Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-03-19

dhd 6u&iul, but tie christians faith is not
judged thereby. There are abuses of every.
thing under the sun, in society, ia politics,
in business, in professional life aud in reiig-
ion. There are articles Of diet which in
variaby make the persons who consume
them sick, and there are countless things
which are put ~ good aud 10 bal uses, and
which viewed in one light are necessarily
good, and viewed in another necessarily
bad.
Ii follows. therefore, that the club, the
dance, the theatre, the card liable, and the
outdoor sport, which are inherently bad, are
not more properly standard by which to
judge all such things than dishonest mer.
chant, a tricky lawyer or q fanatical or i'm
moral preacher would be as standard by
which to judge all who are engaged in the
same occupations. There are clubs, thea
tres, card games, dances and sports OF every
description. II is possible for all these
things 10 be high.toned, elcvating, rejuven-
ating, restful and useful They may be put
TO Objectionable uses or they may not, but
in themselves they are harmless. There is
not more sense or propriety in preaching
against them than there would be In preach.
ing against religion because Parson Downs,
OF Boston, happens TO be u minister, or be-
cause the Mormon church chances TO main.
tain the assumption that it is the only earth.
Iy agency which now receives divine reve
lation. Against the well-balancei juAg.
ment Of men ON these points it Is useless for
revivalists 10 declaim.
SENATOR EDMUNDS AND THE
PRESIDENT.
We have read with care and reflection
the recent speech made by Senator Ed
munds against the President and his argu-
ment 10 the controversy relative to suspen-
sions is as strong as the case admits off, but
ii does not disturb the foundations ON which
Mr.. Cleveland's attitude is based Because
after tile most fla5rant usarpatioh by Con
ing the johnson regime practice
oil asking reasons for suspensions grew up
in the Senate aud was INDUCED In by so
distinguished Democrat as Allen G. Thur.
man in one instance, does not in any manner
prove the senator's right to make such de-
mands or cstop the President from refusing
to comply with them when made.
Under the Constitution the President is
to appoint by and with the alyice and con.
sent Of the Senate all Federal offices not
otherwise provided for, and during the vaca.
lion Of Congress he is to ill all vacancies
10y commissions which will run until the
next session OF Congress. The ablest ex.
Founders Of the organic law have held that
the power " removal must necessarily ac
company TINT of appointment, and though
The Constitution is silent on that point, all
Presidents have exercised that prerogatiye
On their own responsibility, suspending such
officials as they saw tit and naming Others
10 take their places, subject 70 the approval
81 the Senate The fact that the Senate
recognized the strength Of the Presidents
position relative TO suspensions, aud its own
inability under the Constitution to interfere
with him in The exercise OF that power, was
well illustrated by the Congressional usur.
patton in Johnsun's time, when, by sheer
iorcr u nnmbers, laws having 20 C0ns,itu.
lional sanction were passed Il the purpose
al making him u mere tool OF the Senate.
rial upsiaris.. Those laws were eventually
amended SO as " strip thenhof this feature,
and the question as to the Presidents sole
responsibility forsuspension now rests where
IL did for seventy-five years before the John.
son spells quarrel began
While in this. rs in many other disputes
81 Constitutional points, the trouble arises
iiNm the absence Of clearly expressed laws,
At will be the conviction Of the majority Of
The American people that the President,
who arssponsible 10 them, should exercise
;hTaisnaa... power, which has vsys &c,
.,osed IN soiiiee except during ihe lastiwo
years oi Jonnson's administration. rather
Than the Senate. Which is responsible TO No
hody. Senatorial dictation to an Executive
on the subject of suspensions would destroy
what little responsibility there is in the
American government That body already
possesses more power than il should have,
wiien the character Of It's members Is con.
sidered, and the President who, under the
Constitution, understands lis imprudent en-
croachments is doing the country service
The Court Of Appeals has filed an order
,-,lling far n rca roument of the psarra II irk