Richmond Whig

The Dictator and his Subjects.

The New York Herald proposes that Lincoln be allowed till the opening of the next Congress (December) to subjugate the "rebels" and close the war, when, if he shall have failed, he shall be impeached and removed from office. We were not aware that failure to do an impossible thing was an impeachable offence under the Constitution of the United States, but as the Yankees have long since discarded that venerable document, they will find it no barrier to the Herald's proposition. There is, however, a very serious difficulty in the way. The Congress just adjourned have lodged the purse and sword in Lincoln's hand—creating him, as the Herald phrases it, "temporary Dictator." With the whole military power of the United States at his beck, and the whole treasury under his control, will he permit himself to be called to account by Congress—and is it not far more likely that he will disperse them, than that they will depose him? The Yankees will never get rid of Lincoln by law—not even by the expiration of his term of office. They made him what he is and gave him the power to maintain himself where he is. With such a creature as perpetual ruler, their condition is pitiable enough, but they deserve no better, and few will care to see them relieved.