The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-03-31
CFrom tho Baltimore Gazette,1
Notes From Washington.

The fight wakes warm, and the ques
ton is. "Whose fault it ISL" That il
Is to be swar to The knife, and the knife
TO The hilt" is now universally conceded
but who ls to blame for The family feud
Many predicted just such state Of
| things, but no one supposed the rupture
: would take place soon. 1t was argued
that qniet would be maintained antil the
spoils of victory lad been parcelled out
for even the belligerent spirit Of Radl-
calism is capable of nursing i's wrath
and Keeping it warm rs long as there is
a chance for spolls and plumber. Blu,
so full Of spleen and hate are some OF
the Radical leaders that they have pro.
cipltated the contest Of factions, and we
are already in the midst Of war.
The Civil office-tenure bill is made
the prctcxt for strife among protesting
friends, and the resolution reported by
Senator Trnmbull, providing for a sus>
pension Of The act until the meeting of
tho next Congress- led to most signifi-
cant debate in the Senate to day, in
which Mr.. Morton declared that tho
proposition meant distrust and the pur-
pose was to put President Grant on pro.
hation or on trial, and so declare t., the
country. Senator Morton preferred
that the law shonld stand as it was than
to have passed resolution reAec,ing so
Extensively upon the Chief Magistrate Of
the nation.
The treaty ofpcace concluded on the
10th instant between Congress and the
President seems to have been double
cheat. Evidently The high contracting
parties in both cases signed the articles
with mental reservations. The under
standing OF the President was that the
iron. clad tenure act should be repealed
in toto, or at least its operation suspend.
ed :or and during the entire period Of
his occupancy Of the Presidential chair,
The mngnates Of the Senate at least
q majority of the Judiciary Committcc,) }
after the fraudulent appointment Of
OF Boutwell, was consummated, chose to
construe the agreement on their part
as fully complied with, by a ''suspen-
sion" of the obnoxious, act for and dur.
ing the good behavior OF his Excellepcy.
Each party now boldly and loudly ac.
cuscs the other Of dupEcity and want of
confidence, and divers other unmenlion-
able bad qualities. Senators do not
scruplc to charge the President especial.
ly with trickery (I have heard used the
the word "treachery") in declining,
subsequently to the ratification of the
Understanding to listen to their do.
mands for removal of Federal office
holders in their respective States and III
the successors to whom they feel also a
personal interest. In order to force in
unconditional surrender OF the whole
power Of removals and appointments
INTO his individual hands, President
Grant isnow said to have very recently
declared his purpose TO be, Just SO long
as he is in the least shackled present Or
prospectively with the abominable stat
ute, to refuse to remove single ,ncum--
bent Of Office except in special cases
where the desire of appointment Of a
special friend. /,
The upshot OF the present office-mak.
ing imbroglio may be summed up in a
word: BY tho "suspenson" of the
Tenure.of:ofi act only until the next
meeting Of Congress" the President will
have tho power, in tho intermediate
time, of removing officials al libitum,
and without cause. He will be also
divested OF nll excuses for refusing to do
so at the bidding Of interested members
Of Congress, On the other hand, the
Senate will not only have the power of
rejecting one or all of his nominees il
they shonld not prove "loil"enough, but
will hold the rod Of the obnoxious law
over his head, ''wlthout regard to race
or color" and, more important still,
without regard to the Presidents veto
power. Who blames them7 What
have the Democrats and Conservatives
to DO with tho transparent trickery Of
either of these high powors Of this great
country? au4. ~
1t is now the settled conviction of all
parties here that the new administration
Will bo the most proscriptive, ever known
and that not an appointee Of the late
President will be left in office. Post
master-General Creswell boasts that the
only deputy he will spare will be "Nas.
by" at the x Roads. nin T" &
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