Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-02-19
Wa shington News.

Ihe Washington Cor es poadent Oh Tie Au
gusta CAionicle & Sentinel, says, un1er- date
of February llh:;
Stupidity, when found the inherent attri-.
butte OF a negro cart-driver or a hodd.carrer,3
is excusable, but when found to'be one Of the.
attributes of the General-in Chief Of the;
American armies and the aspirant of Pres-:
dental honors, it is not only inexcusable, but
humiliatiagly mortiying TO the scnsibilities Of
every well.tlihking man claiming to be cit
izen of the States of this Union.
The developments of the recent Grant
Johnson embroglio has covered the former
with shame and confusion. The Mteliigenccr.
of this city. has well said that, :" be stands
today charged (aad the charges; proven out
of the mouths of half dozen Witnessed
with what stains his reputation as an officer
and gentleman" And yet he has SO fast
ened himself upon the skirts of the Radical
party by The recent manifestations of his pc
that they cannot, if they would, shake him
of. They would, doubtless, be glad to do SO,
but this neither Grant nor his friends will
now permit, and to cover up the duplicity or
perfdy of his course and conduct toward the
President, they are now crying, f" stop thief"
by denouncing tho developments made by the
President ct the instance of the House of
Representatives, as an Infamous outrage on
our soldiers" In aluding to this fact, says
the editor Of "my two papers, both dailies,'
that:
"When NC recoilect that without the SOL
dier thus assailed, the rebellion would have
| pybo boI ~, tof fbaI NIT
States would have been destroyed and sup
plart,d by that Of slave couspirators, we have
the reason for this savage malevo!ence"
"Savage maleyolence" indeed to convict
a man out of his own mouth of duplicity and
double dealing, and more the shame when a
man and an acknowledged soldier in high
place ia guilty of so undignifed-not to say
base-treachery to his superior. But in all
this, President Johnson stands to day the
champion of truth, and his garments are un-
stained BY contact with the Major General and
his pimp, t. NJ. Stanton, the so called Seere-
tary of War. ..
This undigniied controversy which has
sprung up betaeen General Grant and the
President, and which now occupies so much
public attention, bares- all the ear works Of
the would De Secretary of War, and Grants
stupidity has so far blinded him to the base
use to which Stanton has been manipulating
him. that his shame and humiliation is now
visible in every lineage of his countenance.
But treachery, however criminal, is pre,re-
quisitc-a sac qua noM-to the favor and con.
fdence of the Radical party. This fact, I
have no doubt, was impressvely forced upon
the Generals convictions, and he has acted
accordingly.
The impeachment Investigation Commit
tee of the House have taken this matter un.
der their spac;el supervision, and the Presi-
dent is to be mpcached because he refused to
recognize Mr.. Stah'on as Secretary Of War.
This is but another cry of "catch thief" But
the country has become familiar with this
cry of "woll," Until they have no longer
any fears for the safety Of the sheepfold,
We shall, therefore, sec. what we shall see" )"