, 1869-02-04
City subse573trs tan hare TIE SUN
DAT TRIBUNE delirern By carrier on
le1rfNg q. order in our CouRtfn7 Room.
THE rxTuRE0F-oFFIcE ACT.

DAT TRIBUNE dslirrn BY carrier on
leatfn9 q. order in our Couztin7 Room.
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THE rxFuREor-oFrIcE ACT.
Some three weeks ago the Il ju,e of
Representatives. pssscd bill repsalire
The Tepu1e.of-Of3ce act. Il referred
in tie Senate to the Committee On Re-
erchmens-a new committee Instituted
to give somebody chairm.rship, and to
enable him TO persuade tic country that
Re hss stme:hing in particular to do. The
House b'll has beca reported back BY
Senator Edmu1ds, with M amendmeut.
viz: To s:t.ke oa: all alter the cuacsire
clause, ard to inert Substantially the cx-
lsiipg Tftute-cfOl1iec law, with a pro-
v.so to prcyeEt General Grant from ao~
pentiig CT rre'aiusug General scho0eld i,
Scc1e'sry Of War.
Tlele arc Two wsys To look at tho
present law regulating the seau1c Of
civil tfices. Looking a. 1t as Repub1i-
cans THAT IL, as pariissne,) we find that
1t WIS passed Is desperAse REMEDY far
the disease krown IS nd;john.onisu.
The acurg President hsd betrayed his
parry and joined The Coppc1hesds In an
asxmpt to reconstruct the Union on q
rebel basit. BE Was employing ali his
energies 10 thwart And fIussrA.e The laws
OF Congress. With many mssgiyinzs
ard with much psrleYing besweuu
the two houses, the Tcnureof.
once law Tas phsse5. It's expcdiency
WAS doub1d By many Its cons,ilutlos-
altty by uoze. Nr. EImacd:, Ii Is trac.
Tcporltd the bill in The first instance asa
pe1msneni measure, policy OF the goy-
crnmcu', to bc msiutAinld through Ill
k'tds Of admiristrauocs; bus neither he
nor Any other SeEstcr will deny shat
,ke bill had It's origin In the quarrel
with Andrew johnson, aud that It would
never have been propostd or thought oi
but Tor that qua1Iel.
Whatever msy have been the intention
OF thoec who passed Il, .he Law has given
ustte Nors! tcl Of efllcels VIC ever had,
AID. wha: Is even more scaudAleus, nc
BODY Is responsible f3r them. Thu Coso.
re,'s vctdlcf," Nobody to blauc," eoyers
the whMkty rine, and Collector Bmy .he
and Reve1dy johnson, and aM kinds Of
rnscalisy and crive ling. Csnsres, having
assumed the appoiusing poWer, {for that
Is Wh It Is ktensf.d when they lake from
TIC President the power OF 1emova.).
Congress is ar6WerAola for tho uon-exe-
cuslon or imperfect execution Of the
laws. This fact WAS lost sight OF during
the tccens poll ical campaign In the tur-
moii and contention over other matters.
11isnow emerging from the depths and
ssEersirg Its prercsauves As distu1ber
Ct The peace.
In our view, the success CT fAilore OF
General Grants aduinis:rstion wilt de-
pe1d upon the repeal or retention Of this
law. Fieedom In the choice Of his subor-
dirases is ss necessary to him ncw ss
when he was moving against Lees army.
The foe he has TO meet Is Al vig,lant, as
numerous and as well entrenchti as the
rebel fcrces on the RapiJAn. TIE Ter
ure-ot Office act, whe'her in its original
fern, or as amended by the Ra,rencb-
ntnt Committee, Is the end Of ali dis
cirline in the Executive Depaz mens OF
the government. Il makes divided re-
sponsihility, which is no responsibility At
all. Every officer rem ,yed his his anne,l
to The Senate. Every person anpoin. ed
at The instance of a Senatur has a, l.azt.
one friend to stand between him and hi,
chief and when a m.;orisv of thu sans
tors hare friends Similarly sf,,,.ted ne.
ctsaitv will dr,re them tn naake comno,
cause against the President. Thus there
will be t1o EXECUTIVES in of9ce At the
same .ime-oue sworn to ses that ,he
iawarre faithfully executed. without the
power 10 DO SO, ard The other resting
under Io such responsibility, but seeking
to exercise 1t.
The 1eadi1ets with which the House
repealed The obnoxious statute, and ,ht
tenacity with which the Senate adhtrt
to It, potut 70 the conclusion that the lat
ter hope and desire to control, in = large,
measure than heretofore, the patronage
Of the government. The people will
hare no sympathy with this selfish pur'
p0ke. Ii any SepAtoTs suppose that they