Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-14
BusInes. Interests Of the Country.


The sweeping majority by which the
resolution was carried through the House,
10 the Judiciary committee, looking to the
Deposition and impeachment of the Pres
ident has impressed the fact upon the
minds of large portion Of the people, that
1t means business, and we now find Re
publican journals earnestly protesting
against the mad project of Impeachment
We are also told that ''Senators and mem-
bers of Congress are daily in receipt OF
letters urging them to 90 against the I'M
parchment project" All these protests are
put ION the ground principally that it is
injuring the business of the country"
/ On the other hand, the Washington Clron7
.icle, which, after its supplies were cut OIL at
the State Department, was pensioned upon
Congress, and in return therefor seeks to
foreshadow and champion the course OF the
Radicals therein, within a few days has
with emphasis, elaborated the declaration
that the President must be Impeached or
there will be War. .thf aH -ileo5
Not threatened impeachment alone
is t'the business interests of the country"
suffering. Assuredly, impeachment Will
throw additional weight upon the weight
that now depresses the business energy OF
the country. In some Republican quarters
the CRY is raised that the finances and tariff
are sadly out Of joint and need Immediate
Congressional surgery, and Congress Is be-
sought to allow Impeachment and Recon-
struction rest. The pivotal fact in this
matter seems not to be discerned. The
South is devastated and Impoverished. Be
fore the war, it was our best market; 1t was
one of the mainsprings to our prosperity
1t Is absolutely necessary that that main
spring should be restored before the busi-
ness of the country will resume its wonted
vigor. Will Impeachment do it? No. VIII
the Territorializing of the South doit9 NO
will the enfranchisement of the Blacks,
and the Clisfranchisement of the bulk OF the
Whites. South do it? No. These are pet
schemes of the Republican leaders. VIII
the Republican party, then, do it? No;
because to believe that it would, it would
be necessary to believe that vegetation will
grow in the absence of rain, dew and sum
shine. "'
impeachment may, perchance, be aban-
doned in Difference to the business interests
of the country. Something more, however,
is essential to the restoration of business.
Business men must themselves rise above
a fanaticism that is malevolent and unre-
lenting. Mortifying as it may be to many
Of them, they needs must demand the res
toration of the Southern States to their
rigts in the Union on terms that impartial
ity shall adjudge neither humiliating nor
degrading. Had they insisted upon this
one year ago, perhaps there would not now
be in business circles the existing distress
and, SO long as this sort of Restoration shall
be postponed just SO long will the perma-
nent restoration of our business prosperity
be postponed. A readjustment of the Tariff
and an overhauling Of the Finances will
not, in the absence of Restoration dictated
by magnanimity, give us the required pros
perity. The political ideas that dominate
in Congress, with the little men who there
in would play the Statesmen, must be voted
into retirement before the business interests
will have due justice done them.