Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-09-01

For more than four years not hostile
arm has been raised against the integri-
ty of the Union, and our flag has tlOated
undistUrbcd over every portion of OuI
wide domain, vet the rights Of indiVid-
UaI and of States are disTCgarded; the
Union is not restored, the organic law is
a dead letter. \ party, which ! believe
was animated at first by a lofty purpose,
now rocking with VCnality and COTrUp-
ton, seems resolved TO perpetuate its
power at whatever sacrifice. 1.-THE CO.
ordinate branches Of the Government
can not be united to carry out its purpO-
scs, they must be disabled. If the Su-
preme Court, in the exercise Of its indie
pendent constitutional functions, would
fix q limit to legislative cnCrOachments,
| its powers must be circumscribed! ii
| the Executive Department interpOses its
arm to protect itself and shield the pCO.
pie, the PrcsidentmUstb be dragged to the
/ bar of the Senate as criminal! If adj
ImOnished that there are rights reserved
! to the States and the people, that there
| is a Constitution, the insOlent reply is,
| that they care working outside the Con-
stitutiOn." If the people had not 50 re-
Gently been subjected to all the calami-
| ties and horrors of civil war, and be0n
educated to bear all things, suffer all
! thing, and endure all thing, they would
scarcely have submitted to the wantOn
and shameless assaults upon the charter
| of their liberties. That we are going
with more than railroad speed toward a
centralized, consolidated deSpOtiSm, nc
one can fail to,see who is not blinded by,
and infatuated with partisan zeal, and
/ il will require the combined and imme-
diate efforts of the conservative masses
/ to save the Republic. One hundred
] thousand Office holders, who are held to,
gether by the cohesive power of public
! plumber, constitute the standing army
| by whose assistance free government
may be overthrown. [Applausel
Manyin the dOminantparty admit the
/ eXcesses and unconstitutional acts Ot
/ their leaders, but excuse them on the
ground that the "cnd iustiiies the
means"
The enactment of the civil tenure bill
| is justified on the ground that the Presi-
dent cOnld not be trusted with the con-
stitutiOnal power of removal and ap.
pOintment; that he would dispIace hon
est and competent officers because they
were Republicans, and appoint his own
( political friends. When the impartial
/ historical records shall he made up, il
will be found that this law was Spassed tC
prevent the President from turning
! thieves out of Office who were stealing
for the Radical party. More than one
example can be given where the Presi-
dent vainlv sought the suspension Ot
dishonest Radical revenue officers, who
were convicted and i'm State prisons fOl
4 delTauding the revenues, weeks before
| the Senate yielded to the Presidents
| opportunities for their removal.
The Radical caucus in Congress rGsUl,
we'd that the impeachment and removal
Of the President was q party necessity
and it was undertaken and prosecuted
as party measure. Though the Presi.
dent represented the majority of forty
millions of frCCmCn, u party would JUS
ify ana sustain the Legislative brancI
of the Government in hurting him from
place andpOWcr.
All the influence which party mauhin
crv could exercise was invoked tomallC
this bold and bad scheme a success
Conventions were called, public meet
ings were held, resolutions were passcC
demanding that Senators should disrC
gard their oath and convict without re
card to law and testimony. Evenrelig
ious assemblies, iH The interest of party
spent hours i'm prayer to God that Do
would help Senators commit perjury.
Nothing less than the obliteration O
the records, OF the bunting of the NOR
al sense of postcrity, can shield the pro
iectors of this conspiracy against TIT
Constitution from the scOrn and obIoqul
which so great a crime deserves. Ih'
Guilt of those who fired upon the flag o
Sumpter was not deeper than tina
which must attach to those who engag