The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25

| nc Washington corresponding OF thc
| HoSton Post had II conversation with ,hc
| President on Friday. Mr.. johnson smoke
| ,rcr'y concerning tho purpose and cllrc, of
| his recent proclamation aud il il evident
| 'hat nc does not intend T." take any violent
| measures n"t VIII leave The question Of
c'nslilutionality and right Of suffrage 10 be
| decided by the courts. The late r,,mors Of
aeon" "'i"f. and of military usurpation
OF dictntarial power, are only intended for
| tue injury Of the President and The benefit
OF !he Radicals They appear to have no
truthful basis whatever.
The correspondent OF The Pos, saws:
The Presidents late proclamation hoy;nn
| given rise TO much speculation rs 10 thri,.
| purpose and practical bearing upon the
country, il may he interesting TO know what
The author himself thinks and saws regard
ihS them In social conversation to,dav,
Vent'rrd I" inquire Of his Exccllcncv.
ms views of the proclamation declaring The
supremacy OF the constitution. and his spc-
clal object in publishing the same. ad.
mittcd that the purpose was patent ON ihc
lace OF the document, bu that many per-
sons prolc*scd not to be able 10 comrrchc,d
It's practical bearing. lie replied tlmt ihcrc
were now two parties in tho countrv--onc
acting within constitutional limits, tho 9th.
or openly protesting to act outside of tho
constitution. Iii" purpose was to cali The
attention OF each and every clliccr and en-.
rl"ycc of the government to This fact, ihn,
nc might clearly understand his duty, and.
understanding, perform it. Our conslilu-
tion, he said, was the citadel of our freedom
inc wall which cnvlrons and protects us nll
But, another purpose which he had in view
waste assure the country that tho authors
~ of the Federal Judiciary woul be un
ilinchingly maintained in al the States.
called the PrcSidcnt's attention to tho
correspondence published to>day between
General Ord and Colonel Gilhcri in which
me latter claims that General Ord and his
s"hordina'cs were not the servants, but
rather The masters. "f the people. tic TO-
lIled that ii was but one Of tho legitimate
fruits OF the Eadicnl teachings of the dav,
'hal rnhtic officers were not bound by their
oaihs, but might act "ou.Sdc Of the cons,i
tuition; = this very ease, he said. illustrated
The necessity for his proclamation. Col
Gilbert seems TO have lost sight of the fac,
that ours was constitutional government,
ana that he was bound 10 respect the law.
when military officer could thus FORGET
'hnt lhc people were the sovereign and
could assume that he was one of their mas
lcrS, the l'rcsidrn. said he thought i, was
hi9h time that attention should be spccially
called to the requirements Of The constilu.
non ana tue true principles of our govern.
,NSent. ile spoke in iattcring terms Of Gen.
0i,ninnd heartily approved ,hc noble rcbuko
i,mna,, nmom WV ~''eral administered TO Colonel
inquired wlia! BE 1nv,,4, wu,u. M me
practical eject OF thc amnf>>x rrn ,lnm,
ton. lie promptly replied, 'lont.,orn ~,
parties TO all their righls--to place ,,,n,n
precisely where they were before The W..
The suffrage question was one lU be deter
mined rs the courts, nHl not by the uXucu.
tive brancn Of, the government In allud-
ing to the future, he said he had no idea,
what Congress would do, but that hc hclicv
cd that the people take care that their gov
crnmcnt WAS not subvcrlcd and destroyed
SO far Ms he was concerned, he should cXyr.
else c"cry constitutional power in his de
fence, but that the great controlling power
was in the hands of the people themselves,
and his firm conviction was that they would
use il wisely and efficiently. The late clcc.
ticns in california and Maine servo only to
fix his confidence in the "Sobcr sec md
thought Of The people"