The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-11-30
MS views on Impeachment,

emy Of Music tile other evening, taking
for his subject tho Danger Of the lTour.h
After giving his viows at length on the re.
construction question, he passed TO the
subject OF Presidential impeachment. He
said F;
In ordinary times we should he obliged
to bear Auly Johnson to tho 4th of March,
1869. But his treachory, his c0llusion with
rebels, hh resistance to the laws Of Congress,
tho blood Of New Orleans upon his con-
scienoe, hia sins against the whole essence
aud Spirit Of tho hour, enable us to remove
him. I. for one. am not for waiting two long
years TO commence this inevitable intia-
toh construction Of Southern territory. !
am not Tor waiting two years, while rebel
IN tho White House builds up tho South
ern aristooracy, gives il strength, cohesion,
organization, prosperity, capital. Mark
you, there is but one problem before us.
Johnson, Republican lam, Senator here and
Representatives there, are puppets. The
nation has but one business IL IL to mako
tho idea that conquered in this war domi-
nant down to tho Gulf Loul applause.
Il is to make FREQ speech, free print
freedom of commerce. energy and enter
prise, tho law Of tue Republic; and wien
that process commences peace commences
When that process commences reconstruc.
ton commencement till then. All that !
say to you of parties, all that say TO yon
of impeachment has no individual pur.
pose. johnson is but weight to DO for
gotten, -hopo, Tomorrow. But remove
him 10 order to begin the great national
duty. This is my only object.
! confess, fellow citizens, would exhaust
the arsenal of constitutional law to secure
the victory Of the people, We have o set
of men, one.half iniontlonal traitors aud the
othor halt willing to wait until tho 4tl Of
March before they resist them, aud you lot
the Government hitch aud sagger along
under just that condition of things. What
| demand Of Senators ia, when they sec a
trotor in tho White House 10 spread IL to
the wings of the wind until tho people re.
buke il out OF existence aud what demand
OF the army OF the United States, from Lien.
tenant General down, is that they make the
streets of the cities OF the conquered Re
publ 20 safe for every man to tread. Cheers |
In listen TO no talk of constitutional amend
ments. want to hear nothing of recon
struotion. ~
The question Of to-day is whether the
pl esident Of the United States is to bo al
ment over the edge OF Niagara and wheth
on Senators and Lieutenant Generals are tt
stand, out OF motive of etiquette, silent, and
journals nre to preach conciiation. ! say
10. Tho war is not ended. The light re
commences IA new light If General
Grant has surrendered, as General Sherman
did, to johnsun---if he, like Sherman, hn
surrendered to Johnson, let us know il
This people arc hound and certain to saw
the nation. Wo have got every element OF
our side. don't doubt II. Colerdge saiC
government was made Of three elements
0le was, and tho FIRST, submission to law
power 10 cooperate, power 10 act together
and the second was allegiance to something
IA family, law, a charter, and the ihirt
was loving your national brother hette
| than anything else in the world.
The North had tho three elements, the
South hadn't any. We were lawabidinl
citizens, we worshipped tho common law
and tile Constitution. 1t stood to us in th'
| place of Bonaparte to the Frennhman, ant
! Charles Stuart to tho Highlander; and thel
! Illinois, and Massachusetts, aud Ohio, anC
New York, and Pennsylvania, and Wisoou
ain were closer than any other States OF
the face of the globe. Tho clements %
nationality were ours, and with the arm,
aud navy in our hands we were certain t
crush out rebellion. We are CO tain L
do it to-day. Cheers But MI we wan
Is honest, ploin,spokeu, intelligent nren t
lead. do not fear tho Presiien Fea
him never read one OF his speeches,
never heard of one of his actions, that h
did not remind me Of scene | saw palnte
once, the way the poor persons in the vi
termost Provinces OF Russia hunt the bear
Too poor to buy muskete, aud his hide i'm
pervious to any arrow they can make, the
practice on his oredulity. He loves honey
They 60 to honey tree aud (asten pc
above the hole where the bees have bull
to that peg they hang cannon ball, o
stone.
When the beay comos TO push his hea
In for the honey, he moves the stone, and /
comes back upon him. Angry at the blow
he gives it another; ii comes back wit
still stronger force. Aroused and enrageC
he pushes tho moving pendulum with sti
stoLger blow, aud il comes back with til
added momentum, AMI TINS no swing
around the circle, Llughtsr. Well, now
Vermont was good blow, Maine abe,tel
Ohio was appalling, aud Indiana and law
were terrific, but Pennsylvania was settler
And now that Massachusetts,, and Conuec
ucut, and Illinois, and all the rest OF til
States have swung the, circle, why | hav
no fear of that Individual obstacle, 1t i
not there that my anxiety rests, It is il
the Republican, party, and Congress itselI
For the sake ofits own expedieney measure
maertaking--fearIul oi each othor, learru
OF certain rcsulis--to poStpone the BATH
as il when Lee aud Graut met in their fins
encounter, they had come togetheE oouute
! troops, and then postponed the light
c twelvemOl,h.
No postpouemcnt until the lth day @
March, 1860, The fight begiLs on the 3
u day of December, 1865, and from that hou
: the machiue is to be exclusively ours.
3 our duty, and in 1869 we shall he in = {,
n different state from this We have ha
!, traitors before. We had Que in The Viii
y House, lie called himself a ''puLl
n Mnetiona y" Last year he has bee
) writing u book to show tho world why h
n treason ditnot succeed, We have got h
:, twin in the White House to-day. He cal
y himself an "humhlo individual" Let
do our duty in December, an trust that
= will not make speeches here ts explain wi
he did not succeed.
W The Fenians.
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