The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

| WASHINGTON, February 3.-A few days ago re
1erred to the fact that many truly representatir
| men OF the South were on visit to tho Metropo
us, Tor tho purpose Of canvassing the possibility
maturing some plan by which the present section
q difficulties might be adjusted in manner prom
lslng the return Of harmony and fatornal relations
TO the whole country. I now learn that this mat
| ter has since assumed definite shape, SO fnr tha
am authorized 10 say that proposition will b,
shortly made, in form, by tho Legislature of Nortl
Carolina and submitted to Congress-, offering Us
ment, with tho substitution for tn % second ant
| third sections provisions guaranteeing. impartia
sunrage and representation according to the voting
I need not add that the proposition, in nv
Judgment, will bo rejected BY tho Radicals, the
purpose Of the leaders Of that party being to pro
the times Enthusiastically point to for stringent
m he than any yet proposed and the
reckless than the public seem willing to believe lev.
within the past week, hopes Of final adjustment
guisedly express themselves without Hope,
and admit that their calculations based upon the
ultimate resistance of that class Of Republicans
against ultra measures, havo turned out to be ut
terly fallacious No better proof Of this could be
furnished than the votes IN the House upon an
4mendment to the sstenule Of Office" Bill yesterday
1t prohibits the President from removing Cabi-
net officer without the consent of the Senate. It
WIS at first substantially Defeated, but the party
was adopted and the Bill, with it Incorporated as
q Provision, passed by strict party vote. It viii
60 to the Senate be fesby b he
by the time it comes back with the Presidents OBJ
jectlons, the party will have become q unit, and
the Bill become law by the vote Of two-thirds Of
Under existing circumstances this bill is Of vital
consequence: No man doubts that the purpose Of
Of the President in view ofhis election from tho posi-
ton he occupies. In truth, the whole legislation
OF this Congress has been but piece Of network
with which to environ til Executive preparatory
to the utter demolition of his authority and plac-
ing in his stead Lord Protector" already select
ed The restraints Of the Constitution arc utterly
contemned even by such pretended Conservatives
as Raymond, and that instrument hold to have
been, in fact, abolished by the results Of tho war
He who imagines, therefore, that the fundamental
law presents the slightest barrier to the destr uc-
tive course marked out by the revolutionists, in
dulges in deluEion which is directly al vnriancc
with, every act and every word of the dominant
It is fact which cannot be too soon fully under
stood by the people and duly pondered upon, that
that the Witnesses, such as Detective Baker, are
upon the stand; that his case has been prcjudscd,
and that he is liable a5 any moment to be dragged
to the bar Of the House and deposed. Tearing q
sentence attributed to Madison from it's context
and mutilating it, the Chronicle, in double-
loaded article put forth manifesto of the Radi-
A .S1SAo, oAo.A1Se1y OoCie1eS t1<AI Il LO9 fIeS1-
dent be connected in any suspicious manner with
any person. and if there be any grounds to believe
he will shelter him, the House Of Representatives
can lmpeach him; they can rem owe him if found
guilty; they can suspend him when suspected, and
the power s.wln devolve. on the Vice President,
Should he be. suspected also, he may likewise be
suspended until he be impeached and removed
ana the Legislature may make temporary ap-
pointnent. go
Z, Who doubts the ability Of the House of Repre-
sentahves to Suspect the President of any Of
fence, when every crime in the decalogue has been
in advance charged upon him by a number quite
sufficient to impeach /? tsIf (says the edict OF the
Radicals already quoted) I'VE discard all this false
logic (meaningi that derived from tho Constitn-
ton) and these pnerle threats we shall soon dis
cover that the mode and manner of impeaching
President Of the United States is astonishingly
simple !" Such are the facts. What is to be dono
What can be done Is it too late for the Ameri-
can people to issue their decree, and in the IAN
:guage OF that Of the Romans upon the conspiracy
'of Cataline, demand that sthe Consul should take
care that the Republic received no detriment.n s
- understand that General Grant has indeAn-
iteiy postPoned"his visit to- Europe. He was
to have left in April This is very significant
= Il is understood that the local courts here win
Ignore the decision OF the Supreme Court OF The
United States in the matter Of the test oath. The
counsel for the party applying to be admitted to
practice without taking the unconstitutional oath
we go. 8,.S
The vetoed Bills admitting Nebraska and Colora-
do as States, will, understand, be disposed Of in
the Senate tomorrow. i4a@
The Committee on Ways and Means have decided
toreport in favor OF abo1ishng tie tax on newspa-
per advertisements. Mr.. Hooper made strong
argument IN favor Of the report.