New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-13

HOW TO GET UP ANOTHER CIVIL wax.
There arc a few uneasy persons, both North and
South, who seem not TO comprehend that the people
of this country have had Civil War enough for a
generation They seem TO be "spOiling for muss;'
and from day TO day threaten what they will do, or
cause to be DONE if somebody else does or do Mt do
something or other. These persons in our Judgment,
sadly mistake the temper of the American People.
We had been accustomed, for good sixty years, to
settle our domestic differences by voting; finally, we
concluded to try fighting while; and we tried it to
our perfect satisfaction. We fought that fight out,
and went quietly back to voting; and there we mean
to stay If the hot-heads want more fighting, the
Fenians or the Mexcans will supply them on short
notice and in lots to suit customers; but we, who
stay at home, mean to have peace.
The N. Y Times thus maps out the ways and
means of getting the country into another Civil
War:
"By law Congress 1.-THE House consists Of 24i members;
and by law also majority Of the whole number or 2l mem
rom the Southern States should meet in December 1867
be enough added Northern members who believe In their
right 20 representation and who would meet with them 70
constitute quorum and suppose Northern members who
do not believe the South entitled to representation and VINO
would not meet with them. should meet by themselves,
constituting less than quorum OF TIE ~hoe hamDeI
The President will DO under tho necessity OF
valid constitutional House OF Representatives He must send
his message 10 the the other He must sign bills passed
branch Congress clothed with the power Of making laws
and the other having such authority And under the
circumstances assumed there be very little doubt, IN
Of his known opinions the subject that President
johnson will recognize the numerical qHorthe booy when
contains majority all the members-as the only body
thorized by the Constitution TO mako laws FOR the United
States He will probably send his message to that bodyi he
he viii not recognize the acts Of the valid any
respect The Senate on the contrary viii recognize major
rhors buff
minority Of the whole the real Congress and as clothed
Here certainly is danger OF a collision Of authority"
-Ifthe " Conservatives who may be elected Con-
gess this year. propose thus to unite with the Rebels
in forming House in defiance Of existing laws, in
GLIDING that requiring each member of Congress to
swear that he never aided the Rebellion the public
ought TO know itand they shall The editor oil The Tunes
is understood aspire to seat in the XLh Congress-
II is but right therefore, that he should frankly state
,ohieh of the Houses, made up as ne Joreshddors
abose he ,eH take his seat If he proposes to unite
with that which is TO be made up in good part OF men
whom the laws of the land pronounce ineligible to
seats and thus plunge the country into bloody con-
vulson, his constituents will bestow their votes &C.
cordingly. And so Of other aspirants.
But the game Of Rebellion cannot win. Mr..
johnson and the "bread and butter men" must have
Appropriations. They cannot have them without
Congress A House only is no Congress; and The
Times does not pretend that a pro-Rebe Senate
can be manufactured in the fashion above set forth.
If Andrew Johnson should fit to send his Message
to the bogus House. what ofil He could not "sign
bills;" for none could pass without Senate. Mean
time we, who have no Offices, no contracts, no
"spos Of any kind, could stand il at least as long
as the ofiice-holders. And whenthey became hungry
or weary, they would stop playing Congress, and
come back TO their mutton.
Let the country mark this plot, as set forth in an
Administration Journal and take good care to squech
it. We have 40 Republican Unionsts in the present
House. If we can elect l2l TO the next the game Of
Rebellion ia efTectually blocked We have begun
well in Oregon, Vermont, and Maine, and have only
to 20 right on to render the getting up Of bogus
Congress, or even bogus House, impossible. Now
let the question be put to every candidate and mark
well his answer, If an attempt is made 10 ptchpoe
the Rebels into Congress- in defiance of existing laws,
and so to create double Congress, will you favor or
oppose it, Will you take your seat in the loyal or
the pro Rebel Housed" Let US have Mr.. H. j. Ray
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