "A"'
than it is ut the present moment -, :. - 4, ,i,o
II there is any remedy for the new peril IL is III 'o
hands OF the people They, and they alone can app! IL
The surest way TO prcciptatc hosltes, 10 ehcoIa6e
Andrew johnson to sel1e the G1Vernen naninn
tion and reconstruction unconstitutional Is 10 VOC & ne
Coppcrhead ticket IN the coming eleelQns & LOU & Dr
tod mat this is mere parsans appeal 10 AWAKEN your
fears and TO control your votes. heIleinpeI l nav
never before deceived You in grave pubic eergeSy,
NV couutrymen every honest heart Is cOnNulseu wll
terrible anxiety a4a ohy eSo vcn the Copperheads
mans conduct try 10 shake
him on as il get rid OF second frghtful responsipty
should their efforts IN supporting ms p3iSy PTd & 60
rapid as when great, free people TelIse 81, 70 oc
ished. You refused to be warned CNr ~ T told vo tbat
the Rebel foe was arming for your destruction anu % % 1
onIy when the blow fell that you aWoke TO me uIcau
reality III YOU needed proof not OF Andrew JoIson
inanfions nappily no doubts them nOWl pu oI VIC
fato' foly OF btiug mised into opposition 10 te 0y
nrv init can save the Republic. look at tho pa,ass
ihn inns befaen business all over the laho stuVe u. hs
construed the elections in California ana Maine lso al
Endorsement OF his lplan 10 restore the eDes 10
What man il mad enough 10 attribute the IsG IA sou W
tbr Reconstruction law when HUNDREDS OF hSDei ieaueI
have accepted its terms and the mahuinieu llOs Ul
the sonth paid for their labor for the lrst ue rt c
ricing their former masters and quietly pttpans iol
The dnes of citizenship The crisis Is Erayer t3h any
thot Los preceded IT, There Is not uIGu soiucI y,
th Rrnuhlic who does not see ana say it II 10 20. i@V
Won were aroused TO frenzy AT the pare lhllaOh
~, wbot is now openly ayowed. The notorious Leuy"
al match rcpudfatcd then because IL was met ~ oc
mi thtv outbirst OF dignatiOn Out never iOruay &c
,c ~ its author Andrew JOhnson l. now not ohl 10
hn actd upou hut acted upon under the sanction ol nc
neral aud amid the threats OF Kcbel asehls
And tho American people are not Only declared D Pa
tent i'm such n crisis but said 10 be NOtng LOT the toP
ncrheads TO show that the Republicans are wrong noia
fl business stops credit tremblcs, labor STANDS uSas'
and he monarchs OF the civilized world after admitting
that we have crushed the Rebellion, may now pes 70
rejoice over the revival Of their dNNng R"P,ci eng
si;gli IL be said that the glt.t Republican ph9 oi
America have contributed 10 such an end that Nlc INC
enemies of progress abroad and the cueies 0l hlmny
nj home are plotting, with the aid OF wicked man l c
Presidential chair, Republican votes helped 10 SVEN h
verdict az inst the Right, and Republican hahds heeu
10 lift that Wrong into powerf