Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-08
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The paragraph quoted yesterday from
the Tribune, representing that the reti-
cence OF Grant had been so far relaxed as
to allow him to advise openly the eonvic-
ton and removal of the President, is a
signal of distress; and an evidence that
the railing accusations against the Presi.
dent are about, in the fear of the inn
peachers, to come to naught As the
pitiful array which the managers sought
10 dignity with the name of testimony
unfolded itself last week, il becomes
manifest with all the aid of Buffers
malignant skin as a shyster, it proved
nothing, nay, that it was so utterly frivol-
GUS that it tended to produce a reaction
even in the minds of Radical partisans.
Hence this declaration Of Grant is sum-
moned to sustain the sinking cause of
impeachment But it may, like other
Overdone rascaIity, defeat its own object
There certainly are men on the Radical
benches in the American Senate, who
will revolt from and spurn this mean
species of military dictation; and who, IL,
after testimony and trial they cannot
convict in their minds and consciences,
will refuse to become base panders to the
ambition of this weak instrument of
adrOit and INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
The New York Herald summing up
the development of the prosecution to
Saturday last, recurs to suggestion of
old Benjamin Franklin, at the period of
the adoption of the Constitution, and
during the discussion Of the clauses r
ierring to the Presidency, to the effect
that impeachment of that officer should
| be provided for not so much as a mode
of Furnishing, as a means of exploding
unfounded charges against him, and of
afording an opportunity in grand in
quest of his acts and motives, Of estab-
fishing his integrity This was a keen
and far-sighted view of the old philoso-
pher, and his wisdom has been verified
in the present instance. The Herald
says:
For months the President has been held
up by bitter political opponents as the
most atrocious criminal and il has been
vehemently declared that the safety of the
government depended upon his removal
| So persistent, so positive, so extrayagant
have been the declarations against him of
the Radical party, that had there never
been an impeachment trial it would never
have been possible to quite efface from the
mind of the people all that has been said !;
the impression would have gone down to
posterity that in view of such denunciation
there really must have been grave acts of
official misconduct in the Presidents ca
reer. But impeachment has brought the
accusers into court it has given them the
| chance TO pose their charges formally and
produce evidence. They have now nearly
concluded their labors; and with what
result One more obvious than
all others-the vindication of the Presi-
dent. They have done their utmost and
| find themselves utterly unable to prove
anything to his prejudice-unable to show
any reason why he should be displaced,
why he has not been a good and faithful
servant of the people. Impeachment has
absolutely no case at all. Its allegations
were pitiful enough, and it cannot even
prove those. All the evidence of guilt it
has produced to this hour reacts against it
and proves the contrary to what it desires.
Buffers effort to prove a conspiracy has
made it as clear as sunlight that there was
no conspiracy, and that wonderful i'm
peacher was himself ashamed of the evil
dence he had brought, and tried TO cover
his shame with laugh.