New-York tribune., 1871-05-01

and burned the offices Oh ono Va Wv" " 49,
President Washington did not relish 'n"' '"o".
Of dealing with an obnoxious tax; so he caiicd
49,. Grtoen thousand volunteers, and sent them
| o,,o;rst the rioters, who, finding that he meant
| h,,sincss came down, after the manner Oh
Cont. Scott's coon. Before Washington's expe-
dtion had made its way through the great
wilderness that then all but covered the inte-
rior of Pennsylvania, the Whisky rioters had
disbanded, dispersed, and the laws had iuiiy
resumed their sway. II WAS not found neces-
sary to fire O single shot.
The Democrats of that day denounced ana
execratcd Washington's energetic promptness
as an ostentatious defiance OF constitutional
restraints on Executive authority and diScre-
ton. Said Albert Galatin:
"The moneys drawn from the Treasury on that occa-
sion were paid out Of fund appropriated for other and
distinct purposes they not drawn, agreeable To the
Constitution in consequence OF any appropriation made
by law II might be a defect In the law. authorizing the
expense not to have provided the means; bat that dc
feet should have been remedied by tho only competent
| authority, by conyenng Congress"
Mr.. james Thompson Collender, leading
Democratic Editor of the day, in his pamphlet
"Sketch of the History OF the Western ins'lr-
"recti3n," published as a party tract in l70o'
! Ubree to four years after the Oceurronce,) more
| positively says
"The money for dcfIaying the expense Of the army
was supplied in direct opposition to the Constitution
sIf the hombardmpnt OF a British 1ec the disem-
baLation Of French army, had not lef moment to
SCARE ngulfng necessity would Justly have supersedeh
all forms and vindcacd the irregular abstraction Of
million cf dollars. Yet even in that case the President
at the next meeting OF Congress, ought to have eAacu
and apologizcd for the measure"
| "There was ample time to have assembled Congress
Neville the Inspectors house burned on the lth OF
July The first proclamation by the freSlueh wa"
issued on the 7h August and the second on the 25th OF
September following IL was not Till aiterthe atVcr uate
that the militia ordered TO march. The seven weeks
intervening between the two proclamations aoweu iu
time for assembling the Legislature. Instead of this
legal and practicable measure the President, Washing
ton, walked straight through the Constitution through
the privileges OF the Legislature and the duties oi his
own respective office"
"On the 10Th of November. 179i, the President ad-
| dressed the two Houses He began, as usual Win a
reference TO Divine goodness and to the riches,
ana happiness for which America seems destined
pompous and exaggerated sketch was then given OF ho
iDsrrectioa Certain sccrcdtcd societies were referred
TO as having assumed the tone OF condemnation toward
the measures OF Government But the President forgot
to eniio and much less 60 apologize Tor inc selcre-
atcd power OF taking million Of dollars from the public
Treasury. when he related tho outrages eoniinlled
upon officers OF Government, he overlooked the prov
ocaons by which they had been excited, the numerous
instances OF m.sanagcmert on the part o the secretary
Of the Treasury by which they had been fosereh anu
the thousandfold en0rmes of the Federal Army ana
of that Secretary under which thCy had been over
whemcd."
"Again the army was raised principles purely
Donqrcea The President acted solely on the authority
Of law investing him, during the recess of Congress,
with unlimited powera law that may one day overturn
the Constitution. Let explain 1t by the following
suppostiOn The present Congress viii cease TO oAis on
the 81 OF March, 179g On the lth Mr. Adams may get u
certificate from confidential Judge that Vrgnia
or Tennessee is in state OF rebellion WAethcr the
story he false rests entirely within his breast
He directly calls out the militia; ana, as thlS
insurrccii0u is ten times more dangerous than
that of Braddocks field, he requires an hundred and
fifty thousand men. He sets out ut their head parados
four eight hundred miles, the horrors OF the
Western expedition and till the first Monday of Deccn-
her thereafter he and his militia absolute masters Of
America. They proceed at an expense of two hundred
thousand dollars per day, 10 be drawn from Treasury
which has not spare shilling No part OF the Con
sttution practically stop Mr. Adams in his pro-
gross. Tho Legislature does not assemble till the
first Monday of December, unless the nero accident
Of law by their predecessors may have ordained more
early date Even this remedy could be easily prevented
p7econcertcd plan, the majority in the Senate would
he sure TO reject any bill FOR the more early meeting Of
Congress. Thus nine months OF royal inferTegHut
might readily put an end to tho Government The pre-
ccdent set by Gen. Washington for emptying the
Treasury would greatly facilitate sUch conspiracy
The above explanation clearly proves that dee0rding TO
la,r lives and properties may soon be at tho mercy
OF some Chief Magistrate"
Enough said. We have quoted from these
ancient Democrats enough to show that the
clam0r now raised against the Ku-Klux law
is in essence identical with that raised against
George Washington for putting down the
Whisky revolt of 1894. The good sense of the
country precuded all necessity for vindication
then, and 50 it is to-day.