The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05
.As Glance at the Situation.

!; New York Herald makes the following
: interesting. observations on the crisis
: None should be deferred from a careful
. perusal: :bccausesit is s;lengtby.:
sIf.W;hat that caustic Scotch philosopher
Thomas. Carlyle, calls sthe horioge Of
time, ,'were wont to peal out the passage
.efsone epoch into another, ali men would
s.knoMsby sits resonant-c clang that within
the; past; week great political transfor.
:. nation has taken place and that we have
etfteredsusnewsperiot Unconventional des.
TIMES. The horioge aof time, however
: iike;the. music of the spheres, is audible
senly.to the sfnerscnses; few hear it, and
nost.o fus become apprised only at u late
5 date-of therchange that has taken place.
If Lam in error. in my readnIg Of the
signs vf the times your better Judgment
will correct me and the event will right
afl;but ] am. sure that Fam not mistaken
i'll affirming that; the countryshas reached
.:a1:risis tllltsthe political forces have, ,-on
thesiiIies on whicit,thcy have been moving,
senlaI6ated, land that the two aptagonistic
,politicalss parties have attained a definite
( policy and anew point ofdcparture.
=. Let me sketch the mcrcst outline OF the
.-rivut programmes which the respective
sides have marked OUT Tor stliairsglidunee
-. ossram m es made pin secret conclave
:andin :Whicli, thoughza good deal is yet
indererminate, the cardinal points have
been 3deinitely agreed g upon; as here pre-,
sented.s -. y y
:And first astc. tile policy of tue Radi-
GALS. 1t is bold, desperate aud the fruit
OF desperation: It's first pslpabIc mani
fcstation was the. restoration,o Of Stanton.
: You. have noticed the unexpected una
sliii,nitys:withgs which this was, ga;sfricd
through. You have observed that the
act WAS favored by the. whole body Of the
,wGIlom conservative Rrpuhican" Sena-
-.tsrs;s wlIo:nnt ,o,ily acquicsced IN the meas
: ufe;i biturged'icin cioqnent.sp speeches. i
-eh:..i not:.stop here to .il9lirc iato the
cause Of the. change thtt has come over;
this class of Senators; ittmust,bc cause
-unknowe- TO rhG,public. and wise men are
not sf1w-in attrbuting III TO the use OF the
ENORMOUS patronagess pecnniarS and per-
>sena1: sa sthes sSecretaty of Var Regard.
iagsthisI shall have some revelations TO
make ere long ffice.it,now to-mote that
there is at length. perfect unity aud cole
SION -a,sonss the tRs;ta:cass -. -.
..Ghe. Radical pro gHtmne 6rst7ofs al, ),
makes Stanton the. directing mind of the.
new dynasty2 feshim zisss assigned the
s:rqle of tlie Dantu.of tl,issrerolutionaEy
{ movement Il u,sst be allowed heeis not!
iiksliitctl to tie part lie is O. bold, bad
a.an, interruptions selfish, ambitious The
nssslatMe chief Is to be Ben.ssWade. He
will be put on the Presidential ticket for
tho. srcoud Office: ,:so:as to.make him Prcsi-
dent sofsllrc Senate This ccmpensates
rim for his defeat in Ohio, and secures his
actiTe e5co:nperationeinsth the Radical scheme.
Stanton. Wadc----the one the administers
Live; the other the legislative chief of the
new regime:
The Presidential 6gureis-Grant! This
7 Is friily determined on, Grant is satistac-
rorss enough to. the j acobins, fos,. first, his
military reputation will help float tticm,
and, secondly, he is not Regarded a. AZ q, a
dangerous man. They know. well what
the people (wno have all kinds of mistaken
notions. about Grant, do not-namely
sly that he is q man ofa very easy, plastic
tenlper.7 Stanton tried several times to
EilThim; but, not succeeding. lie is con-
tent to control him. which he knows he
can do through his superior force ofsswill:.
Grat.t~wiil gosthe fultlextent of the Radi-
: cal policy. Not that helspecally likes it
or would have. desired. il, but bis facile
Will has completely given way, He did
not, for instance, like the rev Military
Bill; he, saw what q tremendous and
crushing responsibility it would place on
Ris shoulders, and he went to Congress
the other day to see it he could not per-
ysuade membe to case onshim. Failing,
however, he Just fell in with their plans.
The ciiptuge OF the great capter by the
Radicais-the unconditional surrender Of
: Grunt-is Justly regarded by them as q
notable triumph E Inithis rnsultthey have
been favored by an unlucly faur pas on
the mart. q fl. the President. 1t is beyond
question true that Grant assured Mr..
Johnson. he would give him sufficient !! :
warning warning to enable him toplace somebody
elso-at the -licad of the War Department
before Stanton could get possession. But
byaa maladroit inspiration Mr.. Johnson
resolved 10 install General McClernand in
the Office. Grant learned. this privately.
McGlprna,.d- is Grants especial enemy.
The thing stung him to the quick. In
this mood of mind he wis worked upon
blythe temptations and entreaties. of the
Jacobns. The combination ofsinduence
was too much for him; he yielded, .aban-
doned his, position, and left Stanton
free to entrench himself in the citadel Of
power. You see dlriug the:past few. days
The statement that Grant has been urging
Stanton to resign-which is most fitting
story for the marines; 49, -:e,, :
Such are. to betheloading 6gurcssin the
plot of the Radicals, who.hare determined