The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-17

| We make the following extracts from
the Washington dispatches published
in Fridays New York Herald. AS the
correspondent assumes TO state author
itatively the Presidents views and in
tentions, his assertions may be consid-
cred as having some significance:
| The fact Ia, there is a fierce political
storm brewing. All the indications
point that way, and show that the strife
! between the President and Congress,
which has been growing and increasing
| daily, must soon burst out into some
thing more serious than mere wordy
| clashes, something worse than threats
and vituperation.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WILL DO IF I'M
PEACHED.
am reliably Informed that he will
regard the action of Congress as revo-
lutionary. The Radicals having aban-
doned the idea OF trying for high crimes
| and misdemeanors, and justifying his
! Impeachment merely on the ground
| that he Is, In the language of Butler,
an 'impediment" to reconstruction, he
will not recognize their proceedings us
| legal or constitutional, and Will pay no
| respect to their resolves and determine
tions. Should articles of impeachment
| be presented, and a resolution passed
| suspending Mr.. Johnson and prohlbil-
| ing him from exercising the functions
| of President; should Wade be chosen
| TO act as President al interim, and,
armed with this color OF right and law,
command Johnson to vacate the White
| House aud turn over to him all the
| property, papers, &c, pertaining 10
| The executive office, / have reason
to believe that Mr.. Johnson Will
decline and defy Congress TO 90
| of the matter Is said to be this: Each
of the three great branches of the GOV
eminent is for itself the judge OF the
constitutionalily OF a law. Congress,
in the first place, is judge. 1t
passes law according to constltu-
iority over the Presidents veto. Ac-
cording to the Constitution, 1t
can only legislate on certain subjects.
| Well the law Is passed and II comes to
the President for execution. DE Is
sworn to faithfully execute his ONCE
and ''to preserve, protect and delehu
| the Constitution of the United States.
| Who is to determine for him whether
the law passed by Congress does not
| conflict with the Constitution he Is
sworn to defend? If he considers II
| clearly in violation of the Constitution,
| is he not under the most solemn ooLi-
| CATION to refuse to enforce II? II IL
| contended by some that the more usual
mode is for the President to assume
! law constitutional until otherwise de-
! clared by the Supreme Court. rms the
| President considers only applies TO
doubtful cases; but where the cohhict
with the Constitution is clear and un-
| donbteu the President considers 1t his
duty to decline its enforcement alto
Uether. Applying this to impeach-
ment, the following is the result: Con
| gress passes articles of impeachment,
suspends the President, and orders his
arrest. The alleged ohense Is that ne
refuses to enforce the laws which he
! honestly believes to be in antagonlsm
with the Constitution.
IMPEACHMENT FOR POLITICAL OFFENCE
REVOLUTIONS.
He takes one view of the law, Con
press another. He holds that he can
only be removed on conviction OF trea-
son, bribery, and other high crimes
and misdemeanorS.' He holds that II
mere difference OF opinion as to the con :
stitutionality of law between himself
and Congress Is neither treason, brlO-
ery, nor other high crime or mlsde-
meanor. He holds, therefore, that be
cannot be impeached, suspended or re-
moved from office.
HE WILL PROLOGUE CONGRESS.
Congress insists he can. Then, he
considers, Congress places itself in an
attitude of revolution. II thus violates
the Constitution by attempting to usurp
the executive power, and must De put
down. How will this be done? The
President, acting for the best interests
OF the country, and deeminY the safety
of the Republic in danger, Will issue Il
proclamation prorogulnB Congress-
calling for an election of new members
and invoking the aid of the people to
sustain him. This, am assured, isthe
view the President takes of the i'm
| peachment muddle, and the way he
/ will act should the occasion arise.
Under the Constitution the President
has the power to prorogue Congress
only in case of disagreement 10 ad-
iourn. But in a great public emergen-
CIV. where the life of the nation Is at
stake, the President considers the e&-
ercise of extraordinary powers JusUnh-
BILE. Moreover, Congress, by assu MINI
unconstitutional powers aud attempt
ing to destroy the Executive, diSq uali'
fies itself, is no longer lawful Con-
0ress. hut body OF usurpers and trail
tors. AS such they have no rights the
Executive is bound TO repect, and the
Executive will deal with them accor-
dinghy. The Presidents theory Is that
they first inauGurate revolution by at
! temptfng an act subVersiVe of the Gov
ernment, and upon them will rest the
responsibility OF any strife or conlu'
sion that may follow.
THE AMNESTY PRoCLAMATIoE-REGI
TRATIoN TO BE REoPENED.
! The amnesty proclamation was not
intended as a mere political dodge 10
catch the popular favor and enlist
Southern sympathy more strongly In
behalf of the Johnsonian policy. The
President does not intend that it shall
be a merely useless State paper OF hne
phrases but empty effects. He designs
T IL shall work to the advantage OF the
Southern whites by paTdoning large
class-the most intelligent, wealthy,
and socially iuhuential-and restoring
to them their civil rights, including
i. that of suffrage. II is said he hos nc
power to grant suffrage TO the pardon
al rebels excluded by the Reconstruc-
lion acts. He claims he has, and
have good authority for stating, not
withstanding semi official contradIo,
tions, that the time is not far distant
, when he will enforce his views by or
I dering the reopening OF registratlon
, and causing new Instructions to De IS
sued to the military commanders, in
accordance with these views.
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION To BE ISSUED
Corroborative of the general purporI
, of the above, is the following from tbs
Washington correspondent OF the
Charleston Courier, who Is supposed to
be in the confidence of the President:
1t is also asserted that another proc
lamation, following up that OF Septem'
, Der 8, will be issued, applying the
, principles therein asserted TO some very
: important subjects.
That proclaim alton asserts the Execu,
: tive power in the broadesL terms, and
!; next we are to know what the Presi,
. an- n III