Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-20

Nrw Yonx. Ian 2o.-The Worlds Wash
ington correspondent, in . personal inter
view with President johnson ysstefday.
elected tho iollo~ ing from the Executive
That, 40 the President Of the United Sta'es,
bound by oath, TO administer tho govern
ment according to the Constitution, be
had, in defending . principle, found him
self sihgularly opposed by another branch
Of the government. but he had fanh in the
good sense OF the people. and modldca
t,cn II sentiment has cnsued. The Rad-
calls have made Congress a political mon
strosity, having ov, rlsaped oil bounds -.
those Of party political ambition. They
drew deeper, hoping by conquest in the
South, this year, TO obtain power more than
equivalent to that lost in the North. lie
then referred to the fort 10 connect him
With the assassination plot, and said the
| leaders Of that movement are capable oil
employing any measures TO get rid OF him
| or shear away his powas. The measure ol
| Congress, he said, was revolutionary, AMI
the proposition 10 deprive, BY act Of Con
gress, the ested authority Of the President
as Commander -in-chief. Is . direct violation
Of the Constitution. The bill submitted By
Mr.. Bingham assumes . right Of Don
gress to do away with tho Presiden
altogether il it chooses, and make i,sel
Executor as well o. Legislator Of the Gov
erumcnt The assumption is arrogant ant
dangerous and destructive. II there Ia,
been n generous, law abiding sentiment pre-
domuan, in the North, the South woul
have been almost upon its legs again b
this time. the vanity Of the negro would nc
have been 50 fed TO bursting that labor
FREQ labor tor his old master should 10 u,
\ | elected, shirked and lost; there would hav
been no military usurpation, but civil 60
ernmsn,s in each State and he was col
WINGED that IL every district Commander
the South should be changed to Dspsr
inent Commander with his duties confined
assis.ing civil authoritics, % preserve orde
the civil governments would, be rapid
!. and peacefully restored, in his judsmei
the speedy result OF this would be the re-o
ganization of the whole country. But,
appears as If Congress were determined n,
10 allow this happy contamination. A re,
olution. such as these hesdlOns spirits sect
determined to prcc,ritate, may have. ii sul
fsred to go on, an effect more d,magipg tina
| the civil yer.
} II response to an intimAtion that he va
: understood to intend to exercise oil autho
ity vested in him to repel these revolution
ary measures, The President said he inten,
ed /, DO his duty, as to Shst that du,
may involve it would DO premature, he sal,
even to suggest. We will leave spec
measures for special occasions when the
arise; have confidence in the good sense
the army, and certainly believe in the pc
pie, believe in the young men-they wi
not permit a revolution to be accomplshe,
even though i, might be necessary f
the people TO take the matter into their ow
hsnds
The World has the following
QuEENsrowN. Jan. Isl have jnst bee
arrest, d by the British govern ncnt. y,
seized on the Scotia Immediately upon a
rival out, and have told the Derby Cabin
that The American ultima,um is the pal
ment OF tie Alabama and the re.esse
American citizens Of war
ESi.ned GEORGE FRANcIs TRAIN.
IN Atlanta special says: All the Ia
electors in the State have received order
ffcm headquarters 10 hold any taxes now i
hand. The bills Of the Conventioa are /
be paid ,herefrom.