The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-02-15
39olttical.
Republican Testimony.


That the more respectable portion of the
Republican press, in addition to the unani-
nous voice of the Democratic press, is out
spoken in opposition to the revolutionary
measures of the present Congress- has been
alreadysshown by numerous extracts from the
former class of papers; for such expressions,
being somewhat in the nature of confessions,
though no more worthy of credence, are apt
to attract attention than the utterance OF the
democratic papers would on the same points.
THE PRESENT COURSE OF CONGRESS-
We commence by giving the views of that
solid old radical journal, the Cincinnati
Commercial, of the present course OF Congress
Vast as the power vested in Congress is, it
NAV pass away between the rising and setting
of the sun from the party that wields it. A
breath can unmake it as breath has made, and
there is no power in Congress to fix upon the
country tho policy of any party eau
Gus. Congress is giving too much attention to
the South The battle ground OF the next Pres
idential campaign is in the North and Congress
is abandoning it for an untenable position i'll the
South.
The Democracy has already the enormous ad.
vantage of rresponsibility. This always be-
longs 10 the oppoe' ion, and tends to produce
changes and overthrow administrations. In ad.
dition to this, they have the sympathy of the
President, and, it is believed, OF majority OF
the Supreme Court. Now when it is considered
that tho overbcaring power that the caucus that
controls Congress has in commanding two.
thirds vote in both branches of that body is only
retained by tho exclusion of the representative
A. -, hv raha11;op II hacome
pretty evident, we should say, that the Republic
cans in Congress should take the best care of
their strength in the Northern States. This sug-
gestion becomes still more impressive whom We
consider that negro suffrage, which Is the csrner-
stone of Congressional reconstruction, as negro
slavery was the cornerstone of the Southern
Confederacy, was voted down in Ohio by fifty
thousand majority in October last, and that the
Democracy have carried the States OF Pennsylva-
MIA, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York, the
latter by fifty thousand majority. Are gentle
men of the Republican party in Congress pur-
suing the course that will re-establish the party
in power in New York? The present Congress
sional policy of failing to impeaoh Andrew John
son, and then persisting in fighting him and suf-
fering the great interests of the country to 70
without first attention, is imbecile The passion
and fury displayed in it is all foolishness. Not
one intelligent Republican in dozen indorses
tho present course of Congress. There is almost
universal depreciation OF it, and apprehension
about it. Ii these facts can be got into Con-
gress without surgical operation, it will be
we'll. Great confidence is expressed that the
Democratic partsaps will commit indiscretion
sufficient to balance those of Congress- We
should not, however, depend upon their indiscro-
ton altogether. They have not the opportunity
to make capital against themselves that the ma
iority in Congress has. We object to the iEnmc-
diate return of the Democratic party to power.
Therefore, we objeat to the hsadlong partisanism
and extreme exertiens of disputed authority
that are distinguishing the action Of Congress-.