The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-17
..The N.w Consplracy.o


Under this head, Forney discusses
the proceedings of the recent New
Orleans banquet, in which he reads
the plans Of President johnson to
overthrow the radical Congress by a
coup Vetat. Forney's- object is, OBJ
viously, to stimulate the work of i'm
peachmcnt. He says:
The rebel banquet, held in Wash
ington on the Sth instant, ostensibly
to celebrate the anniversary Of New
Orleans, was availed Of to disclose
the programme of the new conspiracy
for the overthrow Of the Government
down to the point of another civil
war. That the war is determined
upon by the President and his friends,
that it is essential to the accomplish
ment OF his ulterior purpose of cstab-
fishing a dictatorship, and is the most
popular of all the methods suggested
for the perpetuation Of his power,
and, through him, of Southern domi-
nation, was made apparent by the
vociferous applause which greeted
Jack Rogers declarations He said,
"that If the electoral votes Of the
Southern States and the conservatives
of the North should constitute ma
jority at the next regular Presidential
election, and should the radicals dis
pute the right Of their Presi 7nnt to
control the country, he, for one, was
for callir 3 on the army of the coun-
try. Tremendous cheering. The
issue would come, and the brave would
meet it. No one Should close his eyes
to the fact that this issue 1c0uN hare Il,
be n1ct."
It was at banquet to celebrate
Jeferson's birthday, in 1880, that the
programme of South Carolina multi
tication was disclosed, and the prin-
ciplcs which terminated in rebellion
were cnunciatcd. Jackson, the then
President, saw through the purposes
of Calhoun and his co-conspirators.
and met them upon the threshold
with his famous opposition toast,
''The Federal Union-it must be pre-
served. But, in the present in
stance, the President Of the United
States is the head Of the conspiracy.
and expects himself to be the chief
beneficiary OF the revolution now in
augurated. The Blairs, we'll known
us unscrupulous schcmers for power.
figure as major-domos, while the Pre-
sidcnt appears in the charactcr Of a
guest; yet who can doubt that the
whole array Of tonsts were duly known
and considered beforehand by the
chief actors in this banquet? 1t is
the launching OF 4 new revolutionary
programme, and, rs Rogers truly says,
''nust be met Sifted of all sur
plusa9c, the toasts at this inaugural
movement of new revolution, in
tended to make Johnson dictator,
mean this: That Andrew Johnson is
the defender OF the Union from the
assaults Of its enemies; that Congress
is opposed to the Union; that the
Supreme Court is q supporter OF the
Presidents views; that the laws
passed by Congress to reconstruct the
Union will not be executed by the
President, and that his non-cxecution
of them will be justified by the Su-
preme Court, on the ground of their
unconstitutionality; that the rights
OF the States are indestructible, and
the right OF representation unques-
tiunable.
What is perfectly plain is this
That the Southern conspiracy is fully
re-inauguratcd, with the President al
its head; that his declaration OF prin.
ciples is final, and as sure to guide
his action as if an official proclama-
ton; and that. under cover Of devo.
ton to the Federal Union, he means
to organize war against the plan OF
reconstruction adopted by the repre-.
sentatives Of the people. This it is
not desirable should be precipitated
before the Presidential election, but
they feel secure, if, with Johnson in
possession of the Government, its
vast patronage, its army, navy and
treasury at his disposal, the Southern
elector vote should not be counted.
The only question for Congress tc
consider is, whether they will preci-
pitate this issue now, with the people
on their side, or complicate it with
the burdens and issues Of the next
two years.
A Coop Hit The radicals are in
great distress, says She PHILADELPHIA
Age, because some Of tho freedmen
of the South are punished with 1og-
| cling by the courts. There is no Ind