Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-23
Ihing Review Of the Usurpa.
IONS OF the President in Order
10 Keep his BrOther.in-
Law I'm Office.
hould'be Emperor to be Par.
ohed by the People Only
When he Makes Restitu-
tiOn and Repents.
eariul Summing Up-The Most
5rrlble Indictment Since
Oharles Summers DeIiT-
ered-Etc,

a HINGTON, March 2a-The senate
,es were densely crevyjed long he.
tls ,i'. hour OF meeting, and by the
.he senste was cF4ied to order not
st1ahdihG room W.. to be obtained in
alletiess doorwsTys, or the passages
us IIefelo. CpoD the fl Jor were
--I-l uull pSIs OF TLembeTs Of the house
s p.esehtatlve's and others entitled to
privilege Of the floor. "
SI the leading OF the journal of
r osy Proceedings, Senator Bout
suoV lifted 8 resolution providing
ie dal adjournment of the senate
le - day Of NJ rch at - O'Clock.
ave notice that he would call it up
on as the resolution now under con-
ration was disposed of.
ne consideration Of the resolution ap-
ing of the action of the President
3gsrd 20 Louisiana was resumed, and
alor johnson Tenn. being entitI .d
ne y Dor, began to speak at ten min
. past twelve o'clock.
81 nator johnson said: Tbs resoIu.
proposes to cover acts and
sures which 1 think are clearly IN
l.iOn Of the organic law of fhe land
without authority. That being So
mot give my consent tG the resolu.
and will be compelled to vote
INST 1t, and think it proper that
ild give some reasons why / cannot
Il my vote. in the finst place. Mr.
! ldent, il seems to rae that the con.
'atlsn OF the resolution embracino
lions OF such grave Importance is
legitimate before this body; In OF ,o-
Is, 1t IS not legitimate to copsj dor n
+ Re q senate convened, as f',is hos
convened, to act solely Vpon bust.
,PeLIA9lnLng to pIe execu-
department; it is not Ie0iti-
to act upon the measure 5ow
r consideration by this bodv' n ia
mate 20 consiF er every act and
y question on which the admins
4 Is.7 II. s;teV since its advent into
u; II 4oes not seem to me TO be
iH.s mach further out of the
.os the executive to come for
nj presume to act ia defiance of
legislature, than for the legislature
ame forward and approve the acts of
President. Ordinary measures are
ent for the consideration OF congress.
when they are acted on it is the
of the President to consider them
10 spprove or reject them. Senator
'nson argued at length that the
lte had 10 authority to act on the
Hutton, especially in the absence of
other house, He contended that
resolutions Of Senators Morton aud
|lnghGysen were in the same sub
ce with a mere modification in the
ter OF verbiage TO suit the party views
|Jme individuals. He next referred
p trouble IN the Tennessee legis-
Pc in 1865, and the action of the Fed
government in instructing General
|Tge II. Thomas, in command of the
7ral IOrc' there, TO strictly abstain
any interference. His instruc-
:, he s'dd, were as follows:
WAsH1NGToN, July II, 1866.
|sner a Grant will instruct Gen.
'.hOmEs that the facts stat
ID his telegram do not war
the Interference OF the mill
Is. The administration Of the laws
the preservation Of peace in Nash
/ belong properly to the State au-
|ilies, aDd the duty Of the United
Is authorities is not to interfere in
controversy between the public au-
Eities Of the State, and General
mas Will strictly abstain from any
Inference between them.
Iere Is a precise case, and that was
faction Of the government. 1t was
|sved that il was a civil strife, con-
between two divisions of the civil
|eTnment, and was so stated in the
gram sent back 10 General Thomas,
liar TO the one in Louisiana. That dis
n was signed by the secretary Of war,
was written in the presence Of the
ideut and sent TO General Grant to
L O. General Thomas. He was told
this was not 3 csse calling for the
Inference OF tue military, and he
neral Thomasl should abstain from
Inference under any circumstances
stever. 1t would seem that this
|ks the line between civil and mill
authority. There is a precedent Of
government in that case, and cases
almost parallel, and that was what
government did then. What are
told uoW2 We see, then, that the
|ent President OF the United States
familiar with and understood what
the sction OF the government in
! 0f this kind and of the duty Of the
tary and civil authorities. We zee,
that the question was not un-
wn to him, and he has not
ID without proper anu sufficient
rmation upon the subject OF which
has heeu informed Of, and
ing acted aud carried out the
n OF telegram that 1 have
he must have understood
have known that it was the true
.rine aud principle upon which cases
njs kind should he managed by the
't.ry. be then referred to the re-
rsI Of General J. n. Sheridan from the
mand OF the fifth military district,
ust 26th. 1867, and said that it was
nnsequence Of the wall which came
from the people of that section.
" was il that this man Sheridan had
selected and sent to these people,
before condemned him and
-ad far hi4 removal? He John
knew the determination OF
psnr,a Uf the south, their
Il inject was 20 he restored to the
on. He would tell some Of those