The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-03-11
A Radical Expression, u I. Opinion
on the Possession Of the War
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We copy as follows from the Cincinnati,
Commercial, oftle Path: .', y II - -
A sinister significance attaches, to the
struggle between the President and Con
gress for the possessiou ofthe Ware tice.3
and she circnmstaucefthat Edwin nj: Stau
ton remains 10 the.ofice byinight as.weli.asi
byIda5, guarded by soldiers, is not peace
full in its aspect. 1al lrshoii1js Gosa.ioS d z
aThroughout the country the excitement,
growing out of this state Of affairs, runs,
dangerously high. The dispatch from Gov.
0glesby, of Illinois, exhibits the needless
passion of the injudicious, and bow easily
we might be carried beadlong into. the red
sea Of civil war. >3i q.ilsHJ .hii Il g
When mischief is afootl4when the war
spirit is up, and the general disposition Of
men seems to'be to challenge each other. to
mortal combat IAN admission that one ek-
periences a sense of danger is very liable to-
be taken as q confession of, Weakness land
evidence Of dismay. s5irVI mbiiti Il
No apprehension .thatwe ulay be misun-
derstood by fellow-c citizens shall 'howe-
yer, cause us tomodify the expression of
our most earnest belief chat the condition
ofihe country at thisshour is exceedingly
critical7 Rife in our midst, present to the
consciousness Of all ofus, are the elements
ofGEil var, and the higher the intelligence
ofthe observer, the clearer must, in our
Judgment, be- the conviction that they are
meDaciug and imminent. naaa-9B -ai} I,
THE rishsto the occupancy of and ,pos-
session of the powers pertaining to the
Mar Office is a question of law. The
President has the right to test the constf-
tutionafity ofthe tenure of Office act, under
which Congress insists upon maintaining
Stanton as Secretary Of War. ,1g,'oo
AS Mr.. Lincoln said, pponga memorable
occasion, nobody is hart though it mustbe
admitted that. the b historical precedent
shows that great MANY may be hurtsrif
jadieioas connsels are not kept upperfnost!
MI. stanton's removalfrom the War pffice
would not, in itself infict the Slightest in
jdry apdt any public interest, and with the
venerable Thomas Edwiag In his place
the country would not indulge in spontaneo
Gus combustion. is sc7q t}e} sztm tietfz n
2MD)Stantoni had been maintainedIin the
War Office, notfor any great service that
healoneiis capable ofrendering the coun-
try therein, but as an assertion of the pow.
etof Congress in The Cabinet OF The Pfesi-
dent! Stanton in the War Office is the
express and standing advertisement, by au-i
thQFity of Congress. of, the humiliation
and helplessness of Andrew johnson. ~
New there are two guestions,nthat we.
must not overlook in the ferpor of feeling
on this subject: First islitieonstitutional-
y withinitIfe power of Congress thus ITO
subjagate the President in. his own house,
hold? Second is it we'll to degrade the
Office Of the Chief Magistracy in this way.
because Andrew johnson is Che incum-i
bent of the Office? +. { -. - ~ ~.
IN the Senate debate on the Tepure-of-
Office Act, the objection was urged by DEM
ocratic.Senatorscth that it would prevent the
President from being master in his own,
house and force him to submit to- the re-
tentlon Of obnoxious Cabinet officers, and
SUCH construction of the law " IS secuted
byRadical Senators, Mr., Sherman deaoan-.
chg as ridiculos the assumption; that any
Man sof honor would remain a, Cabinet
o1eer for an hour after tho slightest sug-,
gesdonby the, President,that desired to
effect aichanga land not only is it an uu4
disputed fact Stanton himself declared III
Cabinet meeting the .uneopstitutionalty
otths act upoh which, he new plants HIM
sell as good law it is also, true that Gen.
Srraspt and Lieut., Gen, Sherman, have
Teed upon Stanton that he should leave
ae Cabinet. lie. remains, not through
patriotic motives, but from pure personal
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