The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-06-27

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pssilt to become impatient aud to lose
temper when its favoritc schemes are
sthwartsd particularly when lis weak
ness i exposed to public view. y isso
With all Radical politiciaas, They have
certain tarhag -essures which they
hone 10 carry IN the dire extremity Of
d. South and Of the whole country /;
and so fearful are they that they may
lose the chance that they bear delay and
opposition with very bad grace
Whenever President johnson has in-
terrosed his veto, or expressed an opin-
ion adverse to their measures, il has
been like stirring up hornets nest,
and the whole swarm is excited They
threaten to impeach him and to do ter
rible things If he stands in their way.
There is no stretch Of power they viii
not attempt if they can gain their ends
no other way. The impeachment
scheme would have been tried before
this if they had not discovered that
their two thirds majority ia Congress
was sufficient for their purpose without
having to remove the President They
were thus satisfied, aud the country had
apparent rest.
nat the quiet Of despotism has been
broken. The whole Radical hive is in
buzz, aud the Congress is implored to
meet in July, whilst the impeachment
committee must renew its investigation.
The cause of the .sommotion is that Mr.
Stanbery, the Presidents legal adviser,
has given an opinion which assumes for
the President power to control the Mil
itary Satraps placed over the South,
aud maintains that the law does not
confer on them power to remove civil
officers. Now this is so clear that we
are astonished that men pretending to
be intelligent should doubt it. 1t is
well known that Congress tried their
best TO avoid executive interference with
their military reconstruction law; but
the constitution stared them so plainly
in the face that many Of them could not
undertake to set aside the appointing
power Of the President, or attempt to
withdraw military officers from under
his control as Commander in Chief
We thought they had made up their
minds to tolerate the provisional gov
ernments OF the Southern States (as
they were termed in the law until the
white and black voters allowed under
the law should organize new govern
meuts which could pass the inspection
of Congress. Il appears, however, that
they begin TO doubt, under the liberal
construction OF the Prosidens, whether
= their colored allies will be strong
enough, or sufficiently united, 10 make
Radical States out Of the whole South,
and ensure success before the North be-
gins TO waver The President is still
found to be stumbling block in their
way, and something must be done to
rremoye the impeachment.
They have had SO much trouble in
'dcvisiug ways and means to reconstruct
the South according to their wishes that
1T is doubtless very trying to their pa
tience but We think they should make
virtue Of necessity, and quietly await
the result Of their last great scheme,
which they 80 generally hailed as per-
feet solution Of all their difficulties. In
fact we do not understand why they are
so appreheasiye of its success. They
could hardly have expected any other
course to be takcnby the President, aud
should have provided ways aud means
to succeed independently of any agency
of his. II they did not, Unjust be too
late for remedy. Should Congress at
tempt now to alter the plan the same
difficulties win intervene; and the d.
visions amongst them, which prevented
them from getting rid Of any executive
control in the matter, win be ouly iu-
creased. The people, who have begun
to doubt The wisdom of their measures,
viii be apt tolosc all confidence in thenr
when they thus betrsy want OF con-
fdence in their own great fipslifv