The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-22
COLUMBIA -
Wednesday Morning, Jan. %. 1858.
Progress OF tho Revolution in Com
UresS. o.

The Jacobins of Congress, with
their dogma of equal rights to all
men," which is equivalent to the
French tripod, ,of liberty, equality
and fraternity" are now actively
employed in the work of transform
ing the republic into an oligarchy as
the next step to. an empire. The. New
York Herald, in an article on this
subject, declares that we have passed
through the stages of the French
National Assembly and the Conveu-
tion, and that we have arrived at the
epoch of the Directory, in connec-
tior with the two chambers known as
the Council of Ancients and the
Council of Five Hundred, with our
Bonaparte behind the scenes, only
awaiting his call upon the stage.
''Ola Thad. Stevens" in the frank
and fearless declaration that "of
course we are legislating outside the
Constitution" has warned the North
that the rule Of the Constitution has
gone by, and that the will of the
party in power is 'sthe supreme law
of She land" The experiment of the
five Southern Military Districts, with
their military dictators, negro suf-
Srage, &C., was based upon the plea
of necessity. The civil tenure of
Office bill was claimed to be another
necessity. Now. after the failure Of
the Council of Five Hundred to i'm
peach and remove President John
son, it has become necessary to put
him behind the General of the army,
and the Directory (which is Old
Thad's Joint Committee on Recon-
struction) have accordingly framed
and brought in their bill for that
purpose. At the same time, the,
Council Of Ancients, in their rein
statement of Secretary Stanton, have
assumed the power of appointing the
Cabinet, and the bill before them
from the other House, for the prac-
sical removal of the stumbling block
OF the Supreme Court, will doubtless
receive their approval and become @
law. All these startling revolution.
ary measures are directed to the
special object of rushing through
without furthe~ interruption the re-
construction OF the ten outside
Southern States on the basis of negro
suffrage and negro supremacy, in
order that said States may be hurried
into Congress, and that their elec-
toral votes, through patched up negro
radical majorities, may be secured to
the radical candidate for the Presi.
dency. But, suggests the Herald,
suppose the President and the Su-
preme Court assume the responsi-
bllity aud "apply the brakes hard
down upon these unconstitutional
doings of Congress, what then2 I'm
questionahly, at this desperate stage
OF the contest, if either the Execu-
tive Or Che Supreme Court shall afford
plausible pretext for impeachment,
this last resort will be adopted; for
IN the removal of Andrew johnson.
and i'll the setting up of "Old Ben.
Wade in his place, the Administra
tior Will not only be reconstructed
upon the radical programme, but the
Supreme Court likewise. The Pre-
sident has the appointment of the
judges. That is the present diff
Guilty. But let Wade be put in the
place of Johnson, and bill for the
appointment of four or five new
Supreme Judges would likely be the
next thing in order. The radicals in
Congress have the power-they have
the win, too-and only want con-
venient pretext to get Andrew John
son out of their way. They are in a
critical situation. They have gone
too far to retreat, and their only
chance is to hurry in the so-called