Middletown transcript., 1868-03-14
-.lFhe..countryr finally took the alaf,o aud

AftN OVthtty Hhuhty tOuh tuC hiulill ttlItl-
came to the defense of the President. The
General Assembly of Maryland passed an
unanimous resolution to the following eff
feet, that " Observing with deep concern
a series Of efforts, by indirect insinuation
or open invectiye, to detach from the tifst
Magistrate of the Union the well-earned
confidence of his fellow citizens, they think
it their duty to declare, and they do here
by declare, their tnabated reliapce on the
integrity, Judgement and petfiotBm Of the
President of the United States"
Meetings were held in every part of the
Union to express the public feeling in the
matters referred to in this communication
The result was that the character OF the ia
lustrious Washington came out Of the Or
deal without a stain upon it, and the'rco
pie, although they did not espouse his
views, avowed their readiness to support
him in the exercise of his constitutional
functions ... -fI....t.-it .,.,t,f b,..i
The difficulties to which we have re-
ferred occurred early in our history, and
when the government was as yet an exper-
iment, aud it is difficult to perceive how it
could have been maintained and preserved
had the opponents of thorpolicy ofWash-
iugton's administration succeeded in the ie
attempts to destroy the affections of the
people for his person and their confidence
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The history of these controversies may
be read with advantage in the present tur-
bulent times atiWashington.n The people
should, without distinction of party, imi-
tate in this emergency the example of the
Fathers in maintaining unimpaired the
rights, prerogatives and dignity gof the
Presidential officcs' They should demand
that the questions in dispute between the
Executive and Congress- be submitted TO
the supreme Court fore decision. and that
there be no deposition of the President for
political reasons, especiallyas we are with
I'M a few months of tho time when the pco-
pie, of whom Presidents. Senotes and
Representatives, are but the servants, will
at the ballot-box pronounce their decision
on the grave questions ut issue. and to
which all will chcerfully submit This
course is demanded alike by wisdom and
patriotism, and will save us from dangers
which it is to be feared will follow any
other course. We may flatter ourselves
that we are people too enlightened and too
good to pass into the excesses which have
marked revolutions in every age But we
should remember that in all ages of the
world, and in all countries, excited passion,
in its extremes, is the same; the individ-
llal man, however enlightened and upright
he may be as an individual. is merged in
the mass to which he beolngs, identifies
himself with the passion or idea of the
hour, and rushos on to destruction. Oh
that men would learn something from his
tory. But it has been we'll observed, that
we ever place the lantern in the stern, and
not at the prov. 1t sheds its light only
on the tumultuous pillows of the past We
there see the wreck of nations that have
committed themselves to discord and an
archy, tossed and heaving on the stormy
surge. Let the people of the United States
beware how, under any circumstances. they
allow political party to deposc the Chief
Magistrate of the Union, as is now pro-
posed to be done, lest, needless ofthe rocks
ahead, the Ship of State is dashed into
fragments, and all aro engulphed in COM
mon ruin, the Republic lost, and the inca
pacity of man for self-govcrnment cstab-
lished beyond controversy. t