The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-26
LVPEACBMENT.
sn.scn OF ssnstsr ConRIIng.

CO.., Convention at Syracuse, yesterday. Upon
taking the chai- be sald;-
Ipd,ew Johnson had SAID that the thirty |
nth Congress, chosen ia the midst OF war, was |
pneuual to the problem Ol peacJ uuv 9 ieee p
the hnhlte sense; yet after the eIecuons OF a9oo,
~" ,"' less than beio,o veto followed NetG, Y9!Nh J
ard we're twelve or more anu ,nis ms, III
A5hrc 5eh In England, Gro "neu ,, bDn1rod
Spis there has not been q Vc.O :" tbeir C,onsti
and SKY Years :, vii not BROOK the executive |
tuuOh, PDaon acts of Parliament. Fe,Oes were |
hntefui 10 the nRaD who cuC on -, to ro%t'
ha'e!uA w ,'n1 70 no dethrOnCd james Ior grant
aud TO IDe mun 90 traitors; and they are haeul TO
!pg ann nnn Sbo are breaking down raihngs to |
oi tns marks, aud carrying uulVersai sunrage; |
Bot in free AmeTlca, na, eT We ve,oes were %Te |
tSe worst o Executive, inaictions. we we
have 5peper wrongs than these. we |
see bills vetoed, and then when tney
Saoon'p laws and we see tbem eVadedk ami de1ed !
, nretense that they are wantlng,1n the very
.lp"nas upUm for which the veto was put forth. We
soe he nation insulted by u message TO Con-
eress intended 10 stao our nnangial ma G[euiei 1ii d
raeseape wickedly intimatlngS StAat Dy chastisInst
ti,oss ts,e American people have become liable
20 nav the debts of the lately re6elllous states.
In plSin uerversion OF law, II not IN open de10
snce of law, We see the removal OF the untinoh-
49, 49, XSinieter of War who has been "Jlon1 by
S snS5 and ptllar ofSfre by night" through the
100 watch andfagOny OF the Repuolc; we see
the most brilliant soldier 81 Pm ms te o.
no is abIy and successfully executing the laws OF
the land; we see others equally olameless
driven from Their posts OF duty; we see recon
strurtiOn hndered and prevented, restoration
an6 yloIor bafRcds order destroy ed2nd peacedisr
turhed by every makeshin and suoteriu9e that
sinister ipvention cas- desire; 10 cap tue Gil max
issues. giving oblivion TO treason IN Its ranKest,
gniit1est FORMS This proclamation, Without
law and against law. assumes TO override tue
disabilities imposed by act q Congress notonly;
Al. Vork
Slnte--unless Maryland, AentucBy, and Della.
ware oe excepIIons--bave declared shail be inn
bedded. in the bulwaFks Of the Ccnstituticn
,itseiE What does ali this mean? 1t means
.usurpation 'as much as Louis of France meant
,usurpatop-wheD ne said, ''rhe State-that is
,meD II means thatthe Executive grasp is
,clutchilg unlawful aud dangerous forms; it
means t6lt the acting President OF the United
States and those whose creature he is,
are assuming forbidden prerogauves, mean
ing to WELD them net only to the
armed against the security, ii not against the
existence OF the Government Do you ask me
bow far they will go? l answer, as far as they
dare. Do you ask how lar they dare go?
answer az tar as the approaching eleculous
s6al bid them dare. Do you ask for the
remedy 1t lies, IN the first instance, with the
people at the polls, and afterwards If need be,
with the people in Congress assembled. I do
not mean, as some have insisted, that Congress
should remain IN perDetual extraordinary ses-
sion, and strain or trans scend lhe Constitution
vested by the Constitution in the Executive
alone nor do mean that Congress should, by
any legislative device, attempt To circumvent
or supPrsedC the chief Executive office. As
well might cour, because a Sheriff or Marshal
was Rntaithtul, attempt to execute its process
itself. The Constitution says the President,
faithfully executed. Ii the President can
not be trusted with the functions OF
tbls Office, il he has done acts which
forfeit his right to eXerci.e the powers OF his
he G en- nm nhi iaff hot no
Is not bit 10 be lett nm watCned or united, the
Constitution prcscrbes the remedy. 1t Is not
that Congress shall usnIp or curtaIl the EXecH-
tive office nor mat the two Houses shall crouch
ike watch-dOgs baying to prevent Executive
action. No such coutrivance finds place in the
charter OF our liberties. No extremity can
ever justify II. Any condition of things de-
manding such resort win demand some.
thing mere. 1t is not for me to express nor
even TO form an opinion OF the 9rounds of I'm.
peachment which may exist. The duty may
in another place De called upon to do imposes
silence and abstinence upon me; and besides
rom the out ct IT has been my earnest hope
mat me country might be spared the anxiety
aud disturbance incident TO deposing the chic
officer OF the Government But l may be per
mltied to say. that whenever the acting Presi
uent cannot be restrained within loyal limits
except 0y being shorh OF the constitutions
powers OF his office, and kept continually
coweo oS sessions OF Congress avo wedly main
taned Tor that purpose, the welfare, The dig
nityStoe JUDGMENT, the conscience OF the natiol
Will demand higher and stnrner methods NJ
ndeed, such junctuTe shall ever arse, lc
Lne grand inquest OF the nation presenc the az
Suseu TOT MS crimes and misdemeanors. let hin
nave an impartial tTlal, and il found guIItv. lie
nun De consigned by judicial sentence as h
VIII oe' oy The enlightened judgment of man
klnd, TO an lnfamy as immortal as the cause h
mas betrayed. But such proceeding Is a las
resort II anything can curb the President \,
lore IL Is TOO late, il is our success in the canya,
now progressing. The public Journals OF OF
pohucal opponents, feeling the Odium of openl
eepousng the Executive, are nerYously an
VOlsterOusIy dlsclaining affihatiOn with hin
put the strategem is too transparent and
comes too late The diminished Union vote
name and California although wholly due
local ana personal Issues, is set down to Pres
'ushtlal popularity, and immense harm hi
IiWn; should other States be equally needle
GI lhe general interests at stake shou
Ahe Union column ialter, every vol
Cast against us will be counted an i
gOisement OF the recent acts of Andre
'0ohhson, aud Will emboden him to vet 9th
aeeft tssons. The issue then is between d
Hacnon, commotion, aud exhaustion on ii
ong % sue, ahd ON the other, union, trauquillit
anu prosperity. Tue country wants rnDos
wants an end OF reconstruction not onI q tor n
INK o. reconstruction, but ior the sake of d
~ hhIet@ests @ winch lie behind: the states mausbin
so,Onloh naloh ls needed for other questions. 4
1SeIcla. and industrial affairs OF the countr
.dhe 6nsnoasss 61sss OF American labor, and especial
subject Of mia S becoming in some Quarters /
Ene nlost careful and en- ipbtepeJ 4t az Nv
taN0s pres upon the peOple. nrices ~. "NIilei @
btFt. helltl W a Just aud raasonobin = oPPI
.apd " can De io0nd bOlh in lopjjatiU "eunai
inllts.IIaloh II we can but get nd Of tb a'iu ~
IJ"ac'S @ ana collisions in the a.