The New York herald., 1867-02-01

judges must stand for precedent
The Impeachment Quessiea In the south.
The question Of tho impeachment Of Presi-
dent johnson i creating .. good deal Of inter-
est IN the Southern States. II has become tho
subject Of discussion among the people, and,
naturally enough, dnds . place N tho editorial
columns Of the newspapcrs. Thsre is evidently
. diversity q opinion g DO ,ths result Of the
impsAchnae6s agftaticn in Congress Some be-
iievs that it Is wholly imprscticable; others
incline to the opinion that the hostility
Of Congress to tho Executive will be carried
out to the bitter end. Looking over our South
ern exchanges we get at this variety Of opinion
and are, in measure, able TO make fair de-
ducti0n therefrom. For example, we read
from the columns Of Mississippi paper, pub
lished in Jackson, that sit is surprising with
what mock dignity the conspirators at WASH
ington are playing their little game of bluff
AS we have heretofore stated, We have no fears
Of impeachment or Territorial governmental
The black republican extremists are all
towards, and they fear tho storm that would
inevitably follow such proceedings. If an i'm
peachment were ordered it would not be
merely the trial Of Andrew Johnson, but also
the arraignment Of party which represents
very great and exceedingly active minority
"a large majority, counting the Southern IND OF
the American people"
In Mobile journal we find expressed such
opinions a. these:-s'The indications are that
the radicals will not stop short Of the long
threatened impeachment, and this is the more
ominous Of mischief from the understanding
prevailing among the leading men of that
party, that the impeachment was not to be
pressed unless there was probability, amount
ing almost to certainty, Of its being success
fal. The leading radical papers have hereto
fore been opposed to it, especially the New
York Times; but in its late issues we observe
shakiness in the attitude of that Auctuating,
vacillating organ, which indicates that it il
probably preparing to change its ground and
give way to the pressure Of party opinion"
Turning to the Richmond Whig, treating on
the same question-our political ituation--we
read suoh language Is this :-"Our own sad
conviction is that civil liberty il ct an end,
perhaps forever, on this continent. II had here
the fairest field it ever had or eyer can have,
unless some new world be again discovered.
Lasting only eighty years, il has utterly and
wholly failed. The extent or our hopes is
that in the conflicts to arise for an imperial
dynasty the wars may be confined to The mar
rowest possible limits and the shortest time,
and the blood that is shed be that only OF the
most guilty"
! These extracts are probably sufficient 10
show the bent Of the public mind in the South
upon the subject of impeachment 1t is evil
IDENTITY all at sea and does net comprehend the
fact which stands out plain aud square on the
record that, whether expedient or not, the i'm.
peachmeAt Of the President il constitutional,
and that the responsibility Of the policy Of the
movement rests with the Congress which in
augurates it, and which either the present or
the new body Of representatives has the power
to carry through. In the letter OF one Of our
correspondents who has travelled through the
South lately, snd published yesterday in our
news columns, we fall upon the views expressed
in Memphis, Tennessee, by persistently loyal
Mississippi gentleman, to the effect that no
serious cenvulsion was anticipated in the
Southern States from the impeachment Of the
President certainly no convulsion in which
the South would participate that the South
wants peace more than anything else that it
has no faith in the party that falsi6ed iis pro-
misses Of cooperation and assistance made be-
fore the war, aud that, moreover, the South had
no strong feeling Of personal attachment TO
Mr.. johnson, whose course on the question Of
reconstruction they do not believe has bene-
flied their prospects. Probably the opinions
Of the Southern people upon the impeachment
question may he founded on the facts com.
pressed into this Mississippi gentleman's nut
shell, that The Southern States do not recognize
their best friend in Andrew Johnson in the
matter Of their speedy restoration to pros
periiy.
New Railroad Iob--Ansther Fifth Avenue
Assessment.
Among the bills introduced ia the LegislA-
ture IL, we soc, one for the laying down Of q
railroad track In the Fifth avenue. The pur-
pose of this cannot be mistaken. II is simply