The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-30
The President and COngress-An End to
he Quarrel.
ErOnl The HernLR.


From the Herald.
Within week. if Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens keeps
his word-and we sincerely hope that he will
have pluck enough to keep 1.-THE quarrel be-
tween the President and Congress Will be brought
30 decided issue. In his speech on Saturday
referring to the removal of officials who do not
sustain the President, Mr.. Stevens angrlly ex.
calmed:-"It is time that we built up wall
against such tyranny as this. 1t is malteasance
in office. If l were a little younger-and shall
be IN a peek, 1 ldlink-I would let these officers
know that this is a grand inquest of the nation
before which men who are guilty in office shall
be brought and their cases presented to another
tribunal to try them.n Mr.. Stevens Is quite right
The House of Representatives is a grand inquest
before which guilty officials can be brought
and the Senate is constitutional tribunal bv
which such cases may be tried. If the President
be unreasonable" if his Secretaries are ire
Creant," if Senators are "apostate," and if the
p esident and his Secretaries are "guilty of
malteasanCe in Office" it is proper that they
should be punished. Nobody Can object to this.
The Constitution commands it, Mr.. Stevens
mas therefore, clear course before him. Let
mot his back bone bend nor his knees grow weak
Let HIM present his charges in due and legal
form and let us have trial. The country is all
ready for this movement il the radicals are
Things cannot and ought not to go on any
longer as they have been going on during the
past few months. The best interests OF the
American people require that the quarrel be-
tween the President and Congress shall be ended
In some way or other The way that Mr.. Stevens
mas chosen is perhaps, the shortest, and conse-
quently we are in favor of its anopton.
We believe that in the bitter Quarrel viii ch
mas lasted so long and caused 50 much ill-fee-
ing the President is entirely right and the radi-
Gals entirely wrong. We believe that the Pres-
den is acting according to the Constitution,
and that the radicals are trampling the Consti.
tuition under loot. We believe that the Presl.
dents policy OF reconstruction is safe, practical
nat onal and statesmanlike, and that the fail
ure of the radicals to offer anything better or
hal as good, after many months of careful de.
Liberation, ought to have been followed by a
general and cordial acquescence in the Presi.
dents plan. We believe that the present Con-
gre-s does not represent the sentiments of the
people in regard to tins great question: and that
the people are with the President almost unani-
mous!y. This is our creed, and yet we call upon
MIR. Stevens to make good the threat which he
uttered on Saturday. 1t does not matter tor
what reason he uttered it.
His wishes IN regard TO the Pennsylvania ap-
pOlntments may have been dlsregarded he NAV
have been aggravated by the predestned failure
OF his reconstruction scheme in the Senate; but
whatever his motives, he has at length reached
The logical conclusion OF the radical programme,
and we want to see the game played out. Ali
through this quarrel the radicals have displayed
the utmost consistency. They have struck re.
peated blows at the President; they have con-
1roled his Cabinet; they have dared him 10
Contemptuously; they have annoved him in every
possible manner, and they have abused him
in public and private upon every occasion.
To these outrages there have been merely
verbal responses from the White House. Not
until recently have radicals been removed from
office; and even now the President has com
menced at the little end OF the hydra's tail
instead of chopplng off It's heads like Her.
cules. But these removals. small as they are
have aroused the wrath of Mr.. Stevens. He mas
already ordered bllto De prepared deprivlng
1he President of his constitutional and time.
impeacb all the officials concerned in the affair.
We sincerely trust that he will carry out his
Threat, and talk no more buncombe about the
wonders he intends TO perform.
We assume this position in relation TO this
quarrel, and state our views thus frankly and
unreservedly, because 1t il evident that the
people are heartily tired OF having the Govern
ment dlsgraced at home and abroad by so VIC
lent feud. What respect can ANYBODY enter
lain for country whose executive anc
leg slauVe departments are openly and bitterly
hostile? When the radicals declare that thC
President is ira tor, and the President ass rti
that Congress is led by rebels, it is time tina
some solution OF the difficulty should be dis
covered. We have fought four wears for th,
Union; we have sacrificed thousands of lives anC
millions OF money for the Union; our gallan
armies under General Grant triumphed over tn
Southern Rebellion in order to restore In
Union, but we are now more disunited thai
ever, This Is somebody's fault; somebody is l.
blame ior II, and the people insist upon settle