Year: 1867

undertook By legislation 70 surround the Prosdeut-uu


have him parayzed; because Congress can pass laws
everywhere head him of But Of what benefit s this
leg paralyzed will tue government marrh Concress
may pass all manner OF laws, bat who will execute
them There three propositions before Congress
the reconstruction of the southern Sates Mr. Julian
Of Indiana proposed 10 get along with the President the
President appointing governors for the territory or the
south on his territorial plan ou, M sne rresaens w not
drm, will the Senate confirm any one whom
the President will appoint. II he appoints such gov
he did before what shaile havebut legal
ritorial governments by act Of Congress place Of
illegal State governments by act OF the Pres dent
Aaan Mr. stevens comes forward seeing this difficulty
saving that the court for the District OF Columbia shall


appoint commissioner But that would not do, for
district having jurisdiction over territory Of
OF the South, which Is empire. What says MI Ash
ieyf He has devised very Ingenious and well arranged
dent but II under his bill the loyal black and white
people get together in the South under an act OF Con-
gress and start government the difficulty will be that
the moment they do so you will have the massacre Of
New Orleans over again. The white and black loyal
people attempted 70 get together in New Orleans 10
IRAN srame loyal goyernmen, ana what happeneo ~nsn n,
ernor Worth will say We cannot have you meet
here, we shall arrest you ~ they are not murdered
for aid and Mr.. johnson says I must give you
@ sia because you are a. de faco government We
supreme cou Tse1 ascdS sosns :na tss case
Rhode Island in the Do rebellion win decide the De


dcfo 70 be the for the President
support and they have already substantially decided
this question. Thus the question will mot be whether
the President is worth lighting, bat whether you
night him and tho Supreme Court But you say you will
reorganise the Court and have Of judges ap-
pointed lyou have part Of the Court nowj but then
Congress- you say, may move in this direction Congress
has all the power to pass laws But the President has
all the power II you do not impeach him, oppose the
execution OF those laws You have Congrass-an irre-
him the President Is an immovabie body and
then we have got the question which agitated
the school men many years ago. What will happen
when irresistible force strikes an immoyable body
OF the country Now, then, what do you proposef Do
you propose TO leave our Union friends black and vhte
to be whipped and murdered and burned two years
longer because you are afraid the Jews abroad won't
take your bonds even at seventy two cents the dol


larf trust not Are you TO leave this country in
state OF chrome anarchy trust not Are you worse


and above all TO throw this whole question 20 the pe0


pe sckened and disguised at the fact that after having


given Congress all the power they have not produced
practical rcsus Are you going to throw the whole
question into the turbulent seething, boiling bubbling
cauldron OF the Presidential election Of 1666,
with this certainty, that there will be the great
question whether those States in the Union
not shall shall not vote for Presidenta Ques


President ard the Supreme Court will be upon the other


Therefore my Judgment every dictate of slateSman


ship every instinct Of self defence party points 70
the view that this man. who has betrayed bis trust who
the who eec,ed johnson were the only party
representing those men, should be impeached. II you
allow him to stand there TO throw this whole country


into anarchy, you bring upon yourselves the very dan


gers which you would avoid II the Congress OF the
United States goes bravsly forward in the path of duty
the people will sustain II. fhe people love and Heaven
favors brave actions II Congress has now they Will
send men there who will not