The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-09-27
SnOo,luk Ntnrmra.,

For tibre than two yeats how, our Ma
tional madman has been ptaJipg antics in,
the swift wahrs. lie darts in and out ok
Of the rapids. dahcing aud shrieking In his
mad way half toppling ovtf, then with
drunken gravity settling himself again. and
riding victorioutly through whirling raPids
that would have made o Fane man blind
With dizziness. lie has ventured farther
and father into the swift, bubblng water
past the line of ioam--into the smooth,
deceitful deadly volume gathering for the
final plunge over the preoipice--and now,
with true drutken fatuity, he throws over,
board his oars unships the rudder, and
sits simpetiug in imhecile seltconceit and
gravity, Imagining himself past the point Of
danger, bt cause oil the Water 10 smooth
with the terrible energy of gathering force,
IN his madness he has decided that he will
shoot Niagara, -
"Iet Cotgress impeach. and be damned
| Those are his words. Very characters.
tic, too. The vulgar, brutal bravado Of d
drunken wretch who still seeke in tho
lowest depths & lowet deep of infamy. A
betrayer Of conhdence--a breaker Of the
seal Of private friendship--A traitor to
party and country--a hkbitual and shame-
less violator OF the public sense of deesncy,
herding with urtE ms Andl eTjaress and
other swine of society---a forger by indi-
reetion, striking out and mutilatihg the
sense, but lacking the courage TO create
othel wise q sense 10 IiB Bhking--a tamperer
with lfclons and cpndoner of crime-d
usurper OF the sovereign grace Of amnesty
for traitors, and usurper Of the sovereign
power Of irresponsible vengeance up.
on all true meh. This Is the inan who
now, with an air worthy Of the oldest auto
crat who ruleA only and solely !" by the
grace of God, anhbpnees Without authority
OF law, against law In defiance Of right and
Iju tee. an Anhesty--a =" bepefceM par.
don't" Ito the unhung traitors who bavs
! forfeited their lives TO the Sovereignty of
the Nation--a sovereignty residing else.
where (thapk GodD than in the bosom or
the will of this most mad and desperate
man. o5l t'-
For the giVi 6 o. amnesty is not an Exec.
ntive function, but an eet of sovereignty:
Ii is either a blunder or williul crime
which contounds this highest AttribHte OF
the State with the mere Executive functioh
OF the suspension, modification or remjs jssion;
OF a sentence for crime under constitutional
Limitation. Is it Andrew johnson who ID
the sole emb0diment Of the Nations sover-
eighty Can he set, aside. law and
4 - WV JhNiNi"i ~ oON Hl0iSu
and pleasure? Can he in the lame of the
Gov, rnment set aside theGpyelnn ent itself
and absot b allts powers and dhties leav-
ing us no representation in the Legislative
part for, his direction, neither Supervision
o. the judicial part, for his instrdttongt
The danger is great and Imminent: There
ia no limitto be assigned to the insane and
] irresponsible reoklessness Of this mailman:
4 That he is only deferred from the highest
crime and the most daring ,dsurpstien, by
oowardly irresoluton aid vaecillatioi
seems to admit Of 10 dohbt, And what
remedy have we in any orderly forhi'of law;
for the protection Of the Nation's right sjand
the Nation's sovereignty Z sAt fAJ9
II thera is any, or was any, has it not
been placed hey yond our reach for a BeaAon.
4 through too great faith or too great weak
ness The Presidential creatures threaten
us with coup a etqt---and tbs People q
representatives have tied their own hands
fora season against coup de mdin bf, re-
sistance by and through the SOLEMN form
of impeachment. What remains to us2.
If worst comes to worst, there are five
hundred thousand vetefan soldiers, every
/ buIsaticn of whose hearts is for The Union
and free Government They have faced the
host of Treason; and have overcome them
They are ready, organized, and Willing I'd
/ devote themselves once again to the cnln'
plete Regeneration bf the Nati6n,- Ghfo
Stale JOuTndE.