Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-16
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( the election the Democratic press,
;ing the speeches of BUTLER as an index,
,rned the people against throwing their
tes for the Radical candidates, lest they
puld construe their success as a warrant
I proceed In their revolutionary projects
, en- to the Impeachment Of the President.
{, illustrate their independence. or their
, ,rn for the Democratic press, or because
ey suffered themselves to be ecarried away
III their passions, which had been played
u ,on by demagogues who did the stump
4 x for the Republican candidates, the ma
y; ity of the Northern and Eastern and
Western voters, pronounced in favor Of the
adical candidates. They are now Begin
ing to reap the reward, not in prCsperi-
q. that makes their pockets plethoric, but
III a proximate stand-still in buslness-a
,ndltion out of which profits do not ac-
loc ne. n- iln0 .t"'H
On the 14th, the Cincinnati Gazette contain
IL letter from its New York correspond
ut, representing the business condition OF
rat city, and the exhibit thus made can be
Z, ahmed up in two words-exceedingly
,lull. Fully one-third Of the vehicles have
.een withdrawn from the thoroughfares Of
e ae city; there is no longer any crowding
rr jostling at the hotels; they are thinly
!opulated !; the sales Of the merchants are
sinall; there is q decline in productions
md in imports; among business men the
lk is no longer about profits, but about
,,sses; uncertainty is weighing heavily
pom all Industrial interests; money is not
Iarce; the great trouble is to find safe en-
loyment for it; a restoration of confidence
I business circles is needed. Estt l.aiI
According to the representations Of this
!. Republican correspondent the prevailing
+, ullness in business circles in New York
Hty, and through which dullness is com
lunicated to the whole country, grows out
: -. ( want of confidence in the stability Of
nings. The mad schemes and pro-
l cts over which Congress is wasting
ime are becoming the admitted cause Of
he existing unhealthy condition of affairs.
III men of business sagaclty--an editors OF
Itelligence, whether Republican or DEM
cratic-know that the attempted DEPOSIT
ion and Impeachment of the President
lust necessarily be intellectually disastrous
o the business interests of the country,
nd they are beginning to protest against
IL. The NeO York Herald of Saturday,
ditorially, says that it has information that
the Impeachment of the President will be
proceeded with, without any needless de-
Law; that the House committee on the Ju-
dietary will make up their report in favor
of Impeachment, and it will be adopted by
the House before the close of the
present session; that a committee
will then be appointed and instructed to
20 in the name of the House, and 1mpeach
ANDREW JOHNSON Of certain "high crimes
and misdemeanors" before the Senate and
demand his trial upon the charges prefer
red against him; that the Senate will post
pone the matter to the meeting of that
body in connection with the new House OF
Representatives on the 4th of March, for
the reason that on that day the term OF
one-third of the members of the Senate ex-
pires, and new members to considerable
extent, including several Radical gains,
will take their places; that with this meet
ing of the 4th of March Senate, Senator
WADE, it is supposed, will be elected It's
President, and that, in the event Of the
removal of President JOHNSON, Mr.. WADE
will become the President of the United
States.
From other sources we derive the in
formation that the Radicals will proceed
with the Impeachment Of the President in
earnest; that they are driven to 1t by
imagined party necessity. Everything, 1t
would seem, must be sacrificed on the altar
of Radicalism. Perhaps, some of these
days the mass of the people who voted for
these men who are so recklessly playing
with the interests Of the country will find
time to make calculation as to how much
they have made by voting the Radicals into
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