Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-21
ANDREW JoHNsoN's DESIRE To
RECOGNIZE IA RFRETa fpnHTf1p rcC

hGOOUN1 1&snf a. hEGELt bBNGRESS
The New York TINES eires the fol.
loving illustration Of NY policy in
the event of the failure of ths Republican
party a elect one hun ndred and twenty-one
lnenbers6E thsneKt House 81 Representa-
tiycs:
''By law Congress thus consists of two hun
dred and forty one members, and by law, al
so, majority Of the whole number, or one
hundredkand twenty-one members, consti-
tute quorum. Suppose that members cleo
ted from the Southern States should meet IN
Deeem5elg 1867 I and be ienouQ4a added to
Northern members -who believe IN their right
to representation, and who would meet with
them, to constitute Q aaoFumE and suppose
me Northern members who do not believe
the South entitled to representation, and who
would not meet with them should meet by
therhsefes. eoastitutingt less than a quorari
of the wfslc number iHkel I1ittsbdfg Chroa-
tcJe begins to see the possibility of such an
oecufrenee; and It also sees that the Presi-
dent will be under the necessity of recogui-
zlng one or the other Of these bodies as the
valid, constitutional House Of Representa-
hTcs. He must send his message TO the one
or the other lie must sign bills passed by
the one or the other He must treat one or
.--S StiANA 40 gIetilttt Ot Congress- tiDlAEl
with the power Of making laws, and the 9TH
er as having no such authority. And under
the circumstances assumed, there can oe very
little doubt in view Of his known opinions
on the subject, that President johnson JrjU
'eengRfze the numerical qlf0rUDl-the body
which contains majority Of all the members
-as the only body authorized by the C0nsti.
tuition to make laws for the United States.
lie will probably send his message to that
body; he will sign the bills they pass, if con
Cured IN by the Senate, and he viii not re-
cognize 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 Int ten, even if they are minority Of
of the whole, as the real Congress, and az
clothed with all the powers Of legislation"
Here we have it boldly proclaimed by the
Presidents special organ, that he has deter
mined to subyert our government (in case
enough Copperhead Congressman can be
elected from the North to make a majority, Of
what would be the whole numberof Congress
men, if the rebel states were re-admitted,) in
order to place rebels in power, and enable
them to rule the whole country as the reward
of treason and rebellion While deliberately
declaring these revolutionary designs, they
have tn hardhood and effrontery to accuse
the Union party of threatening another war.
Thus out of their owu months they stand
of deliberate falsehood, and at the
same time threatening to inaugurate new
revolution and war for the purpose of regain
ing power. This is the same kind of logic
the party used before the rebellion. Let
Union men see to it, that these plotters Of
mischief are so Overwhelmingly beaten in
October, that they viii no longer dream Of
forcing ed-handed rebels into power, or re-
sistng with arms the viii of the majority. 1t
is high Ii me that Copperheads North as well
as South, should begin to understand that
this is a Republican Government, that the
will Of the majority as expressed through the
ballot box is the law Of the land, that the
American people are not to be intimidated
from a free expression of sentiment by threats
of an appeal to arms, and that the only re-
suit of such an appeal by disappointed mi
nority will be their own inevitable destruc-
ton