The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-04-10

The Now York Tribune Of last
Friday had at its mast head flag Of
distress with these words inscribed.
ave hare assurance from Waskin gton
shut Ct NERAL GRANT finds it not
''i"eonsisient with his duty as a soldier to
'annsnnee 1t as his opixion that rHAoSLY
IN Pr FOR THE PEACE or TMs cnUNrRY
'sIs THE SUCCESS or THs Pc MING I'M
..PEAcHMENr TRIAL. He r.xLs THAT
National SECURITY DEMANDS the re
':MovAL OF rHE PRESIDENT. II the trial
"shonId fail. the people ean only erpcei
"morc assumptions IF po,rer, and a more
''deterMlncd ycs:slenee TO lar When
THE GENERAL Oh OUR ARMI.s ENTER.
trAINs THIS CONVICTION THERE Is NO
.'RooN FOR louBr ~ TO THE Duty OF
THE SENATE. The loyal nation demands
:'Me Presidents rcmorai"
Of course if Grant is to be made
Dictator he cannot do less than en-
terrain these opinions in regard to
the necessity Of removing TIC Pres.
idcnt for what is Jol,nson's loss will
be Grants gain.
The n. Y. World however ina gincs
the Gen., GU the stand in the inn
parchment trial when he undergoes
the following cross-cxamination,
which is so near what his replies
would necessarily be that we copy:
CouNsEL-"General GRANT, is it
your opinion that the President, il
continued in Office, can issue any
military order which will not pass
through your hands?'' WITNESS
No, certainly not" COUNSEL
"Would you permit the forces Of tho
United States to be used in viola
ton Of any law Of Congress?" Wrr-
NEss-"No." CouNsEL-''Thc Presi-
dent being your COMMANDMENTS Chief
will ycu explain the grounds on
which you would refuse to obey his
unlawful commando WITNESS
am informed that it has been judi
cia'ly decided that the command of
his superior does not justify an officer
in the violation Of "a law" COUNSEL
This being the case, will you
explain how it is possible for the
President to ruin the country with
ont your conscnting to be an accom-
plice Z"
1t is easy to see that If tho brilliant
ideas Of tho TRIBUNE were adopted
the witness would he apt to break
down in tho cross-examination.
The PRESIDENT has no power to
act except through his subordinates
and no unlawful order can be con-
vcyed to his military subordinates
without the consent and completely
of the General Of the Army. The
danger that President JOHNSON will
ruin the country is therefore just
equal to the danger that General
GRANT will be his voluntary accom-
plicc.
The New York Tim IS on Thursday
before election said:
The election in Connecticut will afford
"a preliminary test Of Gen. Grant $
. strength, which will not be without its
value. He is pre-eminently the candidate
'of the Republican party
Will the Times give us the exact
figures touching tho value Of
Grants strength in Connecticut.
Or has he like JOHNSON been false to
the party, and if SO is his impeach-
ncnt to be the remedy.
Again on Saturday two days be-
fore the election the Times said:
''The result will be regarded rs au i'm.
''portant indication of popular sentiment
ION impeachment, reconstruction and the
nomination Of General Grant:
Well what Of tho ''important in
dication" now? And will impeach-
mcnt or reconstruction be the rcme-
DIV for the people of Connecticut