The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-08
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Tho New York Tunes Versus the Louisville
acknowledgements mud Civil War-O.d
Threats Renewed.
fErom tho Nnu Yorl, Iinaea llci Z

acknowledgements aud Civil Wur-O.d
Thrcnts Renewed.
From the New York lines oct. ~
The Louisville thy.l Journal has tho following para
graph
rhe radicals may regard II certain that " Congress
mpeaches tho Prssidar, aud attempts 70 suspend nm
from his Office pending she is a OF Impeachment he
Will resist "i,nout respect TO the rcsa, OF the fall ecc
tuns. That tEes may rs well accept as liked fact l.
undoubtedly IL fnc only quest on for those radcais
civil Is whether They viii
encourage Congress 20 ths revolutionary extcrc.
Ii they do Congress viii 20; an nohng avert tie
result wnica all good clzcn5 dread IL Tue
raa,cas succeed next week IN ONO and PENN
syyana Congress VIII inlGiiiby impeach the
President and suspend han from nis Office pending the
tria OF impeachment, lunsias the country into var,
the nd Of millions No tnogghtiul man will deny
the moral Ger amt, OF ms result. IL, howevor, te
impeachment with 1ther reckless measures aud tue
country, though still uurnseousy misrgcd AM remain
II peace. TINS q sefevidsnl 1t Is Tor the men of
Quo and Pennsvvaaia TO ray whether they prefer a
radical victory 18th victory with
peace Certain IS tnai tho true way Tor them 10 avert
civil war is TO defeat radical parry week Aud
the defeat It the better for the peace aud
well are ot the country
IL - dlcuIt to believe that the JcnaI Is sincere IN
these declarations. that they anything maro than
the sppeais Of inscriptions par ian eager
carry election II shey IN sober earnest
simply prove that there Is very considersb class
OF men sti nj tie South vino have not prpu,ed tbs
least by experience Of tie last ten who not
withdrawing whal happened, sli believe 1t quito
easy to bully the North into sub-ervicncy. aud ~ho
have not yet had eDou OF civil war Tue Louisville
JMna in 1867 talks very much like the Charleston
Xsvcny Ia 1900 tie republicans then ~ere rcatencd
with war II ,ney elected LiEcOn rney hrcsen-
ed with they carry Ohio and Penn ylyaniA
Is tue NORTH more ISe, 10 b. a~ed and influenced by
better condition 10 make lhem elective nov taan
them
We 90 nat believe In Tho impeachment prajccI JUS
tce does require Won any pablo interest be
promoted by L. President Johnson. among all hts
biunJer iolles ard weaknesses. hss comn,tted none
OF the .hisb crimes mud m,sdemesnors" which alone
rehtfulIy subject him TO s"cn q prceed'pg Tho pro-
political acionstrepx,heued by tho III timed aud petu
liant action Of the President and his friends. The
whole scheme, when ,onsrcss last adjourned, was
utterly dead and abandond- IL was out Of the power
Of any party OF any b,dy--tas President
himself aone excepted-to give IL life. What the
PresIdsn, johnson d,d ios them. His "' removal
OF Sheridan aud sickles mis- amnesty proclamation and
kindred acts 100 a'e 10 serve any good nurp,e, revived
the fears AID animosies which siufnbcr,ng and
gave fresh yigor aud force TO the prsc of mpcacn-
ment stlii We EN- " - mischicvoas and useless act.
Still less should we favor attempt suspend the
President from ,fRce al on ,le dndine articles n-
peachmea by The House and before Their trial by tue SEN
ate such proceeding wou be uncons,itu iona,
prvceden,ed aud iu OF peril the future OF rpubc
Il would establish . precedent by which political
party, domnans for the moment In Congress could al
ways SCI rid " an obnoxous Executive and seize upon
ali the patronage and power whicn belong to that
Office
peach President, aud Congress the power, by
twothirds majority 10 pass law saspending him IRON
ONE, That rghl aud that power m exerc 10 accord
abce with tu,onai formr. will b. Sustained That
law u thus passed, viii be obeyed. II not be cobst
tat ona-n Judgment ~orld nos be but the Pes-
deut has authority To that account Tue
Execut IL not the tribunal to which the right Of
nuing laws thai may be itutiona has boon
nded IL may be Involvement. may be " great det
rimeut 10 the pubic welfare TO submit 10 tue law until
t can DO brought beors tho proper tribunal for rey-
siou but that cannos DO helped Very many OF the
forms required by tue constitution involve less
OF euieucs Of damage To impor ant interests
but tney involve less than would DO incurred by
violation.
The experience Of the war ought 70 have made u
clear 10 every body thai the people this country will
NOT tolerate appeal 70 force against aw In any case,
or a. . remedy Tor any wrong The South, especially,
ought andessnd this thoroughly. They tried IT,
powerful support they hope for with grea,cr
again Expect With the moral support at the outset OF
the party The North which had controlled tho govern
msn er twenty years, aided By toe sympathy Of all
the great foreign powers and thus enabled 70 raise
money aud keep great armies In the neid fer succss
sion Of years; aud their failure complete and
over helming rs 10 stand forever conspicuous
among tie great national disasters OF history.
No statesman spd no Journalist show himself
friend Of the south BY urging armed 10 resist
an unconstitutional Law redress . political wrong
such redress be Obtained only by appealing rst the
Supreme Cours aud 10 the baoi-box II both ,hess
fall, the case hopeless The wrong Is without
The President he's no worss ''frenos- ,has hcss Who
awe hin such sci the Louisville Journal fore
shadows In its threats He has n thsso evinced ans
such vision. either In the select Of his c,unssorl
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