The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-08

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and isea ! Is AnnesAy Frcsau@s On.
hass been signiscAatiy " sgFseansss h
respect to tbe neoess5ty u disarming Dir
johnson. ~ Impeachment II need he, q
bis power 60 delay ~ defeat the work
~ reconstruction Tie Massachusetts,
Republicans spoke decidedly aud cn-
phas8cally. uhd the Republicans 81 New
YORK were scarosiy more qualified a.
their language This q tie resolution
- che New York convention
ReUlud. That the course 81 the
Congress u the United States IN carry
INK cut measures of reconstruction on
the basis u freedom. regardless Of The
seduction 81 executive patronage OF The
terrors u executive favor. meet our
earnest approval and that unreseryed-
Is ~ no hereby assure them Of our de-
termination 10 stand by them through
this struggle. and Ia al measures nee
cssary 70 place liberty and peace on
lasting foundations. even 10 the seyerest
remedies known 10 the Constitution
Scatter Conklin Of New York presid'
ed At the Syracuse convention. he Is
rcekoned rs among the Rebublicans in-
clinei TO be conservative, aud yet in his
remarks on taking the chair be TINS
urged all constitutional methods Of dis
arIuiug the President
| 10 not mean as some have insisted
that Congress should remain IN perpet-
ual or extraordinary session, and strain
or transcend tine Constitution by taking
from him the Presidential powers vest
"a Is the Constitution IN the Executive
alone nor Do / mean that Congress
should, BY any legislative device, at
tempt to circumyont or supersede the
chief Executive office As well might
court because sheriff or marshal
was unfaithful, attempt 10 execute Its
process itself. The Constitution says
the President, not Congress, shall sec
that the laws are faithfully executed
If the President cannot be trusted with
| the functions Of this office, if he has
done acts which forfeit bis right to OK
ercise tho powers Of his place, if he is
so fatally bent ON mischief that he is
not fit to be left unmatched or united,
the Constitution prescribes the remedy
Ii is not that Congress shall usurp or
curtail the Executive Office, nor that the
I two Houses shall crouch Ike watch
dogs baying to prevent Executive ac-
ton. No such contriyance finds place
in the charter Of our liberties. No ex-
tremity can ever justify it. ANY condi-
ton Of things demanding such a resort
viii demand something more. 1t is not
for me TO express, nor even TO form an
opinion ofthe grounds for Impeachment
which may exist. The duty may in
another place be called upon to do i'm.
| poses silence and abstinence upon me
and besides, from the outset it has been
my earnest hope that the country might
be spared the anxiety and disturbance
| incident TO deposing the chief officer Of
kuG HONti Htlitut- DhN ulttl W pNlLiit-
/ ed to say that whenever the acting
President cannot be restrained within
/ loyal limits, except by, being shon o.
the constitutional powers of his Office
/ and kept continually cowed by sessions
( OF Congress ayowedly maintained foI
that purpose, the welfare, the dignity
the Judgment, the conscience Of the ma.
ton viii demand higher and sternel
methods. II, indeed. such junctur'
shall ever arise, let the grand inquest
Of the nation presant the accused fol
his crimes and misdemeanors: let hin
have an impartial trial, and, if found
4 guilty, let him be consigned by judicial
sentence, as he will be by the enlightened
judgement of mankind, to an infamy as
immortal as the cause he has betrayed
SPEAKER CoLPAx UPON IMpKACHEFST. -
/ Speaker Colfax gives his views upon i'm