Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-04
Imneachment of the President.
Congress will assemble the last OF

November. To that event the eyes
of the nation are anxiously turning,
for it is believed that among the trst
business that will be brought TO its
notice will be the trial and impeach-
ment of President johnson. His
impeachment has been long talked of
and discussed at length both in and
out of Congress. Feebly attempted
by few at the last session, it was
speedily abandoned by them as soon
as they became convinced that if emf
nently proper in itself, it was under
the existing state of public opinion
an impossibility. 1t was then opposed
by many who are reported to be
favorable to it now. 1t was opposed
by many strong republicans-so
strong indeed that they cannot be &C
cused of the smallest faint Of John.
sonism-because they believed it would
result in disasters to the country and
serve no particular immediate good
purpose, hence they reasoned that it
were " better to bear the ills we have
than fly to those we know not of. >
They feared it would unsettle the
financial condition of the nation,
which since the termination of the
war has been slowly and surely re-
turning to its former stability; they
believed it would cause a panic in
business circles that would only have
its counterpart III the great horror
from which the country has but lately
emerged, when gold at one time
touched 300. There were others
who fought impeachment in the hope
Of bringing personal gain to them
selves or to their friends-in the
hope that amid the shifting scenes
through which the republic was pass
ing they could be the recipients Of a
few of those requests that fell from
the hand of the drunken Migrate who
disgraces the chair of Lincoln and
Washington. The union of those two
classes with the copperheads then in
congress defeated the project and
made impeachment at that session i'm
possible. Since its adjournment how
ever, public sentiment has undergone
quite a change. The press which
then seemed to be in unison with con
gress has altered its tone to that degree
that it now demands the Impeachment
of Andrew johnson, and his conse
quent removal from an office obtained
through the means of murderer
The safety and the honor of the na
ton, say they, demand it. Justice t.
the countless thousands who fell in thu
great battle for human liberty, for thu
preservation Of the union and the con
stitution, and who now from their hon
ored graves cry imploringly to thu
peoples agents to remove the person
lied Insult who matches treason in tn,
white house, demand it. Added t.
his other repeated reasonable act
and utterances during the past tw,
years, his arbitrary removals of Stan
ton, of Sickles and of Sheridan, hav
tended to allay none of the suspicion
Of those who before advocated his re
moval, while his latest proclamatio
Of amnesty has driven many forme
friends to the impeachment party, til
there now seems to US an even pro;
pect that the president will be in
peached early in the session. Still W
are not over sanguine that it will b
done. We are aware that any mai
however mean, welding the immens
patronage that belongs to the pres
dent of the United States-thoug
congress has shorn Johnson of muc
of has power will always comman
friends that otherwise would scorn h
acquaintance. This has ever been Il
case with past administrations; it
so with the present one, and it wi
doubtless be so while the republic e
dures. Whether impeachment will
carried is very uncertain. 1t is VIII
should be done, and it seems to
that congress can do nothing less al
be true to their constituents and
their oaths. To this one duty viii
congress owes to the nation eve
christian should raise his heart
heaven in earnest supplication. The
duty is plain. May they boldly mar
forward to the consummation of
object so desirable to every patrio
heart. Then, and only then, will t
work of reconstruction be compile
and the last traitor raised up by
great rebellion put securely und
foot.
We have alluded to the amnes
proclamation as being misdemean,
We regard it as of itself a suffice
cause for removal from Office.
regard it as a direct notification
the Reconstruction acts of congress
setting aside of the authority of
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