The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-30
The obstacles 10 he ISemoved.


We stated In our issue ofyester'lay Tues
day. that there was nothing more ccrlnin
In political movements than the fact that
the Radical leaders have determined upon
the removal Of MIR. JOHNSON and the de-
struotion Of the supreme Court as CO.
equal branch Of the Federal government.
In proof Of what we then asserted, aud now
reiterate, we submit the following taken
irsm an article appearing in the Antt-Std-
very Standard, one Of the leading Abolition
journals, the writers for which, IL Is gem
orally conceded. speak from a foll knowl-
edge OF what they know TO be the pro-
pramme of the Radical leaders. The
STANDARD says;
oThe late decisions Of the supreme Court
show us that we must henoeiorth count two
OF the three great cO-equal powers OF the
tloyernmrnt against rs. Ilenceforth Con-
Qress fights alone for the nation against the
Supreme Court and the President, leagucd
In the service of rebeldOm. or course,
therefore, the contest grows keencr ana
more equal, and the South takes courage.
The North Is not discouraged, because she
knows her omnipOtence, knows that she
can crush all the mere forms ofgovernment
cure It's great purpose-justice, and the
preservation Of national existence. This
the people mean 10 do. and will do unless
balked by timid, selfish, incompetent and
corrupt leaders,
And again in speaking of the supreme
Court, the writer says
"Oflate It is seen to be what It is, mere
appendage to party. Appointed for life It's
Judges must of course, often find them
selves appurtenant. by their prejudces aud
associations, to defeated party. such Is
their present position; and, like all trug-
ments and elements of the old, disloyal
Democratic party, its fate is certain. The
moment there arises In the Republican
ranks man bold enough to strike, the peo-
pie Will applaud the blow. There VIII be
the same uutcry aud the same resistance,
from the same quarters, rs there was when
Anti-Slavery first demanded that the
nation should mould its form or its spirit.
The outcry aud resistance will be Just as
vain in this case rs IN that. TtN instincts
of the masses, the consciences ofjust men,
the spirit of the age, and Gods law, all
demand that the inspiration and corner
stone of this Government shall be justice.
The Constitution, with It's tlme-honored
compromises held up by the strongest of
parties, was dust In the balance against
such current. This Court will prove the
same. The dry. rot of its political sub
servence has made it an empty form. The
wind Of the blow that demolished slavery
was enough to scatter this obstacle from
our path
The article from which we have made
the foregoing extracts, is from the pen of
WENDELL PumLIPs. that arch-traitor to
the Constitution and Union, who boasted
that for nineteen years he had labOred for
their destruction, and thanked GoD that he
had accomplished the work and who, the
people are fully aware, has been the head
and front of the Radical party in the dicta-
ton of its policy ever since the advent of
Mr.. LINCOLN to the Presidency.
With so full and distinct an avowal upon
the part of the Radical leaders rs TO the
course they intend to pursue, and the ready
and willing inclination of such creatures
as ASHLEY to do their bidding and dirty
work, can Democrats and other men who
love their country and her institutions and
entertain decent respect for the memories
OF the patriotic dead, longer hesitate as to
the course they will pursue in order to
hurl these mad devils from the places they
occupy maintain their own Government
and secure their own liberties?