Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-08-28
Political.



Mr. EDuoR The world moves. Unmistaka-
bile evidence is given Of this by the publication in
your last issue Of the communication in the New
York Evening Post. headed " Docs the President
Court Impeachment r. Nothing could more clear
~ show yonr common sense. II is proof positive
that seat in three Congresses did not uuscat
your reason. When such Journals as the Watch
man, Evening Post and Springfield Republican can
take the right ground aud will keep it, it is evi-
dent the year Of jubilee bias surely come The
argument Of the Post is not so much that the Pref
dent has removed Mr. Stanton from the Cabinet
aud Sheridan from the 9th Military district, as il
is that he has triled with the laws he was sworn
TO execute as to give license to unreconstructed
rebels TO piuHder, rob and murder whomsoevcr
they would with IMMUNITY. This duplicates him
in each one OF those crimes Not an instance in
the South Of violent dealing with tue poor and de-
fenseless for the last two years and more. but that
he rs chargcable with large share Of the guilt,
Not murder committed, nor an outrage perpo-
trated on their persons or property that he is not
chargeabe with, as the efficient instigator. More
over, he knows full well that all rebels and their
abettors, hate with perfect hatred the Union and
its laws, and desire to marder all they can of
its supporters. lie knows this and shares it with
them. Ills whole course throughout his adminin-
lsiraton, thus far has been iu make the innocent
suffer, and encourage the guilty to more henious
crimes. For these reasons he ought TO have been
impeached and rcmOvpdmouths ago. Now, where
he seeks TO nulify the laws and give license to the
worst passions Of that dangerous class of men,
shudder when think Of the innumeable crimes
that will be committed ON the deienseless before
our easy-going Congress will pronounce upon that
present leader Of traitors, the sentence his crime
deserve.
Since the enforcement Of the reconstruction act,
It is not common TO hear the prophecy that the
colored-race will die out; but, previously.
we bad only to hear the crack of the revolver or
-.NI "a f... 4 a.. all a.
and then in another to the Charleston Mercury
or Richmond Gazette, ct ii oaae genus and red
the standing prOphesy, % the negro race dying
CO.. .n They will shrek that. and load and fire
their rifle to fulfil. the prophecy. The President,
with stohd dignity and malicious hatred Of those
who would place the entire South under salutary
law, pleads for the poor South, meaning the rebel
whites, as if they were tyraunized over, when IN
fact, they are the onl, tyrlnts, robbers and MUIR
dcrers. The abettOr of bad men, is, himself thor
oughly bad The ringleader in every attempt to
evade or avoid the law and set at defiance the
laws he swrars TO execute, is the man 20 be set
aside. What has been demanded by public Justice
for year more, | hope will not be- unseasona-
bly, delayed. nor postponed, because his Presiden-
tal term will close ia on8 year from next March
If he has not one month TO serve impeach him. or
confess the laws of the United States can never be
enforced against high criminals. lie has, indeed,
coufted Impeachment, or rather deied It. What
i""V"S"o '''ofVis seiu VI lhhuthtVo III certain
quarters that wonld defeat impeachment, gives
him courage 10 snap bis fingers in the face OF Com
gross, and bld them come at him at their peril
Members OF the judiciary Committee will talk
solemnly OF their duty not to Judge hastily
with platitudes grave as the face of bear
Nobody wants or expects they will transcend Ju-
diciM saactiiy. but every body expecto they will
iuldll judicial lmpartialy without regard TO what
politicians may say of ts effect on coming election s.
Let TINS be done the Irst attp towards establish
ing and proc.auiug LBEtuY tlJoughout all the
lAud 10 all the inhabitants thereof, aud the meas
uIe will command universal respect.
T. S. IL.