New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-01-09
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General Grant are to stand by him, 10 the
complete discontinue and overthrow of the
arch perurer and assassin of the nineteenth
century. We never for moment doubted
the ability of the man whom even Mr..
Seward paid the high compliment of having
organized the successful war against the re-
bellion. To suppose that SO able lawyer,
so experienced a politician, man with
such an iron will and such indomitable en-
ergy, so thoroughly honest and fearless, so
upright in all his dealings, the Carnot Of
Mr.. Lincoln's administration, and a secre-
tary of war Napoleon might have gloried
in, would tameIy submit to be put out of
sight by drunken, brainless demagogue
through peUured statements to congress
and the country, was asking too much
of human nature To those who
watched the war closely the mind
of Mr.. Stanton was seen in all the great
plans executed with such mastery skill by
General Grant; and General Grant never
did nobler act in bis life than when at the
close of the war he frankly acknowledged
his obligations to the great war secretary
Mr.. Stanton was not during the war, and
pc haps is not now a popular man. Men
of extraordinary executive talent seldom
are, They can not endure triflers around
them, and, like tormenting flies, with one
sweep of the hand brush them away or
crush them the moment they appear. But
| Mr.. Lincoln and the other eminent men of
his cabinet knew his worth and stood by
and upheld him to the last, in spite of, per-
| haps, the greatest political and military
combinations chat were ever made against
any man to overthrow him. Mr.. Johnson's
administration has been one series of mis-
takes, but the one great mistake browning
all others was his attempt 10 battle with
Mr.. Stanton. With General Grant as secre-
tary Of war, Mr.. Stanton has still been in
power, and this we say with no desire to
disparage General Grant, but to add to
his already great reputation for posses
ing extraordinary sagacity and COM
mon sense. Mr.. Stanton and the senate
of the United States have taken their own
time to consider the matter of suspension.
Senator Towards report is about to be
acted upon. If the senate has a back
bone not yet weakened by the spinal dis
ease of conservatism, it will put Mr..
Stanton in the war department and if
possession is disputed will call upon
the house of representatives to impeach
Andrew johnson and with its aid put him
out Weak kneed men think all this
portends another rebellion and perhaps a
revolution. If we are to have another re.
bellion better now than in the next cen
fury. But towards never fight but al
ways skulk when real danger Is at hand.
They display wonderful courage marching
behind the drum and fife in their country
towns, but are the first to show the white
flag or beat retreat on the battle
field. The camp followers now hound
ing on Andrew johnson to defy and
break down congress we saw all over
the South during the war. They were the
suffers, the hOrsethieves, the buzzards that
were never in the front, but always in
the rear. Some Of them hired negroes to
steal horses and mules from their masters,
and after they had accumulated few thou
sand dollars by selling them to the gov
eminent, came down to New Orleans,
and started rebel newsp= pera on Camp
street. Mr.. Stanton's iron hand pressed
hard upon all that dirty crew of land
pirates, and hence their fierce opposition.
He pat some of them in the Old Capitol
prison; some he sent to Tortugas; some he
gave notice to leave the country in the
quickest possible time; few he hung by
the neck, or shot at drumhead court martial
All who escaped the last penalty are now
members in good standing Of the
Democratic or Andrew johnson party.
Mr.. Stanton filed the jails;
Andrew johnson opened them;
and from the Five Points in New York to
the gambling bells in San Francisco has
rallied all their old contents to his sup
port, The biggest bullies but at the same
time the most abjeot towards he has sent
South again to do his dirty work, and now
has them employed in writing up his i'm
maculate administration. A telegraphic
wire runs straight from Camp street to the
White house, and not an act Of meann ess
or devilry is perpetrated at one end that
is not immediately known and commended
at the other. lit is riot in which humid
reds are slain, Camp street gets merry and
Johnson gets drunk If it is the removal
Of Stanton, Camp street shouts amen ana
johnson hints Of the Mexican mission. If
it is the appointment Of Hancock, Camp
street goes down on its belly and eats dirt
by the bushel, and Johnson parades bis no
tons OF civil law before the constitutional
makers Of it. What great Am Camp
street would be if Johnson was only
another one. But being mushroom sprung
up in the night, Camp street is only a
tOadstool pulled suddenly into vegetable
life. Mushrooms are good to eat if they
are well cooked, bat toadstools will poison
the very devil himself But we wander
from Mir. Stanton. The country is soon to
knew what congress meant wheH It passed
the civil tenure bill II Mr.. johnson can
remsve Mr. Stanton after the senate de
elares he had 10 cause for his suspension, we
want ia know IL The eontaat NAV ha oar.