The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-11-02
Wendell Phillips Wants President
johnson Impeached.

WENDELL PHILLIPS delivered speech
in New York last week in which he call
ed for the impeachment of the Presi-
dent and denounced HENRY WARD
BEECHER. The speech Illustrates the
old time hatred of the constitution
which PHILLIPS and his party associates
have ever manifested They bitterly OPP
pose whoever obeys his oath to Support,
project and defend" hat instrument.
The following is an extract from the
speech:
"My charge against the President is
that he has debauched the moral sense
of the North ON this question. Loud
applause My charge against the Presi-
dent OF the United States Is, that he has
silcnced the Republican party Oh this
question Ifitwas possible and consistent
with thenatnre OF Government, now
is the time contemplated by the fathers,
when such 81 magistrate should be I'M
reached. Tremendous cheering. When
the cheering Subsded, two OF three misses
were heard from frightened Republicans.
and these being continued, were drowned
three several times by great cheering
"What does President Johnson repre-
sent! lie represents his will, with nine
States to he reconstructed behind him.
He represents the slave power that con
quered in 1850. There are behind him
nine States to he reconstructed: the DEM
ocratic party is on his right hand; the
Administration party is on his left hand.
TIE slave power. like the old legend OF
LAGOON, has eucircled and crushed the
the life out of the Republican party, and
out of Plymouth Church pulpit Laugh
ter aud applause Yes, l Respect the i'm
pulses of that gallant apostle OF liberty
Henry Ward Beecher. But that speech
of his is one Of the most dismal SiGus OF
the times. 1t might have been made any
time twenty years ago. 1t has the very
tone of Northern suhmisssOn to the slave
power of the white race of the South
The very accent, the whole flavor of the
speech, is worse than the argument. 1t
is the same tone in which Webster talk
ed when he got down low and ate dirt
before Southern power. 1t is the very
tone in which Buchanan talked when he
got lower than men thought possible. 1t
is that same tone OF ap0loglZlng toi
Southern political sins. The President
will, undoubtedly, say in his message
that he goes for suffrage, as he SAID IL
his interview with Mr. Stearns, as a prl
vate citizen. If he lived in Tennessee
he would advocate it, | have no doubt
he would; he has insight enough for that
And Daniel Webster was'an A6olitioniSt
except for the restriction of the United
States Constitution. Millard Fillmore
talked as good anti-slavery doctrine as
could, only there was a certain parch
ment between him and acting. Even
Franklin Pierce had anti-slavery mo
ments, butno anti-slaverg acts" Laugh
ter.
PHILLIPS would have the President
east aside and disregard the certain
parchment" which stands in the way D
the accomplishment of the radica
scheme. His speech illustrates the littl,
respect he and his class have for the i'll
| strument that constitutes the bulwarh
of American liberty and which alOn,
preserves our people from despotic anC
arbitrary rule. He and all those whC
teach that written constitutions may bC
| ever set aside or violated with impunity
are doing more to destroy the Union anC
the government of the United State,
than the leaders in the late rebellion did
The southern people rebeiled becaus,
they feared the constitution would b,
violated to their prejudice: the radicals
are teaching that the constitution ma!
be violated whenever the President will
or the majority in Congress desire =
Even in our own State, PHILLIPS has fit
ting coadiutors in those who apologiz,
for and defend violation Of the organi,
law of the State in order to give victor!
to their political party. These arr
among the most alarming signs of tht
times and indicate the growth of a sen
timent which must prove fatal to repub
lican institutions and totally destructive
of the liberties we have enjoyed.