The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-03-06
a B1DDEFoRD, DlF ME-, FRIDAY

execution Of Sumner, and Phillips, and
Stevens and defending the massacre
Of harmless negroes, his organs, like
the National IntsAigsneer, were filed
with indecent denunciations Of the triest
and the purcst Of our own Statesmen. To
crown ], all, We had an assumption, which
would be tyranny even in despo,ic France,
that no law was binding unless the Presi-
dent was directed to execute Il by the Sn.
preme Court The Constitution was strick.
en- down-for while the Constitution limit.
ed the Presidents optional jurisdiction
over the law to the veto the power, and
made final execution mandatory. he con.
tended that he bad the veto and judicial
powers combined. There will Be an end
of that fallacy; and from this time through
oil time Presidents Of the United Smtes
will be taught that when two thirds Of the
House and Senate agree upon law, their
duty Ia to execute Il until restrained by the
Supreme Court
IxPEAuHhESr MEANS THE TRIuMrH OF
RKPusLcAS INSTITUTIONS. Republican
government has stood many cruel tests. Il
has sustained Slavery and destroyed Slave.
y; It has warrcd upon foreign govern
men,s, and suppressed domestic insurrec.
ton; il has passed through the mightiest
war Of modern times, aud survived social
revolution {; 1t has answered every form Of
government, and now Il proposes to doposc
a treachcrous Chief Magistrate. Francere.
moved her tyrants by bloody and mail.
dening revolution only to sec newborn
liberty torn from her embrace, and stined
by the gaudy and dazzling despotism Of an
empire. England only succeeded In dc.
s,roying the tyranny of,he Stnarts by rev.
olutions which brought with them wars,
aud social turmoils, and rcbcllions repeat
ed by three generations. Mexico has seen
twenty revolutions and enervating wars,
commerce destroyed, industry Parnlyzed,
traitors in council, thieves IN office, bandit
ii on the highway, and, finally. n foreign
urmy on her shores, a foreign prince In her
palace, her noblest sons massacred and in
exile. Freedom still remains an expert.
ment with her. Free America will show
the world that by the gentle operation OF
law, her chosen Chief Magistrate, and the
COMMANDMENT. Chief Of her armies and ma
vies, can DO speedily punished for his
crimes, and reduced to Obscurity, and no
uppreciabls effect on society but few ,uv.
cm loungcrs' gasconadc, and an advance
Of three per cent in gold! America was
noble in her management Of the war, and
the nations stood in wonder. But there is
something sublime in her acceptance of
impeachment. Men will say no more that
republican institutions are failure, for re-
publican America, answering every condi.
ton, and accepting every responsibility of
government, stands to-day proud, secure,
peaccful-tho law supreme, and the public
virtue unimpaired.
Therefore, it Is wise to sny shat impeach-
ment 10 peace. Some Of onr people may
rave, and swear, and gnash their teeth; but
we shall have no war-no disiurbance-no
arresting the wheels Of Govenment-not
the simmer Of a bayonct, nor the click Of
the trigger-nothing but the ordinary town
constable, with his clumsy baton. There
Is something grand to us in this spectacle
Of great nation chsniny an incompetent
ruler by the gentle and ensy process Of law.
The poor little three per cen, that the gold.
gamblers have made will melt like the fall.
ing snow. Impeachment is pence, because
the common. sense and the loyalty Of the
nation demand Il. "..