The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-20
1correspondenoe Of the baltimore Gazette. ]

riCOrreEp0ndonce or the Balumore Gazette
=. :, WASHINGTON, March 16.-The fight wakes
That it is to be- 'swar to the knife. and the
knife to the hilt' is now universally conceded;
but who is to blame for the family feud? Many
predicted just such q state Of things, but no
one supposed the rupture would take place so
soon. 1t was argued that quiet would be main
tanned until the spoils OF victory had been par
celled out; for even the beligerent spirit Of
Radicalism is capable Of nursing its wrath and
keeping it warm as long as there is q chance
for spolls and plunder. But SO full Of spleen
and hate are some of the Radical leaders that
they have preoipitated the contest of factions,
and we are already in the midst of war.
The Civl-ofioe-tenure bill is made the pre-
text for strife among protesting friends, and
the resolution reported by Senator Trumbull,
providing for suspension Of the act until the
meeting of the next Congress-, led to most
; significant debate in the Senate to-day, in
which MIR. Morton declared that the proposi-
, tion meant distrust, and the purpose WAS to
put President Grant on probation or on trial,
and SO declare TO the country. Senator Nor
ton preferred that the law should stand as it
was than TO have passed resolution reflect
ing SO extensively upon the Chief Magistrate of
the nation.
The treaty OF peace concluded on the 10th
inst int between Congress aud the President
seems to have been double cheat. Evident
" the high contracting parties in both cases
signed the articles with mental reservations.
The understanding of the President was that
the iron-clad tenure act should be re oealed in
toto, or at least it's operation suspended for
and during the entire period OF his occupancy
of the Presidential chair. The maj agnates of the
Senate (at least majority Of the Judiciary
Committee after the fraudulent appointment
of Boutwell, was consummated, chose to con-
strue the agreement on their part as fully
complied with, by s'suspension" Of the OBJ
noxious act for and during the good behavior
and loudly ACCUSES the other Of .dupii-
oity and want of confidence, and divers
other unmentionable bad qualities. Sen
ators do not scruple to charge the Presi.-
dent specially with trickery Il have heard used
the word ''treachery") in declining, subse-
quently to the ratification Of the understand.
ing" to listen to their demands for removals
Of Federal officeholders in their respective
States and 10 the successors to whom they feel
also apersonai interest. In order to force an
unconditional surrender Of the whole powerlof
removals and appointments into his individual
hands, President Grant is now said to have
very recently declared his purpose to be, just
80 long as he is in the least shackled present or
prospectively with the abominable statute.
to refuse to- Temeve q single incumbent
OF office except in special cases where he
desires the appointment of q special friend.
The upshot Of the present. ofice-making i'm
s'suspenson" Of the Tenure-of-o Office act only
s'until the next meeting Of Congress-" the
President will have the power, in the interme-
diate time, Of removing officials 0d Nbuvna
of all excuse for refusing to do so at the bid
ding Of interested members Of Congress-. On
the other hand, the Senate will not only have
the power Of rejecting one or all of his norni-
nees if they should not prove ''loil" enough
but will hold the rod OF the obnoxious law over
his head, without regard to race or color, -
and, more inn portant still, without regard to
the Presidents veto power. Who blames
them? What have the Democrats and Conser-
vatives to do with the transparent triokery of
either Of these high powers Of this great coun-
try7
here that the new administration will be the
most proscrlptive ever known, and that not an
appointee OF the late President will be left in
of&oe. Postmaster General Creswoll boasts
that the only deputy he will spare will be
''Nasby" at the x Roads.