The tri-weekly standard., 1868-06-25

There seems to be another squabble in
Johnson's cabinet. Not content with viola
ting the law, in relation to Stanton, the Pres
ident now seeks to turn Secretary McCulloch
out of oiSce. 1t is said that the Secretary
is not wanted there, for the rebels say, turn
him out he was under Lincoln, he is too
loyal for u.s.
Now we are no political friends to McCul-
loch. for unless he stands with the Demo-
Gratis we do not know his position But SO
far as we have been able to judge, he has
endeavored to discharge his duties as Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and succeeded in many
things in an admirable manner.
But because lie retains radicals under him,
he must now go out of Office What is the
meaning of thiss We can tell-it is plain.
The nation knows the immense frauds
practiced on the various revenue depart
ments. 1t is sick of the corruption of rings
and cliIues, whose members have ESCAPED
punishment thus far, except in rare instan.
ces. Whom to hold responsible, it knows
not, save the man whostands at the head of
the government and forgets to execute the
laws in his opposition to Congress. He be-
gins to feel the weight of the opprobium,
which has been accumulating on his admin
lstration, and hopes to turn the Just censure
of the people from himself by displacing
McCulloch, Rollins, and others, with the
general accusation of faithlessness in the
discharge of their duties. When they are
turned out OF office, he will endeavor to
show to the country by bogus reforms and
sham prosecutions for the few months inter
vening before the November election, that
he, his party and friends are the true and
honest men of the country. Thus the repu-
tation of McCulloch and Il few of his sub
ortlinates is to be blasted, while the guilty
will he retained in office and the innocent
punished. Wewill tell you why.
This action upon the part of johnson is
bid for popularity, and for Il further lease
of power. That obtained, every hungry,
thievish, democratic copperhead and rebel in
the country will fasten his lips upon the
government tit, and suck it dry. Reform
and honesty will be flung to the dogs. Cor
ruption will stalk in the streets of Washing
| ton, and the Cleopatras of the Capital again
! teach the nation, that among evil rulers the
glance of a woman's eye is more powerful
than the voice of an indignant people.
Is Grant, who is the great reformer, and
who won the applause of the people in his
brief administration in the war department.,
! by reducing unnecessary expenses and cut
ting down the number of ofsuperhuous officials,
to be thus sacrificed, by the trick of batch
of corrupt demagogues, headed by an i'm
peached President? The people will an
swer this question. Whether Secretary
McCuloch is turned out or retained, their
confidence in Grant, who reformed one de-
partment of the government. not because he
was an interested partizan or a politician,
but because he was an honest servant of the
Republic, will remain unshaken. They can
penetrate the loose tissue of deception,-this
last web OF fraud spread as a screen by
johnson to hide the villianies of his admins
tration. Let him go on. Secretary McCul-
loch Mr. Rollins and others are fully able to
turn the tables on him and his coadjutors in
the whisky ring and other infamous associa-
tions