Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-04-04
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NV iiltl lf'iiNh VI HN' ''''F' " t'fN'i
iutorvoncs before The fnal trial OF
strength between the President aud
Congress is ffaught with momentous
consequences. ltit shall turn out that
the veto can be overrued, the same
oftwo thirds by which this
is done will Suffice to dcpose the Pres
idcnt from his office by impeachment.
No one cognizant of the iuiuriated
and vindictive temper of the radicals
can doubt the use they would make
of this power, if they should find they
it. Mr.. Johnson's right to
his Office would not weigh with them
q feather. OF what avail is the right
of the eleven unrepresented States Z
or the right Of Senator Stockton to
his seat 7 or the right Of Mr. Voorhees,,
who has been, or Of Mr.. Brooks, who
is about to be, turned out Of the Housey
The radicals will prostrate all obsta-
cles which he in their path, if they
possess the power
The ominous lull which precedes
final action on the veto will not be a
season of inactivity. The death Of
Senator Foot affords a pretext for de-
lay. Behind the respectful decencies
cf senatorial sorrow the utmost eXer-
tions will be made, ny the enemies Of
the President, to rally all their forces.
They will not permit the vote to be
taken until the successors Of the de-
posed Senator Stockton and the de-
ceased Senator Foot make their ap
pearence in the Senate The Legis-
ture of Vermont is not in session, and
the new Senator from that State will
be temporary appointee of the Gov
ernor Mr. Sumner, who announced
Senator Foots decease ana moved
thereupon an adjournment of the
Senate yesterday, had already, we
cannot doubt, teegraphed to Govern
or Dillingham;, urging the prompt ap-
pointment of.a thick k-and-thin radical.
The New Jersey Legislature is in
session the republicans having ma
jority. They will probably elect Mr.
Stockton's successor to day, unless
the competing claims Of rival candi-
dates shall embarrass theirchoice. The
votes of the new Senators will be
balanced by those of Mr. Dixon and
Mr. Wright, if the health Of the latter
permits them to be present and the
crisis is so important that they will,
if necessary, be carried in on couches.
The possibility Of their presence will
cause the radicals to stave off the vote
until thenew Senators arrive in Wash
ington. They would otherwise lose
the fruit Of their injustice to Mr..
Stockton.
Conservative Senators who voted
for the civil rights bill on its passage,
but who yet do not think it worth a
revulsion and n new war, should weigh
well the consequence of defeat Of the
veto. Are they willing to encourage
the radicals in their hope of impeach
ing and deposIng the President Will
they lend themselves to unsettling The
public mind, undoing the nearly com
pleted work of reconstruction, and
throwing the country back into more
dangerous state than ensued on The
assassination of President Lincoln
The country needs tranquility but q
triumph over the President, and do
molition of the reconstructed State
governments, would set the public
mind all agog. 1t would kindle con
( fagration enveloping the whole coun.
try from Passamaquoddy bay to tho
I Rio Gyandc
/ Whilc twenty-five Senators having
a clear right to seats are excluded, the
President might fairly question The
competency of the court.-That h,
has amajority of the peop'e--meaninl
thereby the people Of the whole coun
| try-on his side, there can be no doubt
and he would therefore be supported
by preponderance of physical force
To arrest conflict of this porten
tous character, now apparently near
Us the duty OF those conservative Sen
ators who are not willing to see tlS
constitution cverthrown, the Presiden
deposcd and the country plunged into
the horrors Of another desolating civi
war On them it depends whether
the approaching wave shall pass safely
under the ship, or dash it upon rocks
which will terribly tests its strength
NG0 York World
ARE THEY ALL TRAIToRs THE lat,
Republican State convention fully ant
emphahcaly endorsed the Congress
ional course of Thad Stevens. Now
as President Johnson has declared
Thad Stevens to be traitor, it fol
lows that every delegate in the Re
publican convention, as well as ever,
man in the State who approves tn
proceedings thereof, must be engage,
in the work of treason. There is n
way to escape from this conclusion
although all who support the renegad
candidate Of the Thad Stevens party
sOlomnlv aver that those who advc