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BT -CHLsTINA O.' R0S8ETTI. .
whlch'ia before Mm" Thi.
the, foundation of tliis complaint. Into, the
num ui me cnarcres made, and into the facta
J as matter of law, whether they conslituteVa
would be eiereiMrtl " ? " 1 ' ' f i
; It' will be observed that the discharge does
not constitute au abandonment of the case,
for, in addition to what the counsel for the
prosecution'says in the last sentence bi; the
above quotation, the Chief Justice assigns, as
one of the reasons for his action, the fact that
the grand jury, on which it would in any case
devolve to investigate the case previous "to
framing an indictment against the accused,
fleets on Monday next. It would appear,
owever, that the object of the Secretary of
War instituting proceedings as stated by
3Ir. Carpenter in the above extract, wpuld be
fully answered by the impeachment .of the
President, which had not taken place at the
time of General Thomas arrest.; HMrl Car
penter savs "this action Ii.is" lwH?ri 'nrosecnted
here by the Secretary of War for the purpose destroyed, : industry : paralyzed, traitors !in
of bringing this matter to a settlement in 'the council, thieves In, office, banditti on the high-
I.
We met. hand to hand.
Weclaped handa ckjee and fast,
As close as oak and ivy sUnd :
Bat It is past:
- Come day, come nigbt, day comes at last.
. - f
We loosed band from hand.
We parted face from face;
Each went his way to his own land,
At his own.pnce,
Each went tofill his separate place.
if we ehoaM 'meet one day, I '
I both should not forgtt.
We shall clasp hands the accustomed way '
. As when we met . t
So long cs I remember yet.
II.
Where py heart U (wherever that mar be.)
Mijrht I bat follow I
If yoa fly thither orer hearth and lee,
. .Oh, honer-seekin bee,
Oh, cjirvless Mvallow,
Bid soma for whom I watch keep watch for me,
;' .-...
Alas that we most dwell, my heart and T,
So far aunil r.
Ilonrs wax to dars, and days and days creep by:
I watch with wirffal eye, . ,
I wait and wonder:
"When will that day draw nigh that hoar draw
, . nigh ? . . -
Not yesterday, and not, I think, to-day; , .
a cruaps lo-morrow. . - -
"Day af tir day "to-morrow thus I say ;
I watched so yesterday
- In hope and sorrow ;
Again to-day I watch the accustomed way.
courts.- There is no feeling between him and
General Thomas. - Considerations, alone of a
public nature have actuated this prosecution."
It is true, General Thomas violated the ' law,
but it may havebeen under intimidation from
the President, his superior in military rink.
The latter is notoriously the principal offend
er, and since he has been presented for trial
to the highest court known to the Constitu
tion, viz: The Senate, as a high court of im
peachment, the cuds of justice, as well ns the
object of the Secretary of I War, 'will, it would
seem to us, be answered far better in his pro
secution than inhatof his subordinate,whose
chief offence w:s probably a lack of discre
tion and of lesral
and Senate agreflxtpbn a law,, their duty is. to
execute it until Testramed, by the Supreme
Court.;: . - i r v. - - t s . '. ; S .
: , Impeachment mean the triumph of Re
publican institutions, Republican-; govern-
meut has stood many cruel testa. , It nas sus
tained Slavery and destroyed Slavery y it has
warred upon foreign governments, .and sup
pressed domestic insurrection - it has passed
through the mightiest warjof modern times,
and survived a social revplution ; it has an
swered every form of government, and now.it
proposes to depose a treacherous Chief Mag
istrate. France removed her tyrants by a
bloody and maddening revolution only to see
new-born liberty torn from her embrace, and
stifled by the gaudy abd dazzling despotism
of an empire. - i j England only succeeded in
destroying the tyrannV of the Stuarts by rev
olutions which bronght with them wars, and
social turmoils, and rebellions repeated ' by
three' generations, j Mexico has seen, twenty
revolutions and enervating wars, . commerce
a
Knowledge.
, I.
!
Impeachment is Peace.
beyond i newspaper
may say can have
i i , From the Washington Chronicle.
The Ditcharge of GeneraT Thomas.
Chief Justice Carter, of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, has been assail
ed with a mst unseemly degree of virulence
. and without Jlhe slightest reganto truth ant
justice, because the effect of his action in dis
charging General Lorenzo Thomas on Wednes
day was to prevent the lease from being
' brought before the criminal court on a writ
of habeas corpus, and thence, in case of an
adverse decision, ueiore tne Supreme Uourt
of the Lnited; States by apjeal. . We know it
is claimed foe the President that he is anxi
ous to geC some case before the Supreme
Court of the United States, tlirough winch a
decision on the constitutiouality of thato-ure-of-ofiice
bill may be obtained .from that
tribunal. t His friends, without any reason,
as it seems t6 us, save that a majority of the
' members 6f the court are believed to be op-
iioscd to tbet.iunioritr of Congress in their
- political vie?, apiear to be sangnine of
-decision adverse to the law. A confidence
' resting on ueh a bais as theirs undonbtedlv
does, is far ?from complimentary .to those
members of i!ie court on whom they relv, and
therefore wetare disposed to think it unwar.
"ranteil. But as it exists, we can understand
their chargrin at the action of Judge Carter,
and are not shrpricd that they shonld assail
hira therefor and seek to impugn Ins niotiyes.
