The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-15

them and formidable to tyrants only.n They
have made Judges dependent upon their will
alone for the tenure of their offices and the
amount and payment of their salaries" They
have ''erected a multitude of new Offices and
sent hither swarms of officers to harass our
people and eat out their substance;n AFFECTED
to render the military independent of and supe-
rior TO the civil power;n combined with others
to subject us to q jurisdiction foreign TO our
constitution and unacknowledged by ourseves:
"quartered large bodies of armed troops among
us% protected them by mock trial from pun.
ishment for any murder which they should com
NIT on the inhabitants of these States" imposed
taxes upon us without our oonsent;" deprived
us, in many cases. of the benefit of trial by
1uryT taken away our charters, excited
domestic insurrections amongst u.s. abolished
our most valuable laws, altered fundamentally
the forms OF our government, suspended our
own Legislatures, and declared themselves
invested with power to legislate for us i'll all
cases whatsoever
The President, perhaps, regards the work of
the radical party in this light; believes that the
Constitution is violated, as confessed by Thad
Stevens, the judiciary insulted, and the Ameri-
can people themselves made the repToach of the
nineteenth century. There is no doubt what
ever but the President will interpose all the
authority and power vested in his high Office to
resist what he believes to be the usUrpation of
Congress, and with it any attempt to illegally
deprive him OF his position.
The belief is expressed by many of the most
experienced politicians here, of both parties,
that the action Of Congress in impeaching the
President and the future course Of the Presi-
dent himself with reference to his policy, de-
pends entirely on the issue Of the approaching
State elections. IL the popular verdict is found
to be in favor of the radicals 1t will be regarded
as an endorsement of the attitude lately as.
sumed by Congress on reconstruction, and an
approval of the impeachment project. If the
elections show Democratic majorities, and con-
siderable conservative gains, it is thought that
Congress will see the danger to the Republican
party in the great detection that will be caused
in its ranks nv nnsbinp tn 6psnprntp lpnpth
the scheme OF impeachment
In the event of the elections resulting in favor
OF the Democrats, it is also believed that the
President will feel his hands sufficiently
strengthened to adopt more decisive measures
in his efforts TO restrain legislation to the
limits of the Constitution, and to tighten the
burden, upon those sections of the country
affected by laws enacted, as he thinks, outside
of the Constitution, in despite of his protests
Numerous changes, IL is limited, will be made
among prominent officers of the Government
and 1t Is even said that the changes will COM
menCe in the Cabinet. In fact, everything may
be said to be at standstll until after the
State elections, to be held on Tuesday next and
on the 5th of November. Not even second and
third rate offices will be filled, it is said, and
rumor has it that Secretary McCulloch declines
to make the appoin of @ Deputy Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue prefeTring to leave
the perpleXing task to his successor whose ad.
vent is go close at hand that no embarrass-
ment will ensue othe Department by the delay.
The vast Importance of the fall elections is
abuDdantly evident, from the great energy dis
played by the party leaders on either side.
Every available means that will be likely to
ntusnce en- e., single sin vote is made use Of 1t was
been here for some time studying the game of
the opposition, that the VISIT of Sheridan to
Washington, and his leave of absence, were the
results of several interviews between certain
radical leaders and General Grant, and were
carefully planned to exercise an influence on
the elections in Pennsy lvanla Ohio, and New
York, by the triumphal trip of Little PhIl'
through the Middle and Eastern States.-N T.,
Herald