Litchfield enquirer., 1868-02-20
Nasty.

In his haste President Johnson says that all men are liars: which is exactly what all men are saying of President Johnson; for we are nasty nation.
 Our dignifed chief magistrate is just now assuring the newspaper correspon- dents that the last man of much note who has lied to him, is Lieut. Gen. Sherman l. The list of delinquent army officers of high rank is getting quite large: Grant, Sher- man, Sheridan, Meade, and innumerable brigadiers, have, in turn, deceived him out rageously. He is bothered with his off cers just as Saul was bothered with the men he sent to take David at Naioth, who no sooner arrived than they turned-Rad- icals. (We hope it will not occur to John son to put Wells at tue helm of State, od interim, and go South himselfD We had nearly forgotten, however, one exception to the Presidents rule: He informs his loving Congress, in special message, that there has been but one general since Gen eral George Washington, who 'Fnever told 8 lie,' and that general is GEORGE WASH 1NGToN HANCOCK.
 There has been further evidence, of late, that we have nasty President. There was single material point at issue be- tween himself and Gen. Grant: whether that officer agreed with the President, on certain Saturday, to hold Stanton out of the War Department till further notice; then, on the following Tuesday morning, let Stanton into that Department without such notice; and finally, on the same day, admitted to the full Cabinet that he had made and broken such an agreement! All this Mr. Johnson asserted, and stated in writing that all the members of his Cabinet would sustain him in asserting. Yet, so far from this being true, we find two of them supporting Gen. Grant. Secretary Browning says that, at the Cabinet meeting Gen. Grant replied thus, to the President: l At the time of the first conversation he TGrantl had not looked very closely into the law; that it l had recently been discussed by the newspapers: 1 and that this had induced him to examine 1t more carefully. and that he had come to the conclusion that Ii the Senate should refuse to concur in the suspension, Mr. Stanton would thereby be reinstat- ed and that he (Grant) could not continue thereaf- ter to act as Secretary of War ad interim without that he cams over on Saturday to inform the Pres ident of this change in his views and did SO iforp, him." .~t..C 5a -.. 2.: ,|
 While Secretary Seward says: .-
 ssYou President Johnson] insisted that Gen. Grant should either retain the office until relieved by yourself, according to what you claimed was the l orlglnal understanding between yourself and him. or. by seasonable notice of change of purpose on his part put you in the same situation which you would be in if he adhered. You claimed that Gen Grant hnaily said Ill that Saturdays conversation that you understood his views, and his proceedncs thereafter would be consistent with what had been so understood, Gen. Grant, did not contro- vert, nor oan saytaat he ad,aeed hes last state- naene" .sH -sa9oE,st.; ..- = - ',
 Gpeaceful citizens ars to be prescribed, that Pohtical gamblers, fortuitously invested with
 and emoluments. Who are t the aonUrs most
 conspicuous personsges in this Grand Army of the Repubhc! Slckles, Butler, Logan, Hooker-coarse
 selfish, unprincipled men, without dignity of mind or elevation of character, ambitious and scheminp
 living in disregard of social obligations, and prs pared to loin any party or engage. in any enter prise, however unworthy or mischievous that promises individual aggrandizement M 1T Reg ister. e 1g' 7@ T 'it.@ I Another Democratic Journal notices our officers in the following pleasant style:- JUST so-1N OUR "OPINIoN. .'-Ths Southern Opinion each week has half column informing its readers where numbers of prominent Confederate officers ars, and at what engaged. We would pub- fish like list of our Northern officers could get te prison recoads, or the Register Q Hades, selere hundreds of atene should be fos ett, rob5iag scaa- daltsm and sacrySce of lJe sts Me late murderous crusade Jor cotton and niggers.
 The real objection the Democracy has to these gentlemen is that, they foug ght for the
 stars and Stripes, instead of the. "Stars and Bars" Z23 sgsF2'io~