The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-07-27
The New Recon Proc
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President Lincoln hfs issued a. proea-
lamation consisting of a virtual declara-
tionsef his superiority to Gong ress, and
his independence OF Congress- n all mat
Ftefs connected with Reconstruction The
President has n plan OF irecoHstruetion,
nrii,-.. > pecgmber last, at
tho, iopen ming, of the, session The. two
houses of Congress have a rival plan, in
consistent with his, aud exclusive of his,
which took the form of a bill regularly
passed and presented TO the President for
his. cpstcmary. tapprcval. WHICH shall
prevail? Shall Mahomet go to the noun
tain, or the mouptain come to Mahom
ct? The President declares to the coun-
try that he will not yield, and that Cor
3gress must. Had he signed the bill the
new. States Which he, or his own respon-
sibfhty. has pretended. to erect I'm Louisi:
ana and Arka1sa wouIafall. tot he ground.
Tlis obvious consequence of Iheobill he
procIaims to the country, and assigns as
reason for refusing his signature, ,.i,e 40
l.E. This is the most extraordinary treat
EmentGeve bestowed, .byi the executive
head of u govern IL enti oa the. regular act
OF a Legislative assembly. ieA veto, is
a lesitima exercise Of authority confer
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the two houses do ov rruie it, is, supposed
| merely to arrest the action intended by
4 Congress, not to Substitute the will of the
executive for Joint will of the Senate,
| House and President, as f.r. Lincoln as
sumes 10 do by this strange proceeding,
Tue subj ect Snattersof tile. bilIlwhieh Mr.
| Lincoln refuses to sign, is clsariy within,
lrhe do1ain efothe Legislative department
l 4 l.
| virtually admits that Congress has power
/ to- prescribe the method of reconstruction
| By what right then, does lie assume not
merelyaro arrest the will of thehwo houses
| (Which he may) but to substitufe-his sin :
gle will iPg gsuch, a way rs to. cl9the him
self with the whole legislative authority
| Neither the Senate alone, tor the House
| alone, nor the President alone, can WELD
the Legislative, power, The two houses
can WELD it alone, in spite of the Pres.-
dent, if tNo7thlrds OF each SO determine !;
but the President has Iso power but a
qualified Eegatiye.a W whieh. Goggress can
4 overruie. bF And yet Mr. Lapcoln, instead
OF awaiting the action OF Copgres5, ant,ci-
Psted hat ha.4Y eEf has
acted, he denies to teVen mat poor
1-sihadoW OF power W hicif consists IN a veto
on his unauthorized .proeeediugs:Tgdie e
eau arrest arrest the will Of Congress, but Cop3
gress cannot arrest his, even even IN matter
which unquestlonaoIy belongs to the leg.
-isiatlye department OF the government
Congress passes an act which declares
Their dlsapprovai OF the Presidents unan-
thorlzed recenstructiop measures, ana he
proclalms to the country his purpose to
i persist IN those measures IN defiance OF
4 their dlsapprfotyyaf " q, sra., ts.f -, e.,
l. Mr: Lineoln does, worse even than m this
fhe superadds insult to usurpation- q tier
vetolDg an act OF the two houses by. eoni-
i unisating hisiobj jections, not TO them, as
the Gonsti ution. requires, but to 3the
eppntry (which look like 5superelllgous rsl
+. appeal from the ag 'ntfIto the Brlnclpaii, b
: be- graclously condescends' to- adopt the
lphn OF Congress IN States where 1T inayinet
interfere with his own, and where sae peo
pie may. chance to prefer It. That IT, is tt
4 say, that while 1t shall have no force any
where as belng 'lthe1W OF congress, II
nay prevail IN some States as havlHgs sthe
petmlssion'cf the ExectutllyYe. 1tsit1s
bad plan, why does he permit It's adopt
Ion at alia II II Is good plan, Why aoes
y he, veto 1t - whether 1t be Dad or gooo
what right has ne to substitute a differ NJ
and Inconsistent one winch the represent
I atlyes Of me people haye ofhilaliy con
Fdemped-a3 II the 1cPresldent couid no
sign this bill, the very least he cohld do
2 in consistency with the respect he owe
: tCongFess, was to withdraw his plan, which
that BODY, TO whose province the whole
> subject matter belongs, had intended t'
. hset aside. But to appeal to the people t.
support him lin taking outtofithe. hands 0
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Congress a sqbjset submitted tot to them s,.;S ,,
the Gonstlttgutlon, Is very bold strld'