The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-10-01
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, October, i, 1857,
/. The Next session..

AifbRuy We nave ~ given OUT tilHb
the session Of Congress which meets
next month, win be as'sstormy" one,
But a peaceful meeting-an earnest
determination to bring the people Of
8 the, country onoe more together, in
the bonds Of unity and harmony,
and to cement the .Union-should be
the principal part of the programme.
And were the members to do this
late as the reformation would come
we believe the American people would
willingly accept the reconciliation
they might tender. Butwe fear that
suoh course. on the. part of the
dominant party can scarcely be ex-
pected, and least Of all at the ap-
preaching session. The master
spirits of the party in power have
been driven to frenzy, by: the efforts
which the President has recently put
forth to vindicate the Constitution
and maintain the laws of the United
States, against the encroachments of
military power. He has wounded
them in the tenderest spot, dethroned
their pets, and driven from his coun-
oils their chosen representative, who
had done more to prostitute the civil
laws Of the country beneath the iron
heel Sof military absolutism, than
any other official in the country. He
has unequivocally defied them. and
it, therefore, may be safely predicted,
that the next session will be O
"stormy" one. But how will Con-
gress proceed; how will that body
, inaugurate their schemes against the
Executive They may replace Stan
ton, but that viii not do them much
good, for under the few months ad-
ministration of the Department by
General Grant, the eyes of the whole
people have been opened to the pre-
vious shameful extravaganza that
prevailed under his predecessor. He
would not, we verify believe, have
the confidence Of the people.
The browning blow is be i'm
parchment For two years and up
wards, committee have been inves-
tigating and hunting up some charge
upon which to base articles of i'm
peachment. They have, thus far,
failed, and it is not clear that since
the adjournment of the last session
the President has been guilty of any
OF these ''high crimes and misde.
meanors, upon which alone the Con-
stitution declares the President can
be impeaohed. But suppose Con-
gress should determine to impeach
him any way, what would most likely
be the result? The patience of the
American people has been tried to
the utmost tension of forbearance,
and we cannot believe they would
tolerate this last blow at the republi-
can institutions of the country. The
great interests, manufacturing and
commercial, could not stand tamely
by and submit to the terrific shock
which such a revolutionary move
ment would certainly produce. The
people themselves would demand a
fair trial for their Chief Magistrate
before full Senate. They will not
see the Executive Office degraded
without just cause, and will not risk
the destruction of all public credit,
and the danger of anarchy and disor-
der which would surely follow. We
trust that when the members come
together, better counsels will prevail.
and that after the first outbreak of
excitement, which may be naturally
expected, that calm review of
the critical condition of the country
will induce them all to act with an
eye single to her best interests and
speedy reconstruction of the Union.
Since Lee surrendered, it has been
the desire of majority of the people