Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-10
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w r.s It's great mistake which General But
Der and sogHlany other memhrrs of Com
gress are making, when they state that the
9pe0Ple deSfre either the conEluued session
of that body or. is early reassembling In
case iC adio1fns. 4 The peoble, We are con-
-lidens. desire no such thing. They do not
wish to sees the RresidentIEemoved from
Ol1ice to make room for Senator W ade, or
new conditions added 60 the reconstruction
act as proposed by Mr.. Sumner, or the pas
Sage Of the e9nescasiee big 81 Nj Stevens,
Fenians. or any other tinkering of the ma
tional banks or expansion of the currency.
some or all of these thia&s, and perhaps b
good many others of the same sort, Com
gress.isYerE likely to do, or trg,to do, if it
continues In session much longer or adj
Z fhesc6HhtEy 6t an persuaded that any
such plan as has been proposed, Of condi-
tional meeting, is- called for by the condi-
tion of affairs, even if that plan be not un-
cpdstltnQon6l2 4he good results of Com
gress being always in session are not esti-
mated SO highly by the people at large. as
they seem to be by the mem bers themselves.
saThe spectacle or 4 running 6ght Between
the President and the two Houses, of bills
passed by Congress and vetoed by the
President, OF nominations for Office and
their rejection by the Senate, is not in IL
self either agreeable or edffytng9 eveAff It
were tdstilabie!m So long as Congress con-
!biAaGes in session, we are sure to have inces-
SAINT agitatiou.n The xec0nstructton meas
ares are liable to esEeeask aud aoadcd with
new conditions, and all the great interests
of the country will be kept I'm suspense /;
and these fesnlfs win BE- constantly appre-
hended. if an adjournment Is made only TO
aAn early day.. II the people Of the coein-
= try could be tolerably assured that things
will remain as they are, there would un-
g. donbtedlyo be . speedy revival N the great
contrfbate more decidedlyato this assuf-
ance than. the adjournment of Congress
either to its regular time Of meeting or to
some day late In the autumR.b The work
OF reconstruction has better prospects than
thefmOst sanguine dared TO hope for. II
needs only to be let alone by Congress to
so tefaafd to plete snccess.s ssssss
The finances of the country, though not
In the most gratifying condition, have
nothing to hope from the action of Con
Ngress.I They need 3 stable Instead Of 9
changeful policy. with an enlightened and
comprehensive discretion in their admins
tration. But they are likely to gain moth
Tiag ffrom the, schemes now Urged upon
tGongress by the advocates sof partiealaI
interests, or the Representatives of, certain
Z sections of the sc0untrys aud they will mo-
: admit 6 any more wassfful app pr9prirsion' e
expressed either by Secretary Stanton Of
General Grant, that it is unsafe for th'
1.-TWO Houses to adjourn TIL December, les
fs js the President may do mischief, Is, too jim.
: sapHObable to4be believed, aud the practice b
haeetting up such authority by the member
"a or either House, for what they desire odO
is unworthy aud reprehensible. The event,
m and proceedings of this winters session
will, In many respects, be miscbieVoas pre-
@eedents for future times. 1T has1been "a
winter of war between the two branches o.
the GoTernmenS and theA mterestst OF thu
country have been made to suffer in con
sequence, What has, been done, now vii
benepeated hereafeers IS often as a Presi:
!. dent shall differ in .OpiniOn- from the Con,
g gfess, and it. is likely TO become the estab
lished usage In Our national affairs. Ia
deed the example was first presented in Mr.
hisEyler's administration, when laws were
go passed on purpose to be vetoed, and thu
President was threatened with imPeach,
-Tsnaent. Now, however, these proceeding
have gone beyond all former precedent
- An extreme distrust has been created and
bs Congress assumes Co be the Government
saalmoSt as mich as IL there were no separate
executive authority. It 10 bad enough and
disgusting enough now, but it, will be
In worse thelnext time, and if it ever results
insYiolence and national disaster, the re
e changes its course. wi, lave the credit, il
a NOT Of beginning, at lea slaof. developing
and perfecting this 9 ste .Iot COngression'
al agitation and assah.s,- The evils of thii
- continued attitude of hostility are every
: where visible; the benefits it will be diff
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