The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-28
Our Washington Letter.
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WHAT TIME has VERIFIED AND MAY YET SHOW.
WASHINGTON, February 25.-You do me the cour
tesy in preacing editorialy my last letter on tho
Administration and its abandoned sspocy," to sug.
gest to your readers that time would show how
nearly had defined the status of MIR. JOHNSON, and
to what extent might be relied upon in accredlt'
ing h:.u with change of front regarding his posi-
ton toward Congress.
Since that writing much, in my Judgment, has
come to pass that indicates at least which way the
wind blows, and gives to it the direction and partial
fulflhr cent Of my prophesies. For instance: The
Military Bill, now in the hands Of the President,
and out Of whose possession, amonth ago, no Repub-
ican who understood the situation would ever have
expected it to emerge alive, and when His Excel
lency has the constitutional right to suffocate 1t
in his Executive pocket until the ThirtyNnSh Con-
gress ceases to be, will, beyond peradventure be
sent bac,; to the Capitol on day after to-mor-
row-wlth the Executive objections to be sure but,
nevertheless, by their very presentment enabling
and affording right of way to make tie Bill a law
before the adjournment of the session.
The veto, under any other emergency, would be
l.
spiritual grace" which, up to month ago, would
seem to have sustained the Administration, but
now it is simply to forbid that offence may come
| of it.
| Every one understands hereabout how Mr. JoHN
SON is menaced with impeachment, both actively
and covertly, in all his remote or personal inter-
course with the opposition, but it has been mat
ter Of equal notoriety however, that his indifer-
ence to such threats, and frmness against al such
Vaccinations Of the enemy, have until lately as.
sumed something as grand and courageous as
other of his earlier stands against the encroach-
ments Of the Radicals. To see then, the present.
ment of this veto--which is nothing other than
gratuitous aid to the enforcement Of the passage
of the Bill-upon the heels Of negotiations, and in
strict conformity with the representations OF
Messrs BLAINE and BINGHAM, Of the House, who
only succeeded in rallying upon the measure BY
positively affirming in the privacy Of their party
caucuses that Mr. JOHNSON would certainly send the
Bill back in time to pass before an adjournment
it would seem very probable that treaty was con-
cluded between the Executive and at least one
wing of the Radical party, when the former con-
sent5 to yield so vital point in the latters favor
with tender Of such timely pledges in that behoof
that the Bill is enacted upon their strength alone.
Whatever may be the purport and binding effect
Of such stipulation as the above, it is manifest
that all the Radical party are not 80 positive OF the
Presidents intention Of conducting 10 the passage
Of the Military Bill by prompt submission Of his
veto in the premises. This is instanced more d-
rectly in their prints and speeches The Chronicle
-FoRNEY's organ-which is q very faithful as well
as subservient exponent Of the Radical policy, al
lows scarcely morning to 60 back without faunt-
ing ia double-leaded leader" showing how ANDREW
JOHNSON may redeem the past, and be taken to
the hearts of his countrymen, limiting, meantime,
Of the dark and dreadful retribution that would
arise in the similitude of impeachment should he
fail either to sign the Bill, or at least tender his
objections thereto in time for final action in over
riding his demurrer.
In Congress; and especially in the House, which
is usually the most violent wing Of the legislative
branch there seems to be tacit understanding
that the President shall be let alone until further
developments are evoked, conclusively proving
that ANDREW JOHNSON is not of them. You hear
no more s'o& the man at the other end Of the ave-
nue., ellis Accidency," OF passionate defamation
attributng the assassination plot to direct COM
pIcity of the then Vice-Presiden' Congress is
content apparently to employ the ne1tfew days, in
which it awaits the veto, in something Like pre-
tension of practical Legislation.
KEEPING HIS OWN COUNSEL.
Whatever stand Mr.. JOHNSON may be preparing
to take upon the newissues, which he has appa-
rently accepted at the hands Of the Radicals, and
for which his veto will be negative acquiescence,
it is manifest that he does not consult nor has not
since the initiation Of this state of affairs, with
either Senators DooI1rIE, CowAN, DIXON, or any
Of the brave mea who have coupled their fortunes
with his from the outset and pulled him through
the darkest hours of bis administration. In con-
versation with one of these, gentleman, who is
known throughout the whole country for his tact
and success as q leader in the Republican party
for many years, learn, that the administration OF
Mr.. JoHNsoN first lost that strong and indomitable
Individuality, that marked it down to the close OF
last session OF Congress, about the time that I'M
parchment begun te be mooted out upon the
Western borders, during the excitement Of the fall
elections. The change, then but slight, was en-
tirsly noticeable to my informant, one Of Mr.
JoHNsoN'g most constant advisers, and it has
grown, sweyed, md unsettled the previous policy
Of the Executive; in the exact ratio tha5 ramors
and threats Of impeachment have prevailed ana
until q virtual abandonment of that policy and
compromise with Congress ia IS certain as the day.
It is for your readers to determine how far self
defence may warrant public servant, even as ex-
alted as the Chief Magistrate in yielding to what
NAV seem to be an aT-powerfu combination to
sbreak or ruin, but Of the fact Of such captula-
ton they can have no doubt. On Wednesday
next His Fxcenency's veto comes to hand, and Is
made the special order for oyerruling in both
houses or, the following day-and then follows the
passage OF the Bill. By constitutional provision
the parchment; upon which it is engrossed, tor
warded at this late day for the sanction OF the
President, uaay Be scattered to the winds and the
measure Lost by default. Not 80. The Bill Is re-
stored, intact with no more material antidote than
Veto And this, too, with such wicked haste" !"
that even The sorry hope Of defeating the measure
! by relying upon the flibustering tactics OF the
Democrats, is completely set aside. Five days
and half will thus intervene between the resto-
ration of the Bill and the close Of the session
ample time in which the shonest Commons" and
grandiloquent. Senate may lecture and threaten
the Executive as deliberately as they please.
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