The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-01-29
THE sITUATION.

we trust wisdom viii 1eryail. But If the
f'rssident wakes himselfan "i1neaiHent.
he must he swept awsv. Thi> is the Logic
of tbs Hour N Y 1ribsRe
So said the Jacobins Of France and the
Rump in England and they swsp. all i'm
peiiments out Of their way. un'il they over
iurnei organized government, involved socie
ty in the horrors Of ararchy, followed by
military despotism.
Ir the President makes himself an impCdi-
ment - thc Janajia career of Congress-, he
mu.t be sweep; away, When the President,
N tne exercise NJ hi Constitutional rights,
ye;oca an ac' cf fCnngress AMI gives his rras'
n ,h'rcf,, b. is an imrediment. When
he sSer;s privately or puhlicly, his opipio n
as cnarlinate branch Of government, he
must be swo II array,
Ii such cauasel fin f,n,hnli am0ug the
law. .riyers. we are trembling on the verge
OF fearful revolution Holders of govern
men; securities had better make themselves
safe in time, and others brace themselves
for The coming Stur-n. Ifihe President is
|. uriercd Is inliyiduai>, they alone shoui |!
pay tie penalty; hut if he is to he swept
away ty act Of Congress. bccanse he is sim
ply an impeachment in the estimation Of Con
gressmer, they strike under the false SEMI
blance of law, and at ore blow deprive the
country ofits Constitution and poftica! lie,
and revolution is the certain result. Ap
posite To this momentous subject, the New
York World remarks: ... .....-
The Rump Rerolutionists l0uvc us in nc
doubt. No steps backward They tread
straightforwarily the path down which
other nations have becn led by othe,
traitors to the rights, the liberties, and
the governments Of other peoples. =
The key to all those ar>enals ofgovernmen.
tai power, from which they are ejeoting the
lawful custodians, they propose to surrenA-
der to General Grant He is named by hi
| Office in the latest Reconstruction bill
Him they load with their plumber and thei
! stolen badges or authority.
! What should now hinder the House o
| REPRESENTATIVES from dissolvinq the Senate
or what hereafter should hinder Genera
Grant from dispensing both. Not the Su
prpme Law. for they may as well abdcat
the powers they possess, as usurp thos
with which they We're never endowed; an
he may as we'll profit by his own usurpation
as consent to profit by theirs. II is not
more hagrant violation Of the Supreme Lay
to abolish branch Of the Legislature ths
to take into the custody of both branchc
powers elsewhere deposited to be the choc
and balance upon theirs. And when Gen
eral Grant accepts at the hands OF the Rev
olutonists of the Rump these powers usurl
ed from the Executive and uGnrped iron
tie Judiciary. be will have deprived tn
country a:ri Congress itself of the onI
guarantee which it is possible for him t
give, that he will not refuse to lay ther
I lown, that he will not attempt theirs a}st
What next? The people next NoveH
Der will answer that They will neitht
have a Rump Congress supreme over then
nor Military Dictatorship in the rcrSon (
General Grant Ten times more than tt
founders of our government dreaded, frol
the open or secret monarchists Of IT'S!
these revolutionists have actually aecon
plished by affirmative legislation towar
breaking down the safeguards Of Rapu hl
can selt-gavernment. Bnt the attem2
which were frustrated then have less pro
pect Of final succe-s s now. Generation art
generation has enjoyed he blessings Of Ii
erty, learned to use and prizo them. al
transmitted them TO their children. II
people of 1865 have come into that gre
inhoritanee, and will not long be dispo
sessed of it, Nor will those who have le
their native lands to share it with us, who
shoring does not impoverish, consent to E
the sacrifice of their right and our Dirt
. right.
The people of the United States, be
known to these Revolutouists Of the Ram
regard the form of their government al
the natural three>foId division OF its grar
= ed powers, as the chief secnrity of laws al
, liberties, next TO their own determined wi
They conceive that that engagement a,
solemn compact Of the people the Constit
! tion obIiges the constituent parts of the n
!. ton to hold their public faith with ea
other. the Legislative with the Executi
= and Judiciary, ot l;gcs each to maintain t
i, Others dutifu!ly in an undiminished fuucti
q and authority. ,.
The people of the United States, be
known to these usrrpers of the Rnmp,
it known to all woull.ha military dictator
: look upon President johnson with all !
!. faults and whatever his errors. if erro
). there have been, as their lawful and chos
. Chief Magistrate; upon the justice of t
Supreme Court as the highest expoundt
: Of their laws and sovereign will; upon t
g powers lodged with them and him as
:, pledge and not the peril of their Liberties
Him and thcm in all their righttuI a
q granted authority they will uphold, supp'
,r and defend, wbosoever bodies are carried
a Jail, whosoever rrcks are stretched.
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