The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-03-11

! .s@asa ~ ysss s., So, K -.
! the assassins. Of one President and
the simpeachers, of another will
stand side by side onzthe pages of
history with,ike odium. [Cheers. ]
He wonid warn56C Congress not to
proceed in this matter There
will be resistance by force 4; but
|.ths great force Of any civilized age
is the force Of pubic opinion ex-
pressed as the public know how
to express it. [Cheers, So *
|. The following resolutions were
enthusiastically adopted -
+ Resolved, >, That the present po-
llitieal crisis is fraught with great
and peculiar danger to eonstitu-
|tioaal3goyernment: and to republf
administrations in the United
tsStates. &.ssszs ~. a5-'-s: - >. - ~
Resolved, That the chief if not
| the only, safeguard Of freedom is
IEGovernment under and by writ
ten Constitution, " hich is the sole
;;guaraateeaef the rightsefsthe peo-
pie andsof theStstes, and which
can alone Insure the stability Of
republican institute ons, upon which
rests the permansn snt prosperity Of
this country that, wisely and
Fskillfally framed as swass:the Con
|stitasion which the faith herss of the
republic left ns as the frniit Of their
bloody struggle and patient conn
ssels, tits even less the preserva-
tionof this Constitution that de
naands our chiefest care than the
absolute submission tosthe Consti-
tuition wihstesssss ss I I z may ! -be, until
it is changed by the will of the
people in accordance with it's own
progislons: - i
! Resolve, That being the or
ganie iaw; iinsEirtue ofswhieh Only
our political lily and Our,
Government EXIST the sConstitu-I
tion is for: the people aad the
Government of the Upited States,
,ats once she5 found ationaef aA saau-s
ni5esiiTlaI Laws and saboSe all other
hannah law and is strictly binding
upon aH aepartmentssof the Gov.
eminent Leg gisIatiiye1 as wen as.
Executive and Judicial and that
those who attack, defy or: disre.
gard this primal law, openly. or
ihsia aloisly Under the forms Of leg
isiation, commit aiik ewrong With:
those who sought like ends, BY
force Of arnsssthat iteiss the first
dutysof the Pre- sident Of the Uni
ted States TO preserve, prot otectsand
defend the Constitationsby: all
lawful means against attacks from
aoy euarter, egenssheuldsthey be
made by the represea atiyes : Of:
the peeple,ygho themselvese can:
not disregard It, or change it. 9th
erwise- than in accordance with its
own psevisiops, except by break
ing down our only barrier against
anarchy on one side and tyranny
onthes ether. a zcsz se*z3!!ss ~ :.
Z Rasolssd, That the President,
being the only Executive officer
known theg Constitution, and
the Secretaries ofsthe several de-
partmentss being, as the Supreme
Court has decided, hissabordnate
ministerial officers, or. in. the
words Of the, court, s:his hands, ;"
and he, not theys being response
bic to the people for their acts, be
is Of right, as inrpractice he has
always been, from the admins
tration of Washington : to the
present day, thes proper judge of
their fitness to- remain in such,
Official connection with him :; and
that in the last words Of that able
statesman and true patriot, the
late Governor Andrew, Of Massa-
*ehnsests. Whiehe he applied to Mr..
ohnson, Congress .oughtto leave
the President free to. select his
Cabinet. and to hold him responsi.
BE, as the country would do for
its composition !; and that being
! thus responsible for them he has
a direct and supreme personal in