The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-12-26
A III O w L.
The wrath of wendell Philips
About the Failure Of I'm
Ueaclaanent
trroin The Anti-slavery standard.l

the Republican party, and minority
Of the House Of Representative CON
sidor Andrew johnson guilty Of high
crimes and misdemeanors, and dcser.
YES to he mpcachcd The tone ofthe
press for year past, the action Of
Congress itself, and its two cxtraordi.
nary sessions, can be explained on no
other hypothesis. A loyal Congress
has been engaged in two years
struggle with the Executive. " has
endeavored to strip him Of one power
after another. It's whole legislation |
rs an avowed effort 10 cripple an enemy. |
Law after law has been passed for this
purpose over his veto. Congress has
showed by its whole action that it
looked on the President as so much Of
an antagonist that he could not be
trusted with the usual powor Of his
office.
All these attempts TO cripple HIM
the President has contcmptuously
trudd0E under foot. So far as his action
is concerned one-half the most impor
tant legislation OF tho Thirty-ninth
aud Fortieth Congresses has been
waste pOper--of no more practical I'M
portance than the resolution Of any
other doJaiirg club. To crown the
whole, 1T lAst, in the message which
opens the present session, tho Presi
dent has defed all the power AMI
and claims Of Congress, and threatened
fprciblo resiE,enCO ifi dared to pro-
coed.
For two years Congress has been
lcgislaung with unanimity never be.
fore cquoled, en- the most vitalsubjects; ;
enacting its laws over the Executive
veto. All those laws the President
disobcys aud gives contemptous notice
that he shall continue to disobey.
Now, either these gentlemen, who
draw pay and mileage, have been en-
gagged in child's play or the President
has committed grave crimes. The
record s made up. No fine spun the
orics or brave words IN minority re.
port can alter it. No more distinc:
line Of hostile array ever divided the
camps Of Grant and Lee than those
which have, aYowedly, run between
Congress aid the White House. 1t is
too lato in the day for members to
ignore these, and try thus to conceal
their defeat. They armed for battle
entered tn lists, summoned the nation
to watch them, and now skulk out o
The field.
Sir said the fiercest Munchausens
entering an editors Office, II sec il
ypnr journal Of this morning denoun
ces me as thief and liar"
1T does sir; what haveyo to say?'
was the reply,
81 have to say, sir, that wish 20,
good morning"
l That man must have written III
T, minority report.
No Congress was ever more distin 4
" elected to mold tariff or settle
= foreign complication than the Forfeit
T. was elected to impeach Johnson. TIL
u Thirty -eigth and Thirty,n'nty Cor
u gresses wero no moro chosen wi I
" the understanding that the war We
to be carried on, than this one was
impeach Andrew Johnson. 1t hi
= betrayed ITS trust, 1t has sold out
l. the hope to buy az empty triumph fC
70 the Republican name. Congress hi
" surrendered to the President, proclaim
. ng that its afraid to enter lists wit
'' him. Convinced that ho IN guilty an
deserves impeachment, it refuses
~ impeach, on the ground that JohnsC
- - IL too strong tor the Republican part
/, The Indian dreams that the streng
I'd and courage Of his victim pass into h
}, own heart and blood On the sau
v principle a contemplate conquer
y y makes his dupes contemplate. "Whe
Is a monkey is the god, what must
the priests p If the lackey W
bloomed ont into Democrat on
he after long and fruitoss efforts to ma
ad slave drivers admit him into their S
h ciety-is the drunkard on the four
to of March the redicalious swing
ng round the circle-tho bloody mobocl
alf Of New Orleans foul mouthed dem
on gouge of FEBRUARY 22-shameless ps