Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-17

TUESDAY EVENING. DEC. II.
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The laanetse's .sApslegy.' and
Aapeachmens Again.
That oracle Of profound wisdom and I'M
limited "sxpesience," and "well considcrei
and bread views Of public Matters" whose
revelations in politics and siIsirs Of State
daily enlishten and rejoice the people Of
chs vicinity who are 50 fortunate 40 80 he
regular readers Of the Gazette, has again
spoken on the subject Of Impeachment, and
We read and revere a. usual, for the oracle
has great strength Of limbs and immense
power Of wind, and is "mAniy and reason
able" while " are ELAINE and impossnt,"
and "feclish and stupid" But No would
In deep humility and earnest docIlisy cit at
the feet Of this Gamslisl in politics aud be
taught What 10 wise and trus, aud manly
and reasonable. and BY teuching3thc hsm Of
his academic garments, we would be cueed
OF our lamensss and impotency, and deliver
sdfrom our feolishness and stupidity En-
tighten u, OF oracle, and " shall he en-
lighsened indeed Lead 10. and 10 shall
b uncrringly lod.
The oracle cannot 90 far descend from
his Pasnassixn heights % 10 treat in ear
most what wc said few days ago about bic
editorial course on impeachment lest he
should subject himself 10 vidiculs
Nov We cannot but suspect tho oracle 10
mistaken in this or jesting; for he would
not be natural If he we're not ridiculous. H.
deed hs ID % often ridiculous that ~ find
it impossible 70 write gravely or seriously
about him. The very moment We take up
our pen and think Of the oracle our risiblsa
are disturbed. our fat sides commence sha.
king. and every serious thought scampcss
away. He 10 % funnyl While he cannot
Wsst our article In earnest. however, he does
had q consistent with bis dignity 70 msrcp-
ssssas and pssvsst It by sayisg wsundertook
sas hepclsss task Of dsfsading M. Johnson
and justfying his official conduct. We
nowhere In the article or issue referred 10
By the Cssstse took upon ourselves the role
Of NJ. Johnson's defender or apologist We
simply. undertook 70 criticize The course q
the 0asstis on the subject Of impsa shmsnt.
md to ssbjsos Il 10 that ridicule 70 which il
vas - ebnozieus. CoAsssss Ia not sup
posed 10 have undsrtaksn 10 dsf.ni Mr..
JoAnson's administration, and It By de-
cidcd vote hes said Mr.. johnson 10 not .
~~iliul, deliberate psrjurcr." The 0asetse
aAid be wss, and ~ charged II with
uttssing . libel upon Mr.. johnson. -
The vote Of Congress says - much or
eonfsSsss 10 10 utterly university 70 repre-
cent the people In the National Legislature;
for IL Mr.. johnson is guilty Of Siiful, de:
iiberats perjury in the administration Of his
of6sc, whom his oath requires him 10 see
that tho lave are f,iihfully executed. the
frst duty u Congress Is % impee41. and
rensoce hina from office, and the G,c.ae only
subjects itsclf TO additional riiicule BY the
puerlle excussn and explanations which il
volunteers 10 make Tor Congress in tho
PREMISE.
But the oracle having orcs commenced TO
cay somsthing. does. in his grsciousness,
finally slide down little toward our lower
level, and con .ssceuds To make what we
suppose rises TO the dignity in his cstirna
tsoa Of al attempt-A very flame and i'm
potent one. wc think 10 provo Mr. John
aco impcachabe. But how does no do il :
By facts and srgusncntsr Certainly not
sach a. reach our duh comprehension; aud
As no undertakes the task at our request,
he should At least 10 dilute his wisdom that
ssch sucking babss as he supposes Us TO
DO can receive il aud digeat it. Instead Of
facss and arguments. he gives Us sweeping
charges and volliss Of utilization. which he
ought TO remember those persons Of .'limit-
cd experience" and politicians Of too sxeita-
bio Compartments to.cn.ertsin we'll consider
ed aud broad views Of public matters, can
Indulge in with ~ muci fiucncy a. the ora
ole of the Caste; and that by emitting to
put the ear mark Of his broad views" and
great experience aud profound wisdom up-
on his articles. he fails TO distinguish him
sell from such "fdgcty writer's" a. ws arc.
The public expects aud demands better
things Of tho oracle than dsnun citation and
cpi,he,s. where facts and arguments are
called for.
Now our readers will remember that in
The article TO which thc Gazette takes OK.
cspuon, 10 complained of that paper for
charging the President Of the United Ststce
With "wilfsl deliberate perjury and de.
msnded that the charge should be proven
or tetrsoted. The charge may have seemed
end may nov seem to be very trivisl mat
ter to the Gazette oracle, who from long
habit has become . sort Of chronic villifer
Of political opponents. but We canno. bring
ourselves 10 think that the impartial public
regard such charge in public newspaper
acainst the highest official in the nation
otherwise than - avery grave matter, not
10 Be lightly made. and we therefore called
upon the Gssstts 70 make that charge good
by proof or rssracs Il Tor IL sake Of il
readers. u hes not the fairnsss to retsact
Il, but Gays:
I'VE ere rcqusslsd to mske "a spolssv
for insulting the Presidential pasasoa Of ID
DksocRAr. We do -. in Language before
used in this column, after Tho effort made
BY hun TO defeat tho reconstruction acts Of
ccnGssss b. arscgating 70 himself the func.
tons q the Supreme Court, and declaring
cha aets Observation-Disclosures acting az.
cerdingy. To-wit: In the method be has
chossa = smsArsss and hinder she opera
aticn q law. be has shown hinself 70 b. |
one Of ~ ness profound villasue Who has
sscspsd haegias. He prsssoss 70 The world
the spsetAcas Of ruler devoid Of filth Ana
the commonsse sense Of hoase, actus,ed in
oil bic doings BY spirit Of hostility 70 the
iav making power Of the 0ovssnm sn,.
which inc,tes him to ignore HE own teach.
tnes. deny his own acts. violate his oath.
stultify tho Office he holds and eudancey
the unity Of the ccuntry-and this hostility
having no other Foundation or cause than
the pure spite for imagined personal sights. |
The an'mstirg, controlling principle Of his |
administration has been hatred of Coneress
IoM 10 our ADoioRv fle sah,,.;r., ASA.-