Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-05-10
The Right and wrong of it.

from the N. Y. Tribune, Of Saturday.
Phe New York Times thus sets forth the
prospective difference between the Presi.
dent aud the Senate respecting appointments
to Office ~
THE WAR UPON THE President, The
war OF words which Congress has wsged
from the commencement against the Presi-
dent, is taking another form. The Senate
has so amended the Post. Office bill as to de.
prive all officers appointed by the President
from compensation This aggression it is
we'll to remember, was wholly u~nprovoked.
1t Is a wanton assault upon the President.
Party feeling, in its most excited hour, never
vent so tar. The large and enlightened
majority in the Senate, highly exasperated
with Gen. Jackson, never thus encroached,
or attempted to encroach, upon the Execu-
tive prerogative. f! did not occur to Clay,
Webster. Ewing, Mangum and other emf.
ignored, or that Congress could usurp the
authority Of the President. Nor can power,
thus abused, last long. Parties, like indi.
viduals, can squander their estates. Sena-
tors, with or without personal fitness OF
popularity, who have been exempt from re.
sponsibility while a common enemy absorbed
all attention, will now be called to account.
A sitting process awaits them. They can.
not, as heretofore. secure in their places,
hurl their anathemss and fly their poisoned
arrows with impunity. Seats that have
known them so long will soon know them &c
more forever.
Surely a foreigner would infer from ths
above statement that the Offices in question
were the private patrimony or official per
quisite Of the President, Q, At the very least
that he was vested with the absolute dispo
sal and control of them, as the King in
monarchy is 1.-THE fountain Of honor. y
Yet our Federal Constitution (Art. l., Sec
p expressly says:
"He shall nominate, and, by dndUiM til
adUice and consent Of the Senate appoint, al
officers Of the United States whose appoint
ments are not otherwise provided for.
Here it is seen that the adUice as vel
as consent Of the Senate is made essential
Say what We may Of its wisdom or titasss
this is the paramount law Of tho land.
The President and the Senate were eleete'
by the same party. To that party belong tn
great body of our PRESENT. Federal office
holders. The Senate is iu,full and heart
accord with at least nineteen-twenticths Q
that great party. If what is termed "th
Presidents pelicy, - as contradistin yuishe
from that of Congress, shall prevail, It wi
be carried almost entirely by the votes
those who immeasurably denounced tn
nomination of Andrew johnson for Vic
, President as a National disgrace, and OF
> posed his election as one utterly unfit to /
l made. These are notorious facts-as we
q known to the Times as to us. The attituC
and rnrn pNsitInu nf parfiaS - n,na,,oo
rntely reflects and represents the diyisic
and all subdivisions of the People.
Now, then, the great mass of the FEEDER
y ofice-holders are notoriously in sympstt
with tho party to which the President, Co
o gress. and themselves are alike indebted f
, their places; and for this they ara threa
encd with prescription and removal. III
Presidential rod is shaken over their head
, and they arc told that, IL they fail to su
port the President, they shall no long
Sat his bread that they shall be pitc'
d ed out, neck and heels, to make room f
suchssas will respond to the declaration tht
the great majority Of Congress are disunio
IS lists, and as much traitors rs ever j.
Davis and Benuregard wore
Ought the Senate to submit to such n "
], Of the offices Uhich the Constitution says a
n to he filled nth ats adrice and consent? v
say il should not. And We; sayi furthe
=" that appointments by the President, in Il
n. recess of the Senate, which he knows Il
g. Senate, il in session, would not ''eonsen
to, would DO in clear, palpablc violation
~ least of the spirit of the Constitution.
% In saying this, we do not assume that Il
President will do what is openly threatens
by those who noisily commesd his poll
and assume to sneak ia his interest il n
in his behalf. We fcrvently trust that, i'll
President will do nothing calculated
., widen the breach between him and Co
10 gress, We aim only to show that the Sc
~ ate has rights in the premises, and that,
y seeking to protect those who ale in acco
a. with it from removal because OF such q
"a cord, it IL acting within the limits Of
u !, power and the sphere Of its duty, I'll
> wisdom Of the particular measure by viii
"a it has proposed to.echieve its end we m
NJ consider hereafter.