The Portland daily press., 1866-09-22

The Proposed J0hnsOhi""
.Tbzafter all which our country mas so.,a'o
" passed through, we should ac'',a"S n"o
anono NO class of politicians capable OF oeI
,n,,n,,rs,,;no a course which they avow
- ,,oIieve must bring on renewal
"a 4 Thing in itself SO monstrous
" W. .ao,,, almost Incredible; and yet indca-
tons are daily multiplying which admit OF no |
a,her Interpretation. The precipitation OF an
omen conflict between the Executive ana Con
oress during the next session OF that BODY, Is
not. only limited at but actually threatened by
the men, North and South, who haze cast
their hope Of party success on the triump pm OF
the Presidents policy, though these men wen
know that such collision between the Two
branches of the government would Instantly
light the flames of war from one emo OF tiie
land to another. The plan they PROPOSE
simple. MIR. Montgomery Blair ioresnadoWeo
II in his speech here, in Portland; the leaumg
administration papers grow daily more bold in
avowino its essential points; 1.-THE Southern reb-
~ laadeys all understand it. Forsyth, the edi-
itor ~ the Mobile Register, in writing from
New York to his own paper. says:
80. M. sr,amocratic Conservative party of the
i.Nort6 issfixed and firm in the resolve not TO
submit to q minority Radical dominion, ana II
enough of Conservatives are sent 70 S Sns hene
Congress to constitute, with the Soutne:rn
members, a constitutional quorum, 5ne clan
az ~ n at Congress to recognition will be main
tanned at all hazards. The struggle wan De
here at the North, /, sits.slg.sse..M e4f
- The New York Times, the chief organ and
d exponent of the Presidential policy, recently
used the following language: ~ ~ ''''Ai'
laa By law Congress consists of 241 members
and by law also, a majority of the whole num-
Der, or 12l members, constitute quorum Sup
pose that members elected from the southern
States should meet in December, 1867, and be
enough, added to Northern members who be-
lieve in their right to representation, and who
would meet with them, to constitute quorum;
and suppose the Northern members VINO DO
OF believe the South entitled TO representa-
..on, and who would not meet with them, should
meet by themselves, constituting less than
quorum of the whole number Inc Pittsburg
Chronicle begins to see. the posslblhty OF such
an occurrence; and it also sees that the Presi-
q dent will be under the necessity OF recognizing
one or the other of these bodies as the valid
ID, constitutional House of representatives. He
must send his message to one or tne 9tner. ne ts
"a Congress clothed with the power of making
laws, and the other as having no authority.
And under the circumstances an assumed, there
can be very little doubt, in view Of his known
opinions on the subject, that President John
a. son will recognize the numerical quorum--the
body which contains the majority of all the
members as the only body authorized by the
States He will probably send his message to
u that body; he will sign the bills they pass, #
concurred in by the Senate, and he will not
recognize the acts Of the other as valid IN any
q espect The Senate, on the contrary, will
recognize a majority of members from all the
States but ten, even if they are minority OF
the whole, as the real Congress, and as clothed
with all the powers Of Legislation. Here, GER
tainly, is danger of a collision OF authority.
+, We have foreseen it, and have warned the coun-
try of it. ,...-.f.,.rt ..,-.-.rf. ...ltf..
The New York World, with sang froid
u which is perfectly moastrOus, thus sketches
still further the details of this atrocioussplot.
ilsPresident johnson will remain the Com
mander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy; he is
made so by the Constitution; and no law OF
Congress can divest him of the Office. Every
ship and gunboat would be placed under the
Y command of officers of known fidelity to the
President. Every fort, arsenal and armory
would, in like manner, be committed to faithful
men Every army officer who faltered could
isbe relieved from duty; every one who was un-
faithful could be court martialed and cashiered
for disobedience." rf,. .,ris... f,. .ti
In Washington circles the probabilities of a
hostile outbreak next winter. are openly dis
cussed A gentleman in that city the other
day CHANGED to meet a government clerk
whom he had formerly known as Republic
"Bread and Butter Brigade" The gentleman
referred to the recent elections, remarking
that they looked hard for "My Policy" "Ah
Welt wen soon settle that with the bayonet,"
was the reply Of the official, delivered in
fippant, matter-of course way, as If such mat
tiers were the ordinary topics Of conversation
in his set. ,.,,l v.3 ,i,,.,s.t .,.,;s,,., t. ,,h
And in truth the present purpose of these
leaders evidently is to familiarize the minds Of
their adherents with the idea of another re-
sort to force against the peaceful decision of
the majority in the pending elections Failing
witllthe ballot, they will appeal to the bullet
1t is repetition of the old Southern cry In.
tended to intimidate the North: 'Ie you do
not yield to every insolent demand of ours we
will plunge the country into war" Unfortu-
nately torthe success Of this kind of threat,
the people of the North have heard it too Of
ten, and they decline to be inundated. The
wonder is that any adherent of the President
can be SO insane as to expect to win support
4efs atthe North for a. faction that proposes to
use such methods. Do they think the people
SO blind as not to see that even on their own
showing the only way to avert civil war is to
have in the next. Congress such a majority
against them as viii hopelesly block their
game? There is not the slightest shade = of
hope that they can carry a majority Of the
Northern members of that body. ALL they |
dream of gaining is such number as, .reck-
oned with the Southern members, will consti-
tqte quorum. 81 If they get this, they freely
declare they willrevolationize the government /
at.the cost of civil war. They 90 before the
people, and ask to be voted into power, avow-
ing at the same time that if they get such
power they will use it to plunge the whole
country into anarchy If this is not the
height of inipudenee we do nor know what is.
but fortunately the people kaow how to an
.swer it as it deserves, Maine, and Vermont
have already recorded their reply to it; the h
responses yet to come from other Northern
States will doubtless convince Mr.. johnson
and and his friends that their threats alarm no
one because the people intend to put it out of 1
their power to do mischief ID. ..ol .sla.i
l5gr.ei st5 Infamous. ISLANDER. -
MAYOR STEVENS CHARGED WITH pEcULaT1oN.
Just two weeks after the calamity which J
turned hundreds of families into the streets Of
roo l7tand, and pensioned thousands OF o,r /