The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-03-19
that nature has intended him for the
imperial purple. Room! for the King.
Room for the son Of Jesse.
Where We Stand.
From the New York Express.l

tors in the days Of Charles and Crom.
we'll, or the French in the reign of the
revolution. If it is now q bloodless
Revolution, it is rather because dtspo-
tlsm has the mastery Of the Army and
tue Legislature, while the Courts and
Executive fail to maintain themselves
against attempted nsurpation, than
from any other cause. For two years
the civil war has been over, with no
opposing forces in the field, no legisla-
tive attempts to resist Constitutional
authority, no combinations against the
Government, public or private, no con.
spiracies, no marauding or flibuster'
ing, no guerilla forces, and no associa-
tions of any kind to weaken the author.
ity of the Government. Notwlthstan.
ding this submission to law and order
upon the one side, we see a deliberate
purpose on the part OF the majority in
Congress to overthrow the Govern
ment,-to con'rol the President Of the
United States and to assume authority
over the Judicial Department of the
Government. The spectacle is equally
painful and alarming, and unless these
aggressions are resisted by the People.
the Government may be regarded rs
near its end, and gradually passing
away, as have all previous Repub-
lies.
The President is now arraigned by
Congress for maintaining powers which
clearly belong to him under the Con-
stitution. He claims authority over
his Cabinet ministers, the power to re.
move them for cause, or, If the Radi
Gals please, without cause, though all
know he has a hundred causes for re
moving Mr.. Stanton. The majority in
Congress interpose the Tenure Of o.
lice Bill against his action, but unwil.
ling to have the constitutionallity OF
this law tested, they resort to articles
of impeachment, in order to turn the
Executive out of office and put Wade,
of Ohio. an extreme Radical, in his
place. The head ahd front of the Pres
dents real offence, even so far as the
law is concerned, goes not beyond his
purpose to maiatain his rights under
the Constitution, ard every one of these
rights have been exercised by the Pres
ident from the foundation of the Gov
ernment.
Language fails us to express the
heighth and depth Of despotism Of
Congress in its proposed usurpation.
1t begins its work, as did the Congress
before it, by rejecting every member Of
Congress upon whom it can lay vic,
lent hand, as in the case Of Senator
Stockton of N. D., two years since, Sen
ator Thomas Of Maryland, within the
few days past, aud as in the case OF
Messrs. Voorhees,, Brooks and other
members of the House Of Representa-
tives. In this way only has it been
able to maintain It's two thirds power
in the House and Senate. Wholly dis.
regarding the voice Of the People and
Of the States, it BOW urges the trial Of
the President for high crimes and mis-
demcanors. What crimes and misde-
meanors? The attempted removal Of
Mr.. Stanton from the War Office! And
why is this done? Because Mr.. Stan
ton refuses to obey the Executive in
the discharge of his official duties.
The trainers of the Constitution, if
they made any one provision more for
cible than another, decided that the sew
cral Departments ofthe Executive were
independent Of each other. The ten
dcncy in 1887 and later, was to give
large powers to the federal Legislature.
Men like Madison and Morris toresaw
the end from the beginning. The lat
ter said, in the Convention, and in
words gifted with prophecy, that Con-
gress would seize those critical mo-
ments produced by "war, invasion, or
convulsion," to impeach the President,
or "to aggrandize itself" Mr.. Pinck-
ney added, On the same view, that il
'Ms President opposes a 1avorite lar,
the two Houses will combine against
him, and under the influence of heat and
faction, throw him out of Office" To
the Senate, as we know, was finally Civ
en- the sole power oftrying all impeach
ments, but this power Of impeachment
can only be for treason, bribery, or
some high crime OF misdemeanor. No
such charge now lies at the door of the
President He is the victim of grace
less combination, who are acting gnether
in the fear Of God nor men, with an alb.
sence of justice, fairness, decency, and
without even pretend respect for the
Constitution or the People.