GENERAL SICKLES ALSO
The peremptory removal of
General Sickles is only another indication of the superlative folly of the President.
Whatever may be the merits of General Canby, every body knows that General Sickles is
removed because of the earnestness and ability with which he has executed the will of the
people in enforcing the reconstruction law. He, like Sheridan, is removed because his
course is not agreeable to the late rebels, and is approved by all faithful Union men. The
only conceivable effect of his removal will be delay in reorganizing North and South
Carolina. The smoldering embers of rebellion revive under the Presidential breath. The
rebel chiefs who were taught by the old political associates of Andrew Johnson at the
North to despise the character and purpose and patriotism of the free States, will despise
them all the more that they could have been so eluded as to place him in his present
position. Those men will not believe that he can help him to defy Congress. And they
despise him as thoroughly as ever.When Generals Hancock and Canby arrive at their new posts of duty
they will be tried by these leaders. If they remain as firm and true as Sheridan and
Sickles they will be opposed but respected. If they yield, and become mush under rebel
manipulation, they will be used and scorned. Men like Longstreet, who acquiesce in the
decision of the war, and are as anxious for peace as they were earnest in fighting, can
only regret the dull folly which postpones a settlement. But the valiant editors of the
newspapers at the South, which daily lament the lost cause in the most elaborate and
defiant rhetoric, will shake their terrible pens at Congress all the more fiercely, and
rejoice that the heel of Despotism has been wounded by the doughty warrior of the White
House.
Delay in the reorganization which was so
well begun, continued suffering and hopeless agitation, postponement of peace, a
consequent possibility of more rigorous measures, and universal disgust, are the only
results of such removals.
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February 16, 1867, page 99
March 16, 1867, page 163
How Long?
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Reconstruction and Obstruction
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The Summer Session
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The Fortieth Congress
July 17, 1867, page 467
Thanks to the District Commanders
July 27, 1867, page 467
Impeachment Postponed
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A Desperate Man
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The Secretary of War
August 24, 1867, page 530
Samson Agonistes at Washington (cartoon)
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The Stanton Imbroglio (illustrated satire)
August 24, 1867, page 542
Secretary Grant
August 31, 1867, page 546
Southern Reconstruction
August 31, 1867, page 547
The Political Situation
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General Thomas
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Southern Reconstruction
September 7, 1867, page 563
The General and the President
September 14, 1867, page 578
General Sickles Also
September 14, 1867, page 579
Southern Reconstruction
September 21, 1867, page 595
The President’s Intentions
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Impeachment
October 5, 1867, page 626
The Main Question
October 5, 1867, pages 626-627
Suspension during Impeachment
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"Disregarding" The Law
November 2, 1867, page 691
Impeachment
December 14, 1867, page 786
General Grant’s Testimony
December 14, 1867, page 786
The President’s Message
December 14, 1867, page 787
General Grant’s Letter
January 1, 1868, page 2
Secretary Stanton’s Restoration
January 25, 1868, page 51
Reconstruction Measures
January 25, 1868, page 51
The President, Mr. Stanton and General Grant
February 1, 1868, page 66
Romeo (Seward) to Mercutio (Johnson) (cartoon)
February 1, 1868, page 76
The War Office
February 1, 1868, page 77
Secretary’s Room in the War Department (illus)
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The New Reconstruction Bill
February 8, 1868, page 83
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