Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-12-13

whole national debt in less than fifteen
years. 1t isyain to hope that negroes
will maintain their ascendancy them
selves. Without military power they
are wholly incapable of holding in sub
lection the white people of the south.
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.
Another reason for retracting our
steps will doubtless be seen by Con
gress in the late manifestations OF
public opinion upon this subject
We live in a country where the popu-
lar will always enforces obedience to
itself, sooner or later. 1t is vain to
think of opposing it with anything
short of legal authority, backed b,
overwhelming force. 1t cannot have
escaped your attention that from the
day on which Congress formally pre-
,ented the proposition to govern th'
Southern States by military force
with a view to the ultimate establish
ment of negro supremacy, every ex
preston of general sentiment has
been more or less adverse to it. Tht
affections of this generation cannot
be detached from the institutions OF
their ancestors. Their determination
to preserve the inheritance of free
government in their own hands, and
transmit it unimpaired to their OWL
posterity, is too strong to be success
fully opposed. Every weaker pas
sion will disappear before that love
Of liberty and law for which the
American people are distinguished
above all others in the world.
TENURE OF OFFICE.
Unrestricted power of remova
rom Office is very great one to bt
trusted even to a magistrate chosen.
by the general suffrage Of the Who'll,
people, and accountable directly to
hem for his acts. 1t is undoubtedly
liable to abuse, al d at some period
If our history perhaps has bech
,bused. If it be thought desirable
and constitutional that it should bt
50 limited as to make the President
merely a common informer against
other public agents, he should at Least
ne permitted to act in that capacity
/ before some open tribunal independ
cnt of party politics, ready to In
vestigate the merits Of every case
furnished with the means Of taking
Evidence, and bound TO decide accord
ing to established rules. This woul(
guarantee the safety of the accuse
! when he acts in good faith. and at TIN
q same time secure the rights OF tn
II other party. Ispeak Of course wit
d all proper respect for the presen
! Senate, but it does not seem to IN
that any legislative body can be S
constituted as to insure its fines
y tor these functions. 1t is not tn
" theory of this government that tn
a = public Offices are the property o
- those who hold them. They are give
" merely as a trust for the public benz
Z fit, sometimes for a fixed perioC
sometimes during good behavior, br
generally they are liable to be tern
" mated at the pleasure of the appOln
:. ing power which represents the co
- ective majesty and speaks the wi
y of the people. Forced retention
'' office of single dishonest persO
= may work great injury to the publ
- interests. Danger to the public ser
ice comes not from the power to r
~ move, but from the power to appoin
80, therefore it was that the trainers
o. the Constitution left the power of r
~ moval unrestricted. while they gay
- The Senate the right to reject ak a
ho pointments which, in its opinion, we
~ not fit to be made. A little re1ecti(
= On this subject will probably salts
ID all who have the good of the count
-. at heart, that our best course is to ia
~, The Constitution for our guide, wa
IA in the path marked out by the toun
~ RS of the republic, and obey the ru
~ made sacred by the observance of 0
of great predecessors.
mo THE CONDITION OF OUR FINANCES
the and the operations of our reven
the ,ystem are set forth and fully expla
ID in the able and instructive repC
'ht IF the Secretary Of the Treasury,
no IN the Both of June, 1866, The pl
b, ic debt amounted to 81, 1888, 425.8
cd IN the 30Gh June last, it was 81, 69
leI i99,2l5, showing a reduction duri
Dnl- he fiscal year of $9l ,226,664. D
tn, nS the fiscal year ending June
mel 1867, the receipts were S49O,6s
lIy 30, and the expenditures $346, L
zen 20, leaving an available surplus
on, ;I43,904,SS0. 1t is estimated t
hal he receipts for the fiscal year end
vii June 80, 1868, will be SAT-, 9
Ignl md that the expenditures will re
W, he sum of $393.269,226, leaving
- he treasury a surplus of S23, 1892, I
two For the fiscal year ending June
ora 500. it is estimated that the recei
nal. vii! amount to 1881 100000
theI hat the expenditures will be 50
, in 100000 showing an excess of
the 100000 in favor Of the governm
, on.
re. The route of the Lamoile Va
ere. Railroad is decided upon as far
nent Cambridge, and the choice is !
,ady open whether to continue it to G
,ises ria or through Essex Junction