The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-24
From IL Radical Standpoint.
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where the rest of the party will stand
to. morrow. And, as these men long
ago demanded impeachment. shrewd
observers might have then predicted
that, about the present time, the rest OF
the party would, with general voice, be
ready to re.echO the demand. Accord
ingIy, even the host OF less prophetic
staIesmen are now reading the signs OF
the times. The Springfield Republican
ii journal which speaks accurately as
any other the conservative, as distin-
Xuished from the radical, purpose oil
the Republican party-shys: III Con-
gress were now in session, there can be
little doubI that the House would lind
articles of imUeachment against the
always us well acquainted with fresh
political facts as any other Republican
poliIician-hHs just publicly said:
'.'rhe great mass of the Republican par
~ believe that the President will he
ImpeAched, and that he deserves I'M
penchmeni." The New York Tribune,
which, until lately, lent its powerful
influence decidedly against impeach
meut, is now among its strongest ad-
VOCBtes.
Stern duties are the tests of heroic
men. One of the sternest duties ever
laid upon American statesmen has
been, aud still IL, the impeachment of
Andrew johnson. But. nOlwithstand-
ing the patent fact that the public well
fare has imperaiiVely demanded this
measure, mnny eminent Republicans
have hitherto opposed and defeated it,,
because they have seen i'll IL some risk
To the fortunes of some tavorite Presi-
deutial candidate. But in all such
pHItrY reasons against impeachment,
we can see, not IL pHrdonabIe e&pPdi-
euCy, butt Hu unpaTdunable cownrdice.
If Mr.. Johnson deserves impeachment,
he deserves ii Irrespective of the ques
ton as 10 which of II dozen or twenty
Republican candidates is 10 be the Tor
tunnte winner or the next Presidency.
IfanV political event in the future may
bp regarded AS sure, il Is that the ke-
publicnn party is 10 carry the next
Presidential election. The impeach-
ment or nOn-inpeaChment of Mr.
Johnson will not alter this inevitable
fact. Is il not, therefore, II mockeryT OF
stat Is munship toallow so grayeH ques-
ton as the impeachment of the Presi-
dent TO turn on the minor and almost
private question of the political promo
lion OF some one member OF the Repub-
licuu party over another of equal hit
ness and opportunities?
1t ought to be now thoroughly un-
derstood (as it ought 20 be- that the Re
publican party means to omit from the
list of presidential candidates next
summer, all lis Senators, Governors,
and Generals who are opposing the im-
peachment of the President, all such
opposition would Instantly cease, and
the President would be speedily put out
OF the way.
Meantime, we have heard a sugges.
ton made that the Radical Governors
should assemble Gus once during the
war) for II consultation on public af'
fairs, with IL view to arrest the course
of Mr.. Johnson on his road 10 ruin. An
able correspondent, well Versed in pub
lie matters, has written us an energetic
note. giving the reasons for such CON
vention. As he speaks the voice OF
many advisers, we ask our readers &c
look at his appeal: r..rr--s
CHICAGO, ILL, Sept. 18th, 1867.
TO The Editor Of the Independent:
wnris Imminent. yYou,knowtt.f AL
ar-sighted men know II. Capitalists
realize It. Gold feels it, aud jumps Il
| 1857 in your city. The masses under.
stand II. The press has sounded this
alarm. Everybody is anxious save
/ Copperheais aud rebels, who have theiI
| "calling and election suTe"in Andrew
I Johnson. The rebels nnderstand tina
war is coming, and that the President
| is "their man" to facilitate its rapiC
| consnmmation. u.. .fF-# rra
/
ed? How can the loyal masses con
front him? How can the people say Il
! Andrew johnson, Thus far shalt thoI
go, and no further? How can they
demonstrate 10 him that the peopl,
] ruler sA 49, ~ Ea ~
The people have Il representative bod
lin the Government-COngre Bu
| Congress is dispersed. 1t cannot as
! semble until November 2lsL unless
called by the President. II cannot NEE
earlier for the success of Mr.. JOhnsOnh
plans depends upon the continued ab
sence from Washington of the people,
representatives. But have the peopl
no other servants? Yes. They hav'
SIate Legislatures. Through them they
can speak, and mOre-dct. Hence,
urge upon you, as controlling powe
over public sentiment, to think of th'
/ proposition that has been made in lhI
| West, callingiIbr a convention OF tht
| loyal Governors.
I heartily SympathiZe with the call
/ TheG30Vernors can Summon their Begis
| lutures together in extraordinary ses
sion. These State legislators Will b,
| fresh from the people. They will be tht
can insIrucI the Governors 10 call
| Convention. The Governors, then
backed by their Legislatures, repre-
senting the loyal masses, Gan viii
| power and right declare to the Presi
| dent that they will prevent him by force
If necessary, from bringing on new
/ war. f-aa - Aa-al- -
! General Grant, although regard hin
as only mere "protest," is in II posi-
I tion to help save the country. II h'
! finds that the people are thoroughly
organized, through their State Cover
nors, who can command million bay
onets, he will be more inclined to disc
hey the Presidents military orders thar
II those bayonets lay In State arsenal
unrepresented.
Something must be done at once
johnson means revolution. Revolu
tiUn can be met only by another. l.
the assumption OF supreme control o
national affairs by the governors revo
/ luton? If it is, it is the least objec
tionable of any scheme, as see il, ina
can be devised. 1t may yet be neces
sary before November TO inprisoi
Andrew johnson, to save US from war
or prevent the surrender of Washing
ton to the Maryland rebels. Who car
do it? Gen. Grant. By whose orders
/ The peoples, transmitted through heI
State Governors. ." ~.
1 This striking letter is not from th
pen of an alarmist, but fIoW a philo
sophie observer of public events. W
do not share the apprehensions Of ou
esteemed correspondent that war i
IMMINENT" neither do we belleYe thd
Andrew johnson is Oliver Cromwell
We simply believe that Mr. johnson
will act al wickedly Hs his evil hear
aud his large opportunities will permit
| That he ia inherently the worst Dubii