The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-01-17
RAnTuAL WAYERING.

From the Louisville Journal Of q
late date we extract the following,
showing the misgivings of the radi-
calls:
When Congress met after the holt
days, the telegraph informed the coun-
try that Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, would
to-day offer resolution directing the
impeachment of the President, and
that the President on being notified of
the fact, had replied that he was ten
tirely prepared to meet the ISSUE !;
whereupon gold instantly fell in New
York, the fall being attended by great
excitement in the financial circles of
the metropolis. This took place on
Thursday. On Friday, the country
received the following dispatch from
Washington: sThe financial excite
ment in New York respecting the re.
port of the impeachment of.the Presi-
dent produced a marked sensation
here. ASHLEY has modified has iaspeack-
naent resolution so as to provide for a
committee DEMONSTRATION" This, be it
remembered, was Friday. The next
night, the Republican caucus met de-
liberately to consider the question OF
impeachment Ninety members were
present. .The proceedings" says the
partial telegraph, "were not altogether
harmonious" In point of fact, how
ever, the caucus, according to the tele-
graph itself, was unit in opposition
to immediate impeachment. The
keenest member that spoke was Mr..
Thad. Stevens, who said he was not
sin favor of hastenng matters" Teri
was "willing to afford an opportunity
to members of Congress to give due
consideration TO the measure propos-
ed.n He concluded by saying, that
although he believed cit ought to be
DONE" he was "not'willing to go into
it unless it could be done throughly and
quickly" Such is the most that even
he ventured to say He is willing but
not ready. He hesitates.
Stevens and his band Of conspira
tors waver, because the notification Of
their ''intent'' produced no impression
upon the President, and an alarming
impression upon the financial centre Of
the country. This is why they ''have
no spur" to ''prick the Sides of theil
intent. They recoil before that aw
full word "FaiP'. They cannot escrow
their courage to the sticking place"
for duncan" is not "asleep," nor car
his "chamberlains be convinced
with "wine and wasseP'. --s
Herein is taught an important les
son. Let the people profit by it. Il
discloses the weak point of the enemy
Let them promptly assail the enemy
at this point. Let them, in some fl
way, manfully declare their resolution
to back the President, and the radica
conspirators already wavering, viii
abandon their foul purpose, exclaim
ing, as Macbeth exclaimed when he
felt as they are beginning to feel: awe
will proceed no further in this bust
ness"
The following State Legislatures
meet during the present month and on
the following days:
January New York, Pennsylvan-
la, and Minnesota; January 2--Indi-
ana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan; :. January california,
Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio; January
S-Kansas, New Jersy; January g.
Wisconsin; January 15-West Vir-
ginia; January 21-Louisiana. Unu-
sual interest attaches to these Legis-
latures this year, from the fact that
the most Of them have yet to act upon
the proposed constitutional amend