The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-02-14
Congress and the President.

1t is not denied, we believe, by the
leaders in the movement for impeach- |
ing and deposing the President, that /
they desire to remove him not 50 much |
for what he has done as to prevent !
what they fancy be may do. He Stands |
in the way" is the cant phrase of the
day.
Indeed, it would be piece of ingrat- /
itude in the leaders ofthe impeachment |
movement to punish him for what he
has done. His course and language
lduring the last summer and fall secur-
ed the elections to the extreme Repub- |
licans The country, alarmed at the
language Of Mr.. Johnson, which i'll
thought revolutionary, voted for the
Republicans, in order to teach the
President moderation. We have
heard more than one leading Repuh-
hcan acknowledge, without hes
itation, 1.-The President carried the
elections for US
But it is now said, '.he stands in the
way" How? In the way Of what
He is powerless against any constitua
tional action Of the majority Of either
this or the mex. Congress. Ia the pres
ent Congress the Republican senators
number thirty eight, and the democrats
and supporters cf Mr.. johnson four
teen, counting Senator'S Dixon, Nor
ton, Cowan and Doolittle among the
democrats In the Senate the Repub-
licans have, therefore, three more votes
than the two thirds required to pass g
bill over the Presidents veto.
In the present House Of Representa-
tives the Republicans have one hun
dred and forty five votes, and the sup
porters of Mr.. Johnson forty -seyen.-
The Republicans have, therefore, sev
enteen votes more than are required to
pass bill over the Presidents veto.
In the next Congress, which is to
meet on the 4th of March, the Repub-
licans will have in the Senate forty
three votes, and the supporters Of the
; President only nine. Cole takes the
seat Of McDougal; Ferry that Of Eos
ter, Morton that of Lane; Drake that
; of Brown; Conkling that Of Harris =
Corbett that ofNesmith, and Cameron
y
chosen in Kansas and Maryland, but
these elections will not alter the fig
ures given above, which will give the
Republicans even greater predomi-
, nance in the Senate of the next Con
gress than now. In the next House
supposing the elections yet to be held
: in California. Connecticut, Rhode Is
t land, Kentucky and Tennessee to make
n no changes in the present balance O
parties, the Republicans will have one
hundred and forty-two votes, and the
supporters Of Mr.. johnson At that i
to say the Republicans will count L
l. more than q two thirds vote.
It The Republicans have therefore dur
ing the remainder of Mr.. Johnson
term, in both Houses Of Congress NOR
: han enough votes to pass all bills owe
c'.e veto. If they can agree upon
,,olicy they can adopt it against tn
Presidents opposition. Instead oft2
Y, king up time with impeachment,w ,woul
70 they not do much more wisely to agro
= among Themselves upon some definit
- and effective policy of reconstructio;
Of and adopt that? This is what til
n country is waiting for this is what
ut expects Of Congress; this is what tt
= Unionists of the southern states sa
~ they are perishing for lack of; this
: what is required to settle Our affairs.
ke If the President does not do his d
ty as prescribed by the Constitution
is impeachable under the Constitutio
+boro ,,,,,o+ aI no oracfIf
90 with wise men, Of the policy Of an a
'te like this. In the present case, in Il
NO present condition Of the country, vi
re and prudent men will hesitate to do
a act sure to excite to the EXTREMIST pit
- partisan passions, already Hndtly 81
10 iniuriously stirred We are.in a CO
IN dition in which all such eIcitemel
his should be avoided. The country h
been kept in an almost incessant Il
quiet and rest; 1t will be very CRATE
ah- to the party which will ''settle thing
IN and set us a-going in the old tracks.
pie is getting tired Of excitement, and
mo- gins to fear the growing tendency
p disorganization and revolution,
Gu We advise the Republicans to
sat- cautious They have great power,l
also great responsibility. 1t was js
" said that the President s intemper
,atel language carried the last elections
o+a the Republicans; let it not hereat
'''e' be said that the rash and heaGlC
'uf- course OF the Republican leaders bl
eEt ,,3Jut a reaction against liberty, in
country. We advise Republicans