The New York herald., 1868-01-31

yawu and bid hold peace These are not the
days indulge N specous deiusious and gr0undles
the strange and porienous deeds ,naare being
enacted before US, and ask with solcitude, What
is their meaning7 whi,hcr do they tend
VIII they bring us peace and prosperity, ana
insure tho sauclity OF the law or win they bring
evils Of poverty and civil wari Will they leave
public or make US an emprsi The OF Congress for
two past have tended 10 convert the government
into despotism What 10 despotismp Ills govern
ment Of unrestricted power-ons in which the sgsa-
tive executive and Judicial functions are all concen-
rated into one branch If single hand wieids all this
power ne government ls an absolute monarchy II .
menl an absolute arstocrscy either case equally
despotsm The French Convention was much des-
trainers OF the constitution TO Prev anything like
despotism In tho United States They therefore divided
and set up barriers between them which can never with
aalety % uanscended In Its legislation has Congress
By the sona.or 81 ns IA soSsn, 70 Ussss %
ne immense power OF removing al subordinate officers
ny sne Tenure o. ONCE bill Congress deprves him Of this
pIeIosave OF MS ONCE and appropates 10 Itself and
thus, at one blow, they strip the Executive Depart.
mens OF hall ~. power By the constitution the President
can be removed from Office only conviction Of high
crimes and misdemeanors Congress Is framing bill
TO suspend and remove the Presden, withou, being
frame the law thai the Prssidsns viii be mere
puppet 20 dance and wrege at the will or caprice Of
Sare majority Of the House Of representative The
dignity 0! his ONCE win BE- gone. By the constitution
the President is made chief OF the army.
Tho House Of Representatives have already passed
from him and confsrrins il upon . subordnate,
~ and declaring = crime fOr the President
can be impeached, removed from Office and into
prison for Imagine the President OF United
Lincoln hurled into dungeon aud deprived Of his
property because he dares TO command officer of the
Department untl the office Of President s but the skee-
ton OF what was. But the usurpaton does not stop
here Other barriers are TO DO broken down. Our an
cestorB established another branch OF the gov
elnment-the Judiciary-whose province is TO hold
the other two departments in check and give
hnal Judgments upon their acts, either for them
or against them. Congress Is unwilling to allow
fair examination Of its acts. And therefore. whom
such examination is about to 0e had il rushes hot
haste TO prevent IT, The object the is to
prevent decision against the Reconstruction laws
Either OF tho Judiciary bills accompshes that OBJ
jeot If they did not, another bill would be framed
| whose provisions would be ample and satisfactory
Here ID despotism in its essence and spirit Congress
enacts law, makes creature OF its to execute
the law and forbids the courts TO interfere They leg
islate, they administer, they decide. What more Is
despotsm than this Could the Emperor of Russia do
| moreY Could the despot Of the Tuileries do as
muchY Could the Caesars have been absolute when
Emperor Is The law Of the land Fellow citizens
living under adespotic government whose chains
each day tightening upon usa government which viii
| brook no restraint from God man; government
which viii rend in pieces ANYTHING that stands in the
way Of It's absoutsm be it the constitution the states
the President or the Supreme Court God grant that 1t
may not DO too late to this terrible calamity
| The vast powers which have been thus
centrated will inevitably sooner or later fall
| an easy prey to the ambition OF some popular
| leader. As the civil commotons Of republican Rome
brought julius Cesar to the throne and established the
Roman empire-as the turmoil OF the French Revolu-
ton led rresistby to the despotsm Of Napoleon the
| disturbances in our own country and the furvt Of
perasm. do not say that many of the radicals
template such result. But 1t wil come in spite OF
their good professions tho inevitable and logical
consequence of their acts | care nothing for their
good intentions. heed only their action. The idiot
the prec,pce The lunat,c may have good intentions
when he cuts his throat with razor. What care
sS.oa nsy cry }, when they
OF American citizens What how much they cry
oyalty when they violate the constitution aud tear
much they cry sjustice," when they hunting her
with the scourre throughout the land They have
driven her, bleeding, from the Southern States they
have barred the door Of the White House against her.
and now, with impous foot they the threshold OF
her involablo sanctuary, the supreme tribunal Of
the land, rivet the shackles on hcr limbs,
stide her voice, so that she cannot speak.
much they cry ''civizatou" when they call on nearly
idotic negroes the fesh worshppers Of Africa to rule
race the hers.of all the foremost in the fes OF
time" DO they point US to any facts in the history OF
these black mon from the beginning of the world which
ht them to be lawgivers TO the Caucasian race
The lofty and benevolent purposes Of the
radicals may avail them something when these
high tribunal Of Heaven, whose Judge cannot be
shackled stined and who will always hear appeal
the presence Of the enormty OF their offences
is impossible for them to turn back. or themselves
Like the besotted drunkard. they will drink the cup
which their folly has prepared for them No salvation
respect for awunii they 1''ii have been beaten
tho elections and thrust from power
n tss hands Ame,ea yoaT hands S,ssns and
rest the fae OF this nation. Shall be republic
despotism2 You alone answer In the presence OF
the powerful organization OF the radicals you cannot
afford to lose single conservative supporter You have
right TO nominate for the Presidency whose,
will, drive from your standard who would
gladly be there. You have right nominate
who cannot be elected. You have right nominate
Vaandig CHAM PendIeson and thereby loose twenty
nve thousand voters in the State OF New York II the
DO revoluonzed by the defeat Of
tism il will be on account OF the folly and selfish
ness OF the democratic party and they will be
as guilty Of that crime az the radicals themselves.
But nominate around whom all the conservative
elements OF the nation will gladly centre; let IL be
sherman, or Hancock, or Andrew johnson, and the
people will gather around his standard ike the coming
waves or the sea- Under such leader they will battle
with this giant Radicalsm and bury the monster in the
same grave with his twin brother, Secession. Do this,
cry OF the oppressed will cease forever on our shores
Do this and peace, prosperity and stability will return
once morenever TO be disturbed. America, freed from
The exhausting turmoil oiicivil strife. will enter again
upon her career Of greatness and become tho pride and
The gentleman received tho hearty applause OF the
audience On the conclusion of his remarks the band
played the "Red White and Blue"
xMAHoN.
Mr.. d. McMAHos introduced and said - Fellow
citizens we all assembled this evening to protest
against the nfractons OF the constitution committed by
Congress- also 10 give aid sympathy TO Presi-
dent, johnson, who Is manfully and rghtfully strug
Cling to sustain our written law in all its integrity.
propose to make few remarks the legal aspect OF
the case. Our country vitality depends the preser
vaton or the checks and balances OF the constitution
These are like 80 many counter-irritants. and Keep
our body polite in healthy and well organized
state. IL is in theory the beauty and safety
OF our republic that IL neither o pure
democracy nor arstocracy, monarchy II possesses
In Its theory OF representation all the elements OF pure
democracy, without its evelling aud dsorganzng char
scter By having supreme Executive with the quail
hed veto power aains all she benefits Of monarchy
without the iatters coruptpg Influences OF hereditary
and family succession. In rs Senate IL possesses IN
theory all the benefits OF arstocracy without the
rresponsibllity OF an oigarchy. BY us written con.
stituton and the Judicial principle Of Supreme
Court OF the United States to expound hs
laws II possesses all the elements OF eternal justice.
The authors OF that instrument left their work a. per
feet as mans work could any time be done In theory
so that all the checks and balances OF the constitution
are preserved our country safe The fact that the re-
public OF ancient Rome had not another dclibcratve
assembly besides their Sensteauother further fact that
that Senate from time 70 time gave power 20 some