Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-01-23
Correspondence from the Capitol


congress is moving Win InaIhe'
= determination in the important worl
before it. Never, since the vote OF
+ the Civil Rights bill, have the Re
- publicans closed ranks and marched
y up to the battle with so compact
? front, and with so determined spirit
G The apparent Generalization mani
c tested in the vote on impeachment
g which, at the time, looked ominou'
of perhaps worse things to come
D in the future, is now reliably over
e come, and as the President advan
p ces in his wicked work of treason
sense Of the Increasing pcrils o.
the country inspires our friends to
prompt, concentrated, vigorous ac
tion, and to leave no stone unturned
l that can contribute to the safety oi
the Government.
The House has passed, with great
unanimity, bill requiring that any
decision of the Supreme Court de-
claring a law of Congress unconsti-
tutional, shall have a concurrence
of two-thirds of the whole number
ofJudges. The Bench is now com
posed Of eight Judges, six of whom
must unite in declaring law un-
constitutional. This is q well de-
vised measure, and will give heal
thy influence in favor Of the laws
enacted by the peoples representa-
tives. 1t is much safer, if mistakes
are made at all, that they be made
by the lawmakers, for they can
easily be remedied by the people at
the next succeeding election; but
not SO if made by two or three of
the Judges. They hold for life, and
may persist in their errors till they.
die, as did old Taney, after his in
famous decision in the Dred Scott
case. When the President yetoes a
law, it takes two-thirds of each
branch Of Congress to overcome his
veto now let it require two thirds
of the Supreme Court to nullify a
law thus made. 1t is not disguised
that this law has been fastened
| by the threatened decision of
a portion of the Court, nulli-
flying the Reconstruction laws,
and thereby render profitless all that
has been done in two years past,
to restore the rebel States and es-
tablish upon sure foundations the
future peace of the country. John
son leaves nothing untouched, that
he can bring into hiSservice, to turn
the Government over into the hands
Of the rebels; and he must be met
at every point and confronted with
a firmness of purpose that shall
teach him that the party that whip
ped the rebels in arms is still alive,
and determined not to sacrifice the
fruits of that victory by suffering
him to turn them over to the enemies
of the country.
The Senate has come up nobly
to the great work before ID, in the
case of Secretary Stanton. 1t has
decided, by vote of 81 to Z, that
the Presidents reasons for remov-
ing Stanton are not sufficient, and
therefore not approved; and by
virtue of that vote Stanton walked
into his old quarters on Tuesday
morning, and is Secretary of War
again. This will be hailed by the
loyal people everywhere, as most
happy event, and will do more to
inspire public confidence in the
strength and purpose of Congress
in its efforts to re-establish the Un-
ion, than anything that has occur
ed for many months past. 1t is
said johnson is much angered by
Grant yielding up the keys of the
office; but if he expected that Grant
could be induced to stand in the
face Of public law, or resist by
force a faithful public officer from
taking legal and peaceful charge of
his Office, he mistook his man,
No man knows better than Grant,
the great aud valued service rem
dered the country by Stanton in
that same Office, in the hours of our
country's greatest peril, and no
man is more free to accord him the
credit therefor, which is so justly
due him; and his return to his old
and honored post of duty, was at
once a relief and pleasure to Gen.
Grant,
johnson may buy up with SUI
gar stick such men us Hubble, Still
well Stoneherrv. Browning, &c,