Congress had no doubt of it. Most Republican journals had no doubt of it. We certainly had no doubt of it. But the Tribune had no more right to excommunicate Mr. Evarts because he did not think impeachment expedient when the Tribune did, than General Butler and Mr. Boutwell had to excommunicate the Tribune because it did not think impeachment expedient when they did. Perhaps, however, the Tribune may see some reason for moderating its censure of Mr. Evarts as a renegade Republican when it remembers that he at least appears for the Government against Jefferson Davis, and not as his counsel or bail.
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