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table legislation. Here, then, should we
assemble to encourage and Strengthen
Congress to whose hands the Constitu
ton wisely entrusts the power--to snch
action as oriU make peace permanent and
liberty unigerSal,
d. s. CURTIS,
r. J. HINTON,
A. J. BENNETT,
w. s. MORE,
L. EDWIN DUDLEY
Correspondence is invited, and may be
addressed r. J, Hinton, Washington, d.
c. Chronicle
This is the elimination ef that spirit of
resistance to lawful authority which has
been inculcated by the orators and presses
Of the Radical party. The "Congre>sion-
al Directory" precipitatcd conflict upon
the people of New Orleans, and the Press
endpavorcd to provoke civil war in Ma
ryland pending the recent election. And
now, as fitting fnok to the reasonable
and sanguinary designs of the Radicals,
they are inviting armed men to assemble
at Washington simultaneously y with the
representatives of the people. These men
will be led AMI controlled BY Stevens and
/ Butter. and similar opponents of Sect
tralzed dcspotism." The former declare d
that Congress should be constituted en-
perm anecne, and the latter is for removing
the President and "wlping" out the Reg
ular Army" if tfat arm Cf the govern
ment should be called upon to enforce
obedience to law. ard upheld the consttu
tonal functions of ore branch of the gov
ernment. The result of popular Demon
stration manipu'a \ by such men as
these, having SUE 90 is in view, cannot
fail to be destruc to that recar,! for
law and order, that respect for free legis-
laton. which should form the basis of all
parties in republic.
The a lnouncement that snch a gather
ing of men at the capital of the nation ia
necessary to Prove "that the threats and
insults of treacherous executive against
tho legislative branch OF the government
cannot intilnidate free people, is mere
blind The executive officer of the nation
has made no threats against the legislative
branch of the government. He has exer-
cised his constitutional right to veto mes
saces opposed to the Constitution and the
best interests of the people, and criticised
in fair, legitimate manner the acts aud DO
ings of Congress. This he had a perfect
right to do Yet. this course of action is
entitled "the threats and insults of a treach-
erous executive against the legislative
branch Of the government" and armed
soldiers are summoned to assemble at
Washington in order to muzzle the Pres
ident, and elevate Congress into supreme
power. The President has the same right
to differ with Congress, that Congress has
to disagree with him. He is bound bv no
promises to Congress, the breaking I'll
which involves treachery or dishonor. He
is the President of the whole nation. and
his actions are national and patriotic in
their Gaming, scope and intention The
present Congress is the representative
of section. and IFS purposes are partisan.
sectional and reasonable IF, therefore,
thev pass laws to carry out their designs
upon the Union and the prrpetu,tv of con-
stitutional liberty, the Executive lis bound
to prevent those laws from bearing fruit
ov all the constitutional power, vested in
that department of the government,
This calling to Washington, at the meet
ing of Congress, an organized force sub
ject to the orders of the revolutionary
leaders of that body, is suggestive of mis-
chief and danger. Will this band of arm
ed men be retained there? Certainly
1t is one Of the means by which a minority
Congress intends to force its DEGREES upon
the nation. Power is to be used, if the !
President persists in defending the Con- |
stitntion, and in guarding that instrument
against the reasonable designs of the Rad
ical haters of the Union The doors of .
Congr SIS are to be sentineled by armed |
soldiers, and TINS the legislation of the .
nation is to be forced from,ts legitimate
channel. The movement contemplated in
the ''cIrcnlar'' printed above, is calculated
to DESTROY the vita! principles which un-
der-Iies our form OF government into a
military de>potism, and ss it is endorsed
by the Radicals, they are thus convicted
by their own testimony of plot tn bring
about the result--Ags, 4