The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-05-24
The Attempt Of the Republicans
IN CONGRESS- TO DEGRADE THE PRE-
SIDENT-AN E.KPUNGLNG RESOLU-
TYON CALLED FOR.

We regard the late attempt of the rcpubli-
can marjority in the House Of Representatives
to degrade the President Of the United States,
by the appointment ofan inquisitorial commit
tee charged with the duty Of trying him in his
absence upon er:parte testimony, given by hca-
ted and desperate partsans and upon this re-
cord so made assault his personal and political
integrity, as one of the most unjustiiable and
iniquitous proceedings which ever disgraced
the popular branch Of the Government.
The name Of the author of the movement
John Covode, Of Pennsylvania, and others who
have sustained and urged it on in the House of
Representatives, are destined to be remember
cd as among the mcauest, most violent, and
shameless partisans Of our day and generation
In order to attain some miserable party ends
the republican majority in the House have not
hesitatcd to lend themselves to baec efforts to
degrade the Office of the President of the Uni
ted States in the eyes Of his countrymen, and
to cover with undeserved calumny and re-
proach the person who now fills this eminent
station.
We have differed with President BUCHANAN
upon some measures Of principle and policy, as
our readers and the public are aware. We
think bis Administration has not been free from
errors and faults but want Of personal intcg-
rity hasnever, during his long life, been imputed
to him until John Covode called it in question
few days since. His enemies, as we'll as his
friends, are aware that personal dishonesty or
corruption has never stained his escutcheon or
furnished his honor. He will leave the presi i
Dental Office, in that respect, with as honorable
record as any of his predecessors, without one
exception.
The gallant and manly manner In Which
President BUCHANAN has met these imputations
and repelled them in his late protest to the
House, will cause the heart of every American.
and especially every democrat, to respond with
unusual warmth and satisfaction. 1t has been
long since we have felt higher degree of in
dignation at any political event than at this
shameless insult the House Of Representatives
has offered to co ordinate branch of the Gov
ernment.
Not since the passage, by partisan majority
in the Senate of the United States, of resolu-
tions Of censure upon President Andrew Jack
son, has there been such political outrage.
This movement to asperse another democratic
Chief Magistrate is instigated by the same
mean and grovelling spirit of par tisianship,
and is destined to meet with similar rebuke
from the people. As the democratic senator's
of the United States deemed it due to the hon
or and dignity of that body to expunge from the
journal of their proceedings the record of GEN.
sure upon President jackson, so should the
next House Of Representatives blot out from
their record everything connected with this res
olution Of John Covode, SO far as it assails the
reputation Of the President. We wish it dis
tinctly understood that We are for the passage
Of another ezpsngiag resolution, and we trust
that democrats everywhere will raise that Gag
in connection with ibis proceeding.-Gn Bnq