Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-28
Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-


Conflict of Congress and the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Two-Thirds Power-System of Reform and Re-
movaIs by the President-The Fight in the Au-
tumn EIection-Anotler Veto TO COme--FaIlure
Of Appropriation BilIs--Closc of Offices, &c.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The conflict between
Congress and the Executive in relation TO removals
and appointments cannot longer be deferred. The
temper of the Senate is now decidedly hostile, and
its action will be more aggressive than has ever
BEEN If two more votes be added to the republican
majority by the admission of Colorado, the Senate
will command a two thirds power, and legislation
may be conducted Independently of the Executive
veto or of constitutional restrictions.
The provision about to be adopted denying pay or
emolument to any civil officer who may be appointed
by the President until he shall be confirmed by the
Senate is intended to prevent the President from re-
moving obnoxious partIsans from Office and substi-
tutinp for them faithful and capable men. The Pres
ident within the last few days, has dismissed num-
Der of pOst-masters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
and is about TO enter upon general system oil re-
form, which will sweep his radical opponents from
posts OF influence and emoumcnt lie will, as lar as
possible select for Office conservative men of the
partv which elected him men who can be relied up
on TO stand by his policy of restoration and promote
it, at the elections next fall, by eiecting thorough
change of the political character OF the next House
of Representatives..
Two hundred members of the present House are
fighting for reelection and the President and his
power of removal and appointment stand in their
way OF course Congress will endeavOr to head him
on ana VIII gnt III out on IndJ llnef IL IL Iihc oJ
only all summer, but all the autumn. The postollce
appropriation bill, with the provisions depriving
presidential appointces of all pay for services, will
pass The President will veto the bill, because it is
clearly unconstitutional will the Senate pass it
over the Presidents head They will do this if they
can and with the expected addition of two votes
they expect to have two-thirds for this and any
other project which they may deem effective Iorther
purpose
But ifthe consequence of this conflict, appropria-
ons should fail for the postal service the loss will not
fall more heavily upon the Presidents friends than this
opponents. The President will not probably be de-
tered from his course of reform by the menaces
of Congress- If he remove some hundreds or thou
sands of the incumbents of the chief offices which
are in his gift, and no provision be made to pay
those officers whom lie may appoint then the oil
ces will remain vacant. and may he shut up till
the war of Congress upon the Executive shall have
ceased The custom houses and postollices and
internal revenue Offices might be closed up for a
year or two and so of all other Offices which might
he left vacant in the course of the conflict.
It has now become apparent that Congress can
not adjourn during the term for which it was elect
ed without yielding the field to the Presi-
dent. l0TA.