Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-19
CONGRESS TO CONTINUE TO RE


ments In the government, co-equal in their
assigned Spheres to the prescribed degree
independent of each other, and each to
check, balance, and correct attempted
entertainments and alterations from the
constitutional line by one or both of the
others. This is one of the cardinal
features of the American system, and
the most admirable. Practically, within
the past three years, Radicalism has
abolished this feature. I-has made Cen
gress supreme over the President and the
Supreme Court. All through the recent
campaign, it was openly argued that the
troubles of the country were traceable TO
the attempt Of President Johnson to
assert the Executive perogatives against
the dictatiOn Of that body, and that G en-.
Grant should be elected in order that a
concordance between Congress and the
Executive could be maintained. The |
Radical doctrine is that Congress is
directly representative OF the will of the |
people and its measures must be the
supreme law; without let or hindrance
from any authority.
1t so happens however that in the
elections to the next Congress that party
has had its strength in the House of
Representatives, reduced below a two
thirds majority, and such number is
necessary to that absolute domination in
the government which it seeks to retain.
With this fact in mind, and the further
facts, that Grants position is dubious,
and he as incrutable as the Sphynz, the
astute leaders have commenced to grow
uneasy about Congressional almightiness
for the next four years. They preceive
it is quite possible that Grant may John
sonize or Tylerize, and that veto, with
out twO-thirds in the Senate and House
Of Representatives, might seriously Grip
pie their power, and baulk some medi-
tsted schemes. Hence they are devils
ing measures to give Grant TO understand
that he is to go into the Presidency with
the gives on his limbs, and that if he
daros TO contest the will Of the loyal''
millions, and thwart anything they, the
leaders, may choose to call one Of the
results Of the great conflict, that two
thirds Of both houses Of Congress will be
more than a match for him. II possible
they intend to have harmony between the
President and Congress, by giving the Rad
icals Of the latter body the power to make
him DO as they please. As we said a
few days after the election, every closely
contested seat will be put through the
mill of the House Committee on Flee.
tons, and reliable Radical will be
ground out and given the seat. They
intend to have the requisite two thirds
to nullify any veto Of Gen. Grant. The
New York World Of the 10th inst. de-
velops the opening man@vusr rs in this
game, and says
The latest phase of the little game is
TO keep the two thirds. As matters now
stand the Radicals are some ten or twelve
short of a two-t thirds in the forty first
Congress. To do away with this over
plus Of Democrats and thereby put the
ring in Grants nose, should the General
prove FESTIVE, is prime object, and this
is the way they mean to do it. In
primiS, the word has gone out from
Washington and walked into galvanic
life a certain select decoction, five
in number, Of that learned body that,
from the antecedents of its men,
bership, was known as the Mississippi
Chsinrgang Convention. This decoctiOn
styled committee, has all Of a sudden DIS
covered that the negro constitution was
not, after all, defeated in Mississippi by
1929 votes, as officially reported by the
district commander, but-seven strong
anti-constitution counties being thrown
out-was carried. Wherefore the said
quintriple crew, in q resCrpt dated the
third of this month, announce that the |
affair has been duly ratified and adopt |
ed" and divers carpet-bag and negro |
ECALTN tlCtLtu Is DldLC Oll-GIS anu 70 /
Congress. These latter resurrections be- |
ing five % in number, it follows that, on
the adoption Of this manifesto by Con- |
gress, as it will be adopted, the trooly |
loi will add at one fell blow five brand
new carpet>bag votes to their depleted |
ranks. Further than this, it has been |
ascertained, as a Washington special |
to the Post is good enough to tell us, that |
there was such Rebel terrorism" in Lou !
isiana as kept the lOll negroes, who made |
bread and meat for the Confederate ar |
mics when they could not have been |
forced so to do, from the polls This |
means, Of coure, that a sufficient number
sfatliiavitS at $ apiece have been |
prepared TO make a good basis for casting |
out the five Louisiana Democratic Con |
greSsmen- elect whereby it but remains |
for the loil to GUST two, or, at most, three |
more Democrats to get their two thirds. !
This is soon done, as it IS now being as !
certaned" that in Georgia there was also |
a terrorism which lost the State to Grant. |
This done, out 20 seven Georgia Demo- |
Gratis, and cola the two thirds. Then let |
Lotus .have-peaco wag his head Johnson |
izingly at US if c dare, and We unto |
whom is given the fitness OF the earth |
not forgetting the two-thirds, will show
him on which side Of the hedge shines |
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