The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-02
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From the Cleveland (O.) herald (Republicsn).
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From the Cleveland (O.) herald (Repubicsn).
THADDEUs STEVENS AGAIN.
The scene in the House on Saturday
was both notifying and reassuring-
Notifying in the undigniied exhibit
ton by the so-called leader of the Union
party in the House, and reassUring in
the indications that his leadership is
drawing near its end, if it has not al
ready terminated.
The House was sitting in committee
of the whole on the Tax Bill, the par
ticular section under consideration be-
ing No 6j, in which the Secretary of
Treasury is authorized to appoint spe-
cial commissioner in furtherance of the
objects of the bill. Mr. Thaddeus Ste
vens on whose irrascible temperament
the mention of President johnson or
any of his Cabinet supposed to be in
accord with him, acts like the display
of a red rag before an Infatuated bull,
moved to amend by removing the ap-
pointing power from the Secretary and
vesting it in the concurrent action of
Congress, in spite of the Constitutional
prohibition of such a proceeding
In introducing his proposed amend
ment, Mr. Stevens INDUCED in one of
those furious TRADES against the Adj
ministration for which he has become
unfortunately notorious, styling Mr..
Johnson a "recreant President" &C
cusing Mr.. MeCulloch of tyranny"
"malfeasance in Office, and of 'prosti.
tuting his Office to an unholy purpose"
and threatening him and other mem
bers of the Cabinet with what means
if it means anything-impeachment
1t is not to be wondered at that the
violent and extraordinary speech of
Mr.. Stevens created a sensation, and
that prominent and trusted members
Of the Union party felt it necessary to
rebuke the speaker and denounce his
sentiments Mr., Spalding could scarce
ly believe Mr. Stevens to be in earnest,
in proposing a measure fatty in oppo-
sition to the Constitution. Messrs
Morrill,, Delano and Hale administered
deservedly severe rebukes, the latter
remarking that he supposed constitu-
tional objections would have no weight
with the member from Pennsylvania
As display of contempt for law,
decency, and the commonest principles
Of political honesty and manly conduct,
the speech of Thaddeus Stevens on
Saturday, so far as we can Judge by the
telegraphic synopsis, outranks any
thing of the kind this session, even
surprising the brutal attack of In
gersoll on the President The epithets
used toward the President and the
Cabinet show lack of common decency.
His ignorance of, or contempt for, con-
stitutional law, is evidenced in the fact
of attempting to vest the appointment
of officers of the National Government
exclusively in the joint action of the
two branches of Congress, when the
Constitution expressly declares, Art.
! IL, Sec. 2, of the powers of the Presi-
dent:
He shall have power, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make treaties, provided two thirds
of the Senators present concur; and he
shall nominate, and by and with the
| advice and consent of the Senate, shall
appoint ambassadors, other public min
listers and coDsuls, judges of the Su-
preme Court, and all other officers of the
United States, whose appointments are
not herein otherwise provided for, and
which shall be established by law; but
the Congress may by law vest the sp-
pointment of such inferior officers as
they think proper, in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or in the
heads of departments"
The manliness of the attacks on the
Cabinet can be estimated by the fact
that the virulent abuse of Secretary
McCulloch was based on some remarks
which Mr. Stevens said he was informed
the Secretary had made, but which he
could, or would, give no authority for
when questioned by Mr. Delano 1t is
a contemplate adversary who uses the
malicious tattle of an anonymous ca
lumniator as basis for his attacks, but
such appears to be the policy of Mr.
Stevens 1t is a question for the seri-
Gus consideration of the Union party
whether it is to the leadership of such
a man ihat it is to be committed, and
whether it is in measures proposed by
him and pushed through under the
lash of his scurrilous tongue that the
country is to find lasting peace and
safety.