The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-24

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ceded right of all his predecessors, at.
tempts the appointment of Cabinet
officer, in lieu of man in whom he has
no confidence. A Congressional enact
meut of the plainest unoonstitutionality
is held to forbid such appointment.
At the instigation of Congressional
leaders and counsellors, the appointee
is arrested, armed forces exclude the Ex-
ecutive from entrance into one branch
of his Department, and a resolution of
impeachment is presented with
indecent haste and urged with violence
and passion. The action Of the Su
preme Court is anticipated; the dis
placement of the President prior to his
trial and Impeachment is insisted upon,
and the unseemly boast, that "in ten
days BEN. WADE will have Executive
power and President JOHNSON be made
prisoner" is made to the people of the
United States.
Congress is in direct revolt against
the Constitution and the Government.
1t is openly maturing treason against
the nation and plotting the subversion
of our national system. 1t is virtually
abolishing the Judicial and Legislative
Departments Of the Government, usurp-
ing all authority, and protecting its
revolution with the bayonet and the
sword.
That this is q concerted movement is
shown by the fact that a reasonable or
ganization in Philadelphia hangs out a
banner with the initials of the phrase,
"the Senate and People of America" I"
When the entire power and sovereignty
of Rome were centred in the Senate,
the national motto read, SeRatus Popa-
lUsque Romdai, the Senate and people of
Rome. A similar legislative despotism
is proclaimed in the American Repub-
lie, and the absolutism of Congress is
declared by the sentiment, "the Senate
and People Of America"
We know that the people have no
part in this revolt they utterly repudi-
ate this Congressional coup detdt. The
country, having suppressed one rebel
lion, is in no mood to approve another.
The laws of the land forbid it. The
business of the country protests against
it. Tax-riddeu millions, tired of the
waste and ruin Of the war just ended,
demonstrate against the Inauguration Of
q second. Every interest of the coun-
try, every instinct of the patriot, and
every precept of the Constitution i'm
plore the piotters of this new treason,
to hold back their hands.
The action of the Presidents will be
awaited with the most intense interest.
What he has already done, indicates
that he will respect his oath. and that
he will not recede. But should he fin
ally yield, it must be to appeal to the
tribunal of the ballQti whose verdict
of condemnation upon the fanatics of
Congress is now assured. On the other
hand, should he resolve ts exer-
else the authority vested i'll him
and "save the Government at all haz-
ards" the masses of the people will
rise and rally to his assistance. If the
madmen of Congress compel him to
resort to the sternest of remedies for
the ruin they arc striving to bring upon
the nation, tho application Of the rem
edy will not only be approved, but it
will be aided by such an expression of
popular power as will place its success
beyond question.
This blow which Congress is aiming
at the life ofthe Republic, must and will
be averted. The limit of the peoples pa
thence has been reached. Their forbear-
ance is about at an end; they are ready
for decisive action. This Government
has once been saved by blood, and the
means of salvation are not yet exhaus-
ted.
lie! Congress do as it may, let its ad-
herents assist its rebellion if they dare,
the arm is uplifted whose blows will
crush, and the patriotic powers are pre-
pared that can annihilste forever sedi-
tiOn and treason come from what quar-
ter they may.