The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-05-05
Presidential Succession.
the Columbus (Ohio) Crlsis,l

From the Columbus (0hio) Crisis.l
The death Of Daniel S. Dickinson. Of
New York, who was the principal ON.
poncnt Of Andrew johnson, at Bali.
more, for nomination rs Vice Presi.
dent on the ticket with Lincoln, was A,
sudden rs it was unexpected. Had Mr.
Dickinson achieved the object of hi,
ambhlon, by being nominated ana
elected Vice President, his death womb
have brought the conatry, in its unset.
tied stat into u Presidential contest,
III II time when, by the course pursueu
ny the rump Congress, Il would have
been attended with danger. The de.
sign Of that body is to prevent the vote
OF Tie Southern Statesieing east at the
mex Presidential election, to the END
that the Abolition States Of the North
could control that election rs they did
The iast' Were the country to be
forced into an election for President
THIS Fail, us would be the case were
President Johnson TO die, and States
casting electoral votes sufficient to
change the result, denied their right to
vote, ii is not to be presumed that the
people would submit to having their
rights again trampled under foot, as
tloy nave been ever since the advent
or abolItionIsm to power. The time
has passed when such things can be
done with impunity, and if, at the next
Presidential election, the great object
OF Simmer, Wade, Wilson, Stevens,
and others of the like stripe, be accom-
plshed by electing Chase, Colfax, or
any other man, by throwing out the
votes OF States, then will these men
learn that they will endangcr their per-
sonai safety as much as they do Repub-
lean government.
1T IS familiar to all Il readers chat
when the President dies he is succeeded
for the balance Of his term by the Vice
President, rs was the case when Harri-
son died and was succeeded by John
Tyler-when Taylor died and was sue
ceeded by Willard Fillmore-Lincoln
by Andrew johnson. Most persons
know that upon the death Of the Vice
President, when acting as President, he
is succeeded by the President pro tenn
pore Of the Senate, andthe belief is gen
eral that in case of the death Of Andrew
johnson, Mr., Lafayette S. Foster, of
Connecticut, who nov fills that office,
would fill out the uneXpired term of
President johnson. This is an error.
BY law passed and approved March
LIST. 1891, it is provided that if the Vice
President, acting as President, die, two
months previous to the time named by
law FOR choosing electors Of President
and Vice President, that the>Secrctary
Of State shall issue his proclamation
for Presidential election, to be con
Quoted in the sa!nc manner as il at a
REGULAR election, and the President so
chosen by the electors, shall be sworn
in as President on the All Of March fol
lowing. and hold his office, not for the
residue OF the term, but for the regular
tarm Of four years, thus changing tue
time for the commencement OF the term
Of Office OF thc irrSidciI' t'"t Mt'
Dlr.Inson been the zee iFrs'''h., a'"
iag his death wouli have ncccss!talei
" Ir2sIdr"tiii ''}c',oh ''I' i,''' "i''
the Next ~ir2Sldeh'ia' 'eflN "o"'' n'',
necessarily cpDhiolcc'' on INC ftn %
March ito', lnSt'a' Vi l'o'' "-!' Wv
next one III 1871 instead OF 1862. !,
there be not the TWO moh'i!s rof,'l'9"
between the deatl OF the wee resi-
dent, acting aa ifHS'aehl' ana 'ie HIS,
Wednesday IN Dec2no'E, inc Gay nNed
bF Raw 10 cI,ct !" ''a!'tnI "ti' ','He
ir.s'oehj' ll"n inc eiee''o''' '''" Nv"
sars, must be he'N heNt year. on .''
dAN IjEed by the Ia"' "!l'Gl VIII give
tie sixty Gays h2'!''' IHe ifeH'''''.t
pro fmlcre OF que 'e''a'c serving ",'',
t|e IreaiIrAt IS rlecIe'' ana q""l'lt''
on the AIN o. -Aafcl following '"t
election, a SHcceSS'ui '''P'"''IMi'''
oL the i,re7ide,'g mas Tue same o,,oC,'
and IS followed NY inc same "'l''Ie-
m"otS lorthc succession as ''ouH'l wv
President was "'N'' h't OH '''!S nc
count me l~fea'dtA' o. t'o oel''''o Is l''
b,dden to preside at tne n%npeaI'l'len
ofthe President, Inc same RUE oPe-
rates in case the speaker OF ,n' iio"s'
succ2gdsthe President OF t''e 7e''"'c -
President OF the Ihi'eo o'a.e'. a..
1he peril OF the country Ihvol.eo III
the death OF TIC PRESIDENT, eae s',ces
sion OF the presiding oil,cet o, the vel
ate, and Il new residents" elec',oh'
under existing circumstances, ca'lho' oe
"ycrrtled. Assassination through III
naiic.am and the encouragement gwen
by Ianat'cIsm to violence mas already
become an element IN our po'l'lcs,
One President mas oeeh sno' "ho
another declares that assassias oassers
lay in wait Tor nm. lie Is threateneo
from the Halls OF congress- ne Is VIII,
I.l f,1,, thn nIlnIt no IL denounced