Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-01-23

The next card may be Impeachment. Mr..
johnson might as well understand this be-
fore he forces upon Congress the necessity.
We trust wisdom will prevail But if the
President makes himself an ''impediment,"
he r.ust be swept away. This is the Logic
of the Hour. An issue has been forced upon
the President which he must answer. II he
admits the right of Congress to restore Mr.
Stanton, then he admits everything. If he
denies il, he places himself in aptagonism
to the law, snd is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Folly has been succeeded by folly, and
madness by madness. Mr.. Stanton was re-
moved. The President felt that his duty
was to submit his action to the Senate. The
Senate overruled him. Gen. Grant retired
from the War Office, and Mr.. Stanton was
again Secretary. What do we see? The
President proclaims to the world that he has
been cheated, swindled deceived, his conf
dence abused He did not intend that Mr..
Stanton. should come back, the Senate con-
curing or non-concurring. president
Johnsoa," murmurs the official organ, "was
oreatiy surprised at the surrender by Gen.
Grant of the trust reposcd in him as Secre.
| tary of War dd interim" "The people oi
i the country will doubtless be startled at the
communication that Mr.. Stanton has &C
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Department" The World says that Gran
s'has acted a part inconsistent with hi'
honor as d gentleman and his duty as sol
dier y and another writer, who is known t
be in the confidence of the President, init
mates that Gen. Grant will be placed unde
arrest, and Lieutenant-General Sherman
given command of the Army. This mean
that the President intended to make an issu
with Congress-to have quarrel-and no
to obey the law. He did not intend to d,
this in his own person, but through the me
dium of Grant. Grant was to be the weapol
the nominal combatant-and behind hi
popularity the President would shield him
self, as he has done hundred times before
He would kill two birds with one stone. II
would ruin Grant with the country by plat
ing him in antagonism to the law and h
would keep Stanton out of the War Office
Because Gen. Grant declines to do MI
Johnson's dirty work, to be his creature an
catspaw, and cover the infamies of the Ad
ministration with the luster of his grea
name. the President howls with disappoint
ed rage, and his followers foam with indig
nation. We honor Gen. Grant for what b
has done. We regard these attacks ups
his truthfulness as the baying of so man
hounds. In question of veracity betwee
Ulysses s. Grant and Andrew johnson
between a soldier whose honor is as VI
tarnished as the sun, and a President VII
has betrayed every friend, and broken ever
promise, the country will not hesitate. Il
this fight be open and manly. If Andre
johnson means to defy this Tenure of-offit
law, and make war upon the country, Il
him do it if he dare, and take the cons
qucnces! Edwin M. Stanton is Secretary
War, and he can only be removed by IL
, operation of law. OF course, the Presidel
does not desire him in the War Office; b.
, neither does he want Mr.. Stevens in Il
House, nor Mr. Sumner in the Senate. I
, wishes their absence so badly that he b
j publicly expressed his opinion they shou
r be hung, Still, they are in Congress-, ju