Year: 1866

large fire, supposed 10 be the work Of incendiares
occurred yesterday morning in Ttusvlie Pa and de.
sroyed over fourteen buildings before II could be
brought under subsection. Two parties have been
rested on suspicion Of being the incendiares The loss
is 5000


The Reconstruction OF the Cabinet the
First Duty OF the President.


President Johnson must be convinced by
this time that those members of his Cabinet
who are opposing his restoration policy have
not sufficient respect for their own dignity nor
regard for his position to throw up their port
folios. 1t must also be quite evident to him
that they are retaining their positions for the
express purpose Of assisting the radicals in
Congress In their efforts to defeat the measures
OF his administration. Whether this is their
intention or not such is plainly the practical
effect Of their course. The fact that they are
known to be using the patronage Of their
several departments to strengthen the radicals,
and the President at the same time retaining
them in his Cabinet, confuses the minds of the
people. 1t creates doubt and hesitancy in re-
gard to the objects of his administration.
This confusion is precisely what the radicals
desire; for with it they are able to discourage
the conservative republicans and dishearten
them in their efforts to sustain the Presi-
dents restoration policy, They imagine
that all that Is necessary for their
complete success is to continue the present
regime until after the next Congressional cleo
ton, when they believe that they will have
everything their own way. This shows very
plainly that the greatest danger which now
threatens Andrew Johnson's administration is
the intriguing against him by his own consti-
tutional advisers 1t has already increased
the strength of the radicals in Congress and
given them 80 large q majority that the Presi-
dent is unable to carry through any of his
measures


As long as such men Is Stanton, Harlan and
Speed are permitted to remain in their present
positions just so long will they use the inau-
ence Of their department against the Executive,
and for the express purpose Of building up the
radicals This fact of itself proves the necessity
of an immediate change and their prompt re-
moval by the President This action should
be taken by Mr. johnson without delay,
before they succeed in strengthening the
radical politicians with the people. There is
no doubt that the great mass of the people
approve Mr.. Johnson's restoration policy, and
will sustain the measures of his administration.
But this does not appear to have any weight
with the present Congress, and will, therefore,
be without avail to the President until another
Congress is elected and takes its seat in the
national legislative halls. To postpone recon-
struction until then will be serious calamity
to the country. It will increase our difficulties
and lead us to dangerous complications both
at home and abroad. But whatever is accom-
plished sooner than that will have 10 be done
through the present Congress- 1t Is with them
that he 10 now obliged to deal. II Is essential
for his own sake and that Of tho country that
he should have party there strong enough to
check the radical majority, and, If possible,
control It. This be could have had to-day
were II not for the intrigues Of the radicals in
his own Cabinet These spies in his camp must
be removed. Their opposition to the measures
Of his administration has already become too
serious question for the President to longer
hesitate or triHe with them.


We are aware of and can appreciate the
delicacy which man like Mr.. Johnson would
have in reference to the removal Of those men
from Office who were associated with his
lamented predecessor, but he has by his for
bearance, even in the face Of provocations,
already allowed this to control his actions too
long for his own good. Aside from that, there
is too much at stake for him to allow feelings
of delicacy to control his action. He has
tried the radicals long enough by letting them
have their own way and the support ofseveral Of
the most important departments of the govern
ment Now let him try and see what virtue
there is In harmonious administration. 1t is GER
tain that every day that he retains the radical
disorganzers in his Cabinet he loses strength
in the present Congress, and the revolutionary
party in that body becomes more powerful
and defiant In view Of these facts it is essen
tally necessary that the President should act
at once in this matter. II has reached point
where reconstruction Of his Cabinet becomes
a necessity. He has everything to gain and
nothing to lose by prompt action. Let him,
| then, boldly assume the responsibility, and


select from the ranks of the conservative re-
publicans constitutional advisers to take the


place Of every radical disorganzer now in his
Cabinet, and he will find that 1t will work like


magic on the politicians in and out of Con-
gress. 1t will show TO them that he is in earn


est reassure the public and encourage the
friends OF his administrator, everywhere.
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We gave yesterday some figures showing the


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