Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-09
M. 7obu.on ON The APpSlnsInE

oRce-holders until their appointment Is
confirmed blythe Senate, unless such Office
holder shall be appointed while the Sen
ate is not in session to fill a vacancy
caused By death, resignation, Or expiration
of term of office, has been adopted in the
Senate. II is attacked with much Vigor
and bitterness by all the Conservative
oopperhead friends of President johnson,
as an attempt at usurpatiOn Of power
which is dangerous if not revolutionary.
An this is very natural, for the public
plumber is the.sole hope and reliance of
President johnson in building up his new
party. Only by the liberal use Of the sp-
pointing power can he purchase thesup-
port of venal Republicans, or persuade
the Democracy thst it is for their interest
to support him. The spOst1orfsis,h as the
Rev. Petroleum Y. Nasty calls them, are
the strong point in the Presidents posi-
ton. Deprive him of his power to use
them for his private ends, to threaten or
coax or purchase Union men into his WI
support, and lie is at once o~uthanked, de-
feated, reduced to i~nsignifcance. If the
Senate submits to be made simply his re-
cording clerk, and silently endorses al
his appointments, he is at once clothed
with more than q monareh's power, and
made the sole dispenser of a patronage
greater than any in the gift Of emperors.
If the Senate asserts its power, as q CO
ordinate branch Of the Government, and
usesthe right which the Constitution gives
II 70 supervise the President use oftheap-
pointing power, Mr.. johnson ceases 10 be a
sstrap and becomes simply a man. who is
made the servant Of the public by fortui-
tous circumstances, but by no means the
uuhlic's master. It is not wonderful
then. that Mr.. johnson resists with all his
power the proposed action of Congress
and that his friends raise a clamorous out
CIV against IL. But whatever PresideHs
Andrew johnson msy think and Dc. Sei-
asor Andrew johnson agreed very pre-
cisely with the policy now proposed BY
Senator Trumbull. Hear his eloquent
words, uttered in the Senate, December
18th, 1850, asserting the power and pre-
rogative of the Senate to limit and con-
troll the action Of the Executive;
How has Lincoln been elected, and upon
what basis does he stand A minority
President by nearly q million votes but
had the election taken place upon the plan
proposed IN my amendment OF The coHstitH-
don, by districts, he would have been this
day defeated. But it has been done accord
ing to the Constitution and according 70 law.
Ian for abiding BY the Constitution; and
in abiding by il, l want TO maintain and
rsteta my place here and put doom Mr.. LIN
cola, ard drive back his adraHees upon South
-ern Institutions, " he designs to make aay.
Haze zoe not cot the brake IN our hands :
HIVE zoe not cot tic poieerf ne 61ee. Let
Ecutk CaroliSa send her Senator's back let
ell tie Senator's co6Fej and on the 4AefN GTch
nezs He shall kaue a majority of si= ~ tAls
BODY aoaiRsf him. This successful sectional
candsdGts, Wko IS N a EziaoTEyQ a million,
or nsarly 50, on tie popular rOtes cannot make
As Cabinet on tie 4A Of MarcA nerf unless
his Senate iOiu permit ktN."
IAN ] 70 be 90 great q coward as to re-
L. AL0E4 AAnIA a va
meet the encroaehments upon the institu-
tons Of my country at the Threshold, and
ss & msn, as one that loves my country and
nv constituents, I will stand here and re-
sist ali en~croaehments and advances. Here
ia the plaee to stand. Shall / desert the
citadel and let the enemy come in and
fsfe possession7 No. Gan Mr.. LfR-
eola send a JoreieH zsinister or euea
G oossul abroad, NHlcss he TeeetUes tie sane
con of tie Senatsf Can he appoint a post
asasser tckose salaryis oucr a thousand dollars
a Tear scitkoHt To consent Of the SGtdtef
Shall we desert our posts, shrink from our
responsibilities, and permit Ar. Lineoln to
cezsS sri1 Ais cohoTts, as zoe consider heai,
Jrcz The NorA to carry of everything Are
we 90 cowardly that now that we are de-
feated, not conquered, we shall do this2
YES. we are defeated according to the forms
of law and the Constitution but the real
yictoryis curs-the moral force Is with us."
The following is from his speech in the
Senate on the 2eth of July, 1851;
sarThen, Is the mere defeat of one man,
and the election Of another according to
ths forms Of law and the Constitution, suf-
fcient cause to break up this Government
No Il is not sufficient cause. Do We not
knew. too, that If all the seeding Senators
krd stood here as faithful se1tinels, repres-
sufin0 The interests Of their States, they had
e dSir polcer to check arg Gduaace that
mfcktbe made By TIE iHeoltng AdEiaistrc-
6oHf showed these facts and enumerated
than at the last session. They were
shown here the other day. On the
4th Of March, when President Lin
coin waa ins1gursted, We had s
majority Of six upon this foor IN opposition
- his Administration. Where, then, is
there ' a pretext for breaking up the
Govsrnment upon the idea that he would
hsvs encroached upon our rights7 Does
moi the nation know that 4T. LiRoOlE could
nof kauc made his Cabinet seitkoNt the eoHseHt
~ ~ T~.a;o-itv of lie SenateR Do zoe not
Eno,g Nafk he could not erea hare sent a minis
. abroad ,oitko1t the MgjoTityg the Selate
CONFIRMING the ~no1inatioRf Do we notknow
hat II any minister whom be had sent
abroad should make treaty inimical to
me institutions Of the South, that treaty
eoal6 n0tkGuebee1 Tetyasd ct1soHfa fEgor1ty
offleosEkirds Of tie Sezat
Mr.. johnson prides himself upon his
recOrdlthis is one feature oft which We
Ike 10 see laid before the people. BE
20. much further than Mr.. TrumbuIl
ever proposed to go. He holds that the
ssuste might ever prevent the President
from organizing his Cabinet, and that it
a their duty, if opposed TO him imp itics,
70 estop him IRON putting his political
sSenas in Office. Judge how he would
bsvs Illuminated thunders, If s Senator
sgsinst the President who. for the sske Of
bcilding up a personal party, should at
tsnnt A. depose from oalee the adhsrents
Of marty 70 which he had played the
traitor. in defiance Of twO-third rasjori-
txcft that party in the United State Sem
atos sed z1i191
n the Ninth Ohio Congressional Dis
t<i4fIt i ezplasd the penecrstB and
- zsz,,SHrens vfTi easSsn 4 eans