The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-02-28
rEMPTEsT IN A TEA POT.

We have seen two correspondents of
leading New York papers give and take
the lie in the Reporters Gallery of the
House of Representatives in the most
complacent and innocuous Manner
Last winter we put the question point
blank TO one of the most prominent
Democratsiu Congress, from the North
west, "Will your people fight for prin-
eiplep" "No," was his prompt and
blunt reply.
This affair between JOHNSON and STAN
TON would be followed by blows and
blood anywhere else but in the United
States. But these Northern bnggers
1--WE beg their pardon) are a peculiar
people. They fuss and fume, buster
and rail, curse and call names, and
there's an end ont. When we were at
College, a hot-headed North CAROLYN
ian got into dispute, one day at the
dinner table, with Yankee teacher of
vocal music. The dispute became
quarrel, and finally the North CAROLYN
Ian brought the matter to focus by
calling his opponent liar. The mu-
sic teacher turned red in the face, paus-
ed moment, then said, in tone of
evident severity, "Consider yourself,
sir, kicked by Jackass, sir" rose
from the table, and left the room, salts
fled that he had salved his wounded
honor and annihilated his antagonist.
OF course, no moral is deduciblc from
this.affcctihg narrative.
JOHNSON is impeached, in the House.
Very dreadful isn't it? And gold goes
up two per cent Prodigions! STAN.
TON ''camps in the War Department.
Awful And JOHNSON will .sdo nothing
arbitrary, being satisfied that he has
got the matter into the Courts" Each
OF the high contending parties desires
the other to "Consider himself kicked
by Jackass." And LORENZO THOMAS
piddles and fools about the War De-
partment like an urchin trying surrep-
titiously to suck molasses out of for
hidden bung-hole. Yegods was there
ever such wormy little farce since the
foundation of the world? 1t is too
pitiful, too silly,
JOHNSON may be elected. We think it
not unlikely. Indeed,w we hope he will
be, for we want to see this little s'plmp-
jimmy" this puny butter-bump to come
to headand burst. The sooner,the bet
ter. In the United States, these be
doubtless, very grave matters. Here,
they fatigue sensible people, and make
them sick at the stomach.
When SHERMAN deserted JOHNSON,
BrxsErT turned a back summersault off
hand. The tale was told, the jig was
up, JoHNsoNs cake was dough. He
cant fight, for he has no party. B. Do
RAN KiLLIAs put the case happily, when
he said to us. JOHNSON is he.only man
l ever heard of, who desired to remain
and has succeeded in remaining strictly
neutral in q contest about himself ~
And like all neutrals, he has been
'1spewed out"
But, the truth is, it is merely ques-
ton of dollars and cents. If it is found
that impeachment will hurt the bonds,
1t will not be pressed. Otherwise, it
will be pushed through. Andrew will
probably exhibit several more cavort-
ings, and next Fall, abou. The time of
the elections the Demncrafa will tb;nlr
they are going to do something, but
they won't. They are bound, hand and
foot, as much almost as we 'sree-bells'
are.
But this thing cant last forever; they
must fight some time or other. Ger
tainly, but not now. Let's 60 to bed.