The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-10-11
my POLICY DEVELOPING
The President Determined to Force Con.
Aict with Conxress and the People.

PHrLADELPHIA. Oct. 10.-The Ledger
has received the following important
dispatches:
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-The President
has sent to the Attorney General the
following questions, and requested that =
response to them be returned in writing:
| l. Is thepresent Congress- composed
of members from Northern States alone,
such a Congress as the Constitution re
quires; or il il an illegal and uneonstitu-
tional assemblage?
! 2 Would existing circumstances just
| ify the President in sending his next
annual message to an Illegal and uncon-
stitutional assembiage pretending to be
the Congress of the United States
| 3. Does that clause in section five of
the, first article of the, Constitution,
which makes each house the Judge of
the election returns and qualifications of
it's own members, give to the presen.
Congress the right to exclude the mem
bers from the ten States or to impose
dishonorablc or unconstitutional terms
on their admission.
| 4. Does the Presidents oath of office
require him to enforce those provisions
Of the Constitution which gives to each
State an equal right of representation in
Congress. Article l, sections 2 and 3
Article 9th, last clause.
5. What steps do the Constitution
and his oath of office require the Presi-
dent to take in order to secure the assem-
blage of constitutional Congress
Upon the reply that may be made by
the Attorney General to the above qucs-
tons, there is reason to believe the Presi-
dent will take his stand. The questions
put to the Attorney General are more
important in view of the bold utterances
of the President at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, declaring the present was only
an assumed Congress, and not the Con
gress the Constitution called for; and
also in connection with the Constitution,
called similar declarations, though less
pointed, that fell from his lips prior to
his return to the Capitol From these
utterances it is clear the Executive has
fully made up his own mind That the
Thirty ninth Congress was not n legal
body He now asks the opinion of the
Attorney General upon the grave and
deeply momentous subject, and when it
is given he will govern himself accord
ingly 1t is not difficult to foreshadow
what the response of Mr.. Stanberry will
the opinions of the Executive as already
expressed, there seems to be no doubt.
THE LEDGER S APOLOGY. ~
The Philadelphia Ledger. in a state
ment regarding the canard which ap-
peared in that sheet yesterday, says that |
it was published as received from an ex-
careful correspondent; that it was de-
ceived, and adds: ssWhile we sincerely
regret that an error on so important a
subject has found its way into the Ledger,
even in our correspondence, we are glad
to be able to record the fact that the
PRESIDENT mas not raised so serious I
question, for no sound lawyer can doubt
the entire legality of the existing Con
gress" ~ T
AN AFFECTING LETTER.-The New |
York Legislature, last session, passed
law prohibiting the free pass system on
railroads in that State. BY provision
OF the law all passes were taken up on
and after the first of May The editor of
a Fort Wayne paper had his pass taken
up on the New York Central Railroad |
the other day, and by special request of
the conductor, stopped over" at Utica.
He addressed the following affecting let |
ter to his spouse: ( ->S
'.UTIcA, n. Y, May Is, $751;
Blue Lion Tavern.
''DEAR WIRE: Sell my t'other clothes |
for what they will bring, and remit at |
once. Had my linen buster for supper,
and my spare shirt will have to go for |
lodging. May be able to make light /
breakfast on a German silver comb, and !
a pair of shears that Glanced to lfave |
with It will depend good deal on
the walking. Don't marry for a few
months; there~is a bare possibility of my |
getting back. e-~r~,v