The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-02-13
The Capit0lian Advocate and the
President.

In II lengthy editorial the Capito
Advocate critlciSes an article
II the SENTINEL OF two weeks ago.
He starts out with the assertion
that the SENTINEL almost claimed
papal intallibility for President
Ceyeland.
ln this the CA goes far beyond
the spirit OF the article criticised
which commended that Cleveland
was President of the United States,
elected by the Democratic party.
and was entitled to II fair opportn
nifty and time o test his plans and
policy before being condemn, 4 by
his party.
The SENTINEL protested against
the "A in its uniting with the Re
publican newsi apers in abusing
the President as it has been doing
tor several months, ana in joining
the Republican Senate in its at
tempt TO bul,doze the President and
take away from the executive of
the nation the preIogatives and
rights tina, have heretofore been
accordt d to that officer, and claim
ing to speak for the Democratic
party, whilst granting its distin
guished contemporary the right to
express It's own views and to take
its position in the Republicanranks
il it saw tit to do so.
The right of the President to
make removals was never question
ed from the days Of Washington to
Lincoln.
The President is responsible
to the people for his acts, not to
buIldozi"g Senate. The power of
the Seua.e TO reject nominations
was Il prerosative of that body,
whilst the appointing power was
placed in the hands of the Presi
dent.
When that prince of dema
gogues, Andrew Johnson, reached
the Presidential chair the Repaid!
can party saw tit in their tanati-
cal majority TO tie his hands, not
because it was right and legal, but
because they had the power to do
Just as they pleased. When Grant
became President they repealed
their acts tieiny JohnSon'S hands,
and restored to the President the
rights he had always had, and eX
ercised.
The attempt OF the Republican
Senate to force Mr.. Cleveland into
the same predicament they put An
drew johnson in, is what the GA
now advocates so Justify, and hugs
the delusion that he has the Demo
craticmasscs following his lead.
1t proclaimS that that is what it
considers Democratic principles.
1t may be those OF our distinguish
ed contemporary.
The Democratic members of Con
gress in caucus have asserted that
the President is right, aud that
they will sustain and support him,
and with all due Difference to the
wisdom of our cOntrere we think
they are as good exponents OF De
mocracy as he is.
Aud nine tenths of the Democrat
ic papers throughout the country
uphold the President whilst III "a
conflict with the Senate in defense
OF his prelogatives.
WI do not think that the people
want to have u President OF the
United States a simple weather
cock for a bull doing Senate, and
they are not going to maintain any
such Il mOnstIOus doctrine.
The ca proudly inquiries how
many Post Offices and subaltern
positions in the Custom House are
yet unoccupied by Republicans.
We do not believe that there are
five post Offices in Louisiana iu
which a change has not been made
when asked for by the people in
the vicinity Of those Offices. II Re
publicans are retained iu the Gus
tomhouse they are held by the law.
We said that every presidential
office in Louisiana had been filed
by the President and this the CA
does not dispute.
The CA does not feel disposed
to yield a blind support to the Pres
ident. neither do we.
We propose to c~riticise and con
denim whenever we feel justified in