But he can well :ifford to bear their assaults
with eouaniiuitv. for his hijrh character for
integrity
is -too " well
Impeachment has gone
discussion. Nothing we
any influence on the decision, for that decis
ion rests with grave and impartial judged,
who will decide according1 to the law and evi
dence. 'Although imjeachntenj is an adjourn
ed question, it is new to the people. ; I hey
scarcely understand it. " It has been hovering
over them like a t'bad, revolting star," ;with
evil omen, and f irebodinjrs of national calam
ity. It is to dispel these feelings, and endpaVr
or in a small way to educate theleopleto the
proper appreciation of the solemn duty ithat
we coulinue to discuss a question that now
rests with the -high court of the nation, u ;
'Impeachment is peace. ,The thousand ru
mprs of war are of no more consequence than
the snow-flakes which darken the air. ' : We
sliiill have no fighting. Here in; Xew-York;
some of our Five Points denizens, deep in
wav, and, finally, a foreign army on her shores,
a foreign pnnee in her palace, her nooiest sons
massacred aridin exile. Freedom still remains
an experiment" with her. Free America wI
snow ine worui mat ov t,ue ireiiue u wiauwi
of law. her chosen Chief .Masistrate, and the
Commander-in-Chief of her armies and navies
can be speedily punished fpr his crimes, and
reduced to obscurity, and po appreciable ef
fect on society but a few tavern loungers'
gasconade, and an advance! of three per cent
in croiu r t America was nume ui.ucr inauasic-
ment of the war, and the j nations stood in
wonder. ! But there is something sublime in
her acceptance of impeachment " 3Ienwil;
say no more that Republican institutions are
a' failure, for republican America, answering
every condition, and accepting every "respon
sibuitv of government, standtf ; to-day , proud
secure, peaceful the- law supreme; i
public virtue unimpaired. . ! ! i 1 '
. I lheretore, it is wise to eay inai impeacn
ment is peaceJ Some of oar people may rae,
and swear, and smash tneir teetn : but i e
shall have no war -no disturbance no arres
tmg the wheels of Government not the
shimmer of a bavonet, not! the click of the
trigger-r-nothing but tlie ordinary town con
stable, with his clumsy baton. ; 1 here is some-,
thinsr errand to us in this spectacle of a great
nation changing an incompetent ruler by j the
gentle ami easy process o law. j The pojor
littJ three per cent that the ' gold-gamwers
li-iH tnAdi will melt like the fallinsr snow.l
Imreachnient is peace, because the common
sense and the loyalty of the nation demand
1
their cups, and fresh from the last prize-fight,
are threatenincr'to cro to Washington ami as-
it
The Impeachment of the President,
i Tlie House ot Representatives yesterday,
l . l i . : ,j . i . ,. 4 ; . . j
- . .i - i- ,-, i nt aiicr a ioiiit ami ciuauMnc ucuiii.e, uieu
sisi me i resident in dispersing onress. s ;e , ., . - ,T . T j , r ,i Tfi;
. - . . , - 't , -i. . . ; i athat "Andrew-Johnson. I'lt'snleiu of the Uhi
have certain heroes of the Julvj nots-4-the
ninrderers of fugitive negroes, and the burners
of orphan asylums who would be'delightejl
to ail the President in sacking the Sub Treas
ury. We have seen no one really anxious' t;d
fijrht but Mr. Brooks, and no one realjv e.viec-
The Wall-st.
ting a fight buf 3Ir. llaymond.
?.Ioiiev is
Yet Wall
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V
a r
estaimsncd to suner
through theit malice. Judre Carter needs
" no better vindication of his course than the
eimpTe reconl ol the proceedings in the case
itself, for this showy how completely gratuitJ
ous.is.the chcrrge that he was actuated by any
other c6nsIderations than tlioso which propcr-
ly came' within -bis purview as a judicial ofli
cer. The following is his own statement of
' ' the reason which indncel him to grant the
motion of General Thomas' counsel (31 r. Mer
rick) for tin?-' discharge of the accused, as
found in the published phonographic report:
"It is confessed here by the prosecution;
and it is a truth .wbich, rmder the circura
stances of the case, we are all well advised of
. ' that General Thomas does not seek to evade
the process of the law in any Vegard ; that he
' is here, and wilj be here, ready to answer to
I' its demands when called ujon. This I be
lieve, ft is now the Wednesday preceding
the Monday wien the gran I jury convenes in ;
this District only four days before" the tri-;
bunal charged with the presentment of all
such offences will be in session, to hear this j
and all "other cases. Under circumstances
like these, what is my dutv as an examining
. magistrate ? Is it to hold this case from day
;,to day for examination until the grand jurje
."i-fc:t or ft it to dismiss it, and let it abide the
. . ordinary process bf justice? It appears ,to
. that my duty is to let this case take that
- .cm so' There are no circumstances that can
be4l eveloped in it, as it appears to me, that
"cm ettle anything before this mere inquiring
tribal tal, and l cannot nsguise irom myseii
the urt that the subject that underlies the
controversy here is passing ine omeai oi me
Jdditt judicial tribunal in the country, and
that, m contrast with its gravity, this pre-
- Umiuarv examination here, which must ter-
mijxateVith the session of the grand jury,
would tal cn l,ie character of trifling. I do
. not prnpot to'be instrumental in instituting
srfch ' procee. lings, under the avowals
mile helots? ine to-day. I think mj' duty as
' ; matjtrat -J " properly discharged mdisrais
J sin"- the exs e npgn tlie motion of counsel for
thedefcBdxit, and :di:dl do so. General
Thoniij y4a. can go lit nee." . !
These are a ot the reasons of a poJiticiad,,
bat'of adeax-h eaded ami upright jndge, har.
iBr, jy vu w the duties belonging to his
office It-nr hL duty to Issue the warrant f or
i the aireit of Gei ieralThoi.aa.s on the infonna
:t f c-irr Stanton: but, after oounsel
of the latter .Pf confidence tliat thp no
' custd woulvLpt wk to evade the law by de
sertion, there ras . longer a.iv - necessity for
' t holding Lim :t ba U. ,The following is the
r : Unjrua of ilf- Car oeatcr on tais point :
iThwcUo4"i,ecn prosccutec here by
the Secreurycf W ar for the purpose of
' ".bringm" thi Kiatfr to a netUemcnt in the
-couru. Tacr4 i0w ft -elmS between hint and
' General Thomas. Con siderations alona of a
-public nature haveui ated this prosecaUdn
f :ineral Thoinas ei rtleman who wiU not
tdeert, and v e,do 4 e? en ask that he should
tcven be required. to, pUcr ,iato his own rccog
:Ilizaacead:'lt,tr', . '
-And, agahi, 3Ir.NCarin ,ter says : . :
ul repeat that iteein tmo that it would
lie a mere matter of onpnes ion for the joge
in the exercise of hb j urd ction 1 ompel
Vv7m. to give-bailor gb.fc ji I This, it seepis
Nme, hashing. to ; . vith the -Tight
v . . j . to proea-J. in the . irMlQT
IV ! juwP;'. ; v
peojile are quick to scent trouble,
the first influence to feel a panic
st. maintains surprising 'eouanliuitv. Amid
the" agitation of tfielasfc fivC" tlay3gblt ha
merely range I from 140 to 143. 1 he danger
of war, therefore, has the mercantile value of
three per cent ! . liiis is the leeling among
the" moneyed classes. If we were at liberty
to print assurances which . have come to! the
- . e . i til .1. - .1. l
eiutor or- mis paper, ii wouiu oe seen iu:it iue
wealthiest, the most conservative, the most
timid of our citizens are strenuously in favor
of impeachment. Men who control million
and whose interests are widely spread over
. . , . i . i . . i .
