The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-26
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they proye him 70 De caPaoie VI 'no "oie' 49,
of treason-the betrayal Of the highest puohc |
trust and the attempt to subver: for selfish pur- !
noso the Government that he is set to protect ana
enforce However reluctantly We may accept tne
conviction, the evidence will allow no other con-
clusion than that We have at the head OF tne
nation bad man, dogged and uEscrupulous' Vlo-
lent in temper, and coarse in menla' ana niora'
composition. 4 First, under God, we trust
in the integrity of the people. NeA''
We have confidence in the army ana i1S i'icof-
ruptible general-in-chief. revolution sucn as
President JOHNSON is attempting cannot Dc carried
ont without military force, and the army oi .ne
Tinted States commanded by GRANT, will not allow
itselft to be used for such a purpose" Ihe lnde-
| ,endent has a long article devoted to the public
| sitnst;on Its writer says: "We beg to inform
opr friends that tho nation was long ago, and Is
now abundantly ready for the impeachment OF the
President. The people are waiting anxiously-
nav with an almost impatient anxiety. In the
Republican party not only Radical wing, but a
large part of the Conservative, at last united
| in demanding tho removal OF the only remaining
| hindrance to reconstruction; and that ls, tho
President" And tho New York Iuolet the
the organ of the Catholics, has at last taken
decided stand in politics. and saws OF 'he fresl-
dents last proclamation: ''We from the hrst nave
| been in favor of universal amnesty, and OF leaV-
ing the question Of suffrage and ehgibillty 70 tue
States after their restoration, where, under the
| Constitution, it belongs. But the President him.
so,f took a different course and it is too late to
take this course now, and any attempt to do twill
| in our Judgment, only make matters worse, and
norhaps lead to an armed collision between the
| Executiye and Congress. The President can effect
| nothing unless he sets aside the reconstruction
acts of Congress as null and void, and uses the
army 10 prevent the reassembling of Congress, or
| To disperse it when reassembled. Should he at
tempt this. civil war would be renewed, In case the
| army obeyed him, and the end, whatever 1t mlght
| he would be most disastrous to the republic"
| Mr.. IoNGFE11ow and his critics, MATTHEW AR
MOLD and his poems, and the Catholic Churcn ana
modern civilization, are al reviewed py the
| Nation. We are told that: "Nlr. LoNaFRLLoW has
made translation which is not only the most
| faithful. but is the most poetic, and Will be the
most popular of the versions OF tho DIVINE
Comedy" Mr. ARNoLD's critic says Although
the quantity of verse written noT-a-days is lar
greater than at any previous time. no one Will be
ready to assert that there is proporaonate IN
crease of true poetry. The faculty OF verse-w1t-
ing and OF expressing thought, sentiment, or emo
| t;on in poetic form, becomes moro common with
the increase of general culture. But culture,
though serviceable to genius, is not pro-
ductive of it, and an age OF culture may
be abundantly fertile in excellent verse
while it may remain barren of the poetry that
has permanent absolute, and universal worth.
] The dangers of the Republican party are consld-
cred By the Nation, and We arc told: Tho result
of tie elections in Maine and California conveys
one or two lessons which, we feel satisfied from
what occurred at the Massachusetts Convention,
| the Republican party will take to heart. Tho one
is the danger Of relying too much on party dis
cipline or even the goodness Of the principle on
which the party is based; and the other IS the
danger Of importing too much OF the Puritan
spirit into politics." Also, that: "Puritanism has
had noble history, and has accomplished mar
velous results. 1t is through and through heroic
and self-sacrifcing, even when it has wandered
| furthest from the perfect law OF liberty Its ca
reer in the future may be as glorious as in the
past if it will free itself from its bad tendencies,
will learn that liberty of thought is as sacred as
emancipation of tho body and that legal restraints
hardly necessary that We should make the appi-
cation of all this to the attempts which are being
made in Massachusetts, and Maine to enforce by
law standard of private morals for which, no
| matter how it may be, the community is evidently
| not prepared"
Tribune says that MAiIMILIAN's body is kept on
exhibition in Queretaro, in dirty second-story
| ROOM soldier guards the door, but admits all
who will pay the admission fee. He says the cof
fin stood in the center of the room, resting upon
couple OF rude wood benches. 1t is covered with
| black CLOTH adorned with cheap quality of gold
lace, the top of which has false cover or lid,
opening which case revealed three glasses, through
which the silent form Of the illfated Austrian was
shown by the aid of penny tallow candle kept by
| tho soldier for visitors use. The Emperor was
dressed in suit composed Of n blue coat with
row of brass buttons in front, dark blue pants and
heavy cavalry boots His hands were covered with
pair of white gloves, very much soiled His
mouth and eyes we're partially open, plainly show
ing his teeth and the color Of his eyes. His beard
is quite gone, as we'll the creator part OF his
hair, which, am informed, has been cut Oh by
DR.. L1sso, who had charge Of the embalment, and
sold, lie receiving as high as five ounces-SS0-for
small locks OF the same. The body CT the Empe-
ror remained at LIssos house until last week. when
it was removed to its present location, during
which time he made use of 1t as means OF specu-
laton. He also disposed of whatever effects be-
longing to MAMMALIAN he could obtain, and charg-
ing largo sums for small pieces of his blood-stained
garments, which he cut up and sold. 1t ID also
alleged that he has even removed small portions
Of the skull, for which he obtained large sum,
replacing it with wood. 1 cannot youch for this,
but it has general belief here.
CHARLES H. swErTsER of New York, appears to
be one Of those men who have sufficient energy
and 'push to start an enterprise, but are lacking
in bottom" to hold out and patiently continue In
CARRYING on business after it is fairly under way
Mr.. s., with his brother, established the Rou''d
Table little over two years ago, and after 1t was
in successful operation he retired from 1t, and en-
tered on the publication Of new evening paper,
The Erening Gazette, which last week we hnd he
sold to Mr.. s. ]. AHERN, his associate. and the
manager Of the Gazette. We are of course unable
to say whether the Gazette was remuneratlve or
not or to surmise what induced MI. SwEETsEn,
Immediately upon his withdrawal from the Gazette
to commence now evening paper The Eoenang
Mad. The proverb "Ce nest que ie premier pas
qii coue," or ''AQer Aufdnq isl Sc',rer, does not
appear to be borne out by his experience The
beginning seems easy enough. and his starting
papers his special forte. The Euentng Mall, like
the Erenang Gazette is very handsomely printed
paper, edited with taste, and pleasant afternoon
companion to readers of taste. The announce
ment 'To the Public" is curiously worded: Tho
subscriber has sold his interest in the Eoensn9
Gazette to Mr. s. J. AurRN, who has OF late had The
management Of its business affairs. The sale was
made under circumstances which have led to the
immediate resumption Of the field BY the subscrl-
Der. Old advertisers and friends are respectfully
invited to fall into the ranks of the EDening Mail,