Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1859-01-06

vi tHO 1AOuoC REPRESENTATIVES,. LII tud
high court of impeachment, also we 81
during the trials as accusers. We ar
bound, therefore, by no mere technica
rules of law and evidence, we are unde
, no obligation other than that highest o
all Obligation sense of duty alike t.
the people and to the accused. Into GU
hands the Constitution has committe,
the guardianship-and in the case o
officers held for life the sole guardian
ship-of the rights of the many who d.
not hold Office against the few who do
Certainly, sir, no man ought to be light
ly accused of even official miseoRdue
or abuse of public trust. But wher,
there is no other restraint or redress
where the Office is judicial and for life
where the trust is so delicate and mo
mentous in its nature, and so open t.
abuse, where public opinion usually i.
silent, and even the press cares not tt
speak out, this House ought, in my judg
ment, to be,if not swift, certainly moi
slow to hasten to the complaints of those
who invoke its process to summon the
accused into court All other courts
stand open night and day, and it is the
high constitutional right of every citi.
zen to demand their process as ofcourse
But between this high court of impeach-
| ment, which alone under our Constitu-
ton holds the power Of redress of off
cial wrong and oppression, stands the
House of Representatives Am 1. not
right, then in saying that we ought not
too hastily to deny the only process by
which such oppression and wrong may
be redressed Ifindeed, the case be pal
pably frivolous, or the prosecution plain
ly malicious, it is our duty promptly, if
not Indignantly, to refuse. Can any one
will any one, say that this is such a
case
But it has been said that there is too
much doubt and perplexity in this case
and that, therefore, there ought to be
no impeachment Not so. We have no
power to try and acquit; and these very
perplexities and doubts, if, indeed, any
such there are, especially after the ac-
cused has been heard fully in his de-
fcnse, are, of themselves, enough to JUS
tify this House in sending the case to
the Senate for adjudiation. What shall
we deny to Judge Watrou's accusers the
only process by which he can be brought
into court and put upon trial?
Let it be remembered that the charge
is corruption. and the accused Judge.
Sir, 1, too, am for the independence Of
the judiciary, but 1 am for its purity
first. Howsoever 1 might vote upon
the question Of the life tenure and mode
of appointment of the judiciary, in a
convention assembled to frame anew a
constitution fer the United States, am
opposed to any change in that instru
ment in these respects now. But l
will be the more exact, fifty fold, in en-
forcing the only other restraint and
remedy which the Constitution has de-
vised. Corruption, moneyed corruption
and we have heard it from high au-
thority-is steadily, though with noise
less, but most guilty tread, stealing itsto
other departments of our Government.
Legislation here, it is said, has been
controlled by it; and this House has not
been slow to appoint committees of in
vestigation founded upon but rumor
alone. Sir, some years hence-I dare
not say centuries-seats in this House
may perhaps be openly bought and sold.
They have long been merchandise in
the House of Commons. But in Eng
land the judiciary is pure anl incor-
rupt, and England still survives. For
one, Mr.. Speaker, whercsoever else in
this Government corruption may come,
or how far soever elsewhere it may be
carried, 1 demand that there shall be
preserved one citadel at least within
which public virtue may retire and
stand intrenched.
These, then, in my judgment, are the
principles, and these the considerations,
upon which the House ought to proceed
and be governed in ordering an i'm
peachment and applying them now to
the testimony reported by the commit
tee, for my single self am obliged to
vote for this impeachment.
Romance VS.. Common Sense.
The New York Tribune publishes an
article arguing against the young folks
running away from home to get spliccd.
We extract.
There is some truth to be told about
the common run" of masculine prowl-
els by night about garden walls and un-
der bed room windows in quest of OPP
portunities to pour seducing batteries
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have not time to tell it now. As a |
general rule they are licentious, good
for nothing adventures. who would ra-
ther marry living than work for it,
and who speculate on the chances of
bringing the old folks round" after
year or two. A true man would not
advise, much less urge, the woman he
loved, to take step which must inevi-
tably lesson the respect felt for, and vi
olate the trust reposed in her by those
who had loved and cherished her all her
days.
The marriage Of girls of fourteen to
seventeen years is very prevalent cause
of personal and transmitted evil and
suffering. Prematurely taxed with the
care and nourishment of children, their
constitutions give way: and at thirty
they are already on the down hill of life.
Eighteen is the youngest age at which
any one should marry, twenty or TWEEN
ty three is much better.
B6~ The man who reached the height
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