land and sea, mute wnn us in ine prayer mat,
Congress may speedily give us" peace by ref
movmg an unfaithtul 1 residenL " i
Impeachment is reconstruction.) A large
part of the Union is in a condition of anarchi
uul unrest. ine plow rests in.tne inrrow--
the hammer rusts on tlie anvil doyal meii
steal through highway and forest like thieves
:n tne night lieoeis .innmpnaniiv oeiy .me
aw." There is no safety in the South, nd sei-
chritv of projH?rty, no assurances of personal
ibertv. J here is nothing active but ilhe
sheriff and the provost-marshal. . :Lands are
shrinking in value. The owners have no nion
to cultivate them, and people ' who have
monev, and who would gladlv go. into. the
South, and inake,its dreary and forsaken fields
tb blossom like tin rose, do not cafe to accept
the enmity that awaits them, social ostracism;
military law, the sharp aud quick rifle-shot of
an ambushed mnrderer. No one cares to be
a party to anotlier.Meini.his and'CN'ew-Orleana
massacre, especially .when he finds : assjissma
tion applauded by the President. The: South
waijts money, men, order, reconstruction. 7
Thus far she has heeu the victim of .Presiden
tial caprice and of restless demagogisra. Take
Alabama, for instance. But for Mr! Johnson,
Alabama would now be in theiUmon, sido by
side 'with Maine and Illinois, with' loyal meii
in office, tho wheels of, government moving
smoothly, the courts m. session, and every in
centive to cajiital and industry. Yet now by
the direct ami persistent interference of the
President, Alabama verges lpon anarchy.-
Tho Kebel looks to the President for help, and
wars upon the loyalist ; the loyalist resists the
interference, and leans ujon Congress. ; Tho
struggle of war is continued in peace the
sirue 01 tne ouuet is bucceeueu uy ine nruu
ofjthe ballot.' Impeachment will end this.
The Kebels will see that nothing is left but
oliedience, the States will be brought back to
the Union, and loyal men will be confirmed in
their rights by the power of the United States,
llmpeachtnent is the supremacy of the latci
Heretofore the laws have been executed in a
purposeless, furtive, jetnlant way,: without
heart or sympathy. The President hasr en
forced" some of them to the letter,1 while he
has broken them in the spirit. Whenever a
soldier like Sheridan, or Sickles, or Pope real
ly! attempted to do what Congress desired, he
wis stricken down as an enemy, driven dis
gracefully from employment, and, as.-in the
case of Sickles, robbed of the stars which he
wn by his blood. Soldiers like Hancock
were deputed to enforce laws they, dispised,
and their ambition tempted by eulogies .and
brevets, and prospective nominations for. the
Presidency, Reconstruction was thus made
to drag and lag, and halt, until men grew
weary and sick, and despaired of any true
settlement. The worst passions Were fanned
into a hateful flame, and when the1 President
was not vehemently urging the Execution of
Sumner, aud Phillip?, and Stevens, ' antl.ide--fehding
the massacre pi harmless negroes,5 hi.S
organs, like the National Intelligencer were
filled with indecent denunciations of the truest
and the purest of bur statesmen, j To crown
it all, we had an assumption, which would be
a tyranny even in despotic France, that j no
law was binding unless the President was di
rected to execute it by the Supreme Court. i
The Constitution was stricken down t-for
while the Constitution limited theJPresident's
optional jurisdiction over the lawlo ho veto
power, and made final execution mandatory,
he contended that he had the veto and judi
cial powers combined. There will be an end
of that fallacy ; and from this time through
all time Presidents of the United States will
taught that when two-thirds of the House
ted State
misdeme
be impeached of high crimes and
anorsl" Upon this resolution 126
iepreseniauves voted 1 es mmf t voieu rv
it will be seen that the llepnblieans. acted iri jn
bodv. while Mr. Cary of Oliao, and Mr. Stewart
iof -New York.ilndependent Republicans, y6t
ed with the JJemocrats. . impeaclmient, de-
feated before by a large Rejmbliean vote, lis
now accepted without a' suigls ''dissenting Ite-
publican v'oicej . i..,j;jJ' ... j "
1 I We heartilyjindorse the action of the House.
It did not show the promptness and unity iof
passion.' Whatever may be said of Congress,
it has shown great forbearance. There has
beeu iio general disposition to1 impeach Mr.
Johnson, j The issue .was itot: of our inakiig
!-4cert;ihily uo of our seeliihgl -Tlie dignijty
t--we were nearly saying the divinity of t le
Presidential ofiice is such that iheRepublic m
arty felt that1 impeachment should only e
used as a last resort ; thatj it ( would be far
better to bear with Mr. Johnson than to briig
upon the country' an uncertain, doubtful, an
gry issue. We believe few Republicans ever
doubted that there was. abinoant "evidence jto
justify impeachment, j Tlie President has
bedn so reckless with his high trust, he has bo
often dared Congress, as it were, to visit him
with this penalty, that a hundred acts' may pe
found ihhis administration coming Avitlun I
the constitutional meaning of "high crimes
and misdemeanors. hen the vote was
taken, sixty-seven Republieanswero wilHti
Supreme 'Court decides against me.? 1$
would pe madness to maKe sucn an argument;
and yet Mr Johnson) has as much; a Tight 'to,
object to the taxes and'tariffs'as? -to the iTen-ure-of
-Office j law. . The Constitution! fortu
nately expressly provides what relation the
President holds to the laws. lie may ; object
to a haw, and send his objections to the Senate.
That action is enough to defeat it unless two
thirds of the- wholes Congress overrule him.
This in itself is a great power. But itj is ex
press, implied, written. .When it is exhaust
ed,' he has no alternative but obedience. The
President clai ms, and the Times "grants, that
he can in the first place ;Teto a law, : aiid then
not execute jt until jthe Supreme, Court "de
cides, its constitutionality. To concede this
is to .clothe Mr. Johnson with the prerogatives
of a 'tyrant. He'does not execute the laws,
but only : such as suit4 his fancy; ' ) Granting
this .right, however J the President has his
remedy, f, He might easily, have (obtained a
decision of the upeme Pourt. ' IIe could
have made a case with any. of his '"tenf thous
and excisemen and postmasters." 'Bntl no, he
prefers to throw: the country into? ah uproar ,
and agony by insolently, defyingjCongress, by
calling up visions of cmLwar, by putting up-
on tne xauouai xegisxutuie a iiuuiuuuuu, uy
rackmg the country, and nuing eyery;nome
with anxiety and pain. - 1 ' ?
