The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-25

American wing of the Fenian Organization
The motion recently made in the Court of Queens Bench
for change of place of trial of the Fenans Burke Carey
Shaw and Mullaney from Warwick to London likely be
granted.
The preliminary examination of Lennon has been
Guided Evidence was given to the effect that he was the
leader of the attack the police SpAsde last spring
He was held for trial on the charge of high treason.
On the 18th of January the Senate of the United States,
by majority of 35 to g. refused sustain the action of
President johnson in supendng Mr. Stanton from his office
as Secretary of War; The consequence of this vote is that
General Grant withdrew from the office which he held ad
interim and Mr. Stanton entered the discharge of
his usual duties.
The following letter. drawn up by Judge Lawrence of
Ohio circulated in the House for signatures and sent to
Mr. Stanton. All to whom it presented signed 1t except
."WAsH1NGToN, January H. 1868.
4 " To Hon. E. NJ Stanton Secretary of War.
eve respectfully request you continue Secretary of
War; and resign. Since the passage Of the Tenure of
Office law you have been the officer of the people, not
movable without the consent of the Senate and ought
resign unless the people demand it, They expect you
This was signed by William Lawrence, Colfax Thad.
Stevens scofeld Cuom, Trowbridge Judd N Harding,
Smith, Braman, Kelsey, VanAernam, Mccarthy Trmbe of
Tennessee Price, Van Horn of Missouri Benton, Myers,
Wilson Of Iowa. covode Ferry uPsOn Longbridge v f. r.
Donnelly A. T. Stevens, Clarke of Kansas, ONe, Morrill,
Plant Ames Dawes Pike Stokes, Hoorhead Ortiz Kooniz
Churchill VanWyck Spading, Ashley Farnsworth Schenck
Maynard, Raum
On the day. the House of Representatives passed the
bill making five of the Supreme Court Judges quorum
making the wohds of the judges necessary
declare Act of Congress and requiring
when any law is unconstitutional by District
Circuit Judge, all proceedings under his decision shall be
suspended till his opinion has been rearmed by wothrds
of the full court The bill passed by of 116 to 49,
This will put stop attempts about be made
to test the costutonaity of the Reconstruction laws 1t
is known that wohrds of the judges of the Supreme Court
be got decide these laws unconstitutional The bill
fInCa rof1r
was be made pass without reference to the committee
The National Intelgence has published very lengthy
editorial supposed to reflect the Presidents views regarding
the Reconstruction BILL 1t declares that the
could not become except in naked FORM act of Congress-
1t denounces bitterly what styles an attempt to abolish
the National Legislature" placing the President virtually
under the control of General Grant, while the latter has
will but what directly indirectly that of his superior
the President and Chief who is the highest of
all officers and in himself all power and authority
all officers and soldiers points out what would be
the result under the fifth section of the bill should General
Grant refuse to go SO tar or even go further IMAM the law
permits and says that of difference between the General
and Congress- each acting from of duty there would
power decde and would become the duty of each
party to "coerce the other to submission After reviewing
the sections which claims abolshes both the Judicial
power the and the Executive department Also
the article closes in the following remarkable language 1t
can come nothing without the cooperation of the General
of the Army 1t all rests him. Whatever his retlcence
this is matter in which reticence might be Misunderstood
At the first act however slight 1t but to orally
promise to assume the functions afforded in it, after such
bill had been repassed the veto of the PRESIDENT
the General of the Army must be cast into jail to await his
trial his country unless the Chief Magistrate
false the trust of the people and false to his oath OF
Office"
letter from Washington to the editor of the Evenng Post
written by a careful and welinormed man, says that the
friends of General Grant apprehensve that he be
assassnaed by the desperate Villains the successors not
the accompces of Booth who feaIhim the next Pres
dent of the United States The General himself displays
anxiety but about him unremng in their watch
fulness over his person.
The President has signed the bill providing for the coec
Of
missioner Rollins has sent Geographic instructions to all the
and Assessors throughout the United States to put
its provisions in force.
The New York Tribune makes the startling revelation that
the number of lives lost in the Angola Railroad disaster
nearly twice large has hitherto been stated being sixty
eight instead of thrynne. The report of the Corones in