Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1866-10-18

aeey' having scarcely any negro popula-
ton. would not be affected by it all.
Impeachment.-- Its Probable Result
Now that the great farce ofthe late North
crn elections is over, we can begin to form
a faint idea of the terrible drama, which we
have abundent reason to fear will prove
tragic in it's character, which the Radicals
are about inaugurating. Flushed with sue
cess, and possessing the most Unsuitable de-
sire to crush and destroy the Southern peo-
pie, what, in the name Of all that is dear
and sacred, have we to hope for, when
placed at the mercy of this party, which in
the first drunkenness of the carnival of their
success, when the chalice shall be filled with
blood and the bachanal cry shall be for
more? These have been their threats made
from their high places and encored by the
vulgar mob, and now that they have placed
their present threatening position we can
only ask Of them, what will be the iniato-
ry steps first to be taken ?
In recent speeches delivered at Xenia,
Dayton and Springfield, Ohio, GenAB. f.
Butler advocated tic impeachment of the
President,
Because he soughtto bring Congress into
public hatred, ridicule and contempt; be-
cause he had corruptly used the power of
removal and appointments; because he
he had neglected to execute those laws Of
Congress which were passed over his veto,
and other laws, because he had deied the
constitutional right of the Senate to confirm
appointments by placing in power officers
whom it had rejected; because he had cor
ruptly used the pardoning power and I'm
lawfully restored property belonging by
right of capture to the United States, &C."
How is this impeachment to be obtain
ed? Gen Butler tells us that ssthe House
Of Representatives, under the constitution,
is the grand inquest ofthe nation > it pre-
pares the bill of impeachment and presents
it to the Senate of the Unit d States, which
then becomes a high court Of impeach-
ment, with the Chief-Justice of the United
States presiding. What then? The
ergeant-at-arms is then sent to bring
in the criminal, and then this high court
proc eeds in trial, and delivers itself of it's
predetermined sentence, which sentence
is a deposition and deprivation Of Office, and
that if in any Of these STEP so taken, the
President does not surrender himself as any
good citizen, to this High Court Of impesch-
ment, then will the whole body of the peo-
pie be called to enforce it's authority.
Thus we have foreshadowed the Radical
plan for impeachment, by one of their
leaders, and indeed, it was made an issue,
with many, during the recent elections, the
result Of which so enphatically proclaims
the temper and disposition of the northern
people. Then, have we nothing to fear
when the prime cause for this impeachment
is because the President restored and pro-
tected southern property and pardoned
southern men, and refused to enforce the
unconstitutional act of an unconstitutional
Congress? Can we question, then, the
certainty of outrage and aggression, upon
the programme already laid down? Upon
the abdication Of President Johnson we may
expect to see that army march,
ing through the South, armed soith the
smora IN che hand aad the t;re-bramd IN the
other, folIosced by q corps Of Surveyors 0ith
the Gunther's chain, which has so repeated
ly been threatened the southern people, and
thus long only restrained by the President
In such an emergency We have but the
choice either to submit to this wonton de-
spoilation, or learn lesson from the brave
defenders of Saguntum.
But weare not without hope yet This
is only the picture Of Of a successful i'm
parchment our hope is still in the Presi-
dent, and we still pray that the northern
conservative element will sustain him in
his effort against the gainsayers of the con-
stitution, as he has SO periodically declared
that he would, ''erels atnto DEATH" How
is the President to resist this impeachment
when the adic5facopze Of the arhole coua-
try are called % vindicate the High Court
of Impeachment? Upon the broad constitu-
tional ground That there has been no con-
stitutional Congress to impeach him, and
still higher, that he has in no wise acted
contrary to the spirit and letter Of the Con-
stitution, and will, iftrue to his professions,
call upon the army and navy of the Uni
ted States to sustain himsel in. his effort to