New-York tribune., 1867-09-26

and the hostility Of foreign powors the Union would
The nation would have scared TO point Of material and
Iea progress which the eye OF pr0phey Las hardly seen
%nsi,;a Srisaal mission perhaps ITS Whole mission
onght today 10 occupy the public mindquestons com
mercial industrial, and financial in their character.
Whether either Of the existing parties would have been
found adapted TO the needs and exgcnccs OF the country
rs they would then have been needed. need be de
bated now. Both Of them might have been dismissed,
perhaps ard their places given new organizations
stopping there the record Of the Radical party would
have bee the history o the Republic IN It's greatest and
most heroic age. Bnt this not to be- Having
mounted every ohstacehaying put under its feet every
opposition-having hanisbed every visible daneeIxthe
nation was not permitted TO enter upon its new life Of
ass faee ea PS sqe' SsS ngsd q Ssy a& a&
tried in 'ain but assassination Is more exact science
der done either less or more, it had LOST but striking I'll
II came 20 Andrew Johnson and spaTing him. 1t won.
Oh for tongue to curse tle Save
Whose treason Ike deadly blight,
To bssi them 10 their hour O night
How Just is fatc's rcmorsclcss logic. How Instruments
of evil are base aud dwaTs in the ratio OF the harm
mystic spark unqucnced by all great ocean bovs yet
one little bit Of sordid steel could paraly2e the electricity
march of human progress which fleets and armies conl
not check, Stumbes the apostucy Of one degraded
humiliation the nation needs again the same spirit ana
the energies which have oyeimatced al peiils OF
the years. The heroes of the nd by heroes
mean soldiers much as the private sodi's) aud tho
mcn aud the women who stood by ihcIn these are tcy
gain peacelaStiug peace We conquered, ana the law
oi nations ana oi nae Ne Eavi nS M ne fgni 10 IS4t 4ht
the red eye of battle had closed never o. open more upon
fraterna strife Congress upheld this right recreant
executive denied t. The issue thus made was carried 10
the grand assizes Of the American people 10 was sub
mted to that great jury from whose verdict II Is written
there shall De earthly appeal Executive power and
patronage joined by our political opponents Ga her
shameless work but against them all volume Of indig
nation swept the land like torrent, ard Ia the Nlh Con
there were found hardly Presidents men enough o
call The ye;s and nays. Ih9s instructed. Consr"sss
The people. Andrew Johnson hG said that tie HAAlAt
Congress chosen i'm the midst of war. was UNEQUAL
TO the problems OF peace and Ignorant Of the public
scnse yet aer the elections Of 1866 no less than before
ycfo fooWed veto iu ma wear there were Il or more
and this in republic. In EuClguG-cguWucd monarchy
She istherc has not been veto ln years bitons
though their constitution permits IT. vi not brook the
executive Throttle upon acts of parliament gcors were
hateful 10 thc who cut on Crless head a'd 90 the
men WHO dethroncd James for granting amnesty 10
triturs and they LaciIl 10 The men who break
ing down raugs 10 royal parks aud carrying universal
suffrage. Bat IN free hmeuca We heaf Vetocs, anu
worst Of executive infections We have deeper wrongs
' ,, @ ~, , forb We sec re nation In siltcd bv "A me
90 IN C6nrrs. Intended TO stab our dn9rcnl credit
message wckedly utimatng that by chastsug traitors
tbe American pr6pic have become liable 10 ay tie debts
of tho lately rrbeOus States Ia plain pcrvcrson of
law II not in open defiance of law We see The removal Of
the unnnchng Minister OF War, who has been "cloud
hy day and pillar of fire by night" through the long
watch and agony Of the Rcpuhlic see the most bl
liant soldier of his time deprived Of his command and
treated like culpri because he is ably and successfully
executing the laws Of the Land; We others equally
bamecss driven fron their posts duty recon
structon hindered and prevented restoration and Union
bafied, order destroyed and peace Disturbed by every
sire To cap the climax OF usurpatiOn and onronery
proclamation issues giving oblivion to treason In
its rankest, gutcst forms This proclamation,
without law and against law, assumes 10 over
ride the disabilities imposed by act Of CONGRESS not
exceptions, have declared shan be imbedded IN
tho bulwarks Of the Constitution itself What
does all this meant IL usufpation as
much Louis OF France meant usupaton when he said
The State, that me-" IL means that the Executive
grasp Is cutchng unlawful and dangerous forms; II
means that the acting President Of the United States and
those whose creature he sare assuming forbidden preog
aiyes. meaning TO wcld them not only To the public de
riment but for purposes aimed against the security J.
