The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-04-08
The Tenure of Office Law.

The anti-repealers have achieved VIC
tory. The conference between the House
and Senate Committees resulted in agree
ment upon a bill, that has passed both
houses, and which wofully disappoints the
members Of the lower branch and friends
of Grant who desired to have an absolute
repeal. The whole bearing of the matter
was not perceived until the bill had been
agreed to and passed. 1t really gives the
Senate greater power than it had before.
Under the former law the President could
only remove for special cause, and must
represent that cause to the Senate. This
was to tetter johnson, who would else re-
move radicals and appoint conservatives.
take place for the benift Of the friends of
Senators, or general rotation.
The President now can remove without
cause, and suspend while the Senate is not
in session, as many as he pleases. But he
must send in nominations within thirty days
after the Senate convenes, and if rejected,
he is required to nominate ''another officer"
and the Senate can reject until satisfied.
Under the old rule, the President could re-
nominate the same officer, until he had tired
ont the Senate-now the Senate can tire ont
The President. The Senate is master of the
situation and has GOT the President hard
and fast.
7. $. Since the above was written,
Grant has swallowed the dose and signed
the bill.
The Bangor Wing has its bowels of COM
passion moved by the condition of things
in Hayt, where the negro reigns supreme,
with no white trash to interfere In this
exclusive negro paradise it describes the
following state Of things
1t does seem as if poor Hayti is destined to
political humiliation. LaWless violence reigns
everywhere in that unfortunate little State.
According to official reports, the revolution,
or whatever it may be called, is conducted in
the most DarDarOuS ana mhuman MANNER
outraging all the usages ana laws of civilized
communities aud converting what claims to be
a war into savage hUtchGry. Tie contend
ing parties seem to vie with each other in the
daily masSaCreS Prisoners of war are shot in
cold blood; women are butchered for being re-
latives of their opponents, and all conceivable
atrocities freely employed in furtherance
of what claims to be the cause of liberty. Con-
sidering this state Of things, cur Government
is being pressed to interiors to stop these pro-
ceedings, on the ground that the parties put
themselves outside the pale Of international
law and ought TO be restrained in the name of
humanity.
This description from radical source is
yerY timely. Ii we'll illustrates the capaci-
ty of the negro for sel-government. just
now the prominent question in the politics
Of this country is g shall Congress have the
power to force negro suffrage on all the
States OF this Union, against their wishes =
This delicious bit Of description is no doubt
truthful. And the proposition to interfere,
we suppose means to set up a branch Of the
tNreedmau's Bureau down there, with large
supplies Of rations. We would suggest that
lust across the ocean is q whole continent
OF Africans who are engaged in slaughter
ing each other, as they have been from time
immemoriaI. Why not include them also