Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-03
rme TENURE MATrRn.


TING TENURE MATTER.
Many Of the radical papers Of the land,
aad numbering some Of the most irfluen.
tial. are loud mouthsd for the repeal Of the
Teaurs>of-ofncs act. Nay, a. earnest for
IL - they we're in ito advocacy but few
meaths since. Then they wanted 1t 10
keep Asdy johnson from turning their
party pets ont Of office, and they gained
their psint; but nsw. T. use their own Lam
guags. they. want it...repsalsd 70 enable
0rass - tara the thieves. tiossssvsss,
pluadsesss end iocapsb.ss. sus Of oiacs.
TAis 10 What Jshasea wasted ~ pewsr -
q, bat Il wss stripped fseo hin; and
nov tlas tAs heeds has bod tlns - steal
itsslt rich. up esnss The sry for srspsal 81
the bill fer The psspess Of getting IL as>
other batch efths same sort. The asgu-
msut they make uss Of. however. 10, that
"ths interssts" Of the country demand It.
To Be sure; and these same interests we're
demanded that the power nov claimed for
Grant should never have been wrssted
from President Jshnsen. In vain the pres
snt Executive cndeavored to supplant the
Radical roguss who have been plundering
the treasury for years past. Ills nomina-
lions. although made up almost entirely
from the Radical ranks. have been rejected
BY the score. and in the meantime thieving
and plundering have been carried on with
. high hand. II vain the more moderate
Of the journals 81 the Republican party sd-
vecatsd tbs repeal Of the obnoxious Law.
Their appeals we're UNDECIDED. and. Of
course. the werh u dlshshssty vest on IN.
checked. whs 10 . blame fse oil THE :
Andrew Jshnssal Ne, net Andrew John
son. bot the Senate u ~ United States.
Al its deem rssss the rsspsasibiltsy. Hen.
drsds u millisss have bssa alehsd irsn
the asstoasl treasury IN consequence. and
I'll 81 shis immense loss 10 nov shasesd b
the present Executive. A more unjust o.
susatiss sssN % b preferred. psssi-
dsst Jshssea my have does ssas things
which he'd bst>sr been len sadsns, bss, ID
The main. be edlsisa sossss be- been tha,
u a. honest and patriotic nan. Our Rad
ical friends Dc net shsses y So Il in this
light; bot history will viodisats hin, - It
viii seodsaa The high -hAedsd measures d
the Radical party.
Geo. 0rsns may b.. and doubslsss 10. %
hensst man. nan Who. % President
The Usitsd Ststss. will sodseyes y do his
vhsls dssy. and just this much, ~ have no
hesitasion IN saying. hes been the ssdssvos
II Andrew Jshnssn. Planting hinsslf
upon the Constits.isn, and knowing hat
Il vas position from which he could not
disledes but BY abssluts force, his Official
career has been marked by . steady and
determined adherence TO iss provisions. IL
every encounter with his implacable adver.
carries he has como Off moro than vistor.
His constitutional prerogativss have. it is
true, been abridged. but abridged by ALSO,
isss force by . X ,dicAl Congress, backed |
NJ ~ the bsyonsts Of the army, With one
s'his most unrslsntins foes - its chief
II bad msn have been retained in Office.
II 10 because President johnson Vas dsnisd
the power Of renewing shso. II the
treasury has been robbed Of hundreds Of
millions. IL is bssauss no had not the priv
ilege Of interpreting HE authorisy--that
authority having been taken from him BY
the ast which Grant asd his frieads are
noe % DESTROYS Of having made null and
vsid.
We hsps the Get may b repealed, and
Gen. Grant allowed to exercise without
restraint Ais constitutional preresativss.
II ees a outrage from its very inesptiea-
. higA.handsd, unconstitutional measure.
which shsuld never have been psraittsd
but. asslrsAdy remarked, "might is right"
With ~ doaiaaus party. We sAssests It,
repeal not because We think General Grant
IN any respect . more honest man than
President johnson, or that with iul power
70 appoint and remove, he will exercise that
power any more wisely or judically than
President johnson would have done, but
because 10 always thought II most IN
psrdonabls abuse Of power on the part Of
Csngrcss-A measure intended not for
general good, but merely TO promote parti.
san intsrests; therefore, with our Radical
contemporary, wc gay "Grant must have the
power Of immediate and psremptory 70
moeal." But will he get It?