Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-12-29
CONGRESS- AND THE PRESIDENT.

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sembling of the present session of Con-
gress, the public expectation ran high in
of a grand tiare-up between
that body and the President. Since its
We have heard nothing Of the
repeated declarations of Johnson that
Congress is an unconstitutional body,
etc. The President has evidently come
down from a very high roost upon which
he perched for several months, during
the recess Of Congress. For one, we
are heartily glad Of it-for there WAS II
current of tremendous indignation set
ting against Johnson among the North
ern and Western people. We have
watched pretty closely the drift OF al
fairs at Washington, and we have con-
cluded that matters have very mate
rally modified from the condition they
were in last June. 1t was predicted by
many before Congress convened, that
the President would commit himself to
some ill-adyised act, involving IA ques-
ton of the legality Of Congress as at
present constituted; others feared that
Congress might adopt some rash or vio-
lent course in relation to the President,
and that either event might throw the
country once more into a state Of rero-
luton. We trust, and have Il good rea-
son to believe, that none Of these fears
are likely to be realized. Wiser coun-
sells appear to prevail on both sides, and
after all, the session may go by with no
more excitement than has marked many
Of its predecessors. If this shall prove
to be the case, or if it should be more
tranquil than many Congresses that
m~iddle-aged men may remember, it will
add another TO the many reasons that
have recently given our country so high
a place in the esteem Of the people of
the nations of the Old World.
When, during the rebellion We raised
with ease the greatest armies ever
placed in the field, and it was seen that
our Government not only did this, but
the people poured out their money by
thousands of millions, and that these
enormous and voluntary efforts develop
ed such strength in the Republic and
snch faith in the people, and ultimately
resulted in such unparalleled success,
there was apparently no limit to the
praise and respect we commanded
abroad. When the rebellion was con-
quered, and our gigantic armies were
diSbanded with u rapidity the world had
never witnessed before, and Immediate
" following this We began TO reduce,
and have continued TO reduce, our wal
debt at an average rate of nearly fifteen
millions of dollars a month, and the
wheels of industry and commerce were
set into active motion, and business
went on almost as if there had been no
great war. the admiration that our pre-
vious efforts had called forth were re-
peated with emphasis. If to these we
add a conquest over our own political
passions, excited by the stormy events
of the past FIVE or six years, by peace
fully riding over the difficulties that
threatened to come with the present
session of Congress, the wonder and
admiration At tho achievements nf th"
Great Republic will be UNNECESSARILY
increased, and the cause of free govern
ment will be advanced everywhere
throughout the world. II will be a
proud thing if this nation can add such
a leaf to the crown of honor and power
that now encircles its name. There is
a sufficient number Of men Of expert
ence and ability and wisdom in Congress
to bring about such q result. And it
will be no difficult thing to do, either,
if the work is gone about in the right
way. 1t requires only that men in all
parts of the Government, as well rs in
Congress, shall be brought to consider
the necessities of the country, instead
of the impulses Of passion or the de-
mands of party, to keep in sight the
glorious name we now possess, and the
promising future before us, and to do
nothing but what is necessary to estab-
lish justice for all, and to place the
future safety of the country on a safe
foundation.