The New York herald., 1866-05-28
Thadicus Stevens ON Secretary MeCul.
loch-A Threat Of Inn achine mt Against
Halt tho Cabinet.

Thaddcus Stevens ON Secretary MeCul.
lOch-A Threat Of Inn pc eachme mt Against
Halt the Cabinet.
The proceedings of tho House OF Represen-
tatvcs on Saturday last were enlivened by an
other war whoop rom the heaa sachem Of the
radical camp against the administration gen.
orally, but especially directed at the "rccreara,",
Secretary of the T----s. A"o A"A VA
-~.as; aiiaer consideration, Mr.. Stevens moved
TO amend the sixty-afih section by striking ont
the words "the Secretary of the Treasury Is
hereby authorized to appoint an officer in his
department who shall be styled commissioner"
&C., and inserting in lieu thereof, Congress,
by concurrent action, shall eject special
commissioner" Mr.. steyens alllNa1 am
done giving patronage to tie Secretary OF the
Treasury where it can be avoided. lie has
already sail be VIII appoint no one to Office
vino will not sustain the policy of the Presi-
den- He distinctly SO informed member of
the House this morning who called upon him
for an appointment. The Secretary referred
to an apostate Senator (supposed to be Mr..
Cowan, OF Pcnnsylvania), and said:-'I will
consult him wien make the appointment, and
will appoint nobody not recommended by
him. 1t is therefore for this House to let the
people OF the country know whether officers
are TO be sacrificed to this determination OF
the subordinatcs Of the President"
Secretary McCulloch has touched the vulner-
able heel Of the radical Achilles. He feels the
wound and chafes and roars like an angry tiger.
He declaims against tho tyranny of the admins
iraiion. He says "it is time that we built mp a
wall against such tyranny as this. 1t is malfeas-
ancein Office. have already ascertained that four
Of The subordinaies of the President have made
the same declaration. IT. were little young
er-snd ] shall b. In n week, l think-I tooud
is these officers kno,o that his is q grand inquest
Of ne naiion, before ,ohica mon ,oho are guilty IN
office shall be brought and heir cases presented
10 another tribunal 10 t,y henln [Excitement
A voice--"Good.' "Sir," continued the re-
morseless stevens, working up in his wrath,
1--WE are recreans 20 our interests, we are re-
creants TO our dignity, we are rccreants TO the
interests Of the country, II we do not stand by
those who stand by ne. We must take care
that no more patronage be put into the hands
OF any man 10 he abused, avowcdly abused.
II is time that We speak aloud and let our
friends abroad know ,lsal they are In no dan
ger; that they shall not be sacrificed because
they stand by Congress, because they are not
the tools OF rccreant President" tGreat
excitemcnt]
This is bringing the war to close quarters.
Here IL direct threat of impeachment pro-
cecdings against ~ least four members Of the
Cabinet McCulloch IL ono Of them and tho
other three, we presume, arc Messrs. Seward,
Welcs, OF the Navy, and Deanison, Of the Post
Office Department The constitution declares
that the House OF Representatives "shall have
the sole power Of impeachment" and that
"ihc Senate shall have the sole power TO try
oil impcachmcnts." The House, then, is "the
grand inquest and the Senate the other trlbu-
nal for trial TO which Mr. Stevens refers. lie
has given bis warning; let him follow II up.
lie may, perhaps, or he may not succeed In
securing two-ihirds vote in the Senate; but
now is his only time. In the event of success
against the four Cabinet recreants complained
OF, or against any one Of them, we shall doubt
less have new Cabinet, from stem 70 stern:
"a consummation dcvoutly 10 be wishcd.v
This will be the issue, sooner or later, between