Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-03-12

ton by legislative attempts to execute this
power IN iaVor Of party adheronts.
"They have conspired TO change the sys-
tenn of our Government Inv preferring
charges against the President i'm the form
OF arucies OF impeachment, and contem-
plating before hearing or trial, that he
should be placed in arrest, held in durance,
and, when it became their pleasure to pro-
nounce his sentence driven from place and
power in disgrace.
lhey nave in time OF peace increased
the national debt by a reckless expcndi-
ture of the public moneys. and thus added
TO the burdens which already weigh upon
the people.
"They have permitted the nation to suf-
fer the evils of dcrangod currency. to t.le
enhancement in price OF Nil the necessaries
of life.
"They have maintained a large standing
army for the enforcement Of their meas-
ures of oppression. IN
"They have engaged in class legislation,
and built up and encouraged monopolies,
that the few might be enriched at the ex-
pense of the many.
"They have failed to act upon important
treaties, thereby endangerng our peaceful
relations with foreign powers"
This Catalogue of crimes" az the cx-
Executive mildly puts il, is by no means
completed in the above extract but VIC
hive no room TO indulge the further drivel-
lings of Mr.. Johnson's diseased ina lima
ton. An ingenious statstician has com
puted that in this affecting document the
word "Constitution," occurs thirty-one
times, and the word constitutional" eley-
en- times. lie closes as follows; -
ave need to encourage in every legiti-
m ate way study of the Constitution for
which the war was wagod. \ knos R,igc
| and reverence for whose wise checks by
those so soon to occupy the places filled by
their seniors, will be the only hope of pre-
serving the Republic. The young men of
the nation, not yet under the control of par
| ty, must resist the tendency to centraliza-
tion-an outgrowth of the great rebellion
and DO familiar with the fact that the coun-
try consists Of the United States and that
where the States surrendered certain great
rights for the sake of Il more perfect union,
| they retained rights as valuable and i'm
| portant as those they relinquished for the
common veal. This sound old doctrine
far different from the teachings that led to
the attempt to secede, and a kindred theory
that the States were taken out of the union
by their rash act-of conspirators that hap
| pened to dwell within their borders, must
| be received and advocated with the enthu-
siasm Of early manhood, or the people will
be ruled by corrupt combinations of the
commercial centres, which, plethcric from
wealth, annually migrate to the capital Of
the nation to purchase special legislation.
"Until the Representatives of tho people
in Congress more fully exhibit the diverse
views and interests Of the whole nation,
and laws cease to be made without full dis
cusson, at the behest of some party leader,
| there will never be proper respect shown
by the law making power either to the Jul
dicial or Executive branch of the Govern
ment.
"The generation just beginning to use
the ballot box, it is believed, only need
hat their attention should be called to these
considerations to indicate by their votes
/ that they wish their Representatives to OBJ
| serve all tho restraints which the people in
adopting the Constitution intended to i'm
| pose on party excess.
| Calmly reviewing my administration
| OF The government, feel that with a sense
Of accountability to God, having conscien-
tiously endeavored to discharge my whole
duty, have nothing TO regret. Events
have proved tho correctness of the policy
| set forth in my first and subscuupp. NINA