Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-01-25

nltely acc" on tle present. session.
ArroNrnzNTs AND REuoyAIs.-MR. Sun
NER's SrEEcn.-We copy from tic fuller re-
port. portion Of Sanator Samuor's scata-
jng speech On the tenure Of Office bill, which
passed tie senate on Thursday. The tele-
graphic abstract Of tie speech dii it bat i'm
perfect justice:
The President has usGrpel tie power Of Con-
grtss on a colossal scale, and be has employed
usurpel powers in fomenting the rebel spirit
snt awakening anew the dying fires Of the re-
belion. This Is his great ard objectionable
oifense, for which history must condeml him,
If you Do not He Is a usurper, through whom
infinite wrong has been done 10 his country. He
is 2 usurPer who promising to h a Moses"
has become a Pharaoh. In the maintenance Of
his usurpstion he has employed the power Of
removal from Office. Some who would not be-
me the partissns Of his tyranny, be has, &C
cooling 20 bis Own language, - kicked out. -
Others are left. but silenced by this menace and
the fate their associates Wherever any vacancy
occurs whether in the loyal or the rebel States It
l'..i by the psrtisans Of his usurpati0n. Other
vacancies are created 20 provide for h Sc Tarti-
zlas. ] need not add that Just in proportion
as We sanction such nominations, OF fail 20 ar
/ rest them according TO the measure Of our
| pc wer. we become parties 10 his usurpati'n.
And now / am brought directly to the prlcti-
l cal application Cf these simple statements. |
/ have already said that the duty Of the hour was
protection to tie loyal and patriotic citizen
| against the President Surely this cannot be
| doubted. The first duty Of q government IS
protection. The browning glory Of q republi,
is hst 20 leaves 10 man, however humble, with
| cut protection. SHOW ne a man exposed 70
| wrong. AID / show you an occasion for the ex-
| excise Of all the power that God and the Cousti-
| tuition have gwen you. Il viii 10, 10 TO say
| tlat Che cases are Too numerous, or that the
remedy canno; be applied without interfering
with q system handed down from cur fathers,
or, worse still, that you have little sympathy
with this suffering. This viii not de- You
must apply the remedy OF Aii in duty. Espe-
cialy must yoI apply j. when, as on tue present
occasion, tbs wrorg IS q plain usurplti1u in
the interest Of resent rebellion.
The question then TtcaTs. are y0l ready 70
aprly the remedy according 10 the measure If
your powers. The necessity Of the reme' s.
may be seen in the rebel States All also in loyal
State, for the usurpat.0us N both. Ii you
l0ck II the rcb-l States YOU VII see every
where the triumph Of tyranny. There is not a
mall which does not bring letters without num-
Der supp.icatiUE for the exercise CT all the pow
ers ot Congress against the President. There IS
not newspaper that does not exhibit evidence
that you are already tlriy IN this work Of ne
c5ssiiy. There Is not wind from that suffering
region which IS not freighted with voices Of dis
tres; and yet you hesitate.
shall not he lei aside 10 consider the fall
remedy for this usurpaton-for 1t is not ny
habit 70 travel out Of the strict line Of debate
] 70 l-1
+ Consideration. which l. applicable alike TO al
loyal and the rebel States. This bin has ia
origin n what have already called the spec.a
duty Of tie hour, which IS the protection O.
loyal and patriotic citizens against the Presiicnt
In what l have already iaid | have shown Oh,
necessity Of this protection. But the bruA
language which he has employed shows d.,
spirit il which be is acting.
The Senator from Indiana (Mr. HanIricks)
whose judgment could not approve this BRUTAL
itY, doubted if the President had used II. l.
me settle this question. Here is the .Nad0sa
Hielhgcaccr-alwsys indulgent to the Prcsi
denI. In its number for the 18Th Of Septemte
last il thus reports what our Chief Magistrate
: said in a speech at ST. Louis
. O. believe that one set Of men have eujoye,
the emoluments Of office long enough, and the,
should let another portion Of the people have
chance CHEERS How axe these men 70 be 20
out-CA volce-'kick ZEN out Cheers an.
laughter) -uuless your Executive can nut then
out. unless you can reach them through IN
President Congress says lie shall not turi
them cut, and they are trying 10 pass laws @
prevent it being done. Well, let me say 10 yol
il you viii stand 10y me on this OCCASION
(cheers if you viii stand by ne in trying {
give the PEOPLE fair chance to have soldier
and citizens 10 participate IN these Offices, Go
be willing. | viii kick them out will kicl
them out just as fast as l can. (Grelt cheer
ing)
such language as this Is without precedent
Coming from the President, It is declaration
Of policy winch Il is your duty 70 counterfeit
and IN this duty you must make q precedent,
need Re. The bill now before US arises from
this necessity Had Abraham Lincoln besi
spared 10 Us, there would have been no occasion
for this bill which the Senator from Vernon
/ (Alr. Elmuuis) has shaped with 50 much care
and nov presses SO earnestly. It Is a bi.
arising from the c1igtncy Of the hour. As suci
It is TO be Judged. But il does not meet th
whole case. Undertaking TO give protection, j
gives il % a few only instead Of 10 the many
1, provides against the removal, appointment OIL
employment Of persons whose Offices, accorliu.
to existing law AM the Constitution. are bel
by AMI with the advice AID consent u the sen
ate. It's special object + q yill.cate the p0Wel
OF the Senate over the Offices committed o. il
according @ existing law and the Cops,.tuG1n-
tlu- y.ndlcatiug the power OF The Senate. II doe!
Something Tor the protection OF the citizen In
this respect il Is benCf,ea5 measure, and shall
bs glad 10 vote flr it. The amendment which
lave moved goes further In tie same direction
Il provides that all agents and officers now ar
pointed by the President. or ly the head Ct q
department, shall Re appointed only by and
with tie advice and consent Of the Senate; and
il further proceeds to vacate al such appoint
uu's made since the Is. Of July last past, So
as, ia certain measure, 90 arrest the recent
process Of kicking cut" THIS proposition is
simple enough, AMI l Insist that it Is necessary,
uulcs y5l axe wiling to leave fellow citizens
without protection against tyranny.