The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-27
TTFoDAY HoENING. AUsUsI n.
IN. PresId.nt, his Organ aHh hi.
Cabinet

TUEoDAY HoENING- AUSUSI ~
IN. Pre.Ident, his organ anh nj.
Cabinet
The -SatfuHaI LtlLelti1enesT. not oTdi-
nsrlIya comic BsTsps per, IL publishing
q series Of articles that are nDT almost
laGghabIy grosesque. The editor seems
bent on giving no siumber 70 his eye
ids until a general resignation Of Cab
last officers takes takes place. He is
supposed 70 speak Mr.Johnson's desires
10 the premises. and day after day he is
intlmaung, suggesting. and inviting
aessTz. Seward IL Co. 70 hand in their
portfolios and allow his august
patron to reorgsnizs bis board
Of priyy councillors. The joke
j. tia, the rssignations ARE not forth
coming. Mr.. Stanton did not resign
aud apparently his obtusensfs Is cpl
dsnic in the cabinet. Pew die and
none resign" said Sr. Jefferson long
ago. Did he have this special epoch in
his eyer II used TO be thought that a
Presiden. could get rid Of an objection
able member Of his cabinet by a very
slight inimAiion that his room was
more agreeable than his COM
pany. Bot now IL seems to be
different. They hang on with grim
desperation a. II they were in
terror Of being throwa upon the cold
charities of the outside world, aud un-
certain where their vIctuAls and clothes
were 70 come from.
And POOR Mr.. johnson seems almost
desperate az 10 how to get rid Of these
hangers on. He hesitateH to serve
them all as he did Stanton. That case
seems 70 have exhausted the Uts a teTgo
policy. To suspend each OF them does
not apparently suit his programme, in
HsrnuCh as the Senate might refuse to
concur in his action aud therefore make
his hnal position even more Intoleraole
than 1t Is at present. Apparently he
can devise nothing better than an out
side pressure from his organ. That
pressure Is being exerted with conaid-
cradle yigor and with no little plain
ness Of speech. Tie members Of The
Cabinet are told that "ths most delicate
"snd the most patriotic way OF serving
their country Is for each and all OF
Them, without further hesitation or
delay to place their resignations in
1.-The hands OF The President, and thus
leave him perfectly free to &C. as the
"e1igsncies OF the hour may in his best
Judgement require"
II this is not plain talk we are not 8
Judge Of the article. To call It a hint
would be a misuomer. II is one OF
those emphatic hints that are
sometimes applied with club. Aud
yet we hear of no designations. 30
body appears to have thrown up his
hand. Mr.. Johnson's beart is not vel
made glad with positive refusnls &c
serve under the circumstances. Even
Mr.. Seward who Is said TO have offered
ed the President AN intimatiou of his
Willingness to leave. has made no nine
ty.day note to that effect. And the
Neptune OF the Navy. he with the
flowing beard and formidable wig, still
cIIngs like the veritable old man of the
sea to the neck OF poor Sinbad. As for
the gay and festive Count Won RIA ndall,
he IL willing to forego the pleasures OF
atrip TO Europe, and allows his wife to
pine. sick, aud alone, among the High
Ianders, rather than risk the damages at
hume Of the situation.
All this very peculiar, and shows
upon what Interesting times we have
fallen.
Poor Johnsonl he no doubt chafes
Ike a stag at bay. In vain he strains
his eyes Tor help. Truly may the cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier
write of him that condemned by all
factions, and supported by no section,
che Ia about to fall into absolute insig-
"nidcunce. lie has no party at the
north, and the North controls the
Government. The South cannot help
"him, but is itself under control OF the
Northern Congressional power"
HE has only eighteen months OF his
",ime LEFT, and. practically, he will be
''iu office for party purposes only three
"mouths; for after the meeting of Con-
''greSs in November next, he will be
"bouud hand and foot, and prevented
from acting on the line upon which he
"has commenced, and very possibly be
"impeaehed and suspended from the
"exercise of official functions"
z. $. Since the above was in type. "a
dispatch last night intimates that the
Cabinet officers are ready TO resign
when tina President says the word.
This is a very peculiar announcement.
II such is and has been their position
US mere hangers on to 'the verge Of
the Government" why does the Presi-
dents organ put them in the ridiculous
position OF reluctant, hesitating and
obtuse officials. who have TO be told in
AN editorial, supposed by the whole
country to lie inspired by the Presi-
dent, that they are overstayiug their
time. Such an organ is miserably out
of tune that makes such discordaut and
senseless music.
IT is proposed 10 give Sheridan n
warm welcome to Washington.