Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-16
The military SBiII and the INA
.peachmemtgd bls Ls"

d1 The evidence which has been flashed to
his center from all portions of the South,
| since the passage of the Military bill, ito
he effect that the, exolnded States will
make haste to organize under its proFis-
Ons, has impaired a shaheQf concern to
97he countenahces of many of, the liberal
members of the House and Senate. Taken
III onlectf0n with Mr., ReVerdy johnson Is
sote, It looks as II, the Southern politicians
rad discovered in the bill a method by
/ majority and, recover their places infthe
iUnfoh,, free from, the. disabilities imposed
ipon ltrem while under political duress.q
Many a member who had fought flercely.
for the bill while it was on its passage, and
/ who was prepared to resent, to the 5ex-
RENE, any course by the PRESIDENT which
4SeUld5 prevent Congress from finally in :
iOrsing it into a laW, acquired serious mis-
Eivings While the measure, was pending at
She White House. They sa W., in the sudden
disposition Of the South to aceept.lnay, to
map up, as it were, a measure that'was ten
times more odions than the, Constitutional
tnehdment which the Southern States had
.ecently spprned with every indication of
7fisdain, a change that sug gested the sus-
l6ieion that tue majority bad fallen into a
Trap and this alarm agitated many of its
members even in the last Ordeal against the
veto,p with the half formed hoDe,fhatsthe
dill might fail. But the bill passed, CaHd it
vas then they clearly, saw that under il
'<the man at the, other end of the aYenue.D
Who now stands utterly without a. friend
5r a party, may in less than six months
nave at his back the, compact power
of thirteen States, and all the. Copperhead
Oarty of the North. The day of tworthird
votes will then be passed, nanflsiwe
shall find all Southern questions, including
the question whether State Constitutions
which were forced upon them while under
of s.,fO Of . fHah
valid, end dqrabie or bindihg.5 With the Re-
publican members who are OF, this way of
thinking, those provisions of the bill which
require universal suffrage in the formation
Of the Constitutional Conventions do not
inspire much reliance for these members
know theG expertness Of Southern poll
Cicians,l and they feel that, under such Mill
rary Governors as the President is likely TO
send to their assistance, it is not very proba-
ole that many of the freedmen will get to
vote,p or thatthe making up of the returns
will be subjecte to q very rigid scrutiny.
Everything will look. regular, but the
freedmen. will be - regularly done'' and,
worst of all, the majority will be so de-
nloralized. through the result of its own
failure, that it will lose votes enough in
conservative defectiOns, to soon render it
poWerless for any more two third measures,
and also powerless to resist the new dele
cations as they come. But the bill has
passed over the,veto in both Houses, and
but one remedy remains to save the country
from the dangers apprehended under it,
That remedy is the removal of the
President, in order that the military,
of the bill may be placed in up-
right hands; and to this end the inclination
of tile House, to press the process of i'm
peachment is5increasing. 'H -, =
, lam now writing at five O'clock on Sum
day morning, but down to this time, the
Judiciary committee Of the House.. to
which the impeachment resolutions stand
referred shave not presented report. It is
understood to be their intention to make a
report; 0but tits likewise understood that.
instead of winding up with resolution of
Indictment, they will content themselves
with proposing a continuance Of the pro-
ceedings into the next Cong fess. in order
that the testimony already taken and the
labor performed, may be saved to that
bOdy9T 2Ei ~ 10 vow . ''-i - -,
. This result will be very largely induced
by the fact that the committee have been
overworked, and do not feel they have
time to draw a. report embracing all the
charges which have been put before them,
or to draw so responsible a paper as SOL
emn process of impeachment. With the
view, however, Of relieving them of por-+
ton OF these difficulties. several of the
leading members of the House, whose con-
victions of the necessity OF impeaching the
PRESIDENT at the present session are very
absolute, are entertaining plan of asking
che committee to report forthwith, whether
they do not find the Presidents erection of
provisional governments in the South, his
of men to office who had been
rejected by the5Senate, and his Indictment
)f the ,unpacified populations of the South
% resist the lawful Legislation of the ma
Cional Congress, by his official denuncia-
n Ia We cxrsff iph Tod hno1
his veto, be not unconstitutional, seditious
and impeachable? tits considered that the
committee will have no difficulty in report
ing aftirmatively upon these points, for the
proofs are already on the records OF both
Houses5 and thus the committee, by this
simple process, acquits itself of its response
bilities, and transfers the sword of Damocles
TO the hands of the Senate. An Indictment,
the above charges and referring
to the proofs by title, as being of record,
would be very easily drawn. All tile re :,
spOnsibilitieS which follow would then de-
volve upon the Senate. They can try the
President when they please, or they can
hold the ordeal IN terroTum as long they
please. Whichever way the Senate takes,
however, l aInl quite sure there will be no
made before them for the Presi-
dents suspension, or even for his arraign-
meTt, at the opening of the court. an ~
Those were crude suggestions, springing
mainly from popular resentment and dis
like. The Senate will proceed with more
regard for its own dignity, as -weII as for
that of the Chief Magistrate. When it
commences its proceedings, it will simply
inform the President, in decorous language.
that's certain inquiry is pending in the Sem
ate, at whichhe can have the privilege of
being represented, either by proxy or in
person and it will then politely desire his
IT he do not choose to attend,
either in person or by attorney, or whether
he do or not, the court, with the Chief JUS
tice in the chair, will proceed with the in
quiry; and not interfering in any way with
the person of the President, nor in any way
invading the circle of his authority, iuris-
diction or residence, there can be no pre-
text for the President to interfere with
them. As the evidence is all of record,
there can be no delay in the proceedings:
and two weeks at the most unless the Pres
ident should ask the privilege OF ten DAYS
or more to prepare an answer, would be
ample time. By this decorous process all
pretended objections in the way of long
delays, conflict of authority, or apprehen-
sion of popular disorder, are utterly dis
posed of, and the &c finling'' of the court.
under thewarrantof the Constitution, will
quietly transform the present incumbent of
the White House into plain Mr.. Andrew
johnson, and elevate Senator Benjamin
Wade into President of the United States,
3, Whether the preliminary to this great
movement will be taken before. adjourn
ment, remains to be Developed. The Shirt,
meanwhile, must content itself with being
better Informed of the method in which the
Impeachment may be brought about at this
session than any other journal, and await
with patience the dispatch, which 1 will
send by telegraph tomorrow, conveying,
the result. 25afI' .< G. w.
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The Wall of the DIOnOpOIists.
n [From the Chicago Tribune. RadicaI.I
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