The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-14
AshInr. the Imneacher, Impeached.


Ashley, the Impeacher, Impeached'
Asa Ohioan, and proud of the greatness
of our State. and of the great men who have
made its greatness, our blood fairly bo'ls
with uncomfortable heat at the great IN
dignity which is sought to be inflicted ON
our renowned, patriotic and valiant Rep
resentative JAMES NJ. ASHLEY Of the Toledo
District, now serving his country with
surh marvellous eetiscttoH las Mrs, PAR-
T1SGroN would say in the lObeSt liousc OF
Congress. The New York Times should be
Immediately waited upon by n full uregi-
mcnt ofthe Grand Army Of the Republic-
the initials of which are "G-A-R,' and
inverted. R--A--G--andbe either suppressed
or made correct such incorporate language
as the following. The truth should not
be told at all times" quoth an aphorism
TTrom tho New York Times, Of the iOthI
There are gradations In misfortune
every mishap may have itsspecial conlpeh-
Stations. President johnson may NOT con-
slider Impeachment one Of the fehcitles OF
his life, but he may most heartily, con
gratulate himself that Mr.. Ashley, OF ONO
Is the leading actor In the movement. NO
man in Congress would have been haii so
certain to make the whole affair odious 10
the public sense of justice aud decelcy as
ne Is. No man could lave done so much'
within the same time, and with the SAINT
limited opportunities, to brlng u INTO rlul-
cule and contempt. Us he has done already.
And what hightens the effect is the fact
that Mr.. Ashley himself is utterly uncon-
sciouso of the real result of his " perform
ances. lie evidently lnOors undo the I'M
preston that his loose rhetoric and coarse
vituperatiou in some way damage the OF
fetal ut whom they are aimed. lie was
never more mistaken; they simply make
the public wonder why such u person Is
permitted to NEEDLE with Il movement
which he merely belittlcs and discredlts
from the start. II the President were
actually guilty of everything charged upon
him. Ashley would inevitably array the
public on the Presidents side long before
his guilt could possibly be proved
sR-"Presidcnt johnson said some time
ago that he would not %re-appoint any mar
to office who had been once removed, tol
that would be a confession that he hac
done wrong, and he would not do that.'-
Journal.
yet" says the Journal, "only last weel
he made other appointments and tina
very ass-tute paper thinks the poor maj
mightfnd consolation in some scriptur,
PASSAGE &c. Well yes, perhaps he might
and so might the "sainted martyr hay'
found a scripture passagc'-aye, very
many ofthem, just suited to his case. l
we mistake not ABRAHAM once said III
would not appoint and send an oflcerany
where where the people were opposed t.
having such an official. We think he toll,
certain Chicago clergymen that he had NJ
right under the Constitution to issue tn
Emancipation proclamation, and would no
do il, vet in ten days afterwards he lied b,
doing what he said he would not do. VIVA
does the scripture say is the certain doom
ofliars?
The Journal and the leaders of the part
of which it pretends to be an organ, ar
very much in the habit of doing that fo
which it censures Mr.. JOHNSON. In fact,
is a kind of well be damned if we do, an
damned il we don't party, vide BOB ScHEN
and niger suffrage. People who live
glass houses should be careful how the
throw stones" Mr.. JOHNSON was one
the chosen saints of the Abolition part,
and the "right bower Of the "late lameI
ted? and when ABRAHAM was "callc
home" the Abolition preachers, the Abol
ton leaders and the Abolition press, sal
that it was the work of Providencet to max
wal tor ANDY, who God knew. and the
knew, had the nerve to treat the rebels
they deserved. They said ABRAHAM VI
becoming too lenient, and that in conseql
ence of that l~eniency God "
angered and sent an instrume
in heshape of john WILKES BooTH to tai
him out of the way. Has the Journal fo
gotten all this, that it now ensures n
JOHNSON for following the path mark
ont by his illustrious predecessor?