Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-13
crimes which all the world knew he had


Harrison and Tayior were assassinated by
their Vice Presidents. and that poor old
Buchanan's life was attempted by Breck-
inridge's supporters for the benefit of the
fire-eaters; and from this starting point
arrive at the Conclusion that Lincoln was
murdered at the instigation of his Vice
Ire aes,tnn,, pus no man is luss,neo III .h anah
If the two Presidents named were assas-
sinated by their su bordinates, it by no means
follows that Lincoln was done to death from
ha c"nv;otad oe ,h ;y r; ,ou mW ,m~n anw n,on,s
theory, be 1t ever so good, without some
little testimony. 1t would have been we'll
II 4 even one single fact had been run down
innd,v "u =. bu,eu b,nUn oeiore 'he trumpet was eo
If it could end with this. we should b.
cont mt: But this .fasco of the assassination
Pa's rn OF Me prosecution ,o't aoor6 serious eou'
, ne peoPte' IN Me'r haste TO acqut the Pres'
the crimes he did nctuoIv co,nm;t. There mil
be a 7saction in his fauor. T'he suopathv Gre.
ated FOR him by this il-adpised CRUSADE. ,riu
couer his actual shortcouinos. and oire him mem
pouer for mischief. Andre,o johnson stands
10 day STRONGER than at auu time since the 22d
of February 1866 and sir months more Of he
management zoe haze had ,oould make him Pres
ident in 1868. ~
| Let this thing be buried as soon as possi-
BILE. Let Congress shut off debate on the
subject and end In with ali reas nahia dis
patch. The country is suffering for legis-
iation of a practical character We have
invested too Iargelv in fancy stocks and
the sooner we Ger tn solid aro,nT tha hat-
| We uive tho oho,,o o.t;u ..,.
ne "ooso ehtlre' ior Ihe purpose.
y. pi"cihS IL upon record, IN the event that
his party friends should be so reckless as
to attempt to galyanize ASHLEY aoain into
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M.
Inc Cincinnati Gazette, Radical, bitter and
lnaiis nant against fresident JOHNSON, and
en no" III iavor oioeposinS MIN, thus hits
S .on[. pAiIy ~ ir,enas seaiware oiow, for their
.noA i"iui0 W iupeach tne fresl-
20 III ,'' oy co. anu III tnoseoi Ghe coun-
Wy al enoorsenehG OF ANDREW JOHNSON
n"'ion VI nauicatsm. IL
s"ys'
The Republican party in the House of
representatives showed themselves incapa-
bic of dealing with the question of mpeach-
| ment, or of maintaining their own integri-
ty or dignity. They presented to the
country tie mortifying spectacle of fill
| clustering against themselves to stave off a
dilemma In which they fell through their
own divisions; and, at last, of making a
vote which is virtually an Endorsement of
| all of Johnson's unconstitutional and
| usurping acts, and is, therefore, their own
condemnation; for if JOhnsOn's reconstruct
tlon acts were not usurpation, on what
ground DO the acts OF Congress stand which
overthrow Them!
s.
The impeachment resolution was reject
ed by vote of los to 81. The number of
Republicans voting in the negative is stated
at ". The Republican party in the House sue
ceeaed IN ossng of this long pending affair
70 Tal..
na2'tyy themselves, and exhibit their Incapable
ness to the country.
r.o
Luz Ce"cs""dSS commercial, a sneeG that Is
every thing by turns and nothing long,
in favor of impeachment when If oons;d-
ered ;mneocbr,ont fvo, :, -. D..
nAou 'ao' III 'ne maui
cal progromme, wnen 1t failed, thus kicks
at the unfortunates:
The Ashlevs. Rontwe1ls cburoh;u,
Julians, and Stevenses, find themselves in
the yocatiye even in their nartv W. n,a,t ~
therefore conclude that there will ba nny ao
further consumption of time or paper. in a
fruitless attempt to oust Mr -:JobnSon
And, now that it is over. we can not die
miss the subject without the ohservat;nn
that the course taken to procure evidence
on which to base an impeachment. wasnno
precedented. The committee that dirootod
the investigation called before IL the most
worthless characters that bana obout ~
Executive chambers and banpt tho Con
gressional Hobbies: peonle who trada in nS1;-
tics and snecujate in defo on,ot;on of ahaPs
oai,a oei, anu whose lestimony would not be re-
courts of law II Is trna that tba ooit ~ ~ .;te
tee also summoned men of the highest
standing. and would not bear false witness
.iio. .,iousn .hS resinency iGselI were onered
rnt W. @ "S S ou., III no slhgle instance,
then, tho on ,;,tia a ~ sne GSnattee oerlve from
fnnna a%a.o ., &c esiuence luz. UPON wn1cn TO
ond 1,;sdars do y, e'eh CONSTRUCTIVE crime
""r Tn tha LII . nv tho co,,,n,;t-
tee in I'D procnrement of evidence in tba Iat
itude given to the examinat;on Of ,r;t
mony taken. i'm the natient ;nSnStr,e Tee.t a.
hunt up and record whatever was Iayy,o W
ing to the character of the Pres;dent tSo
Investigation. extended over nearIv tv,oI1,o Juo
months, is without parallel. n wss not .
rigid investigation for facts :. the t;ttia'
tattle and gossip of the town. rumors snr-
misses, suspicious, slanders. lies-aIl went
into the general account. and were tokan
down as evidence. What WEIGHT this sort
of stuff had with the majority of the com.
mittee in helping them TO lhe concIns;on
that the President ought to be imneached-
we cannot pretend to saw. Rnt wirh CO..
did men it had but one eff.ctNto d;sG''s.
them with the whole proceedino and eono
vince them that a prosecution which 70.
uuired such evidence to bolster II m
ought to he abandoned at once ond fp'
ever. ava
Out of Ohio the Radical press sing the
same mournful strain. while DOING their
utmost to make the best of bad bargain.
The Neu York Tribune saws.