Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-02-04

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The Washington CORES posdsnt Of The
M-E.0bugs0NSss1 RSp.J vrlsS.
Yni2s ~. - &sp4Yte1seiN
- ssessssssas bS6ft6g PEI tally on the
system OF receustsaoties - isnitieeed n
Losis':ns. They bsgin By rscitiog
1SeFs ls24p1etee6 and maintsis that
.e9sM1s seGUH6trsesion ssn proper
= iaseissls6 visAose III ssseiiaa, a.
@sNsSx Try VII Ii iotroinced -
:Ae earliest atfiag OPPORTUNITY. Cen
, - rem = te;t qnssset. ~ az kk,ly "a
This looks y il the reeonstsuesiss
committee Of the House, Of which Win.
- Davis , shaisnss, isessd to arrest
1e4etion Of thssnsestivs md ts,s Ne
= out Of bis saih in ~ mssasr q
fs0sgsoising State governments in tho
South. With strange "sosfs.ion Of
idess" Mr.. Lincoln assumes in his civil
character Of Prssidsnt to play the mill
sary dictator, and in his military char
actsr Of Commander in-Chisf to act "A
an absolute civil ruler, and under mix. |
tnre Of beth to make and unmake States.
wipe out their constitutions and free mil. |
lions Of slaves held under them-iu
short ne sels himself above the Iepisla-
tive and judicial branches Of the govern. |
ment, and becomes the fQrest lav-o;ver
o. the land. The whole radical party |
endorse the end he sims It, but : large |
iact'sT wish to share with him the pow.
or exercised in reaching it. An elabor-
ate article from Dr. Orestes A. Brown.
son 10 bis last Quarterly Revisso pre-
'ents the ground occupied BY The
s'' VINO dissent irem sadic-
plan, and perh-- 40 pre.;dent,s
.ps foreshadows the posi-
81 inter Davis will take in bic forth
coming resolutions. DR.. Brownsop, -
everybody knows, is now Al extreme
sbolitionist To such an extent has he
become absorbed in pelitios that he has
changed the whole character Of his Re-
vssso, and 10 the January number be an
nounces that in future theological ques-
tions will be ignored in order to make
room fo1 discussion Of the topics Of The
day. From his article on the President''
plan We quote
We honestly believe the plan uncon-
stitutionsl, and fraught With hardly 'es'
danger 20 cur republican inssitution.
than tie southern rebellion iessir, and
d, the more dangerous because it 10 moi
unlikely to enlist in its support 80 large
portion o. the most fearless and devot
ed friends of the Union. II seems to "
the plan Of the politician rather the,
of the ststesnsan, and to look more {,
the neet presidential election than to IL
sselfare Of the nation. Whist we objec
to 10 the attempt, by executive action
to forestall the action Of Congress, or t.
place the whole question in such posi-
ton % to render il next to impossibl,
for Congress to refuse its sanction. tn,
President proceeds on the assuwptio,
that be 10 clothed with the whole va
power Of the nation and as the wa
power 10 unlimited, while I've war last
he may do snysAing hs judges proper.
The civil 0r0ssisasioM n govsrnnsen
cansot b doas svsn by Cosgrest vnde
Ms ssav pswsy, aud If done ct all, mus
DO dose uuder its peace powers, % spec
lied 10 the Constitution. The secede,
States are still States that 10 civil an,
politieal organisations in the Union, o
they ere not II they ere, the execu
tive, Mother under the war power no
any other power, has any authority t
establish military or any other govern
ments within their limits. If they a
not. their reorganization is the wor
OF Congress under its peace power
The executive has then, in either cas-
nothing to do with their re- oreanizs
tiOn till Congress has acted, aud the
only to carry out the law of Congress
Congress 10 competent to re.orgaoi,
them under the peace powers Of Il
government, or it 10 not for under u
sssr power only military gevernmen
can be instituted. The institution of r
organization of civil government is q
ways the act Of the supreme polite
po,osr, of the sovereign authority
the State or nation, and Is the soork ,
peace, not of sear. The President. the
when he tells Congress it must hold {
to the war power as the power md
which the rebellious are to be REQ,
gained, forgets that neither be NJ
Congress can re-organixe them und
that power. The moment Ne come
the citil reorganization Of conouert
territory the belligerent rights ha
ceased, AID only the rights Of pea
are in operation.
We said we objected primarily to Il
executive plan, because it 10 an exec
tive plan. Every feature Of it is mar
ed by what sesms 10 Ne IN extraord
nary assumption Of power on the pa
81 the executive. The President pr,
scribss the oath. .prescribes on VII
conditions the States il rebellion u.
se-ofgauise State Governments. and
recognized and represented 10 Cooqre
- loyal States in the Union. n
one ef them. With not less than one ten,
Of IL asnsber Of persona svAo vo.ed
tks Pvs6dsst;al election Of 1850. ma
rs-ovgasise thenselves as ths State. a,