, 1866-12-14
A RInf Game.

plies to rebels, is to be taken away from the
President, and according to the radical rro>
gramme, we are to have justice without mer>
cy. Removals from office are to be closely
scanned, and in all cases where the new ap<
pointee is rejected by the Senate, the old
incumbent is to resume the place. The New
Orleans massacre is to be Inquired into, with
view to fixing criminality upon the Presi<
dent. The release of the parties who were
charged with the murder of Union soldiers
in South Carolina, is to be investigated, and
the parties to the release made to show the
why and wherefore. Further, committee
is appointed to report upon the conduct OF
the President and decide on the Question of
impeachment. Lastly, the ten States, now
excluded from representation in Congress,
are to be reduced to the condition Of Territo>
ries, to be governed by such laws as Con-
gress may choose to impose. Briefly, this is
the radical programme, as disclosed in the
first and second days of the session. The
bill repeating that part of the law which
authorizes the p esideut to grant pardons at
his discretion, has already passed the House.
and in the tempest of excitement that now
prevails, may possibly pass the Senate. With
this exception, we doubt whether any other
of the propositions will ever be carried into
effect The New Orleans massacre, for
months has been the stock and trade of the
N. Y. Tribune, and it is eDinently fit that
radical Congress should run in the same
groove until the bloody affair is worn thread
bare. The question of removals from office
will bear investigation, but even on an
issue Of this kind the present Congress is
scarcely in mood to legislate wisely. At a
proper time, we doubt not it would be we'll
to make the tenure of Office dependent upon
good behavior; but the country will scarcely
consent to a regulation of this character so
long as the Offices are mainly in the hands of
"shoddy" patriots The impeachment of
the President is measure about which the
radicals will blow and bluster, but no sane
man dreams that they will ever attempt to
carry out such a desperate measure or that
if the attempt be made, that it will not be
the signal for another civil war, vastly moro
destructive than the conflict from which we
have so lately emerged So, too, of the
proposition to reduce the excluded States to
the condition Of Territories The idea is held
out as a threat to Induce the rebellious
States to ratify the Constitutional amend
mcut; aud failing ~ that, it will never be
heard of again. The idea " governing
eight millions Of Americangl much as Aus,
tria governed Fenetia, could only have orig>
mated in the brain of a crazy fanatic, and is
not to be thought Of The radicals in Con-
gress are very much in the condition of the
conspirators in England, in the time of
Charles l , as described by Macau'ay They
we're anxious to get rid Of the King, and in
their blind rage struck at the institutions to
which England owed all her greatness. SO,
too, with the radicals of to-day. Incensed
with the President of their own choice, and
blinded with rage, they direct their blows
against republican institutions The Eng,
lish monarchy survived the assaults so graph
ically described by Macaulay, and we are
quite sure that the mad caps who now rule
in Congress will find their efforts to destroy
the Great Republic equally futile. The
whole theory of our institutions is that of
representative government, and if ten
States can be denied representation, there is
no good reason why other States cannot be
prescribed, until in the end republican gov>
ernment has ceased to exist. This, substan-
TALLY, is the position occupied by the radi,
Gals and if persisted in, the result can only
be another revolution. The idea Of rep
EesentatlVe government is grounded in the
hearts OF the people, and whenever an at,
tempt is made to subvert this great funda-
mental principle, we can rely upon it that.
armed resistance is sure to follow. It is
useless, however, to indulge apprehensiOns
OF this character The radicals never inS
tend to carry out the mad policy foreshai>
owed in the Congressional reports. They
are only playing harmless game of "bluf,"
and with the cards stocked, hope to dictate
terms to the President. Andrew johnson
has too much good sense to take hand in
this game of "brag," and most likely will
allow them to run to the length of their
tether Let them, however, attempt to
carry out these revolutionary PROPOSE.
tiOns, aud they will find that they have to
deal, not with the President, bat with an
outraged people, who once aroused, will
never rest until the radicals of the Ramp
! Conpress are driven from, the placas tbav