Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-02-16

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mined to be guided BY the laws and
his oath Of oifice, then their rage
knew no bounds. Mr.. johnson was
immediately transformed into any
thing but an honorable man, and
their power was Immediately brought
into requisiiion to crush him. The
Democratic party, however, is not
responsible for him or his acts, but
they will sustain him, just as they
would any other President, 80 long
as he fearlessly and faithfully dis
charges his duties. The gentleman
tells us that if we were to receive
those ten excluded States into the
Union, they would control the entire
legislation of the country. Now,
sir, there are, or should be, thirty-six
States in the Union. Would these
ten States be able to control the 9TH
er twenty-six? The idea is simply
ridiculous.
Now let us examine what Con-
gress proposes to do? They pro-
pose first to impeach the President
and get him out of the way, then
they propose to impeach the Judges
of the Supreme Court. Then, sir,
the last barrier is removed that stands
between them, and absolute authori-
ty. But gentleman tell us that
there is no danger; that Congress
can do no harm; but I tell YOU that
in my humble opinion when that day
comes, that Constitutional Govern
mcnt will cease to exist in the Uni
ted States. Will gentleman shut
their eyes to the fact that Congress
is but ono Of three coordinate
branches Of tho Government, and
that if the legislative branch is to
override the executive and judiciary,
then no doubt day as dark as that
of the reign ofterror in France will
have dawned upon us. The gentle.
man from King says he understood
the gentleman from Thurston to say
that the rebellion Of 1861 was COM
menced for the same reasons as the
war of tho Revolution but such was
not the case. Mr.. Henry said that
tho Government of tho United
States assumed tho same position to-
wards the ten excluded States as the
Government OF Great Britain as
sumed towards tho colonies in 1775;
that is the right of taxation without
tho right of representation, which
action upon the part of the Govern
mcnt in my opinion, strikes ut the
very foundation of American liber-
ty. This point was one that our
patriot fathers wcrc extremely jealous
of, and after England had removed
tho tax, they were ready ard did en-.
gage in the war Of tho Revolution
before they would submit that Eng
land should even assume this right.
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Eldridge] goes even further than
the gentleman from King. lie as
sumes that Congress has complete
jurisdiction over the territory Of the
United States. no matter whether
that territory is embraced within the
limits Of State or not. SIR. | un-
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