Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-01
The Character Of the Man
that Moves for Iinpeach.
men:, and the charges
Preferred.

Before proceeding to look at the
ofhcisnrottenness of James NJ. Ash
ley,.i it may be well-to look a. tho
charges he prefers against the Pres
ilen..
list. lie (AuGrsw Johnson) has
corruptly used the appointing p'T-
err"
The same thing with more truth
than Of any other President might
have been said CT Mr.. Lincoln, 10Y
there is an abundance Of Nepueli.
can AZ we'll as other Testimony 70
show that his appointees stole more
during the frat year Of the war than
were the entire four years expendl;-
urcs of Buchanan administration.
And it might have been alleged
against Mr.. Lincoln that when one
oI MS apposnsces, as Cameron for
instance, showed All artacss'', e:~c'
sh. ,uvvrrupt.pte and ismentea IN
stead Of removing, gave him better
position wherein to pursue his roca-
ton. 1t is also believed that he
appointed tenth rate lawyer Of
Ohio Chief Justice that he might
not be CuAsE-d by him in the race
for the Presidency in 1864.
I'd. He (Andrew Johnson) has
eo.ruptly disposed Of the public
property of the United States .
Ehad Stevens asserted that durins
Mr.. Lincoln's occupying the White
I1ous. tie silver We aHd cold
spoons, bought ia Esn Drren s ;:Hle
besides many articles Of furniture Of
great value to the government, and
for the exclusive use Of the Presl-
dents house, very mysteriously dis
appeared, and more than intimatcd
that there was substantial evidenc Q
that somebody about the White
House was credited with more
honesty than he was entitled 10.
''3rd He Andrew Johnson) has
corruptly interfered in elections and
committed acts. and conspired with
others to commit acts, which in con-
temptation Of the constitution are
high crimes and ,nisdemeanors. -
Now where was this man Ashley
sleeping during the long years Of
corrupt inter ference in elections
from 1851 to 1865? Dom. be knew
that the lamentsd sent troops from
Mass. into Indiana to carry :hat
1.-A- -o-:--4 ALI ILL.,. "a 2,sA, -..Ss
that they voted again and again Oh
election day, for the incorruptible?
1t i. still further fact that SOL
diers were stationcdir Maryland to
carry that State for the incumbent
Of the Presidential Office; that thou
sands Of men were incarccrated in
dungeons for no other crime thar
opposing the PREDICTION Of Mr.. Lin
coin; and that over 400 nevspap ers
we're suppressed for no other cause
than such opposition, ani'tha; those
acts Of his were I'm contemplation
If the constitution high crimes and
misdcmcanors. "
Now just at glance at this in
corruptiblc Ashley, that makes for
maj charges against the President
for corruption in Office, will show him
70 have been the last man in tie
world to have made such an assault
upon any one, NO MATTER WHO OR
now GUILTY. In 1862 Mr.. Ashley
was, and ever since has been men,
Der Of Congress from the Toledo dis
,rict in Ohio. At that election
reports were put in circulation i'm
pugning his moral honesty" and
charging him with corrupt use Of
his official position in Congress.
lis friends denied the imputation
when the Toledo Blade, edited by
Petroleum V. Nasty published the
following three letters. These let
,crs were preserved aud are now
taken from our old scrap book, made
at the time, but from the great
length Of this article We can hardly
expect any one to read them, and
especially as MIR. Ashley only asks
in them an equal chance in land
epeculaticns with his friend to whom
they were written, and that his two
brothers :Eli' and "Wi.liam'
have each such places az he shall
select for them.
Don't read these letters unless
you desire to know something of the
man, but if you have su:h desire
read them carefully.
WASHINGTON, D. c. March Il, 1861.
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