The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-05-24
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, May "a. 1867
Another impeachment Demuniicd.


The New York Herald, of the
Goth, has very abusive article of the
President, Chief Justice Chase and
all concerned Sin the release of Mr..
Davis. In its virtuous indignation,
it says that the law is dead letter;
that the blood OF half million of
brave men has been split in vain,
and the country is lgroaning under
the weight of three or four thousand
millions Of debt-for nothing.
The article is one of those charac-
teristic cffusions which the Herald
INDUCES in in its frequent tantrums.
We are inclined to think, from the
bitterness with, which it assails Chief
justice Chase for theS felease Of Mr..
Davis, that there is some political end
in view, and that the object is TO- da-
mage him as q candidate for the Pre-
sidency with the radical party. We
imagine, this to, be tho case, from the
cry Of. ''stopfthief'' which; ne raises,
when in this article he accuses the
radical Chief Justice ind his pafticu- :
lar friend, and supporter, Horace
Greeley, of conspiring to release Mr..
Davis for the purpose of gaining
cclat and the good will of tho South
for a political object" 1t will be
seen by thu subjoined paragraph that
the Herald, not content with these
idle charges, urges the impeachment
OF the Chief Justice. It says:
owe know. not yet what may be the
chief object Of the proposed assem-
bling of Congress in July, but we
should not be surprised, looking at
the feeling of the country Mt the
escape of Davis, if it should be the
impeachment of Mr.. Chase. There
never was greater cause for impeach-
ing o high public functionary. There
never was more criminal neglect of
an important duty. The principal
administrator of justice and oonserva-
tor of the laws of the republic has
wilfully let the greatest crime 60 un-
punished, and thereby endangered
the institutions of the country and
the credit of tho Government. If we
mistake not, day of retribution is
not far off. The radical friends of
the Chief Justice in Congress will
hardly be ablo to save him from the
consequences Of his gross official mis-
conduct Public. sentiment will force
that body to take action in the mat
ter"
1t is likely that the Impeachment
Committee will have their hands full
for the correspondent of the Cincin-
natl GdseHe says that that committee
is looking into the operations con-
nected with tho release of MIR. Davis,
and he alleges that the President was
directly responsible for The course
pursued, having insisted, through
the District Attorney, that the trial
should not proceed, and that the pri-
soper should be admitted to bniL
The AttorneyGeneral is to be sum.
moncd before the committee regard
ing the matter.
If ever there was more farcical ol
contemplate exhibition OF party
spite than this impeachment business
in the history of the Governments, We
are not aware OF it. The great nc
cuser, Ashby, and the committee, fol
many months past have been trump
ing ZIP hundreds of witnesses upon
whose evidence they could base nrii
cles of impeachment against the Pr,
dent, but thus far have utterly failcl
for year OF two, witnesses were
suborncd afterwards proved to h.
perjurers-to swear that Jefferson
Davis was an accomplice in the nssas
sination Of President Lincoln; AM
now they would impeach tho Prtsi-
sident and the Chief Justice
who would not attend the trial-oI
releasing IL prisoner on bail against
whom no offence, up to the time o
his discharge. could be proven-fol
it is reasonable TO believe that ii any
charge of the assassination plot, O,
even Of treason, conll have been snc
cessfully brought against him, liz