Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-01-31
WHAT rs REVOLUTIONARY.

1he London Times, whose interest in the
welfare of the Great Republic is fully ap-
preciated By the people, declares that
revolution Is going on in this couEtry-'a
revolution, perhaps more than any other,
remarkable for the speed of its progress"
Its reason for this conclusion is the intro
duction of Mr.. Ashlcy's impeachment reso-
luton in the House of Representatives,
and its reference to the judiciary Commit
tee. The rebel press here, both North and
South, is Justify repeating the cry of the
transatlantic sympathizer, and not only
the impeachment resolution, but nearly
every act of Congress, however regular
and constitutional, Is characterized as
revolutionary" The bill TO regulate the
appellate power of the Supreme Court Is
revolutionary. The District of Columbia
Suffrage Bill is revolutionary. The pro-
posed establishment of loyal Governments
in the South is revolutionary. The pro-
yiso in the Colorado andNebraska bills is
revolutionary. The law fixing the 4th of
March next as the time for the meeting
OF the Foriicth Congress is revolutionary.
In word, every proposition to carry out
the will Of The people, 10 re-establish law
full Governments in The South. or 20 give
effect TO the emancipation established by
present the chief stock in trade of the
rebel party; yet ii is, in fact, the merest
nonsense. The Constitution vests in Cong
ress the power to impeach the President in
certain cases. If he is guilty of any of the
offences enumerated in that instrument.
and the public safety requires it, his inn
parchment would be no more lev0lu-
tionary proceeding than was his Inaugural
nd IN fl,n ht.rr, .ff;D
holds, according to the Constitution.
The truth is the revolution. of which
The rebels complain as coming, has already
past, Congress is to-day the conservative
power of the Government and those who
seek to rc-cstablish the principles over
thrown by the sword are the revolt
tionists. With Lee and Johnston slavery
and barbarism surrendered TO the power
of the Republic; aud the equal rights Of
all men were established when lis FLAG was
acknowledged by the cllieftains of the
rebellion. The moral sense of the nation,
outraged by the long sway of abject sub
scrvicncy TO the slave power, and by
| fugitive slave laws and bred Scott decis-
ions, stood avenged and triumphant on
the field where treason fell. Then it was
that freedom was made the rule in This
country-the rule of legislation and iuriS-
prudence, then it was that bred Scott de-
cisiOns were reversed, ana that universal
! liberty WAS made the fundamental idea on
which the Government must hereafter
rest. Now. we say that whatever branch
Of the Government places itself in oppos-
/ ton 10 that idea, and attempts to displacc
IT with the ideas of the slavery that has
been swept away. adopts a revolutionary
course, because it seeks To set aside the
theory Of Government established by the
sword and proclaimed rs the controlling
theory for all future time; and any party
that seeks to accomplish such a result is
n revolutionary party, tor the same reason.
/ The cntranchiscment of the negroes in the
! District Of Columbia is Il conservative
measure since il is strictly in accordance
with the fundamental idea of irecdom. en-
! graf cd on the Constitution and stamped
/ on the Government by million Vi .tor.ous
soldiers of The Union. lis constiiu;ionaliiv
is URqu, $ Toned; us cXpcdicncy is made
/ apparent b the necessity of settling the
a. e';ion OF suffrage in accerdanCe with
the new order OF things The Corpcr-
heaCs fill to comprehend that freedom and
not slavery is tic ruling principe; and that
/ hence the party of freedom is the conserva-
tive. while the party OF slavery is the party
al alton and revolution The Supreme
/ Court seems 10 have fallen into the same
error Its recent decisions are revolution
AIRY because they seek TO reverse the rule
written in the blood of our soldiers. and TO
substitute the principles of slavery for
those of freedom. The cour.s we c
l,agued with James !. and Charles l.. to
/ establish the prerogaiiyes of the Crown at
the expense ofihc liberties of the nation
The intrepid Chief Justice Coke was
kicked out" by James. to use one of Mr.
/ Johnson's classic phrases, because lie
would not lend himself fully to this great
Conspiracy against his country, ard his
place was filed by an instrument and
puppct of The royal will. The House of
Commons waS p0werlcss 20 withstand tbs
appalling combination, and the result was
| the grea; revolution that brought the head
of Charles To the block. Which was in
this case, the revolutionary: Was il the
House of Commons, with the friends Of
! freedom at its back, demanding the I'M
doubted rights of Englishment or was it
the unsurping King trampling TIA use rights
under foot, and bOlStering up his usurpi-
tons with the decisions OF venal and
corrupt judiciary? We think there can
be no doubt but il was the King Nor can
there be any doubt but Mr.. Johnson and
his party, including the Supremcs Cour',
are TO-DAY the revolutionary party of this
country, and that the real cons rvative
party is that which seeks to maintiin the
principles of liberty. established by four
wears of war-Chic4Jo Tribune