The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-01-16

President johnson, IN his vetoe message does no
talk bic for whom the revolutionary umbriL /
waiting to convey sim to The guiiiotne Of official de-
tapItatipD His Nueds are as eaiai his arguments Il
#eao! clear sd fitsed. and bis spirit seemingly al
assured though Mtfat Phillips had g1a1 oDv The
other day, declared his Impeachment and removal b
4 be Indispensable; as though st, just Stevens aus
En5espierre Sumner not eager to follow Hp ths
declaration With action, and as through lrenzeG
i popuace were not ready to shrek and dance like
drunken satyrs about the wheels that rumbled over
the Constitution, hurrying its last defender to execu
ton The Presidents frmness is remarkable as his
practical power IN opposing the usurpation of Congress
has been heretofore small. His intellectual ability
appears greater with each remoustrance which he
utters But passion and desperation on the other side
appear to increase in larger ratio The present
message accompanying the Of the bill to regulate
suffrage in the District of Columbia, surpasses in
arSunentaive force, perhaps well AS i'll perspicu
Gus terseness OF style, any one OF his previous
5ages But there is slender ground for hoping that ii
will sEcceed in arresting the legislation to which il
specially refers, the policy Of which that legislation
is consistent part Mere words powerless against
revolutionary momentum. 1t is Hike an independent
force selfnpeied and sclfacceleraed but inca paEe
OF pausing. The radicals in Congress have virtually
abolished the executive Veto by acting in
as wothds majority resolved to override the con-
stitunonal opposition OF the President. 1t is not to
be supposed that they will fail to do so in this instance
Not only is likely that Congress will carry the vetoed
measure over the Presidents head but that the radicals
stlli further embodened by another case of lis in
eifectuai resistance, and still more infatuated by his
persistent endeavor to battle their designs will rush
with greater n ccptatlon TO the adoption of undis-
guIsed measures Of revolution Some of their organs
chalng at the recent decision Of the Supreme Cou
indicating disposition in that tribunal to nullifv
Judlcay unconstitutional proceedings the part of
any of the branches Of the government are now adj
vlsng Congress to frame and pursue its econsructye
measures Oh the assumption that the country is in
sate Of institutional anarchy" and the radical shirts
OF that ragmcntary but ambitious asscmblare are hut
too willing to listen to such advice as the behest aud
the antlclpatory endorsement of the people. In THAI
case we might expect reconstruction Of the Supreme
Court, tantamount to its SUPPRESSION and proceedings
with regard to the President which, if not adequately
resisted, would signify in effect the abolition of his
Office as an independent aid coordinate power in the
government
Meantime the spectacle Of the President, vanlv
protesting and Valny warning, noble and admirable as
1t IS IN many respects, is melancholy attachment of
the loc OF political Cassandra. The walls of the
constitutional Troy are it is to be feared hopeless,y
shattered. It's assaants are becoming too confident
to take the pains to invent DISCUSSES for obtaining en-
trance to the CITADEL Tomorrow, perchance it will
be on fire; the next day it may be ashes
ct, with all these apprehensons and contingencies
before the country, the President continues to speak
boldly, firmly and wisely. Politically, the radicals
,a1 ' 10 "ne"uy pE'e"ucu olHclaliV he stu Keeps
his head while the body Of his official power as against
congressional encroachments appears rapidly approach
ing degree of attenuation not SenSibly distinguishes
bic from nonentity But the head retains its ftt size
with all its organs and faculties nvigorated rather
than impaired speaking with courage, defiance and
sagacity to the last The t dscapitee" the speaking
and prophecying head with which an ingenius artisan
has amused and heWi!dercd the Partisan world NAV
possibly be remembered hereafter as curious coinci
lent OF an analogous exhibition in the gloomicst days
ot the American republic. But let US devoutly hone
hat the utteranccs of the American head will not
always be unheedcd, bodless and inconscqucnias.
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