, 1866-12-07

"endall PhtlliPs are the tive great isfderS'Of the
rAdieAl party. fhsss are the men that sound
the heJ notsS 10 which the radical rank and Gle
are expected 70 keep tine. Like All leaders they
are e0aStAaty in advance Of their followers, and
At tin e Il would seem that the mAsB who lite
rally obsy thsir Odiots ware Aboat 70 rebel, bnt
liAtls whipping In iuysfilAly hriass them Up TO
the vork ,Aad EAai Il htst Fas termed as the uhim
Of an iadltiduii Is accepted as a dogma ef party
faith. Not = t~elVs-mSnth since, Butler and
Phillips proclaimed negro SaasAgS As the great
PaaaeeA for all the evils tue eoautay endured
The proposition at hrSt was secuted by the more
timid partisans, but under the more strict rules
Of unbendng party discipline the workers 10 the
hive hsV5 b o. brought over, until tod " negro
suffrage is the main plank 10 the ra lie a platform
So, too, with the impeaehmsnt OF the President,
the moe m pderIte men in ths rad cal ia ton
obi c. to this sK'rsme Measure, Gld shrink from
a policy the object Of which is to iuaugurGte
Another revolution. For tim, lhess drags on
the, radical van will succeed ia checking the
speed of those hery sourser', Rltler aud Phil
lips, bat this check will only be temporary, and
soon we may expect the whole radical pack,
"TrAy, Blanche, Sweetheart and all, . to take up
the ySp and unite in demsnding the impesch.
neut Of the President, We have already sKr
tractsd from Buffers Pittsburg speech the main
points upon which he expects to Arraign the
President. They are as follows:
1. Attempt to bring Congress into public hA-
tired, ridiSulS and eontempt. ,,.,
a.
ment and diSregardihg the prerogatiVes Of the
United States Senate in the appointment of men
whom that body, In pursu Ince Of constitutional
authority has tried and rejected.
3. For declaring peace in the insurrectionAry
States without the consent of Congress.
4. For corruptly using the Pardontng power.
s. For failing, to enforce the Civil Rights bill.
r. 6. For completely 10 the New Orleans riot.
10 a still later speech, At oinclhhsti, Butler
told the public how the impeachment would be
prosecuted and then Ventured to hint that an
army was armed and equipped, ready to enforce
the radical decree. Here are his own words on
this point
We have been asked the question. How can
the President be impeachsdl he is CommIn
der-in- Chief Of the Army and NGyS, and the
Constitution Of the United States says nothing
whatever about who shall hold the office while
he is being impeached. Therefore, if you be-
giu the Impeachment, be will order the army
and navy to disperse Congress, and be will seize
the reins OF Government. Where is the remedy
Here 1t is: The House Of Representatives,, un-
s. the Constellation il the grand inquest Of the
nation-perhaps l mIght s.yi r-- aI-.t-~iio-,
the Grand Jury Of the nation. It prepares the
bill of impeachment against the President if it
sees cause, and it presents the bill of impeach-
ment to the Senate Of the United States, which
then becomes a high court Of impeachment, and
the Chief. Justice Of the United States sits in
that court as its presiding ofser 1t is thus no
longer for that purpose the Senate Of the United
States but it is the Court OF Impeachment Of
the United States. What shall they do when
the iupeachment is ready the Senate sends out
ia messenger or sergeAnt-at-arms to bring in
the criminal, be he high or low. (Applsuse
They set him at the bar and read the bill 70 him.
If he plead guilty. then they proceed to sentence
| bin which sentence is deposition and depri'
yation of Office When he 10 brought before the
bar the Senate of the United States may order
him to be Imprisoned or 70 nud osii' or any
other propsr ordar thA. couTt may adopt in q
| criminal case, aud when the Constitution proyi.
dad this mode Of trial. did its trainers that
4 man Who is before the Court of Impeachment
as a criminal shall be At the same time chief
executive officer of the government BY no
means. From that moment he ceases to be able
to exercise the duties of that office until be is
/ e0.
| biIitv of the President of the United States to
exercise the Office of President, so the Vice
! President must take the office, and there being
| no Vices President it must devolve on the PRESS
1 dent of the Senate for the time being. (Ap
nlausel If in any Of these steps, so taken, &C
| eording to the Constitution, the President does
| not obey as q good citizen the behOsts Of the
| High Court of lmpsachment &hep that conrt,
like auy other court 10. the land, can call upou
the whole body Of ths people to aid it in enforce
| ing. its rightfal authority. (Applause. AAd
4 now 1 serve = notice on Aady Johnson that
| when a rightful court Of the Senate Of the
United States calls for cid 10 their behalf, and
| the people Of the United States, "the Boys in
Blue" will answer. We are told that if Goa
gress shall proceed to exercise their righIful au
thority, then there will be TIRED the strength Oi
the government, that tue Pnebidsnt,will call
upon the army and navy, and the stuty' And
navy will obey him. Let there be no fear about
fsat, bsedase tie army and ndUy Of ns UHited
States are not those fsV men that arg in Tie regular
ssroies. (ApplAuss.) have ne desire to dis
parase either the patriotism or integrity Of the
army of the United States, but il the army, a.
such, or if any portion Of it, or If any officer
of it, shall so far forget the duties he owes to
his Aag and to his profession as soldier, as to
answer any but. the legal call Of his country,
that small body Of men IhGH be sUspt from the
face of the earth cloud iI sVspt GWGy hsfors he
rising Of the morning sun. prolonged applause }
FRIGHrENINe GREsSHoRN.-While travelling
. up the Ohio, some years since, our boat stopped