The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-04-15
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few weeks ago we showed, from the
text of the Constitution that the denial
of representation to the States of the South
had destroyed the congressional character
of the assemblages sitting in the chambers
of the Federal Congress. If any formulary
can be held necessary to complete the alb
solute right Of representation guaranteed
the States of the South in the letter and
spirit of the fundamental law, we presume
the loosest believer in the rights of the
States must confess that that formulary has
been supplied in the Presidents proclama-
ton of peace. Peace declared officially to
reign from one end of the country to the
other, the States declared officially to be
all, except Texas, completely restored to
their original relations to the Federal Gov
eminent, the exclusion of eleven States
from representation by a tyrannical major
ity, is an act of revolution, which has plain
ly stripped the men committing it of all au-
thOrity in constitutional law
Radical journals have in their recent at
tacks on Mr.. johnson, stated, in terms of a
cusation, that he cOntemplates 'convening
another Congress" Our own Washington
correspondent has referred to such an inten-
ton on the part of the President, and in
Wednesdays News hints at some measure of
the same character, when he states that "Mr
johnson is determined to follow out this
principle to Its legitimate conclusion; and
to see to it that the Southern States are no
longer deprived of their rights by a factious
majority" The course indicated in those
words would it istrue, be one of apparent
bOldness but no man ever vet has proved
himself able to grapple with revolution who
did not dare to be bold even to daring Mr..
Thaddeus Stevens is bold Mr. Charles Sum-
ner is bold; Radicalism, in every instinct of
its soul, is bold and men may abandon all
present hope of dealing with it from the mo-
ment at which Mr.. Andrew johnson shrinks
| from advancing to it's overthrow with the
courage of Cromwell
The men who occupy the Legislative
chambers of the Capitol do not, we repeat.
| constitute Congress. Their deliberate de-
| mai OF representation to eleven States of
| the Union, has, clearly, destroyed the dis
tlnetlve feature of the Congressional ex-.
lstence-generGt representation As the
sworn guardian of the right of the States it
Is therefore, the bounden duty of the Presi-
| dent to use every lawful means of restoring
these States to their place in the Federal
Parliament. And, no other means being
| open to him for that act of constitutional
duty, he cannot unless he lend himself to
the wrong by continuing to recognize the
revolutionary bodies in the Senate Chamber
and the House of Representatives, avoid the
oDIlgatlon to convene Congress of the
restored Union. The Southern delegations
form the minority of the revolutionary
lunta at the Capitol, will respond to the
Presidents CALL and, throwing open their
doors to all duly qualified members, will,
from that hour, have become the Congress
of the United States. Less than quorum
though they might at first be, they would,
from the moment of their assemblage, have
power to compel the attendance of others,
and though in the end the revolutionists
would probably constitute a majority in
both chambers, the country would, at all
events, have thenceforth been blessed with
the fact of a restoration of the Union. This
is, we repeat, sworn duty of the Presidents
the necessities of political repose demand it,
the Legislative wants of the country call for
it; and bold though it be, let Mr. johnson
remember that no man who has dared, as he
has done, to. cross the Rnbicon of the revo-
lutionary power, can sustain himself unless
he rush ON in resolute adoption of the Ro-
man text: Quid times7 CesarenI vchis! = e