Enough of argum'ent. For this and - other
misdemeanors, Andrew Johnson: is , about to
appear before the jbar of the Senate.- f Sad as
it is to see the Chief Magistrate of the nation
answering to the law as a criminal, it is bet
ter than that this .bold, bad, malignant : man
should be allowed jto trample upon legislation,
set the will of the country at defiance,' and
go on from bad to worse in the discharge of
hisjdflice: Let the trial be marked w;th dig
nity, impartiality, courtesy, justice, arid fear
lessness. If Andrew Johnson is innocent, ac
quit him; If he is guilty, let him be swept
from his place as the enemy of his country.
"1 Ujyew lorn irxbune.
N ' From the Washington Cbronlcl.
! Letter From "OccasionaL"
I :i .1 ITT' 171 1 . ' r A
I ! t y AsniyuTox, r epi nary zd.
It begins o look as if the Democratic party
would be! forced to.become the 'apologists and
defenders of Andrew Johnson's entire record,
notwithstanding thef cbnfidential, 'protests of
their leaders; ji This doubtless was one of . his
motives for making impeachment Jmperative.
He knew that in his trial all his transgressions
would be unearthed and: denounced by. the
Republicans and as he had placed the Dem
ocratic Senators and Representatives " under
many obligations tojj himself, he craftily- cal
culated that jthey would be driven into his
championship. j,
His expectation has not been disappointed.
When it is known, and scarcely "denied, that
most of jthese men speak of Andrew Johnson
with contempt in their private conversations,
even in their intercourse With the Republi
cans, you can readily; anticipate the self-abasement
of 'politicians, constrained against their
best convictions to become , the partisan of a
. , j 1 . f. S i i'i- 1 ..
better appreciate the1 mal?gnitv Hvhich inspir
ed Hhis subsequent 'actions. We may real
ize the fell purpose with which he3 started his
crusade upon the jubli6 liberties.! I When he
spotjaoi the2d of Febroary,18d6, 'whatever
maylhave been his secret covenant "with fthe
rebefsrhe owed nothing. to. "the -Republican
party - but gratitude for services resulting
from unbroken kindness,- confidence and af
fection.1 Arid yet, surrounded as Jaewas by
all the Yvisible j tokensy'of ,meir upport, he
carefully . planned; a : programme: which' has
been carried out without remorse; in the
midsiOf the inconceivable ' sufferings and
hardships of all the loyal people of the land. ,
1 And now let me ask you to read , the letter
to Which I refer: V . 3 , .
i - i " i 1 ' h -!-- . i ,';.!: A:-
I j ' " ' : Wasuixgtox,' February 16;1866.''
To 'fresiflent. 'Andrew 'Jbhrisoii : r ' F,
Sir: Sme days ago, at the close of our in
terview, I spoke of a desire to' write you be
fore long on 'tmrrital' subjects of the' day,
wnicn intimation you were pleased kmdjy .to
receive. 1 My idea then was- to make au at
tempt to give you what ! believed to ; be the
Christian conviction yfthis nation, so far . as
I Understood it, inegard to . your duty and
the duty ' oi , the jGovefnment toward those
who have been inTebellion against the United
States and 'toward the , colored face, which
Providence has planted in our midst. ;
IjBut while I have not f dund time i' to carry
out my intention according to -thq first idea, T
feel an nrgent and uriacconnable impulse this
morning to address vou' at once, a'nd to nlace
before yoa such considerations as Have strange-.
ly taken possession ot my mind, Jn thinking
of and prajang for you as I have &one during
the week past. J ' ; ; j; ' '
i irst. Xhere must be a vindi-patiqi of our
tjrovernment against the rebellion:by a course
oi penal justice, llf this fails we carfriot stand
as a natioi). t is forf you tof seej. t;o' it that
the Constitution is upheld and the . laws exe
cuted in this respect, j If you waver one hair's
breadth from this line of conduct 'our trou
ble may be postponed for ai season, but it will
cyme, andwill be only the more terrible when
it does come, i . 1 'Mi i
' : We have frequehtly remarked the hard fate'
wnicn compeia uie cuampions or tne : xeuii
cratic party tpiday to falsify the record and
deny theiprinciples 6f their organization. By
the operation ?f the lawi-bf extremes' we find
the StatesfJrights party of to-day the advocates
of measures 'tne- most ' Neutralizing : d 1 their
tendency, and irpm, a long-continued t op post
tion to the central power, become, advocates
of every species of, Executive' , usurpation.!
iney wisn 10 maKeaii ine iaw oy wnicn ine
rights of the States and the liberties ; of ' 'the"
people arelsecured ' to them," dbject 'to' the
President tcabriceV" They i have f'foregond
their half cehtury s-.opposition to the Supreme
Court, and endeavored to make that t'bulwark
of Federalism", . as Jefferson called it, ' a re-
luge in theirdistress. put, more 1 than' all,
driven to ' the ' wall ' by the i Presidexi t's ofett
and palpable yi6la tion of the ciyjl-tenur0 bill,
they have opeuy espou$ed : the , "higher
doctrine, which they once denounced as agreat
neresy 01 xur. oewaru and- jiessrs. jjrooKs
of JSevr- York, and jrhelps, of Maryland, out
Seward on his own theme,. It is", true'. - these
gentlemen were both, old -Whigs and are only
latter-aay t. jemQerais, a . ciassr wiaca, uears;
about1 as mnch'resemblance to. the old stvlo as
a Satyr to Hyrierion. . Still the party with
which they! act calls itself Democratic, and
we only wish I to' show f rom "their speeches
that they seek to destroy mersanctity 01 the
written law, and to substitute! in its place
mere opmnon, initch, is anarchy. Jsor' do
they confine the :superioHty of opinion over
law to the exercise of official -functions ; but
the citizen: is to appeal from the outward and
visible, standardise! up.oy t,ne law to 1113 own
A "if the Piesi(lont.,'6avs Mr. Brooks J "allow
the executive departinent to be overthrown,
he would be guilty of a violati(n of tlie Con
stitutibn andlit is his fight aful that if f very
cttfzek to ptdge, of the cdmtitid tonality of ,n
act of tongressj l, ..j,., . . ;"'HJ! ' j.
"The Presideiit. says -Mr, Phelps, "was
sworn solemnly to preserve, pit)teet, and. de
fend ?. the Constitution 01 the UuittKi btates,
and under that oath what M-asi he to do?
