The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-11-14

PHmLIPs on THE PREsIDENr.-We make the follow
ing extract from speech lately delivered at New
York by Wendell Phillips, for the purpose OF showing
radical idea Of what should be done the president of
the United States:
The very first task would set the re-assembled con
gress before they look at the ameDduent utter the
word reconstruction is, mpeach the rebel of the
white house" Let the traitors of Louisiana and South
Carolina take care of themselves. We going to
tend to this machine of the government that belongs
to us-and the first process OF commencing is to i'm
peach the rebel that has usurped the functions of the
president Rebel is too dignifed designaton-the
great mobocrat of the white house. Yes Does he
want mob at New OFleaas-he ignores governor
Wells. Does he want mob at Baltimore-he re-
cognises Coy. Swami. Law no law; State or no
State elected authority or omnipotence-no matter
which, the mob is the result The first step is to i'm
peach the oboerat Of the white house, and the sec
ond step is to depose him. The impeachment is Of no
value if it drags its slow length along through the
senate chamber, and the impeached party yields the
army and navy and the patronage of the government,
against the mpeaching house. and the judicial senate
The moment that the executive of the United States
is impeached, craftsmanship and the constitution, and
the necessities of the hour dictate that his place should
Be suDplied-until acqut4l restores him to power, or
condemnation subjects to the choosing OF a new
president and vice-president supply the dead and
the deposed | cannot shrink from this step of inter-
ering with the functions of the executive but the
constitution undertakes to give power OF mpeach-
ment in such a way that in ordinary times 1t is unap-
proacbable There is not chance that in any oril-
nary time the president of the United States should be
ever practically liable to impeachment. Such an
emergency has not a precedent. It is only concur
renee Of circumstances that renders it possible, and
that same emergency dictates that we should be the
arsenal of constitutional weapons to make it efficient
| would, therefore unseat the president. Like the
ENGLISH nation in "'86 would make the law Of the
realm inside the constitution 1t would be farce and
sham to try the president while he remains in office
In the nature Of his trial. in the concurrence Of the
constitutional remedy, there is nothing to repudate
the STEP and there is everything in the constitution to
dictate it, | say, therefore, impeach the president,
and while he is on trial sequester him. What is the
advantage? 1t is that we run the machine.
The Mobile Advertisers New York orrespondentin
commenting on the above extract truly says: Phil
lips hits the nail exactly the head. His party
must run the machine They must control every
branch of the government else they may not be able
to carry out their scheme of remakng the south He
tacttIy admits that the president cannot be constu-
tionallv deposed but what of that? Wendell Philips
has had his foot on the constitution since he was
able to read it, The president is an obstacle tile
spread Of New England ideas, and that is sufficient
reason why he ought to be deposed. The Phillips
idea seems to be, Never mind the right Of the thing;
the president is in way; we have power to put him
out Of our way, and we must use it.
We should judge frem the tenor Of his whole speech
that he was in favor Of unqualified negro suffrage mis-
eegenation &c.