The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-24
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pushed forward by the Radicals In Com
grcss, aud says!
"All impcdimcuts which blocked the way
will be removed 10 Is the law Of all revO-
.lutiOns. This Is only history repeating
Itself So II Is that no pre-ordained event
In human affairs is more certain 10 come tO
pass than the impeachment and removal OF
PrcsideHt Johnson from Office. This thing
will bc done because Il has become n ne
ccsslty 20 The consummation OF this rcvo-
lutiuu.'
The Herald then goes on TO lay bare the
plot of the Conspltators, and assumes that
our Government eau be oyorthrown aud
the plan Of the Radicals carried into effect
without the least trouble-laying down the
following platform Of the procedure, which
II fayors:
"Thc House, a. grand jury, will inn
peach Andrew johnson of certain "high
crimes and mlsdcmcanors.' and the senate,
l upon this indictment, ~ high court, Chief
Justice Chase presiding, will try him. con-
dcmn him and remove him. Before the
close of the present Congress the impeach-
mcut will he made before tile Senate, and
with the new Republican accesslOns to the
body which will come IN with the new
Congress In March the senate will proceed
TO business. The first step will be the elcc-
tion of President Of the body, who, under
an existing law, viii become President of
| the United States In the event of "the death.
lresignaton. removal or disability" of An
drew johnson. senators Wade Trumbull
aud Fesscudcn are each uamedas likclyto se-
cure this position; but ms Mr.. Fesscnden Is
Intellectually and as a practical statesman
the first man Ia the Senate, he will prob
ably be chosen. Next, with the opening
Of his trial President johnson viii be sus-
pended ms disabled, and the President of
the Senate will be assigned pro tam. to his
place. After MIR. Johnson's conviction this
new Executive win hold his position until
a President shall have been regularly
elected by and returned from the people,
As the Journal ot Commerce remarks
|depr eating the revolutionary policy which
the Herald has mapped out--it lis not to
be doubted that mp to the present moment
every step taken towasd the proposed im-
peachment of President JOHNSON has been
destitute of the essentials of dignity, and
has been especially characterized as par
tisan In feeling and motive. An impeach-
ment ON party grounds can never be other
wise than wrong. An impeachment sus-
taincd by the members of one political
party and opposea'by the members of an-
other, has necessarily the aspect of pure
partisan feeling, aud cannot be explained
as otherwise, unless the theory be that all
the opposing members are rs corrupt and
us wicked as the officer whose impeach-
mcnt is prop osed.'
1t is perfectly absurd for any one TO
maintain, rs the matter is now moving,
that the proposal for impeachment is any
thing but partisan, and thus far it appears
to be urged only by the most violent class
of politicians, Among the people of the
country at large the idea is regarded rs so
absurd and revolutionary that il is not
even thought possible, much less probable.
The people are not at all awake to the inn
portance which It is assuming. The
strength of the party tics was never more
severely tried than It is to be in this mat
ter; aud it is not mt all unlikely that rs in
former instances, the crack of the whip
viii bring the whole party into the traces,
and lead 40 rapid and sweeping action.
If the proposition TO impcach snot pure
ly partisan, both in Intention and result,
we would hear no such violent philippics
pronounced against the President, by the
JURORS ich0 are to Try him, and in advance,
too, of the finding bill, or his arraign-
ment as was that of SUMMERS, but the
other day, preceded by those of WADE,
SHERMAN and others, at various times and
places. SENATORS, by the Constitution, are
to be the jury in the case. Senators have
prcjndgcd the ease, and already pronounce
ed the President guilty.
What character of jury should such Il
body be considered? What moral inhu-
ence would its verdict work? What legal
effect should it have2 What kind of a
chief Executive would ANDREW JOHNSON
demonstrate himself to be, did he submit 10
il? What kindof people would ours be,
to tolerate itY Would one of our most in
teriOr local Courts suifcra citizen to sit in
the jury box, who had notorlously and ma
liciOusly made public proclamation, pend
ing the trial that the prisoner at the Bar
lcds gutlty2 Would an honest citizen sit In
II case who had preudged, avowed it aud
maintained IL? Against Court, that
would tolerate such an outrage OF simple
justice, would all community not anathc-
matizeY Against citizen. so guilty
would there not arise one universal feeling
of seorn and dctestation2