''"I1, Second J There ;must ! be equali arid exact Was he to observe any act of,C6ngresls which
v" iv iicuuiucii w uie siihiii ii rue Deuevea to oe m vioianon oi. mu,ionsuiu
wiping out any distinction of colcjr m the-'en- tian,or was he tb obey the
to wait a little longer tor wait to the end-!
to treat the President, with? magnanimity bo
submit to any faction 'on' his part riot directly
and fundamentally in violation of: law. W"
dwell upon this point, and emphasize it, be
cause we wish all men to feel that the House
has shQwn rare wisdom and patience -thatjit
has not wantonly used its high power -that; it
has finally impeached the IPresident in the
performance of a solemn and unavoidable
duty.: : :. :'!
Therefore, it is the; merest sophistry for
journals like the World ami the Times to at
tribute to Congress vindictive motives. The
editor of one of these journals asserts that
congress is auout to remove the .president In
Hhe personal interest of Edwin M. Stanton"
that it has espoused a personal quarrel, andjis
making a capricious use of a mighty and sol
emn power. . Mr. Stanton j has no personal
claim upon the War-Office certainly j none
upon : Congress: His position is; extremely
emDarrassmg anu unpleasant. ;it is wen
known that he'has long desired to retire from
the! War-Office. He begged Mr. I Lincoln Jto
relieve him after the surrender of jLee, and jit
was only in obedience to the entreaties of the
lamented President thalt he retained his toort-
tolip. iVt no time, during .Mr. Johnson a--administration,
has he ever desired !to- remaui.
When Mr. Johnson's treason -was budding,
and it became evident that; the patronage bf
the' Government was to be used to! strengthen
the Rebels and restore them to- power, the
Republicans insisted that Mr. Stanton should
hold his office, and do what he could to pro
tect he loyal and struggling blacky. For this
he has been' denounced as an eavesdropper
and a spy a perfidious wretch who lived to
violate public confidence. Mr. Stanton, no
doubt, felt that the' . War Department ws
not the President's private property, that he
was the servant of the people, the minister bf
the nation, and charged with the executive bf
solemn duties. ' Therefore, his remaining in
the War-)ffice was as much an obedience to
the will bf the people as for Mr. Johnson to
continue in the. White House, or for Mr. Mc-
i Cull oc h to hold the Treasury. He was legal
ly appointed he is legally Secretary of War-j '
and the law prescribes thetriethod by whih
he may vacate the office. The "personal quar j
rei amounts tb . this, that an officer of the
Government . does not choose to be illegally!
driven put of his office merely because it is
the whim of the President. j
. Even pore absurd is the argument of the
Times. "Must the President," it says, "be
punished for maintaining the authority of t le
Constitution against an invalid law ?" , This
is its much as saying that the President , has
the right to select what laws he may execute.
Suppose the President werp to say, "I shall
execute no law until the "supreriie Court de
cider it to be . constitiitionaL" j Tlie 1 whole
machinery of the Government would be un
der the control of a body 'of men . who some
times take years to reach a decision. lie
might .as well say, " consider the Tax law
nnconstitutional, and shall not collect the rev
enues, and, being a free-trader, I am opposed ! the Republic.
o tariffs.; So Isuspend these laws until the I As we corii
man they personallyjj; despise, and to f justify
some ofithe most scandalous usurpation in
history. How many votes do you think a
Democratic candidate for President will re
ceive wl b runs as Andrew Johnson's represen-
. . ' i. J ' r i .:' .1 , 1. . i t . . r '
taiive wnose menus are ine aiKnogisia; oi
his attacks upon the laws, and the" endorsers
of hia.. persecutions bf the bra-ve men who sa
ved the Republic ? i .' -.'?'. - ff i'-.'J
But the distrust of and . contempt for An
drew Johnson , is not confined ' to; Democrats
in Congress, b At Ie;ist one bf the members of
lis' Cabinet, convinced of the triumph of inv
peachment, so expressed himself only a few
days since as to satisfy a leading Republican
with whom he Avas conversihg, that, he was
on the side of Congress, and had been - kept
in obedience to the excesses of the President
through I peculiar pi rsonal reasons, n Com
ment upon such-a spectacle cannot be honora
ble even to fallible human nature. It . proves
the dangers of public patronage upon those
who would be indignant at any imputation
upon their integrity , , - V ; t
Andrew Johnson; without, power,: would
have been expelled from decent society ' long
ago,' it the same motives ' which stimulated
um to betray his country had actuated - him
in private life It is true, a . very" lame per-
centage of his strength results from the re
vengef ul spirit of the rebellion a spirit, how
ever, that would be powerless in itself, unaid
ed by official: subsides. " Break this man's
hold upon office, andj you break his hold upon
the Democratic politicians. But' they must
be held to their record in opposing his im
peachment. Enougi has already been said
in the House to constitute an indictment!
against the " Democratic leaders, which read
before the jury of the American people in
Xovemberj will be followed by an overwhelih
ing verdict of guilty. In support of that in
dictment the Republicans will be incalculably
fortified, not alone because they have exposed
the outrages heaped upon a Suffering country
by Andrew Johnson; but because they tried
conscientiously to save him from the commis
sion of these wrongs. It is here that the
will present some startling! proofs' for- the
i'udgment of Conservative men. While the
)emocrats, covered all over with the shame
of sympathy with tseason, and just defeated".
in a .r residential election, remarkaoie xor
their hostility to the Union, stood condemned
before the civilized world, Andrew1 Johnson,
made President by the assassin,1 and 'clothed
with the confidence bf the men who elected
him, began to plot for the restoration of the
enemies and for the overthrow of the friends
of the country. . Conscious that such a betray
al would operate adversely to the . best inter
ests of the country, the Republicans toiled to
avert the calamity, and it was only when the
truth' became too plain for denial j it was only
when in public performance of his secret pro
mises totberebels he proclaimed his conspir
acy from the steps of the White House, on
the 22d of February, 1866, that the Republi
cans as a party- reluctantly arrayed theriiselves.
against him. 1 , ; :-;-,H! -!., - ,
If the appeals andt exhortations addressed
to him by the! good, riaen bf the country could
now be published, they would show a degree
of forbearance on their part,; and i a degree
of ingratitude on his, wholly without paral-
t One of these invocations I: subjoin .It is
the appeal of .-a distinguished clergyman in
this city, and .will boj read with a double in
terest, because the writer is not ' a politician,
and on account of the , remarkable prophecy
with which it . closes! . Hundreds: of similar
letters were undoubtedly addressed to him, of
which no better .. proof, could be given than
when his turpitude was developed he found
himself supported b none "pf the great moral
and religious "organizatioiiSj'and only by a few
of the capitalists the latter of whom .are now
almost without 'exception. "either 'mong.- his
personal eneinies or gathered rindetfhe stan
dard of General Grant. 'i L T 1" : J
What sort 'of ,mind must that be' which re
jected the, honest and disinterested counsel of
such men, land deliberately obeyed the com
mands of his 'own personal assailants and the
authors of the rebellion ? VlfyrgeUintf in a
night tfre generosityof thelRepuUican8r xcho
had nominated and elected hibi he forgot in
d niaht the cruelty and nerHd'uof the traitors
who had sought his own' life and the life of
consider ticso initial facts, we may
joyurentpf the franchises of citizenship. ;
Further tlian this it isj'not necessary to go, but
up to tnis tne ? people oi . this country must
come sooner or laterand there will be no solid
or lasting peace among us until that time.
