The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-27
"wATcHMAs. WHAT OF THE NIGHT ,"

| The Now York Hryaif, in it's issuc oT s,tur,I,v
delivers itself Of another sensational cxhurt,to,
| To President JOHNSON. IL SAYS: .sWill Mr. JouS
| son finally rise to the demands of the situa,iou
| Van hn J! hc next few WEEKS will show U.S. Judr
ms, however, from past blundcrs his apparcn
desire to cmbody i'll himself all political power
to merge into unity the tiircc branches of govern
| mcht, AMI call that unit ANDREW JoHSsoN 1,
place himself alono rs The exponent which give,
The only value to every political equation to max.
the people. who have turSht for anil gained In,
| great battle OF nationality believe that Congress,
does net represent thcm-hc will fail To take Tor
tune at the flood and redeem himself"
Tho Hcrdid then proceeds to say that Congress
ha.: no moro :'isen to tho magnitude of the pro,
lem Than has Mr. JOHNSON; that Tie first thing the
| President must do is To brush away his entire
Cabinet. Now issues demand new men. uIIud
Mr. JOHNSON. upon his accession to power, named
Il ncS Cabinet and called Congress- together I'M
mc,liately, the reconstruction of the South would
long since have been ended; for hc and the
people, through their Congress, would have pulled
together IN Il common purpose"
Tliis fully believe. II is very casy io scc
this now, when wo know, from bitter experience.
That contrary course has led to disastrous 70.
suits. But in what follows VIC cannot agree with
the ihp"M 1T is not too late yet to restore har-
lnnny between the forces of Government Nov
however, is The moment to strike Let tho Prrsi
dent by virtue Of Tho executive right given to him
by our fundamental law. suspend tho Cabinet, tho
Tenure Of Office Bill to tho contrary notwithstant
ing III hc has no courage 20 do this ho is
not equal to the OCCASION"
"Ersdes the reconstruction of his Cabinet, MIR.
Johnson is master OF the best method for tho re-
construction of the South, and by n single stroke
nf his pcn may, by virtue Of tho power which the
Constitution gives him, proclaim universal amncs-
y-arncsiy for the white who WAS foolish cnoneh
to into rebellion with tho toa that llc alone
was created to govern the county: amnesty for
the poor negro, whose intellect liz completely u:-
settled by our political quarrel OYER him; amnesty
rpr tue North, which is heartily sick of paving the
bills torthcsc Ethiopian thcatricals; amnesty for
or commerce. our agricultural nicrcHta, our pro-
gross as people; above ALL amnesty for tho brains
nf or statesmen. Let us, therefore, have now
Cabinet AMI general amnesty"
This is all very limo talk. Nothing more; utter
" inn racticablG. There are several difficulties in
the way Of tho execution Of this programme. l.
The President is moi equal TO the occasion. . IIe
cannot disregard tho lnws of Congress without
jcopar,ling his position and official existence. D.
\ declaration OF amnesty, rs We stated yesterday,
would Inc OF no avail.
Unless we arc much mistaken, ninct y-ninc out
oi every hundred cS-Confeilcratcs have already re-
ccvcd the benefit. either OF general amnesty, mn
der ilc Prcsidcnts proclamation Of June, 1865, or
nl Il special pardon since granted by him. a
declaration Of universal amnesty, therefore, wonld
not add over one per cent. to the number already
enjoying the immunity il wonld he capable of con-
ferrng. But amnesty aud pardon from the Exc.
cnivc, we have already seen, does not remove
political disability, imposed by Act of Congress.
However Unconstitutional tho President may deem
this Infringement on his prerogative, hc has never
s:.,nict his intention Of setting aside any of tho
Acts Of Congress, either i'll whole or in part.
revolution il necessary to effect wlIat the
Herald proposes. But il is our firm conviction,
that tho Herald only desires to raise sensation,
and gives little heed to tho logical result to which
ita propositions would lead.