The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-30


poets Of his administration, is making great
sensation. It has been apparent for a long
time past that Mr.. johnson had something on
his mind concerning General Grant which
would some day come OUT and now that it is
out, we are comforted by the thought that,
while General Grant will survive, Mr.. john
son experiences great relief. He has GER
tainly spoken his mind very freely, and what
ever may be said of his bad temper and bad
taste, there are thousands of men throughout
the country who will chuckle over his denun-
Citations of the President as the very exposi-
tion that was wanted to wake up the adj
ministration and arouse the people, and
to revive the dropping Democracy, and
declare that this pointed and pungent con-
versation, in short is crown of glory. to
Andy Johnson
He says he knows Grant thoroughly, has
studied him, and is satisfied that he is the
greatest farce that was ever thrust upon a
people; that the little fellow has nothing in
him-not a single idea-nopohcy and no con
ception of the political situation; that he
don't understand the philosophy of a single
question, and is completely lost in trying to
understand his position; that he is menda-
cious cunning, and treacherous; that this
little fellow Grant is q mere upstart and acci-
dent of the war; that he is a subject more for
pity than contempt; that physically, mentally,
and morally he is nonentity; that his soul
could revolve thousand years in hazlenut
shell without knocking against its walls; that
he has no policy, no standard no creed, no
faith; that he receives presents, and appoints
the givers to his Cabinet; that such man
degrades the Presidential Office; that he is a
mere incident of the war; that his fittest
place is that of assistant at crossroads horse
race; that he is liar and coward (Heaven
save the mark y, and that under his admins
tration we are tending to despotism or
anarchy, and to reputation or moneyed
aristocracy of bondholders; and soon to the end
of the chapter.
What is the cause of this ferocious phi
hppic from Mr. johnson? His provocation
has been great. First he appointed General
Grant, under the Tenure-of- Office law, Secre-
tary of War dd interim, in the place of
Stanton. The object was to head off Stanton
and Congress in Southern reconstruction, and
to use Grant for the purpose. But when
brought to the pinch, with the refusal of the
Senate to concur in the suspension of Stanton,
Grant, law-abiding man, delivered his Office
back to Stanton. The correspondence between
Grant and Johnson on this subject reveals two
things very clearly-frst, that Johnson ex-
pected Grant to back him up and head off
Congress; and secondly, that Grant all the
time was operating to support Congress and to
head off Johnson. The quiet acquie escence of
Grant in the action of the Senate reinstating
Stanton made case of hostility between
johnson and Grant as decisive and remorse-
less as that between Hannibal and Rome
From that day, under Johnsons charges of
treachery and falsehood, Grant as far as pos
sible, suspended all relations with johnson,
and more than once the General absented
himself on journey to avoid some occasion
suggesting an official or social necessity for
coming into contact with the President. This
state of war was continued down to General
Grants Inauguration, in which Mr. Johnson
took no part; and Notwithstanding General
Grants motto, 'Let us have peace, there is
no peace yet between him and Johnson. And
has not johnson cause enough for the wrath
OF ffunribuls For 10 IL not prUD1,Dio UiIaU nau
Grant played into the hands of johnson in
that Stanton affair something might have
turned up that would have made johnson
the Democratic candidate in 1868, with Grant
nowhere?
Hence all these outpourings of the vials of
wrath of Johnson against Grant go for nothing.
| They are but the impotent rawlings of shall
| low political schemer, defeated by the very
| instrument he had chosen to draw his chest
nuts from the fire. Let them laugh who win
General Grant can afford to laugh at the folly
of Andrew johnson, and yet he cannot afford
| to rest upon his laurels. His great achieve
ments in the W ar have made him President;
but upon his achievements as a practical
statesman will depend the public Judgment
upon his administration; and he must do
something positive, practical, and popular as
President, or his administration will be a
! failure.