The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-06-14

mere pass I've, Uut ueleImneu 'dHu bSSfes-
sive support. The Democratic party is pre-.
pared 10 stand or fall upon that issue. |
know it has been said by some the Demo-
cratic party is in too great haste, 1t is too
credulous, it is OYer.cOnfident. Iappeal to
to the facts of the last year. | appeal to
the acts OF the PTesident--not merely to
what he has said, but 10 what he has DONE
The Democratic party understands ITSELF
The President comprehends his principles.
1t is said BY the Republican party that the
President is gong over to the Copperhesds.
Who are tie Copperheads ? They are the
men who, amid cOntumely, amid exile. amid
repTosches showered upon them, stood fast
by the priI ciples of the Constitution and TO
liberty.
The men who in Rome remained true to
The grand old Republic when tyranny was
usurping the power, were Copperheads. the
men who loved liberty in EurOpe-Tel in
Switzerland. Bruce in Scotland, and Hamp.
ton in England, were copper heads, Adams
and Jefferson a..d the men who bore the
American flag in the face of the tyrants of
George Ill, were copperheads. And we
a.e their lineal descendants. have no re-
srect for The men who shrink from being
called copperheads. For myself, | am a
copperhead, and glcry in it. 1t is identi.
fed with the contest of the last five years
for the rights Of the States, for liberty, and
for the rights of the white people of Ameri.
ca. 1t is al honorable epiihet. This is
fight between the Republicans and the
Democratic party. Tie Union party has
past cut OF existence. Republicans will be
procuring certificates in less than ten years
that they were the original cOpperheads.
We don't propose to be swallowed up BY
the President nor the President does not
by tile Copperbe ads. He has not come
over to the copperheads. 1t would be very
gratifying to the Republicans to see the
Copperhea Is united, but we don't intend to
take office from the President. We intend
to have all the Offices after the 4th Of March,
1869. 1t is the right Of the President, and
we acceed to it, TO seek men who supported
him originally, and put them into office,
He could gain nothing by appointing Cop
perheads 10 office. Our support of him is
the most honest that any party ever render.
ed TO any President. The Democrats sus.
tain Johnson as partisans as well as patri.
OTIS, but in this support for the President for
whom we did not vote, we limited our sup
port to a particular question in which the
whole country is interested, and upon which
the safety and interest Of the country de-
pend, We render him an unselfsh support.
We not only ask no office, but will accept
OF none. In the present condition oil fittings,
| will sign no recommendation for any
Democrat for any office. The President Of
this Convention and the gentlemen who
addressed this Convention this afternoon.
and the one who bears that odious name
which the humble individual who addresses
you bears, w Il 60 as far in the White House
as that Of Ihaddeus Stevens.
A few weeks ago the dominant party in
Congress succeeded, by two-thirds Of two.
thirds Of that body, thing not contempa.
ted in the Constitution. in passing the
Civil Rights bill over the Presidents veto
They doubtless would have attempted TO
lmpeach hm-not in the Constitutional
sense of that word, for the House of Repre-.
sentative and Senate as now constituted, has
no power of impeachment. Two-thirds Of
the whole Senate must unite to remove the
President. The. Constitution proclaims that
the Senate shall consist Of two Senators
from each State; but the eleven Southern
States are unrepresentea. They had the
power little while ago, but failed 10 exer.
else it. They may again get the power,
and they are struggling for it. We are first
to have an appeal 10 the people of the Uni
ted States, and every means is being used
in Washington and elsewhere 10 succeed IN
the next Congressional election. In the
mentime the Senate is not to adjourn. And
when, in December next, if this party sue
ceed in carrying the Congressional elec-
tions, | proclaim that it is the purpose of
this so-called Congress to depose the Presi-
dent, and place the Chief Justice Of the u j..
ted States in his place Already bill
is pending in the House, TO be brought for.
ward at the proper time, TO make the Chief
Justice President in case of the disability
of President who was originally elected
Vice President. The appeal is first to be
made to the people at the election, and then
will follow the rest Of the programme to
impeach, unconstitutionally, in other words,
to drive Andrew Johnson from his off ce.
This is the echeme Of the internal Thugs in
the so-called Congress.
II the Democratic party, and those who
support The President, shall succeed in car
rying the Congressional elections, the coun.
try is safe, otherwise, it is lost. Chase will
become President by action of Congress
will be elected in 1867, and reelected in
1868, and be succeeded by legitimate de-
scendants as heirs 10 the Imperial Republic
of America. But Johnson is not to be driven
as long as he remains President. He will
reier all the acts Of the so-called Congress
to the SupIeme Court of the United States,
and unless somebody puts some of its mem. E.
bers out of the way, those acts will be pro.
nounced unconstitutional, and time will be
gal for further appeal to the people.
believe the President will not attempt any
violent measures to drive the men from the
Capitol, though think he would be justi.
fed in doing so, for they are not Consti.
tu !icnal Congress; they are but usurpers.
Our remedy however, Is yet peaceful one.
We accept the appeal 10 the people, but if
before its result is known, or after that
time, they should, after the form of i'm.
peachm ent, attempt to depose the President,