The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-08

the folloW1nG despatch to the Baltl-
more Gazette indicates the fnality Of
our sectional difficulties:
lam authorized to say that propo-
sition will be shortly made, in form,
by the Legislature OF North Carolina
and submitted to Congress, Offering
as 1inality the adoption of the Com
stltutlonal Amendment, with tho sub
stltntion for the second and third
sections provisions guaranteeing i'm
partial suffrage and representation
according to the voting population
need not add that the PROPOSE
ton, in my judgment, will be re-
jocted by the radicals. the purpose
of the. leaders Of that party being to
protract, indefinitely, any settlement.
The signs Of the times Enthusiastically
point to far more stringent measures
than any yet proposed, and the
means to be employed are bolder 1
Infinitely more reckless than the pnn-
he seem willing to believe. Many
members of Congress who have had,
up to within the past week, hopes of
final adjustment upon some salts
!2ctol.E basis, ;iow uiIuisst t;;s1,liiy cx-
press themselves without hope, and
admit that their calculations, based
upon The ultimate resistance Of that
class of Republicans whose votes
have, on some occasions, been cast
against ultra measures, have turned
out to DC utterly fallacious. No better
proof OF this can be furnished than
the votes in the House upon an
amendment to the tenure Of Office
bill yesterday. 1t prohibits the Pre-
sldcnt from remoyinga Cabinet officer
without the consent of the Senate.
1t was, at first, substantially defeated,
but the party lash was applied, and,
upon reconsideration, it was adopt
ed, and the bill, with it Incorporated
as a provision, passed by strict
party vote. 1t will go to the Senate,
be feebly opposed by the more mo-
derate Republicans, who will finally
yield, and, by Jhe time it comes back
with the Presidents objections, the
party will have become q unit. and
the bill become a law by the vote of
two thirds Of both Houses.
Under existing circumstances, this
bill is of vital consequence No man
doubts that the purpose of making
the Cabinet independent is to tie the
hands Of the President in view OF
his election from the position he oc-
cuplcs. In truth, the whole legisla-
ton Of this Congress has been but a
piece OF network with which to en-
vlron the Executive preparatory to
the utter demolition OF his authority,
and placing in his stead 4 Lord
Protector already selected The re-
straints OF the. Constitution are utter
ly condemned even by such pretended
conservatives as Raymond, and that
instrument held to have been, in
fact abolished by the results Of the
war. He who imagines, thereforc,
that the fundamental law present
the slightest barrier to the dcstruct-
i've course marked out by the revolu-
tionists, indulSes in delusion which
IS directly at variance with every
word ana every act Of the dominant
party.
It is fact which cannot be too
soon fully understood by tile people,
and duly ponlered upon. that An
drew johnson IS ut this moment upon
his trial; that the witnesses. such as
detective Baker, are upon the stand
that his case has been prejudged,
and that he is liable, .t any moment,
to he dragged to the bar of the
House and deposcd.
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