Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-01-10
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Correspondence Of the Baltimore Gazette

Correspondence OF the Baltimore Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jal. IL have it upon
undonbted authority that Senator Fessen-
den has, within day or two, emphatically
declared his opposition to all schemes hay
ing in view an attempted forcible disor-
Ganization Of the present State Govern
ments i'll the unrepres,stted States The
utmost extent to which he will go, when
the adoption Of the constitutional amend
ment shall have been shown to be impossi-
bic, will be to give his assent to an act of
Congress proposing plan to those States
by which, if adopted bv Them, their inter
rupted relations to tie Federal Govern
ment may be fully re-established It is
understood that these views, which utterly
discard the idea of territOrializing those
States, are concurred in by Senators Eos
ter, Sherman, Cragin, Fogg, and perhaps
others.
In harmony with the above distinct fact,
j may mention the report that even the
committee on Territories in the House will
report Il bill recognizing the validity of the
Southern State Governments, but propos-
ing means doubtless unacceptable by
which they may be restored to representa-
ton. The truth is that the whole present
policy of the Radicals as I have had occa-
sion before to remark, can be summed up
in a single word-lelay. They have not
put any of their threats of impeachment,
upsettlng State governments, and the like,
intO practice.
1t is among the wonders of this {: ell
ightened age that the philosophers, who
rule the roast III tho halls of legislation at
this capital have so little foresight as not to
have anticipated the distractions their
schemes are encountering at every turn
The utmost surprise is constantly expressed
in Radical political circles that they are
hemmed i'll by the guards which the franz
ers OF the Constitution provided expressly
to prevent the very things they mediate.
They desire to concentrate in Congress
the whole power of the Government. The
first obstacle they perceived was the Exec
utive. They were astounded, their utmost
ingenuity was vainly taxed to overcome the
impeachment, and they finally fell back up
on mere abuse and threats of impeachment.
Before finally resolving, however, upon
breaking down the Presidential office by
this summary process, they encountered
another branch Of the Governmental
Judlclary-and are again surprised and ap-
palled at the obstacle-and straightway
puzzle their poor noodles to invent "
some ingenious continuance by which the
formidable ''lion in the path may be
either "got around " or 'scared off, At
this very moment, while I am penning
these lines, numberless lotteries of Radical
politicians throughout this metropolis are
busily engaged in discussing thousand
different means of adolishing the Supreme
Court By Congress-. One would think while
listening to these wiseacres, that the great
body of the present governing class
never knew OF had utterly forgotten so plain
a truth as that the Executive and Judicial
~ are coordinate and independent de-
partments of this Government, and that
the President Or the Judges of the Supreme
Court have precisely as much authority to
abolish Congress as Congress has to abol-
ish either of them