The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-01

DrnHCn ~ hanging on Lne verge oil the government
is not the Executive in like manner hanOine on the
same verge. near, indeed, to tempt as 10 wish
he might fall ont Renewed cheers and laue nter
Again, in answer to the Presidents question, what
constitutional provision have ever violatedW
answer he has corruptlV misused the constitutional
power OF removal and appointment to office; and
overridden that constitutional power which gives
to the Senate the power OF advsin and
%rroI @ Stas berV in bIs ds'V opimIon
that the Constitution glves the President the
SecapsS power o. SHa neGr
are to be removed and vacancs are 10 be filed, that
the Government may go on. When in the Conven-
ton that framed the Constitution the que stion
up, Shall we g1ve this tremendous power to the
ExecutVeH the great and good men of the day said,
u may use IL tor his own purpose, and may then
seize the Government to himself. fhe answer was,
We must still glve IT, but any lmproOer use OF it Is
an impeachaDle ofense. Cheers Aud that is yet
the RENE dy for wIOngfui use OF that pewer which
the people have reserved to themselves.
How then, felow-cltizens, has the President used
this appointing powerG Does he consult the Senate
Does he not use this power wickediY, corruDilY and
for his own purposesH Has he not said always and
openly that every man who does not support his
policy shall be removed; or TO use his own chaste
ana dlRnfhed language, "kicked outP (Cheers
Is hat in all honesty and fairness OF Judgment
proper use OF the appointing power? (Cries OF "NO!
he President has already since the adjournment
reapponed more than thirty persons TO office after
they had been rejected by the Senate upon his own
nomination, thus showing that he intends to use this
power IN spite OF and against the advice and consent
OF the Senate. There Is another violation of the
oustutiSn Of which the President has boen guilty.
i 1T,aI
the Senate the power OF controlling the Executive
in concluding neace from the necessity of their rati
hcati1n OF treaties Nay more 1t requires vote of
gress, as has been unanimously decided by the
supreme Court made provision for and declared TO
exist pubic territorial war between the United
States and lnsuTgent States.
That war-the greatest in extent aud results that
the world ever saw-the President, without con.
sultng the Senate has attempted to bring TO an end
by his own proclamation of peace. He has done this
act beyond all question to embarass tine Senate and
Stafa
that we had conquered. Our Ioic civil war dli.
tered from publ war only in this, that its results
might AFFECT citizens who were the less citizens
because they were enemies and traitors and no less
public enemies because they citizens A tor
be terminated by treaty, but the fact that
ours were domestic enemies makes the case
stronger against the President, because peace
III such war might require legislation to
regulate the duties and establish the rights
oflately insurgent subdued citizens. Where under
the Constitution does the President get the oower
TO make a peace by his own act for his own d IT.
posesr Again the Constitution pro y;des that Con-
gress shall make rules for the disposal OF all cap
tured property by land and sea. This was expressly
put there to prevent the Executive from taking pro
perty captured in war ana CONVERTING ii to his own
use Kings had claimed in the Old World as their
pIerogatiye the control OF property captured from
the enemy, and the right to distribute it among
their retainers.
In making our Constitution our fathers put the
control OF such appointing power INTO the hands of
Congress. II Congress had made no rues for the
oisposa OF captured men and property, perhaps the
e&igency might have justified the President In dis
posing OF them, but Congress dio make rules and
regulations Tor the disposal of that property in the
act oil confscation. Yet, in defiance OF these laws,
President johnson. in the OF the pardonng
power, and by his direct order, has given back TO
public enemies millions and millions OF property
CAPTURED in war ON land and water and attempted
to dispose OF all our enemy'S property so captured
bv our arms in public war. The question l now
make IS not whether il is wise or unwse to return
property renstate IN their rights such men
but whether defiance of The Constitution and laws
OF Congress he has right to give back the property
or dispose OF person. Still, again, we in the North
n mi In fn fha suknn -
national debt but the debts of the individual Sate
Now, al hOugh Congress passed a law assessing their
due proportion of the direct upon the South, and
orders sale OF property tor the of these
taxes the President deied laws on his own respon.
the South, and allowed taxes due from Rebels TO
remain uncoected. while loyal men IN the North
must work out both theirs, National and State when
due or have their property sold.
Yet the Constitution says the President shall take
care that the laws are faithfully executed, and he
makes oath that he will execute the duties of Pres
dent dent end can e Pss
the Congress of the United States, sooner
or later, will put on record in due form
a. list of these and other direct violations
oi the Constitution, and call upon him either to
justify them answer Tor them. tremendous and
repeated cheers) General Butler says that when
ever a man proves false to pledges he has given to
obtain public position. whenever man attempts to
be ray his country at the call of personal ambition
by corrupting their servants with Office and place
whenever man threatens the people that he
VIII use their army and navy against them,
ment by malignlnP Congress Of their choice and
by stRmatIzng their purest patriots, whom they
honor, as traitors, while he fondles the first Rebels
in his bosom that man shall surely find the peop
OF the United states and the CONGRESS of the United
States can easily devise a remedy tor every WIono
done the country and protection againqt every usur
patton of power. loud cheers) He VIII further
ind that the people of this country know how to
deal with usurping President, King or a DIcta-
tor. lCheers) Permit me now to thank you most
gratefully for the too kind and courteous reception
you have given me. must be allowed to think II
largely due to the introduction with which the Pre-.
sldent presented me to the citizens of Cleveland
night. PROLONGED cheersD e