The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-10
Congress and the Presidential Policy o
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Congress and the Presidential Policy Of
Cancellation Necessary. t|.i
From the Times.
For the sake of The country and the honor and
well.being of the Republican party, 1t is to be
hoped that the statements In circulation pur
porting to indicate the plans, and purposes of
divers members of either branch of Congress
have no foundation outside the minds of their
authors. If half ofthem were true, there would
be reasons for anticipating another revolution
as a not improbable contingency Ild eo'
All these stories assume the existence of
fierce, imIlacable, continuous hostility be-
tween the President and the majority in Con.
gress. They impute to the PRESIDENT DIS
position TO act the usurper, and to his anita
gonfBts o modest and unambitous but firm
determination to battle him by every means at
their command 1t is taken for granted that
he will practically refuse to execute the pro-
visions OF the Civil Rights bill, aud impeach-
ment is threatened as consequence. Prepara-
tions for struggle are represented as already
in progress--the President relying upon the
white soldiers, while the negro troops are to
be employed against him. And Congress, IL is
said, instead OF adj burning, will constitute itself
a sort Of permanent Committee OF Safety, whose
prime duty will be to thwart everything the
President may attempt to do, and carry out the
views OF its leaders with unwaver1ng Hrmness.
We look upon these statements as the inYen-
tons OF sensation-mongers, and as such, unwor-
stance which invests them, or any of them,
with Importance sufficient to Justify notice, is
their publication, with more or less disguise, in
the colun ms of journals which strenuously sup
port the aims OF Messrs. Stevens and Sumner.
OF course, we do not propose to make these
gentlemen responsible for the sayings of news
papers over which they cannot have direct
control. But we mention 1t as fact pregnant
with mischief, that the papers which are trying
to prejudice the President by representing him
as unmindful of hls duty, and which are advo'
eating his Impeachment to prevent the consum'
marion of his policy, belong exclusively to the
extreme portion OF the press.
Now, whether in a party or national sense,
nothing can be more injurious than adherence
to the course thus begun. The spirit it exhibits
is fanatcal, tyrannical traitorous. 1t would
entail disgrace, disaster, destruction upon the
Union party. And it would bring upon the
country strife and suffering, If not renewal of
civil war. I# ...
Senator Lane, of Kansas, no doubt greatly
exaggerated hen he said that "the Republican
party is crumbling to pieces" But there IS just
enough of truth in the remark to commend 1t to
the careful consideration of every man who re.
CARDS the mission of that party as yet unfullled.
Under almost any circumstances, a party cannot
but suffer IRON settled hostility to President
elected in its name. The injury is greater when,
as in the case of President johnson, the charges
of inconsistency attach to a section in Congress
and not to the Executive. The ground upon
which he was elected he occupies still. His
Cabinet advisers are the advisers selected by his
predecessor. The principles upon which the
war was conducted, the purpose for which it was
wsged, have been, and TO this day are, the prin-
cples and purpose OF his administration. When,
therefore, he is assailed by extreme men, it is
because they drag into the party issues of which
the great body OF It's members never dreamed, or
give prominence to views which the party, as q
party, never sanctioned; and in either event the
parry suffers. All talk of its " crumbling to
pieces" is premature. But that it has been seri-
ously weakened by the occurrences of the last
four months is undeniable; and equally certain
is it that the differences between Congress and
the President, if persisted in and made wider,
will result in the crumbllngn OF which the
Kansas Senator has spoken.
Other interests, however, than those of party,
demand the abatement Of hostility, as towards
the President and the adoption OF policy fitted
to restore peace and confidence to the country.
Wemay well be proud OF the manner in which
the finances, the industry and the trade of the
country passed through an ordeal that would
have entalled bankruptcy and distress upon the
richest nations of the Old World. But we must
not thence infer that we may safely postpone
attention to the financial and industrial pro
blems which remain as the unadjusted legacies
OF the war. We have no desire to play the part
Of alarmlsts. We think, indeed, that in these
problems, complicated and difficult though they
be, there is no danger which wise legislation
and prudent administration may not materially
mitigate. But our safety depends upon vigi
lance, and the prompt application of the neces
sary checks aud remedies; and these again cal
for calm, non-partisan effort on the floor o.
Congress. In the absence of this all interests
ale lIupeIlIlGO. OulnesS DeBOllen OF uncertainty
and caution eliminating in fear are the charac
teristics of the great financial and mercantile
centres, Every day devoted to the partisan
struggle makes matters worse. Every fresl
sign of bitterness, every new token of difficulty
awakens apprehensions in the world of trade
and money, and streng thens the popular feeling
in favor OF a conservative policy.
On every ground, then, the cultivation of
Concilatory temper by Congress is greatly to b'
desired. 1t is expedient politically and ma
tionally: politically, II those who CLAIM to bC
Republicans would prevent the Republican
party from being weakened: nationally, ii W.
would repTess sectionallsm, restore confidence
to trade, and tighten the burdens under which
industry suffers. No greater calamity car
happen than the development of the distrus
and discomfort that must follow continuance
OF the struggle now going on at Washington
There must be moderation and forbearance OF
all sides or there viii be ruin.
Having carried their point in regard TO tn
Civil Rights bill, will not the majority in Cor
gress now torego trials Of strength with tn
President, and use their power to foster peace
ana TO promote measures of which the industr
and commerce of the country stand IN urgeu
need?
Equalizing BOunties.
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