Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-13
Haw & l.iaht Hava Raen

Fresh from che psEusal OF newspapers
printed I'M all parts Of the loyal statea,
we must ds1lsra that thg nanRral faal-
ing ocsasi0nedl isv the finapeaehnaent
2ssug 20 be Dn9 Of relief. 10 III useless fo
deny that A3FulCrs than q vearfh cn1n-
try VgigkAOu6 a maoEgel 0f comfdance in
either tl18 ability or the Integrity of Mr..
johnson, has suffered extremely fion
aoEbs and apnF8aansion3 and az Tis Exc
eeIleaoy p tAl lenta ana ana 1i bl1n had been.
8qun1 Af she A4aior-Giemerals had 1ean
less Ees1n3y AuCoFrnE Etfbl9, if the Exec
uhiv9 had been rs lucky ms EoHaparts
on the 9th Of NoVomb Der, 1799, Che Capi-
tol azlFht have been empty this morn
ing and its key In aEord Protectors
pasAaEs when the BiEHid ar8 shaken by
HppEehs1szoEzs Of danger to be met let
them refresh their souls BY consider
aaion Of dagger aagmountedi Now
when 3 has been shown how imposgi-
bls 81 is f6s 9 E7iez6dliys a1ablEious man
70 sa1EzpsE with the nj ili6a1y 1poWGE' of
the tenHblzoy when our 5enefalE have
smiled g8naslzl 8tucuaLV af bIandiFh-
lnents. and 59ibas, a4h8a the laws have
been Flu1l88be8 and our Hbsfties pres
serFea, s can calEalg. and intelligent
j ealculaf6 che probable upshot If Mr..
8ohnson had been an Oliver Cromwell,
or General Grant q Col. PFide-if our
C5ngTessnaen had been towards and our
soldiers mere meEeenarie6. As tt Is. we
have only another beautiful iIlustra-
tion Of the truth Of the axiom: "The
tools 70 him who can use them.O A
weak man, attempting to carve his
way with the public sword, viii simply
cut his fingers. We may thank our
stars that the very Grst personal at
tempt to grasp at autOcratic power, in
our history was undertaken bv one
whose weakness made an ignOniniouB
failure prsdsstinatR. We have so often
sighed over ar JohnsOn's mediocrity,
50 apparent in al that he said and ali
be did, that we do not easily aeeommO-
date ourselves 70 this new estimate of
the value Of his wOrthIessnsBs but now
we begin better to appreciate the ways
OF PrOyldenos In permitting this 6rBt
attack upon th9 public liberties to be
made, not by an eloquent, learned, po-
lite and courageous Rspiraut, but bV
Andy Johnson Of Tennessee. The body
polite viii try its "prentice hand" on
him, and he viii ct least confer upon
the country che obligation of furnishing
precedents for emergencies which may
be more Justly alarming.
1t would not be difficult 20 draw a
picture of what might now be the attf-
Iude of affairs if Mr.. johnson had been
Gen. jackson, without Gen. JBclrBon's
restraining virtue and common sense
In such case we do not pretend to say
how nearly through he might by tiint
of viii and military popularity. have
engineered his coup d2etGt but he GER
tainly would not have tumbled head
long at the very first into such an inn
pr0mptu catastrophe. He would have
affrighted the country for at least
tWenty-four hours. He would proba-
bly, have obtained possession. of the War
Office by some OpBrRti Dn Of a burglar
ions nature he mig at even have raj
lied around his standard a couple Of
regiments and intrenched himself in
ar
fortnight What johnson really did do
was 70 send rather q Ysalk-hsaded Gem
eral solitary and alone, 70 Bt0rId the War
01heR5 and to scare man like Edwin
NJ Stanton, backed by the Bsnate and
the HOUSE. into an uucon dftionRl and
tguominious surrender. Nothing so
serlous was ever go sillyz-nOthing So
silly ever came half 30 near being SER
ious, s la1e 81
Turning from what might have been to
what Isl yEe see that everything has
been fortunately ordered IL TcuId
have been hard to make cautious and
peace=loYing people comprehend that
the President deserved impsaohu1ent
we win say for the New-Orleans infa1ny,
orfor the corruptiOns ofthe Revenue SER
vice but now his offeusa has c0me in a
shape which all mem can ullG gFgt q nd.
4E4ce OF Aa8#-~TaDr left CEasasFrnrIf M lf-
bernatk kFe--ae seemed kocourf lbNP. f11al
and desperate stTuggies and, like other
u1nT1uell2le men before him, he has
found ruin in the opportunity. No
wonder that all the reports from WASH
ingtOn concur in the assertion that he
has no friends left for nobody cares to
unite his fortunesy however desperate.
with those Of one who has PLAYED his
last card, and sEalzed his last shilling.
and lost Hardly oH8 Of those news
paper corrsspo who have been
honoEad so often by the Presidents To-
quaeious and 1ndisorfminate eonfidence
seems disposed, pen in hand, to come
to his rescue. His wise men run av5av
His trustiest counselor seems to have
gone into hiding We do not even hear
Of any clever woman who is lending
her soft and balmY assistance. The
Democratic party should, in honor,
stand by the President, or, at least.
make a little show of their sympathy
but the leaders of that sweet orEaniza-
ton know by long experience the pre-
else value Of q man in his position. and
as for honor, they long ago ceased even
70 talk aboue IT. All seems TO be work
ing well, and we see no reason either
for fear OF Pondency, as there eer-
tainly WouId have been had the House
Of Representative been a the least less
prompt and decisive in it's actiOn.--N.
7. IFf5HHe.