The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-09-17
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ANOTHER PROCLAMATION CoMfNG.--A con-
tributor to the National Intelligencer, who is
also a warm personal friend to the President,
and an original secessionist, writes as follows
to Charleston paper: I.H has f|,.,..,,,s'F
1.-The President is expected to act upon his
new line Oh operations IN the course of a week
He is to issue the Amnesty proclamation, eject
Mr.. Seward from tile Cabinet, and invite POST
master General Randall to resign. It'll also
asserted that a new proclamation, following up
that Of Sept. 3, about civil supremacy, will be
issued, applying che principles therein asserted
to some very important Subjects The procla-
nation asserts thee Executive power in the
broadcast terms, and next we are to know, what
the President will do with it. OF course, it
did not require all this parade Of constitutional
prerogatiye for the mere purpose of eensuring
Genera! Sickies for alleged hindrancc of ].
process from. the United States Circuit Court
of North Carolna The President has been
often advised andurged by the peaceDemocrats
lCopperheads)J to perform some, grand 5co,,p
detdt, by which the people would be at once
awe-struck and delighted, and thus save him
self from the disgrace of causeless in1peacli-
ment and removal without resistancc. 1t
was even suggested that. he would dispense
this XLth Congress last July, but he was not
then up to the mark. There was no stuff in
the whole Cabinet for any energetic niove-
ment Beside the President does not ALWAYS
act upon the theories which he adopts. lie
may, however, if properly supported BY those
around him, announce in a proclamation, at
an early day, or before, the meeting of Con-
gress, thatit is in his constitutional right and
duty to see that the Constitution, as the SUI
preme law of the land, shall be preserved IN
violate, and that as the acts of Congress- are
unconstitutional they are, null and void, and
shall not be further executed. An issue will
thus be made between the President, who
stands on the: Constitution and the Rump
Congress, which body is changing on the
verge" of the Constitution, and claims, in fact,
to act outside Z; of the Constitution.
The President must of course have as an :id-
wiser and advocate aibold strong man. before
he can thus set Congress at defiance. Mr..
Seward would oppose his new position, but
Judge Black is quite ready to support it with
the utmost ardor and ability Fhe state De-
partmeat will be offered to Judge Black, and
ne WIN accept it with the, utmost confidence
~ uie Jiislice; and also of the success of his
views HJudge Blacks advice sreally adopt
ei ana acted upon, it may be that the Presi-
oen., ~ some crisis of the eonseaue ntstruggle
Win congress, will become inpatient or hest
tate, ana That the Judge viii have occasion To
repeat the exciamation Imputed to Strsfford.
when he found that Charles had tesert,.d him
In connection with this it may, be stated tbat
johnson men here assert that he has resoIveI
upon sending to Congress- on the dnv they 40.
semble, a message, the purport Of which will
be- his late proclamation of civil supremacy
Every Government official throughout the
country is being supplied with copy of this
proclamation, and johnson intends making y
final thing of 1t bygetting it to Congress inof-
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