Third. If such are : your own Iconvictions,
why can vbu rise Up to this point arid say to
this nation from your 'high placej that such
are your convictions, and thatso far as is. pos
sible, without transcedb-your bristitqtion
at power, you will labor to accomplish these
purposes It seems to me thatf you might
do this, regardless of Jail complication of the
past oc the present y regardless of wliat you
yourself may have said or done heretofore,
which could be adduced, to the Contrary, no
matter ho yv bitterly vbu may be denounced
for doing' this by those who will oppose you
U iti;:--Vk.:.'.n I'.' .ii '' v-'r-t'-ijiH'' :-. .:::;
e higher Taw1, which
was the Constitution, when he'jjwas 6blemnly
sworn. to ''protect, 'preserve, tmd. defend the.
iatt6T?,v,.U'-.'U Jr. '..-'i;i,'"-- 4 . .'.';; -;
The Constitution of .the United Sta-s pars
me juaiciary ,:. ppvcr oj iie ijuiieie, aiaies
shall be vested ind Supreme 'Court dAd such
other in ferior courts as Congress eJiall estab
lish" That right to j ude of the constitution
ality of an act of Congress, pebding itis enact
ment, -rests .wjth'the two departments) of 'the
Government " which perform 5 the legislative
functions, viz : Congress and .the President.
The first decides it in its passage, the ! second
by his signature or veto $ but When-it jjs sign
ed, or passed CQUstitvjtibnally over "the veto,
it becomes' a law of the land, equally binding
upon- the J President, members of ; Congress,
and citizens. The priVate.right of -judgment
and for public safety, is
ff PpveaBdfitafvatlon in London. . ;
; There scem't to be tio''abateuient iii the ter
rible 'poverty and privation in tbisj mctrojtolis.
Itis said tha whenr, the, late. Count. Cavour
Visited .Lopdoki, he had thocuiriaty to make
a night expedition to; the cast end ' of j it, in
company with nn: inspector of police and ' the
result 'wa'ajio shocking that the Italiaii stitcs
man thanked Heaven that, poor ni bis country
was, jit could not supply, frohr one end to tho .
other, such a hideous amount of roicTy. 4nd
profligacy.1 Bad as things were then, thejaro
now infinitely worse. . Not a newspaper but
contains enough to make one's heart -javhe ;
tales 'shaming our 'selfish and ' one-sided cjvili-,
Nation. Take one :y A poor wretch, Jound
begging jn thf6 streets, is sentenced to tteenty-
one 'days' imp'risotimint" with hard labor
When taken, t? jail he dies iri a day (md. a(
haU'Thre'.JUi. obsunato pauper lori VPttJjL
as Mr. Bumble w.ould say, "The man wa
oniy one oi nity-one napiess-wntencs pernio
Hbllbwfty 'Prisbri last wcck,i thirty.foiir pi
whbin, by the governor's Own admission, are ;j
nearly in the sanie state of exhaustion.. as : tlie.i
poor creature who died. j -. . j ! ,.; Sonq -
are iri rags j some almost as, ualed' as tho ,
beasts, or covered with hardly anything but f
the "vermin- that' eat into their ulcerated j
woimds. ; All are literally 6tarviugi and for ,t i
being like this, and asking for., food, they .'are ;
seritbff to twenty-one j days hard labor -and J
harder fare in a prison." If they go to the
pRtisii work-houso for relief, they are set o !
picking oakum or breaking stones, and1 what
kindiofempIoymentsthe.se are, Mr. Green
wood (the "Amateur Casual':'
has bfiri inl
enough to tell us in 'the- Star. 1 The rate of pay
ment is .three halfpence . a ' bushel for tho
stonejs broken, until a j shilling is so earned,
and d peuny a bushel afterward, and in addi
tion one loaf a week for every 'child 'a mat
has.:N'I s'pose they think that the stones got
softe after, eightbushtls hare been broken,1'
an engine; stoker I remarked, Ttipf ally an in
telligent young felloJ Avho had been out of
worM since March last, and had a wife ami
six children, and here are the oakum pickcri:
"Eveii in a casual ward I think I never saw
such a crew of Jiopelcssly , poverty-stricken .
ones. x heir clothes Were,as a rule, tattered
and dirty, their faces bristly with neglected
beard,-while, their. unstocUugcdicct .peeped
out of their broken , and worn-out boots.
Th,er was a mildewy look aborii-tltewretelH
ed company such as I had never before wit
nessed, a mildewy look about their faces .as
Well as-thw clothes, aud -anUu via. ucken-s
ihg fo think of, a thbrigh he lorkorft iflutn-!
died had that morning crawled rtt of a
djimp .celfar in which they had been ,inearccra-i
ted... f Every one of the hundred r had; hi.
binbh " of oakum, over which they employed
A.1 .' !!ii-Te 1 .1 l.-i ; l.
eir .uuii- nngenjj ineianeuoiy iuyiipwyj
g for' their death rather than Ihcir litng.V
th'
ing
noon it then ceases.
"The great question of this hour and for the transferred to the ludiciarv department, and
future of bur; country Is, will the Presfdent of nq man cari .shield himself Jor a; breach' of the
the United State administer juiticej to this law bey odd Ills' opinion of it. South Carolina
whole people, dealing: out to each, sb'j far as tried this firi her ' nullificationl ordinance of
lies in his lawful arid proper power, the por- 1832, tb be speedily undeceived. Xo Joue
tion that belongs to them to the. white andj denies the right ofpiivate opinion as an abstract
the black, to the' loyal' and the' jebelltou's proposition; but be-who takes1: the rerK4-uW nra ji? p. ItuqXre volution But no
bility of setting his opinion up in defiance of one appears to i be frightened; mid even tho
Voiceof thePrc88 " ' i - ;
With" the -exception of -half-a-doren: ted-Iiot
Democratic journals;' ojthe -Brick jPomeroy.
pattern', ' the press 'jaccrpt thb' impeachment,
without excitement, and discuss it with com
mendable calmness. I Most of the Democratic
papers strive to make it appear as a partisan :
act, and"argne; or rather charge, that it is- a
Republican flank mbvenicnt in anticipation of
the grand contest in "November. Hero and,
there a Copperhead like the
frantically screams, in alarm in.
