The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-09-29
Nc Oawnine Of . New civil Wan.

The DaWning Of New Civil War
la reply to an article In the Pittsburg
Chronicle asking
q Do you hold the present Congress to be
constitutional, and what do you think Of the
distinct declaration Of the President at
Detroit, that It IS unconstitutional Do you
understand the President to have resolved,
should the Republican preponderance be
perpetuated IN Congress, to disregard that
as the true Congress, and recognize the
Southern members, and such as win 90 with
them as the true one and If he has formed
such purpose, what do you think Of It p
The New York Times, of Wednesday,
answers IN a long editorial, from which we
make the following extract
By law Congress thus consists Of 24l
members, and by law, also majority Of the
whole number, or III members, constitute
quorum. Suppose that members elected
from the Southern States should meet-in
December 1867, and be enough, added to
Northern members who believe In their
right to representation, and who would meet
with them to constitute a quorum; and sup
pose the Northern members who do not
/ believe the South entitled to representation,
and who would not meet with them, should
meet by themselves, constituting less than a
/ quorum Of the whole number The Pitts
/ Of such an occurrence; and 1t also sees that
! the President viii be under the necessity of
recognizing one or the other Of these bodies
as the valid constitutional House of Repre-
! sentatives. lie must send his message to
/ the one or the other He must sign bills
/ passed by the one or the other He must
/ treat one or the other as a branch of Con-
! gress, clothed with the power of making
/ laws, and the other as having no such author
! ity. And under the circumstances assumed,
/ there can be very little doubt IN view Of
! his known opinions on the subject, that
/ President Johnson will recognize the
numerical Quorum-the body which contains
a majority of all the members-as the only
body authorized by the Constitution to make
| laws for the United States He will proba-
bly, send his message to that body; he viii
sign the bills they pass, If concurred In
/ by the Senate, and he viii not recognize the
acts of the other as valid IN any respect.
The Senate, on the contrary, viii recognize
a majority Of members from all the States
but ten, even if they are a minority of the
whole, as the real Congress. and as clothed
with all the powers of legislation,
Here certainly, is danger of a collision, Of
| authority. We have foreseen it. and have
warned the country of it. The Radicals
have foraseen it, and have been preparing
AOL u Lu6y nave uD6 COuCedleO tu64E 1uI
pose, IN such an event, to appeal to force
and rouse the country to another conflict OF
arms. It was with direct reference to such
a contingency that General 3. +. Butler
was last winter made commander IN chic
of the militia Of Massachusetts,. 1t was FOL
the purpose of preparing for this, that bil
was brought into Congress last winter callins
on all the Northern States to reorganize
discipline and arm their militia, and pro
posing to take from the President control 0
the arms nd munitions of war belonging
to the United States, and to distribute then
among the Governors of the Northern States
Radical members said openly on the foo
Of Congress that they intended to be readZ
for such a conflict Of authority when /
should arise, that the negroes Of the Souti
/ should be prepared and armed for 1t also
and that the President and his Cabinet, ant
everybody IN Congress who stood by him
should he driven headlong into the Potomac