The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-19
POLITICAL REAs0NINGs, REQUIRE.
MENTs AND LOGICAL CONCLUSIONS.

We maintain that the bred Scot
Decision by the Supreme Court Of tn
United States and the Arcby Decision
BY the Supreme Court of California
were straight forward, logical conclu
sions. Moreover they were quite a!
right as, and completely in harmony
with, the then existing governance O.
the United States. If they were in
famous there were so because the dom
liant political spirit of the country was
Infamous for they were legitimate de-
1ivatives from, and fully loyal to, the
scheme of government then being as
serted. Slavery was the autocrat Of
the United States; and existed, by force
of self-assertion, in California and j,
made laws in the Legislature and in
the Court of and for itself. Right or
wrong, slavery never suffered its perog-
a,ives to be brought in question and i,
held all the functions and ideas of the
Government subject to itself. And it
made itself respected and feared. 1t
stood upon its own reasonings never
relaxed any of it's stern requirements ;
and never departed from any of its
logical conclusions. BY its own abso-
latism it made the Democratic party to
occupy with relation to all other par
ties comparative position to that held
BY the regular army as eontradistin-
euished from the militia. Its rules and
articles tolerated no INSTRUMENTATION +,
suffered no eccentric individual action.
and compelled that discipline which
to-day shows US the battered lines of
Democracy as closely formed, as vigil
Ian, and as full of fght as if they had
never los. a battle. Slavery, and by
implication, Democracy, has been true
to itself.
The country was saved from defeat in
tie war CT the Rebellion by the uprising
aad eager pressing to the from. of battle
OF tie patriotic men and boys of the
North. Following the victory, and not
until then, was the Government fully
headed in the direction of Republican,
ism-Republicanism as opposed to the
under which the nation had
always heretofore been governed. Ar
drew johnson broke in upon the new
scheme before it had fairly been started.
Until he was impeached, Republican
Government-as solely represented BY
tie majority in Congress-sustained
itself with faithfalness, a yigor and
e strength Of purpose never equalled By
nnE high principled party in any coun-
t-7 before. If no. already broken by
the weakness CT the over educated law
tastcrs of the Senate, it will be ire
,rievably shattered if parchment fails.
Non conviction means that the House
is wrong and Johnson right ; that STAN
toa, who has been standing s.eadfastly
il the Cabinet, VIGOROUSLY obnoxious
% the President, simply and solely to
,e in condition to serve the Republic,
is an intruder who deserves to be kicked
m. and that the Tenure Of Office Act
is dead letter.
Now we say that the higher law of
political requirements imperatively de-
nands that the Republican members of
he Senate should have given the benefit
# all doubts to the plaintiff, the House
# Representatives. epublicanism in the
.ower House of Congress has been as
much on trial before the Court of I'm
each cient as Andrew Johnson. Moth
ng in the wide world but political rea-
ening can be brought to bear in sup
,ort CT the position occupied by the
Hangers and that character of rea-
oniug never was provided with strong
r or more decent prete1t for a political
oaclusion in favor of the complaining
arty and against the avowed and dan
erous enemy thereof than is afforded
q the case of the Republican Represen-
atives against Andrew johnson.
A. ou,u.o ctrict construcfinnist