Johnson undertook to remove Stan
ton, and gave evidence of ills deter
mination to do so, or test the powers
of the President before the Supreme
Court, and have ills rights in tile
matter of the removal of a member of
hie Cabinet, tleiinitely adjudicated
upon. But tile extremists of the
House are uts much afraid of tile Su
preme Court tut they are of Andrew
Johnson ; and there needs must lie
something done. Thad. Stevens has
lived for the past year for no other ob
ject but to have the pleasure of prefer
ing articles of impeachment against
the President. Whatever ilia admir
ers may say in his favor, don't con
tradict the charge that he is a malig
nant old man, and hates the Presi
dent with all Ids strength, Johnson'
is far from being immaculate ; but his
struggle to retain the Executive De
partment of tlie ‘Government intact,
and not permit the legislative depart
inent to encroach on it, by curtailing
its powers is a wise course to maintain
and defend. This Government is di
vided into three departments, tile
Legislative, Executive and Judicial,
each co-ordinate witli tile other This
is the theory of our Eederal existence;
but if the lowest branch of the Gov
ernment can regulate the other two
and curtail their powers, then it is
goodby to all safeguards to republican
liberty. We will certainly drift into
a pure democracy or despotism.
National Democratic Conven
tion.
