Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-05
The Legitimate Logic of Presid e ri
JOhnsOn's DenunciatiOns of
Congress

Congress.
President johnson, in his speech at the
White House to the members of the Phila
delphia Convention who had made pilgrim.
age to his shrine, very much encouraged the
hearts of his Southern admirers. Here Is
what the atlanta Ne,o Era says of that
speech
1.-The speech of President johnson re-
ported by the telegraph on Sunday morning,
is ar advance movement. Opposed as Mr..
johnson has ever been to class legislation and
sectional hierarchy, be has never spared the
ambitious and revolutionary leaders OF the
United States But this Is the first instance
in which he openly questioned the legality of
It's existence. or pointediy limited that its pro-
ceedlngs are nulity. The President evident
ly feels strengthened by the action of the
Union Convention, and Is now willing to risk
everything before the people. Under these
circumstances, the Fall election will be looked
to by both parties with increased anxiety and
solcitude.
" 1t the assemblage which has been called.
or which has assumed to be the Congress OF
the United States, be not CONSTITUTIONS
Congress, it follows. as a matter of course,
that ell its acts are illegal and void, then at
ter 1t shall have been so pronounced by the
Supreme Court, the Chief Execu tive officer of
the Government Is bound 10 see that all OPP
preston and tyranny inaugnrated BY this Il
legal assembly shall cease.
.sIt is important, then, that some test case
he made touching the constitutionality of the
laws enacted by Congress since December las',
in order that the people may know to what
extent their consciences are bound by Its STA
tutes.
"The controversy, then, between the Ex-
ecutive and legislative departments OF the
Government, has at length reached the point,
which some of US foresaw in Febr uary last.
1t is, on the part of each, L contest Tor exs-
tence Should the Radicals succeed before
the people at the ensuing election, nothing Is
more certain than that the President Will be
deposed. Should the Administration succeed
the Radical power will be overthTown. its acts
pronounced illegal, and the body itself liable &c
dispersion as an illegal and seditIous assem-
blage. 10 either case, it IS not sale to predlc;
that the controversy will be settled without
an appeal to arms. -
The Ne,O Era is quite right ID its logic
Taking President Johnsons premises, and the
conclusions of this rebel sheet Irresistible
But the Era should not stop with setting
aside Congress. The President no more rep
resents the whole Union than Congress rep
resents it. Even Tennessee, now represented
in Congress, and having governor elected
by it's loyal people In 1864, was not allowed
to vote for President When the Era has
annuled Congress, it should notify Andrew
johnson that he is an Illegal President
and ought to be driven out of the White
House. This would make room for JEFF. Da-
Wis 3; and the journey would be short one
from Fortress Monroe to Washington. And
how lovely it would be, what melting
scene, quite eclpsing the arm in-arm specta-
Gle at Philadelphia to see JEFF. Davis escorted
to Washington by delegations from Massa-
chusetts aud South Carolina to take the place
of him who has been all the giddy round oil
power from alderman to an illegal" Pres
idenl Of the United States The South would
then be " reconciled,' the niger" would
be where he belongs, under the lash of the
overseer, the Northern Radicals would be all
hung or banished, and the present great
of the White House could spend ell his time
travelling about the country exhibiting him
self as the Saviour of the Union
The COnciliatOry Policy of Prize
Fighters.
We find in an exchange the following abbre-
waited account of prize fight
A great prize fight came off in England On
the 9th of the present month, between Jem
Mace and Joe Goss, for $500 side. Mace is
considered in the pugilistic world as quite a
scientific artist, while Goss is well known for
his remarkable power of endurance. Both
displayed admirable courage, however, in the
late encounter, and both were badly handled,
particularly Goss. The fight was won by Mace,
after twenty-one we'll contested rounds lasting
thirty minutes. When the victory was pro-
claimed, Mace rushed up to Goss, and extend
ing his hand, bid him cheer up, kissing him at
the same time on both cheeks. Goss, who
co1Id hardly see, burst into tears and sobbed
aloud at the defeat he had sustained. col
lection was afterwards made up for the losing
man, Mace himself going the round with the