Wilmington journal., 1867-11-22
Special Dispatch TO the Baltimore Sun.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Attempt TO have Commissioners Rollins Re
moved-The judiciary Committee on Inn
peachment-The AsziStant Secretary of
the Trt asury TO Retire--The Secretary of
the Senate.
WAsHINGToN, Oct 15.-The forerunners
of an extensive organization to compel tho
removal of Mr.. Rollins, Commissioner of
Revenue, from the position of Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue have been here
two days, and already had an interview
with the President on the subject. Letters
and dispatches received in this CITY this
week give information of extensive efforts
in the same direction by an organization Of
whisky kings in New York, PHILADELPHIA.
Cincinnati and Chicago, that have com,
bined to oust Mr.. Rollins. No CHARGE of
corruption is made against him, but he has
not been useful in schemes of plunder and
fraud upon the revenue premeditated and
sometimes successfully attempted. Tucir
efforts to get rid of the Commissioner, there
is every reason to believe, will utterly fail.
for besides the fact that no legal grounds
within the tenure of office law exist for the
removal of the present incumbent, he il
also sustained by the most influential and
powerful friends of the administration
The Judiciary committee were to-day ell
gagged in finishing up testimony upon in
parchment, and had before them this after
noon Col. VIM. G. Moore, confidential Sec
retary of the President.
Something of an effort is proposed by
Northwestern republicans to induce the
Senate to go into an election of clerk Of
that body, with view of electing one from
the West in place of Col. Forney.
The article in the Intelligencer to-day
questioning the legality of an additional scs-
| Cic,, Cf GcpOracS ic ottribDtpH r. A4tg,,,r.
General Stanbery. Without admittint that
such is the authorship of the article, | am
enabled TO state, nevertheless, that it very
nearly reflects the opinions entertained in
official circles here, and it embraces sub.
| stantially the points made in these dis
patches last week.
This article is based on the idea that
under the constitution Congress may alter
| the regular time of meeting only ''by APP
pointing Z: different day" therefor-which
the act of January %, 1867, has not done
but simply provides that IN aCldiiou 10 Surh
regular times Of meeting Of Congress, the
Fortieth, and every succeeding shall
meet on the 14th day of March,
! 1t is true the term for which members are
elected commences and is dated from the
4th of March, but that does not affect the
| time fixed for the regular annual sessions
to commence. A new Congress cannot
meet, under the constitutional provision.
before the first Monday in December, I'M
! less convened in the interim by the Presi-
dent. Hence unless ongress, "6g L,r,
appoint q different day" for such regular
annual sessions, there can be no ronstitu-
tional meeting of the Congress prior to the
first Monday in December and meeting Of
the Congress in the intervening period
would be an extra session, and can be
called only by the President, on an extra.
ordinary occasion demanding it, of which
he is to judge. The writer therefore says:
GA time will come for q review Of its acts
and proceedings, and we would suggest to
those now acting under these provisions OF
that act, if it be not too late, to pause and
consider it's very questionable constitutions
ality, and comprehend the precedent they
are establishing" The point of all this Is,
of course, whether the validity Of the sup.
Elementary reconstruction acts may not be
! brought into question.