The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-10-20
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IN to the Attorney General the following questions
Iand requested that q response be returned il
j. writing
. LIST. Is the present Congress composed of mem
: bers from the Northern States alone? Is it such
Congress as the Constitution requires or is it an
illegal and unconstitutional assemblage?
3D. Would existing circumstances justify the
= President in sending his next annual message to
an Illegal and unconstitutional assemblage, pres
tending to be Congress of the United States
Sd. Does that ehuse)in Section Fifth of the Con.
stitution, which makes each House the judge of
| election returns and qualifications of its own
tlnembeFSy give to the present Congress right to
exclude members from ten States, or to irnpese
dishonorable or unconstitutional terms upon their
admission?
! 4th. Does thesP residents oath Of Office require
him to enforce these provisions of the Constitu-
ton, which gives to each State an equal rightof
representation in Congfess?sA s8.A& - 1870
9Th. What steps do the Constitution and his
Oath0f Office require the President to take in or
i der to secure an assemblage OF Constitutional
/ Congress
+ We rejoice at this manifestation on the.
Epart of the President totestthe constitution
ality-of the several very important, radical
changes which the extremists in Congress are
endeavorng to make in our form of govern
ment.. It is certainly time that the people
should definitely learn whether the Consti-
tuition is to be the chart and limit to the
General Government in allscases, or whether
the Executive and Congress, or either of them
can at any time, at their own will or caprice,
ignore or violate any or every portion of that
instrument If the Constitution is TO be the
supreme authority in the land, it, ought to be
equally so for the people of every State alike,
and for those in authority equally with the
bodyrot the people. If New England Radi-
calls are to interpret it, and to have the pre-
of obeying it or violating it at pleas
ure, while they at the same time make it +
treason for any others to obey SO much of it
as New England objects to, and to violate
whatever portions of it New England adheres
to, the fact may as well be ascertained -
Many people cannot understand BY what PEE
culiar logic it is made treason, by New Eng
land, for any others to oppose or condemn the
policy of President she upholds, and yir-
tue in her own people to denounce and assail
a President she opposes. ~
The action of the President, as foresbad-
owed in the above interrogatives, will bring
to settlement the question whether a ma
jority of Congress can rightfully exclude the
Senators and Representatives of other States
from seats in that body. It will evoke DEF
cision as to whether majority of Represent
atives and Senators, who exclude minority I
IT fellow members from their seats, consti. !
ute Congress, agreea5ly to the meaning of /
he Constitution, and, consequently, whether G
he Rllnlp body now calling itself the Con y
yress, is constitutional Congress.
Doubtless the President was aware of the !
character of the responses the Attorney Gen t
raj will render to his questions before he 7
uOmitted. them to-that officer If the opin-
ons be in accordance with what seems to be
he Presidents views, he has but one course
9 adopt-to decline to recognize the Rump
s the Congress, to refuse to address his Mes k
age to that body, to recognize. a Congress h
which will include members from every State
+ the Union, and to use his authoritysto Sc !
ure the assemblage of such constitutional
congress, so far as he lawfully can. To do
bis will assuredy bring him in conflict with
ie Rump body. They may impeach him :
ut, as be, will not recognize them to be Con-
ress, their impeachment will not affect him;
e will continue in the Executive chair
hen what? Will they dare to attempt his
emoval by force, the installation of sue fir
essor and thus inaugurate a revolution Ct
he liberties OF the people and the perpetuty R
f the Union under a system of free Govern dl
aent are involved in the issue. If the Rad II
GALS prevail, the people will be able to re- ;,
ain their lost liberty only through war; if
le President prevails, the victory will be to al
ne people, and will bring with it the return al
f good government founded npon the old lin
Constitution. That is the only form of gov !
rnment we hope over to see in the United
tates. "a
IDAHO PAPERS HARD UP.-We notice that the -
ewspapers hich are published by our Terrific Is
Apparent are enclosed in Democratic or Repub~
can ballots. This indicates that wrapping paper
scarce, or that both parties oyerestmated their -;
rength at the polls. We infer that the popdla> =
on is decreasing rapidly, and should not be SUR N
rised to learn that the region had been bandoned
the bear, Indian and similar wild animals. The q
ay may come when their organizing act will he q
pealed and the boundaries of Montana will be -