The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-02

Tho following is the new law :

RI Il enacted, &C., That the first and
,.eopd sections of an act entitled |, an II act
ssscnlating the tenure Of certain civil oihces,'
rnassed March 2, 1867, be, end the same are
s-sbv. repealed, and In lieu Of said re-
n.Ios sections the following ere hereby
enacted ,.
.s,e TO which he has been, OF hereafter
wv. Re. appointed by aid with the advice
. ."P consent of the Senate, and VINO shall
I've az become duly qualified to act therein,
xii he entitled to hold such Office during
~" term for which he shall have been ap-
.;,tnd unless sooner removed, by and
E;,b the advice and consent of the Senate,
~ Nv the appointment, with the like advice
Va consent, Of q successor In his place,
'rr4,t as herein othcr,ci$e prorided.
"src7loS 2. And be It further enacted,
That during any recess of the Senate the
President is hereby empowered, in his dis
lotion, 70 suspend any civil officer ap-
.onted by and with the advice and consent
=: the Senate, except Judges of the United
s,stes courts, Until the end of the next ses-
,nn of the Senate, and to designate some
suitable person, subject to be removed, in
Vic discretion, by the designation Of an
,,hpr. to perform the duties of such sus
ended officer in the meantime; and such
s.rrsoa GO designated eha,l take the oaths
and give the bonds required by law to be
tsken and given by the suspended officer,
and shall during the time he performs his
dnties be entitled TO the salary and emolu-
men.s of such officer suspended; and it
3,,t,, ~ ha IN
thirty days after the commencement Of
every session OF the Senate Except for any
ofce which, in his opinion, ought not TO be
fre4), to nominate persons to fill ell va
csuces in Offices which existed at the meet
ing of the Senate, whether temporarily
filed or not and also in the place of all
of6cers suspended. And if the Senate du-
ring such session shall refuse to advise and
consent to sn appointment in the place of
any suspended officer, then, and not other
wise, the President shall nominate another
person as coon as practicable to said session
Of the Senate for ssid ofice."
This law is substantially q triumph for
General Grant. AS the National InteH-
qencer says, Practically, under this bill,
the king gets his own again. The ill-gotten
plunder is restored. The aristocratic body
nskes restitution, but it is all extorted; it
is not case Of conscience, or the graceful
amsnde of gentlemen happy to repair q
wrong. We hail what is in substance a
triumph for the just balance and equipoise
Of the Constitution. 1t is great thing for
the people to have President again in the
country. He has had small power hereto
fore. With this bill he becomes something
more than mere fgure-head or an official
designation. He becomes power in the
State for veal or for woe.
ave do not wonder that the leading
Democrats of the House and some Of the
most respectable Republicans were unwill-
ing to accept this bill. tits not fair, open,
honest repeal Of the Infamous tenure of
Office law, as the House first proposed and
the country had demanded and expected.
It is just such q tortuous, indirect, indie
cent contrivance as might be expected from
a set of Radical trickster lawyers, who had
no regard for the Constitution, no concern
for the public service, and no respect for
public opinion. 1t is mean, shabby way
Of repeating the civil tenure bill-an I'M
graceful surrender by the Senate of ILL
gotten AMI ill-used power"