American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-10-31

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their construction, and this ut a time
when Northern capitalists would have
been =Iad to purchase and pay for them
at fair prices .Hehss sbnsed the par
donins power, to the srrat injury of the
country. by pardosipg Gen. Humphreys
and allowing him to assume Executive
control Of Mississippi, where, today, the
laws of the nation arc. with tho consent
of the President, nuilified. Hc has abused
it in the case of Monroe whom he allowed
to preside over the Executive cfty gov
erpment of New Orleans, against tire re-
peatad protest of Gen. Sheridan, and to
the detriment of the loyal people still
remaining in the city.
He has outraged loyalty, in Offering
and actually paying s10o,0o0 for the ar
rest OF Jefferson Davis as one of The ae-
cessaries, before the fact, to the assas-
sination of Lincoln but has refused to
risk lis safety by allowing him to be
tried, as was the other assassins, by
court martial or military commission, re-
thinning him 10 custody only to protect-him
from the vengeance of an outraged peo.
Pile. lie threw the whole weight of
his official influence against the loyal peo-
pie of Louisiana in convention assembled
on the 30th of July last, putting himself
in communi nication with the Rebel May
or of New Orleans and wit h subordinate
officers of the..State Government, in clear
violation of the constitution, ignoring the
Legislature and the Governor, the only
departments OF the Government with
which under the constitution he had any
right to correspond, or hold official rela-
tions We might reier to the lamenta-
BILE cons equenees of all this, as also to
Memphis and elsewhere to show the ex-
treine wickedness and folly of the Pres,
DENTS doings in this behalf In add-
ton to all this there lie no doubt that he
has promised military interference
with the elections in Missouri aud Mary
Land whether the October elections has
changed his purpose in these matters is
yet to be seen. Should he still persist in
carrying out his netarious purposes BY
overuwipg the loyal voters in these States
then indeed, his iniquitv will DO full,
and his countenance in the Executive
Mansions, past the holidays would be
public nuisance. But some think it hest
to avoid further agitation BY simply letr
ting his aceideucy alone, and running the
| Government, as can he done, without
him that VIC might have trouble in his
removal, &c. Our feelings are not strong
or very decided as to what is the better
course, unless as we have already intima.
ted, he should carry out his original de-
sign in Missouri and Maryland. We
have no fears, however, as to its effects,
should Congress in its wisdom determine
upon his impeachment Nor are we eer.
tain but that the experiment would be
useful as an example for the lature. 1t
We ala be striking illustration hat every
part of the constitution can be intorced
without revolution
But five short yeers ago and party
was found in th.s country, boIl and bad
enough to tell US that il we attempted 30
''coerse their Southern BRETHREN" that
The Union would at oncc be severed AT
d later day we were told that if we al.
lowed the negro to carry the musket We
would have a counter rebellion Still la
ter and We were told that il Lincoln is
sued his proisised proclamation of Eman
eipation, our cause was k,st. Again We
were told that If Little Mac was relieved
from command oi the Potomac Army, il
would at once nutan &c. All these and
many other matters of Kindred charac
ter were done, however. and none of the
evil consequences predicsed ever attend
el them. And should the Senate OF the
United States in its wisdom come to the
conclusion that Mr.. johnson should not
longer disgrace the presid entail Office,
he void be fluni retiring to
the wilds of Tennessee as obscurciy as
Fitz John Porter retired to Oregon after
his dismissal from the army, from whence
we believe public sentiment compelled
him TO leave the country.
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