Hartford Times, i
ingiy large , type,
You have the greatest opportunity that man
ever had in this land to; do an ! iinmehse aud
immediate! good to your; own nation, and in
directly tb the whoJd family of mankind.
Will you, can ybu rise up - to this grand bc-
casion ; xt is inc-uios solemn coin jcijoh oi
my soul that if you will,. you can God will be
with you arid protect you through it all. But
if you allow yourself to be brought .low if
law does It at hisj peril.
1
The Mobbing of Rebel Methodists.
Mr. EixiTon: In (jiffei-ent parts of the coim
try efforts are industriously made to produce
the, iinpressiorithat the Me'thodist Episcopal
Church in East' Tennessee, and myself par-
you become bewildered by the' tbousand oh- ticularly, are souiehjow . iiripUcated in, or.,, re;
scurationsj of ' human; passion jpr prejudice sponsible for, Jthe! I ifeceiit whijiping ,of , Rev.
which riow darken around your path--if you Henry Xcal, iri Blount county, and also other
become weak through fear of tla'ea'ts, of ex- instances of violciice. All representations bf
pbsures, or through the blandihinents and the' kind arc basely and 1 wickedly false.--sedections
of men's flatteries, so jthat you yir- While theTe iriay hrive been iridividuals con
tually fail to meetthe resjpnsibijty.a'pdt fulfill nected with tlKi 'Metholist : Episcopal Church
the duty which the God of nations has assign- who have i participated . in such .-iblencCr7r-
ed tb vou in this
day, tllen I tot only though if ;. there are I do. not khbw.it yet the
will you, yourself sink nnder rtpe -eight 01 Methodist Episcopal Church 11 this country
ypur own unfmthfutaess;.but; has nevr lent herself ' to such Syjorks'She
fold more dreadful than any we; have 'yet ex- needs no "such Wlihncts or supifoits. !I If 'she
mg 01 a meiancnoiy '.iate and mis. 1a a iearexpect to oppo
which takes this shape, namely : that'you will this District in October, rl805
not be removed from your high dmcOj as your
periericed will fall upon this coriijtryj . I cannot stand withbut them, let her falL She
; j Nay, moreand this is; thef presentiment would deserveltd b-downi.;, '. jj -j-. . -
which haslhauntbd me now- for dsays' iogether, So fariis; I myself am c'oricc'nied,! I have
arid which; seems to be like the dlolerim warn- always opposed mob violence, arid I: always
ect to oppose, it." On : first undertaking
I' proposed
to Rev. James Atkins, then Presiding Elder
f .t m.vi:: .i; Li t;- - ... . i ii.j;.. A t
01 tne lueinodist episcopal Vsiiurpu, douiu, 10
debate this question of two ' Chiuiches iri. all
tlie principal j congregations ! iri mv ; District
with himi and "submit it to a vote of the Meth
odist poeble.. ! Ho? declined acceding to the
propositipn, alleging among Mother, reasons,
that he did not consider InmseltV safe ni cer
tain parts of. the country. I assured! him 1
would discountenance 'violence;, towards him,
and that if he wbuld accede td the prop'osi
predecessbr ' was, j by i assassination but yon
will be subjected to a fate far! worse than
death the open jand ' -everlasting Jdisgrace
Which will in some way or other how I know
not -bat, will t?i spnie way arifSe in the 111
scrutable frovidence or God.- i, seem to see
the chasm already opening at yoiir feet. ' 0,h;
while it is tune, I j ray you, honored sir, with
draw yourself from the abyss. ' Look up
look up alone to heaven for help,? andthe Lpfd
Jehovah Will strengthen you irom on high.
. iiticn and accomparir ine, should any lone at-
Isrow, may I add one ; single (word ? : My tempt to mblest him; I woidd defend, him.
only motive in" thus ''addressing, yoii is one and they should '; hurt me 'Jirtf., jWien tlie
of personal friendship,' but mre j than all, latb Captain 'izemore,-f of Rbgersville, had
,-. jir.,ncKey, as 1
to utter iri your ear the voice of! Svhat I be
lieve to be the Christian admonition of this
country in this momentous hour br tial. Arid
if it was the custom of ' ancient; monarch to
employ a herald who should daily remind .
him of hi mortality, I am sure d President of
the united States will kindly receive a friendly
but frank: and solemn, warnirig from one
of bis fellow-citizens however! humble.
With sentiments of profound consideration
- ;.'; '' -- "' ;' ---
' r , Occasional.
General Sickles has opened f he campaign
in Connecticut. Here we have another Dem
ocratic leader ; acting with I the -Republican
party. , Of all the men who ;' haVe j been edu
cated. by( the war into a full knowledge of the
enorrinty bf the rebellion, and' 'confirmed in
their convictions1 by - the treacheries 1 of An
drew Johnson, , none ; have4, brought to -the
good cause a finer intellect and a riper exper
ience than- Daniel E. Sickles. - Long a favor
ite leader of the New York Democracy, be
cause of his rare gifts as a thorough states
man, orator, and lawyer- elected by them to
the Legislature of -New York,; and then to
Congress he brings ; to the discussion of
pending: questions uncommon qualifications.
His splendid speeches in Washington ' arid
Philadelphia last year will never be "forgotten
by those who heard tnem, and we can wen im
agine the effect of his appeals upon his com
panions m arms, many or them c-id.JL'emocrats,
m Newjltampshire . arid' Connecticut. . You
hbar of no niultilated1 Veteran Jike Sickles,
crowned with a) popularity ' resnl tmg from
disinterestbd service's, under his Country's flag,
advocating the canso of modern Democracy.
threatened the lifa of. Rev
learned, I went to Mr. Siemore and plead
with him for an hour or more against 'such a
course, until, he agreed not to layj ? bauds on
him. i Privately arid publicly, from the pulpit
and through the press, I havoidiscountenanced
such conduct. (; It is.trrie,-1 haVe beeii requit
ed for this j interference in behalf of Southeni
preachers, by "discourtesy, proscription, abuse
aud falsehood, : When in Asheville, I found
the rumor current that I had advisjexl the driv
ing out from .East .Tennessee or kpliipg of
Southern Methodist preachers.jj This" 'must
have been circulated there by .some!' of -the
body in behalf of whorirl had interfered. ") -So
I have continued,- notwithstanding, the
way I have been treated by,thernJ tot oppose
Violence towarus mem. ; vnu no, again ic
whipping, of JVIrV'Xeal is an 'o'ecasibn to revive
the rumors' that myself arid otlierf Mjetbodist
miriisters in East Tennessee1 arc tlie cause,- if
not the instigators of these deeds. 1 MaTyville
and Louisville circuit, in Blount contH', where
Mrlfeal was jwhipped,!ia not in my district.
