The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-03-13
EDITORIAL Correspondence.

DEAR JUNIOR: B.
One week ago began severe
storm Of snow, accompanied with
nigh winds, that have alternately
blown from every point Of the COM
pass, completely blockading not
only the public roads, but also rem
dering the railroads nearly, or quite
impa ssablc. Whether the mails,
even, will run with sufficient regu-
larity that this may reach you is
questionable. Old Boreas has been
holding high carnival with the SHOWS,
the nnmber and magnitudc Of bis
''snow forts" outstripping the Wild
est fancies Of school-boys' ambition
il. that direction. The temperature
of the weather continues quite mod
crate though, the Thermometers. in
the last ten days, not having been
as low as zero. This with the sun s
altitude will razc, to the ground, on
the re,urn offair weather, with AL
most the rapidity it dispcls fogs ard
c!onds ovcrhangins the atmosphere.
The winter has been tic stcatliest
of many years in western New York,
and Of course the hcalthicst.o Sleigh
ing has been Of the bcs, possible
qualify almost since lie first cf Jan
ua.y, wlicl, is considered reniurka.
bic, inasmuch as the ground is usu-
ally bare half tho winter The oon-
tinuance Of snow upon the ground,
affords protection to the extensive
pastures and meadows Of this Soc
tion, its agriculture being chiefly
devoted to grazing ard meadow, and
of course gives the agriculturist
high hopes Of 4 rich reward for the
Il
toll OF the ciisuil. 9 suEMcr.
The imbroglio Between Congress
and the president has at last reach
cd crisis. That body utterly des-
pairing of the success If its schemes
to rey"lutionize the government Will,
the sanction of the Executive and
Supreme Court, needing the coun-
sci of Wendell Phillips, has taken
tic iniat.vc toward the ohlitera,ion
Of that department, adopting the
resolution ofimpcaelmcnt by i strict
party vote. In answer to the char
gcs indefinite though, they are, the
president is to be arraigned before
the Senate f,r trial. The result
is already a foregonc conclusion.
Ten states have been denied repre-
sca.asioa in that body, in part,
Tat it might constitute A COURT TO
CONVICT in such an emergency as is
now presented.
The president in defending hin1-
self against. the corrupt machina-
tions Of the mob at Washington, po-
litely called the Congress, must
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stultify himself or vacatc the office.
In 1868, if our memory serves us,
this very Mongrel party in congress
made a new apportionment Of rep
rescntatives to the different states,
whereby they declared that the
house of Representatives should con-
sist of 249 members. This law re-
mains on the statute book unrepcal-
ed. The Constitution provides that
"the House Of Representatives
shall be composed of members cho-
sen every second year, by the peo-
pie Of the several states,' that is
by the people Of all the states, and
every state is to have ONE Repre-
sentative IN that body.
At no time since the accession of
Andrew johnson to the presidency
has the house consisted of more than
1913 members, while full House
Consists of 249 members. Two
thirds # the quorum now in ses-
sion, dignifed with the name Of
congress, is 126, while ,two-thirda
of a constitutional, as we'll as legal
Congress, consists of 166. which is
the number Of votes any measure
must have where "a two-thirds vote
is required. Thus twill be observ-
Cd that the articles Of impeachment
constitutionally passed should have
had, 4Osvotes more than they OBJ.
tanned in the House. The 1875 votei
for impeachment is only 1 majorit y
of three in a full Congress.
| From the first we have maintain
ed this as sound constitutional law,
The doctrine too has had the en-
dorsement Of the best legal minds
of the country and should have hat
the sanction of the president. II
fact hc should not have recognized
any less than . full House, as com
prising(that branch Of congress as vi