Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-01-23


The New York Tribune oflast Friday,
in an able editorial on the situation,
says:
Because Gen. Grant declines to do
Mr.. Johnson's dirty work, TO he his
creature and catspaw, and cover the in
famies of the Administration with the
luster of his great name, the President
howls with disappointed rage, and his
followers foam with indignation. We
honor Gen. Grant for what he has done.
We regard these attacks upon his trut Ia
fulness as the baying ofso many houndss
On q question ofveracity between Ulysse.
s. Grant and Andrew johnson, between
soldier whose honor Is rs untarnished as
the sun, and President who has be-
trayed every friend, aud broken every
promise, the country will not hesitate.
Let the fight be open and manly. If
AndreU johnson means to defy this
1enure-of- Office Id,u, and make % tOdI'
and take the consequence Edwin M,
Stanton is Secretary of War, and he can
only be removed blythe operation of law.
OF course, the President does not desire
him in the War Office; but neither does
he want Mr.. Stephens in the House,
nor Mr.. Sumner in the Senate. He
wishes their absence so badly that he
has publicly expressed his opinion they
should be hung. Still, they are in Con-
gress, just as Stanton is in the Cabinet /;
they are officers of the Government, and
must be respected.
'Let Stanton resign, " say some, "apd
thus tide over the trouble" We beg
/ Mr.. Stanton not TO resign. III we are to
have q contest with President johnson
of decisive character, the sooner il
comes the better. We have had enough
of patience, compromise, forbearance.
Our cause is that Of justice, and we ows
the millions Of helpless loyalists in the
South too much to see them sacrificed to
the spirit of Slavery and Treason which
now rules incarnate in the person o.
Andrew Johnson. Therefore, we say
let the President, If he dare, put finger
upon Mr.. Stanton or Gen. Grant. We
have sacrificed too much for freedom t
see 1t stified in night by these conspir
ators against the public good. These
men are enemies of the Republic. Un
der the pretense of saving the countr,
and executing the laws, they are labor
ing to bring anarchy upon us. Theyseel
to make the South hell, to have race {,
be arrayed against race, and vengeanc
to take the place of justice. Every stel
that the loyal men have taken towar'
reconstruction is opposed, and the Pres
| lueTl Oh bne OnlJeQ tiIc SWOEi
Z executor of the law, stands to-day in tn
, position of its most persistent and pow
erful foe. But for him every Southeri
State would be in Congress, and TIL
country would besatisfied.
Eyes, but we will lose the election,
| say some, ''and the Copperheads vii
, triumph. " Well, we have heard thu
before, and we find no terror in it. !
the slave interest is to triumph, and tn
loyal men of the South are to be remand
ed to the mercy of the men who tried
, enslave and murder them for five years
, let it lie done by Copperheads when the
come into power, and not by our mega
' tive consent. Defeat may come wit
Q honor, butletit find us standing sternly b
] the right, yielding no principle, maxim
no concession. We are beaten to- da,
IL defeat Is our destiny. Rather than 8,
the Congress of America tamely conceC
one element of justice, or surrender or
man to the tyranny of the Rebel power
. or permit the President to put fingt
! upon Mr.. Stanton or Gen. Grant, "
y would accept any political fate. Th
" Congress cannot racede. Itcannot shir
!, its esponsibility, and it must not
!, paralyZed by concessions to Presdei
n who, finding he cannot rule the countr
a seems bent upon running 1t.
Therefore we admOnish the Pres
dent and his midnight, bnck-stai
!. counselors, like Black, and Coyle, al
"A Blair, to be cautious! The next cal
~ that Congress may play is Impeachment
70 1t IL for Mr.. johnson to say whether
n shall be played or not.