Such methods of promoting the 'ends pf a sec
tional, disloyal organization, as is tho JMetho-
dist ; Episcopal Church. South 1 in ; Tennessee,
are' as unworthy and wicked as they iure cow
ardly and unj ust. i , Shame on the pcip?trators !
I have not terms to express the supreme con
tempt anb!. utter loathing which' theyjdeserve.
v -- t -'j n r: ' Thomas JirrHAKXK. j
Knoxville, Tennessee February 2 i, , 1 86 8;
MisoiKfcCTEp Lettees.-According to the
Postmaster General's report;' not ; less- than a;
million letters were mailed hist year I without
signatures, and so, mistlireted thatf the, ad-9
dress wasl tptallyi. nnintelligiblethey; ,.were
destroyed. '.More than! a niillibn aril half
others1 i .61 1 .686 were restored to - their
light, by : Mr.jvTourgeej , that writers by the care of the dead ' letter office,
m had been impeached,, was Thus it eeems that atidasttwpi andta- hjalf
tion which one- would think likefy to enlist
the sufiicientcare jof the writer, the addressing
of a letter, These letters con tairitd. nearly
$300,000 in money, hills of I exchange, deeds,
checks, ;c., o the ynlue. of . over; $3A0OQ,OOO,
d - photo-
.t'-'j
f Thb arinouncemenfc. m i. the i Constitutional
Corivention last ni
President Jahpso:
received with the most enthuslaatic applause.
Rebeldbm, just then. yampantm the persons
of a few bf it votaries.' present, suddenly be
came very quiet.! The Rebelil will fight as
sook as"they get hs away fromjourguubbats,1
but not before. - The Ananias bf the Sentinel
thinks that a stair ought to fall, from heaven
and burn , this world up. an
and, oyer 4a,Q0O of thpn "contained -graphs.
fevelry,l'&c,, '?$'"' I ' 1 '.'
;rAWi $m-.'V v-kp '
writers of such paragraiihs . pursue thel usual
routine of life in blissful .'ignorance of tho
dreadful critis tliat has beeu precipitated uj
ori us, 'Of couiwj .this cry is a little hitof ,
buncombo iatiiided to affect the" Xew Hanip- j
shire election. Jsiuo-teuthsi of all the news- j
papers that have spoken upon the roatter fail
to discover any serious cause for anxiety;
the Republican journals pre .almost without,
exception," glad that affairshave cdme to , the
point ;Mrhere a settlement niiist follmy1, and
the Democrats, while begging the question
by chaining partisaii feeling as the sole causo
of jbriiigirig it oh, are apparently no less will
ing titan tlio other bide. to have a final ad judi-,
caubri.'" ''"'t;1! ts;"'. ?' " ,; .
As for the threatened panic; itdoso not ex
ist. Here f. and tLeijc we find a . wild-looking
individual whp:' seems, to tli ink thp Presi
dent to bo a sdrt'of very 'sacred ' Jofch"hfgh
above the reach, of common mortals, and that
even a proposition! to call him to 'account U
something, dreadfnl, an act wlJi'.yiheuld
bring ujion the perpetrators the lightning of
heaven. . But these superstitious editors raro
few and far between. . 1 he general sentiment
of the press js'that H necessary nc his been
done, and that whatever tne results tne trial
may be, theije is not! now nor! is it . probablo
there-will he- any'excitehieiit ueyorid the ex-
traorelinaiy interest that the trial; bi t a Presi
dent will neccssarilyjevolfcv As for revolu
tions,' and ariricd legions, and tlooil-shedding,
and Dictators, and business- panics, and nnan
Cial ruin, and social chaos, .&cTr- tc, not one '
in ten'tliousand anticipates win a shadow, of
anything bf the tort; Tlie 'o.jsertion of the
People's right to juq will( bring no panic.
'eacc follows the footsteps of law.
, y i . . Xe0 Yorti Tribune.
1 Gexeratj IlAxrocK anotiikTexas U.viox-ists.4-Iq
a private letter, a' strong aud con-.
stant Uriionjst of ' Texas, peiuonally known to
us, says:
Tlie recent visit of General Hancock to tliis
State! resulted in 'dropping a Ilea of large di
mensions, into the rebel , ear. . General Han
cock 'does riot propose to hit erf ere' with-th-fr
removal of rebels from office and tbcrpioint
ment -of loyal-men made during tho alininis
trations of Generals Sheridan, Griffin and
Mower." He will not rcmovj competent" and
loyal men from office tb make room 'for rebels.
He holds that the civil law ought to be su-
)reinei and it tne civil oincers can not pcr
orm their, whole, duty withbut his help, ho
will help theih ; nrixl if they are 'unfaithful otx
slack in the performance of; their duty, ho
will promptly remove them, arid put men in ,
their jplacei who will bo faithful, prompt' and
energy tic(jt The rebel jdookjedr jtlHi, and
expected hirii to 'pitch hx1r ami give tfieid all
the offices they asked. Bitt whenhe announced
that he'would appoint no win who could not
take the oath, you ean imaguie their disap
pointment. One of them aid he - couldn t
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see any uiuerence uyiwwn iuijvuck. auu unv
ther Radical.'- The re lellious feeling is al
most as strong as ever, but it is only in wordsr '
time is sensibly; modifying: th?ir, bitterness
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though tneir is mucn room ior improvement.
yet
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pation cart .b'njdcrsl-ootl' by the plainest
in ind. 11 wo, admit an lie nas awui 1110.
unconstitutionality of the 'civil-tenure law, tho
fact that he. Yjolated it deliberately cannot bo
exed by .that fissumption He exercised a
powr "riot oftly repngnani to ihe. whole spirit
of the law itself, but never" before exercised
by any President of the United btates tho j
power of absolutely removing an officer while 1
the'nate of the United 'tatvIwas in scs-j
Hon in contemr.t of the advice., and consent 1
pf j the. Seriate. To make ,tbe, nilt )
usurpation deeper ami hia cHenco sharper, ho. ;
deKberately jx-rsists in his usurpation, nU!
thbiih the Senate, before w hich he is soon to bo j
triebas solemnly declared his act tabo uui;
constitu.tioi.ial and illegal r: ; !
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