The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-04
49, The New Tenure OF onics Law.
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BE itsenaoted, dc, That the first art
second sections ofgan Act entitled .An Ao
regulating the tenure Of certain civil offices
passed Marchs2, 1857, be, and the same ar
hereby, repealed, aud in lieu of said repeal
ed sections, the following are hereby enacted
| That every person holding amy civil of
flee to which he has been, or hereafter ma,
be, appointed by and with the advice ant
consent of the Senate, and who shall hav
| become duly qualified to act therein, shall
be entitled to hold such Office during th
term for which he shall have been appointed
unless sooner removed, by and with the ad
vice and consent of the Senate. or.by th,
appointment, with the like advice and con
sent. OF successor in his place, eccepi a
herein otherWiSc pr0rided
''SEC. 2. And be IL further enacted, Tha
during any recess of the Senate, the Presi
dent is hereby empowered, in his discretion
to suspend any civil officer appointed by
and with the advice and consent of the Sc
nate, except Judges of the United State.
Courts, until the end of the next session o.
the Senate, and to designate some suitable
person, subject to be removed, in his dis
cretion, by the designation of another, tc
perform the duties of such suspended
officer IN the meantime; and such person sc
designated shall take the oaths and give the
bonds required by law to be taken and
given by the suspended officer, and shall
during the time he performs his duties, be
entitled to the salary and emoluments OF
such officer suspended; and it shall be the
duty of the President, within thirty DAYS
after the commencement of every session
OF the Senate, Except for any Office which,
IN his opinion, ought not to be flled,) to
nominate persons to fill all vacancies in
Offices which existed at the meeting of the
Senate, whether temporarily filled or not
and also in the place of all officers sus-
pended. And if the Senate, during such
session, shall refuse to advise and consent
to on appointment in the place of any sus-
pended officer, then, and not otherwise, the
PRESIDENT shall nominate another person, as
soon as practicable, to said session of the
Senate for said Office
This law is substantially q triumph for
Gen. Grant. AS the National InteNigencer
says, practically, under this bill, the king
gets his own again. The ill-gotten plunder
is restored. The aristocratio body makes
restitution, but it is all extorted; it is not a
case of conscience, or the graceful dn,ende
OF gentlemen happy to repair wrong. We
hail what is in substance triumph for the
Just balance and equipoise of the Constitu-
tion. It is great thing for the people to
have President again in the country He
has had small power heretofore. We do
not wonder that the leading Democrats OF
the House and some of the most respectable
republicans were unwilling to accept this
bill. 1t is not fair, open, honest repeal
OF the Infamous tenure of Office law, as the
House first proposed and tho country had
demanded and expected. 1t is just such a
tortuous, indirect, indecent continuance as
might be expected from set of radical
trickster lawyers, who had no regard for the
Constitution; no concern for the public SER
vice, and no respect for public opinion. II
IS mean, shabby way of repeating the civil
tenure blll-an ungraceful surrender by the
Senate of ill-gotten and ill-used power
Commenting on the passage of the bill.
the New York Herald says:
General Grant ought to veto this bill
and take his stand for a clean repeal of this
tenure of Office law. Now is the time to
bring the two Houses to his own terms.
Under the yielding policy the more he
yields the more they will demand; but by d
simple veto of this bill, with his reasons
tersely stated, he will at once become mas.
ter of the situation. We apprehend, how
ever, that his amiable disposition will pre-
vail in this case, and thus give up q fine
opportunity to establish his position on the
old ground for the sake of peace"
DEATH OF VALUABLE CITIZEN. MIR.
William Downs Byrd, an old and prominent
citizen Of this District, died at his resi-
dence, on the Enoree River on Wednesday
morning last. after brief illness He was
ono of the purest men that ever lived il
Laurens He leaves family and many
friends to mourn their loss.
ILawensoiWe Herald