me how fir they will gOl Ianswcr as far as they dare
DO you ask how far they dare goi answer as far
m the approaching elections shall bid them dare. Do yOu
for tho rcmedyl II lies ia the rs instance with the
people at the polls, and aferwad need bc WIN lle
people in Congress assembled. do not mean as some
have insisted that Congress should renan In perpetual
extraordinary sessO or strain or tfa scend the Con
stitution by taking from them the Presidential powers
vested by the Constitution la the Executive alone nor do
mean that Congress should by any legsauyc device at
ogItc IA well might court, because sheriff marshal
had been uniaiul, Tempt To eAecuto Us process ITSELF
Tie Constitution says the President not Congress, sall
SEQ that the laws arc faithfully executed.
II tie President cannot be trusted with the
functions Of his Office II he has done acts which forfeit
his right exercise the powers Of his place. u ne is so
fatally bent on mischief that he Is not Ut 70 be left nm
watched united the Constitution prescfDes the rem
cdy II Is not that Congress shall usu.p or cral the
Executive Office that the two Houses shall crouch
like watchdOgs, bayng 20 prevent Executive action no
such courivaLce finds place In the charter OF our ber
No extremity can ever justify IT, Any condition OF
things demanding such resort WIZ demand sohelhng
1t is not for me to express nor even To forin an
opinion OF the grounds for impeachment which may may
exist The duty may IN anoihcr pace pe ,, raidcn
upon upon to do imposes silence ana abstinence
been my earnest hope that the country nght DC speu
the anxiety and disturbance incident TO deposng the
chief officer Of the Government Bu may DC Ierhlsa m m
strained within legal limits except by being shorn OF the
Constitutional powers OF MS once cougge.s rsa axeT KSPt
edly mantained for that Pnpo,e nS ,nS Ss, Son
Science le oshe s HaGn will demand higher and sterner
methods NJ indeed, such ajuncure shall ever arise lee
his crimes and misdcmeanors; let them have
an impartial trial ana all, ~ iVana suiity ne ne
will be by the enlightened Judgment of mankind to an
iufamy as immortal as the cause he has betrayed But
the President before late II Is our success In the
canvass now progressing The public Journals OF our po
th Tyecrpfive are neryonsy and boisterousy dsclam
ing afaton with him. but the stratagem Is 100 irassS
i'm Maine and California, although wholly due to local
and personal issues Ii set down 10 Presdeha popular
thus derived Should other States be equally
needless OF the general interest at STAKE the uo
nm Endorsement Of the recent acts of Andrew Johnson
and will embolden him to yet other aggresslons. Inc
bauston on the side and on the Other union. tran
aniy and prosperity The country wants repOse wants
sfrncon but for the sake OF the interests which lie be-
hind the satesanshp Of the nation IL needed for other
0uestious the commercial and industrial affairs Of the
Country the interests Of American labor and especially
the finances now becoming n some quarters tne suueoi
of wild and ruinous theories All need the most cafe
and enlightened treatment Taxes press upon the people
prices oppressive Relief Just and reasonable de
mand and IL can be found both in legislation ana
administration II we but get rid OF the need
less political conflicts and collisions In the Government,
which lar into ceaseless commotion the minds ana
energies OF all concerned. We need measures
M refreuclnent and reform, Of honest and
exact administration, Of thorough application ana
development OF our resources and thus can be made
easier Tor every being in the land TO live and 10
advance In the OF life. The first thing In order
is the triumph Of right in the approaching eeetons In
tb as In an thin ese the part of New is the lead
ing influential pat-imperia In everythng-the first re-