The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-08-10

We admire frankness, even though Il be in A
bad cause. and we arc therefore clad TO find
that our peIrhbors of tho Erpress do no. scru.
Mic 20 ipsorsc tho very extraordinary ls,,e, NJ
GcDor,l R,air and IA s1opt cverv ward of /.
ma sound Democratic aoctrips So far a,
cooI Th., NJ, pI,,r,, Io,,or IA 4, ro,ro,,
80, LEI 49,. n.u,oa,..r - 49,.
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h''' ' ei's' anu "ouid, u hPphe"' suo'
1vt' '"e o'''H H.' 10 equ'hs P''en., IA.
O'noerau0 party, as ~ present constituted
ana led' is revolutionary For years Its ehiet
and us controlling idea and guiding principle
has been "rulc or ruin" We are not there
fore surprised that the bold avowals Of
the hairbraincd revclutlonist, Frank Blair,
ihould fnd'n hearty response among the I'm.
terrified leaders and in the press Of the rarity
calling itself Democratic.
But when the men OF this party, as is the
case in the article in the Ergrcss, claim that
such doctrines as now set up are constltu.
fiona, we must beg TO differ with them entirely
mad inst hcrc ve ioir I,suc nj ,bis tIne The
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GtPFesS says
The President. upon whom Is devolved, by
the Constitution, the executive authority, Il
bound, by lis oath, to support that Instrument,
and execute the laws passed in conformity to
St-CE9 those 0Eiy.n
The italics are cur nclrhbor's. Here is the
,.i., az III. ,..,,.. @, ar 49,, not.hho.
80 VI '',s ""O'' 'i"'''!, "u" - ~ 1850
Will pardon US, VIC would like to Know where
l. the Constitution it is declared that the
- " une ~ ''
Among the powers enumerated rs conferred
upon the President, it is declared that, "Hc
stGh take care MGt Ac kdtr3 DC JGihfuiiy er-
L. tt
seven states have organized State govern.
ncnts, are the laws, and the President, there.
fore, is bound TO see them faithfully executed.
The words OF the instrument are; "Hc shall
take care,"&c.
Butwhat says Mr.. Blair land what says
'he great Democratic party through its press,
its platform, its stump, speakers, and its ora
TORS The following statements of principles
md of policy arc n n Ionrer the me re n tteranccs
or orn 1,o,, ,hor 90 ,ho ..orodI,od nr,nci
", "Ho mani 'heJ arc 'ne "eereu'eu pfi"e'-
)lcs oil great party, which by revolution is
beeklng to subyert this Government Let US
rec what tbrvtav.
t,Tt -
Ihere Is but one way TO restore the Gov
,6c PrSsiisgt Cicc, 4, grryGrr UsSr Treconst,uc.
tionl acts nun and poid, compel he army 10 undo
~ usuTpdhoHS al The South, diSperse The carpet
'ug pug ggfei i"Ichls, dIote he Whnt Eeop'e 10
riory end BSpr%,,n;,;isyr, Tbe HnI.c of Re9rc.
Icutatives will contain a majority OF Demo
rats rom The North, and they VIII admit the
Sn SoI,th W. th ~ % .ne mn,s y. 10, ot
ijrcsIIent ~ W in nnt hc ~ slcit ~, cnmroi tho
i'cnltc to submit once more to the obligations
the :, CONSUMPTION" IeIeat
IEguIIbe allowed 10 control a.,
"FRANi; =. BLAIR"
II 1t will be the duty of the President elect
10 10 this work which Mr.. Blair points out
Then it Is the duty Of the President already in
the White House TO do 1t. Why notl II 1t
man be the duty OF Mr.. Seymour to do these
things, then 1t follows that Mr.. johnson
,hould have done this work long ago, and not
have suffered the Constitution to have been
'vcrthrown. From this point, it is pertinent
70 inquire what the July Convention meant
~ the following resolution
That the President Of the United States,
'hhufew Johhson, IN exercising the power OF
~ nisn onice IN resisting we asSressions OF
the States and the pennIe, ia enti,Ica 70 tbs
gratitude of the whole American people, and
Dehaii OF the Democratic party we tender
,C@aTT;, ''t AN P"'''o''' S"oE'S III 'ha'
lie has lo,c M srcb ,,,t,,,, ,o.r,,o,
l5thlpg. He has 70 he ANA ,,rror lie o,'I,toS
lat ALI the recnnstruc,I,, s,,. oT ,,,.,,raa,
vera and aro ,,nnnnsttt,',i.f H.
t.rnoscd HI. rota'. T,,t - - a"' ~,
Z Oaggnd lie In IA T.lt 40 t,b a
lis duly 10 rosnoo, ,haso 1900. a.. 49,
tf the land mi decided h., la ,'soror ,rI.,'n.I
4, he otber,yiso
According 10 the RI,ir ao,,riro ,vh,c, 1,
LOW the TIn,,amcnt.I rrI,.I,Io 10 ia nor.o
cratic creeI NJ ToLr,,,n III, h.a,,,a,,+s,
tlcso roc,n,tr,,c,Ian a.. ,,,,'T w, 80,
,IoyiJ tsrc r,ro,aaJ,', ',''' a"D 'o"5
allan, -, ~ Str,,I, ~ ..'O so us"'
e. o.sno.r,, , '. sIou'. H"'e '''peFSe"
,,.c not,in, % 90, ,'i H,"e"t', s h' hnS
" NJ, ,',' H'"H' anu - ''eIeIofe urie'
,,r th., p.,,i 80 toeS '"e = NY convention
,rm rfs r,aI. a".,, ".Y " "osIeS,' " per,
no ,,i,Ii. s|i 80 u, Una Nu'y 10 e"'Hfea
what a sho.,,ID,, r,or,'o.., i"t' So" P'Or.'i'
lain that NJ Inbn,o,, 800 I'' ~
,cs rot ,,La,iS ,lT ,ta Demogt"''
.,on, Er,nk n,.is. ra " '"' COMMUNION
constitutionai obIigotion ar, ~ r t
Tor anything, "he is entitled To the rr,ti,'Ic
the American peopIc -
mi.
,,r,,-.., =. =" "''" '"o democratic party
.n tho c.rrn 49, w Couh'ry 10 'he man issue
,,lycs. trrnrc,toalI', "o"''"'o"a one, IL IN
entire nur.iIon ~ ""I pt".,''N"y' the
,acrt. II the Dnmncr,tt, $50. govern