The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-25
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Especial Correspondence oftho Baltimore GaHette.l
rHE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, January 20, 1867.
That Il is the firm purpose Of the Destruc-
tiyes IN Congress to drag Andrew johnson
from the Executive Chair, can no longer be
doubted by sensible men. The Government
cannot be otherwise overthrown-except
through this means the Supreme Court
canuOt be reachod-neither eau the exist
ing state Governments at the South be In
any otlier way substituted by fatrapies ap-
pointed by C6hgrcss. To enable the Revo-
lutionista % accomplish their ends, suoh a
mOUemettfs indispensGble. Tho impeach-
ment aud trial. AZ "a plainly Indicated, wiz
be the merest moclccry. l believe Il was a.
gendre. who III reply 20 a question M 10 the
justiceof condemnipg Dantop, asked, intlfrn.
ifthe Jacobins could afford TO lose Robes
pierre, and upon being responded 70, thW
The bloody work marked out by the Revo-
lutionists could not be eaceumplished With
out the aid of the latter cody tdld his
questioner that he had answered his own
interrogatory. "It Is n matter said he
"with which neither law nor Justice has
anything to do. 10 Is purely political
question Of State necessity"
Although this is precisely the case with
the impeachment the managers, | learn,
will not dispense with their accustomed
jugglery The plan IL. through the Judici-
airy Committee, to collect from witnesses
Of the type OF Conover a mass of calumnies
against the President, and spread them
broadcast over the country In u report TO be
drawn up by Boutwell, after the fashion Of
his infamous array of fasehoods and distort-
ed facts IN the case of Davis. This Is to
prepare the way by operating upon the
credulity Of the public for the eventOf But
Ter on the 9th of March, who will predicate
his promised article of impeachment upon
the evidence thus ellelted. No doubt seems
10 exist but that through the accesslons 10
the destructive element by the late changes
in n.members of the Senate, and from the re-
enforcement of four additional Senators Of
the righf stripe from Nebraska and COlora-
do, that that will be in proper condition
to proceed to the trial and fully prepared
promptly 20 render the required judgment.
PROGRESS oFTHE IMPEACHMENT.
Especial Correspondence OF the New York EN.
press.
Notwithstanding the emphatic denals of
Radical members and Radical papers, / am
thoroughly satisfied that the men who are
managing the business on the part of the
House, are not idle. and have no intention
of yielding, if by their 'drag net" process,
they can obtain the least particle of evil
denco against the President or If any
swift witness like COnoYer, for instance,
can be found to furnish them with some
manufactured testimony.
They will examine Surratt when he ar
rives, as a matter of course, but Surratt,
unsupported, will not do, and Others must
be found to corroborate whatever he may
be willing 10 swear to. One thing Is GER
tain. they are conducting the matter i'm the
strictesu secresy. and 1t is almost impossi
bile to find ont precisely what is going on.
The bill of Mr.. Representative Williams,
to suspend the functions of any civil of-
Ger of the Government pending his trial on
articles of Impeachment, has been pretty
freely discussed by Radical members, and
they are generally in favor of it. The
difficulty, however, Is TO enact it without
letting the cat out of the bag. That is inn
possible, and think the alternative of a
speedy trial and conviction by the Senate
will be preferred by the shrewd men of the
party, at any rate. The bill In question
will probably not be reported this session.
although several members if not major
| ity of the judiciary Committee favor it.