Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-14

Tug cuusiou VI Nosu 'to'u
the pen Of friend Forbes:
GLAIER--As will be seen BY our dispatch
to-day, received since the above was put In
type, the outside pressure has been brought
up. The infamous outrage has been perpe-
trated OF Congressman in a body waiting
upon the Senators representing their respec,
i've States, and demanding aequiescenee, BY
voting for conviction. or q resignation. IL
this the fairness which q High Court Of I'm
parchment is to observe? Is this the way TO
get q Senator's opinion on oath Is the Re-
publican party driven to such miserable
shifts to save itself in the Presidential cam
paigns II it is. it Is not worth the saving
We opine that there has been a little
exaggeration Of the extent to which the
Houss delegations from Maine and Hill
nois have tried to influence Senators.
We think it highly, probable that a
large majority of those Republi-
caus consider not ouly the Re-
publican party, but the country
endangered. by tho course Of their Sem
ators. Aud they probably hold, without
IN if or o but, that even the Republican
party is richly worth the saving. We
presume that these men are actually,
unequirocally and avowedly Union men,
and that they feel u deep interest in the
welfare Of the party and Of the nation.
We would perhaps be ~justi6edin assum-
ing that they know something about one
Andrew johnson, aud have strong and
decided conscientious convictions that
he lacks somewhat Of Washington's no.
bility, John Adams manners, Jefferson's
perception, Madison's craftsmanship,
Monroe's equanimity and Liucoln's in-
tegrity. We have a suspicion, perhaps
unwarranted, that the Union members
from Maine and Illinois indulge the hal
~lucination that Andrew Johnson is a
t%reacherous, coarse and dangerous man;
that he disgraces the high position which
he holds by accident; that his occupa-
ton thereof obstruets the reconstruct
ton Of the Southern States aud the res
toration of peace, quiet and prosperity;
and last, though not by any means least
in our estimation, they believe his
removal desirable because it will
inure to the present benefit of the
Republican party, thereby securing to
the nation q continuance Of loyal rule.
Solomnly impressed with those ideas,
and possibly aware that Conventions Of
the Republican party, in their respective
States, composed Of members to whom
the people had but recently delegated
the authority to speak for them, had
passed resolutions endorsing impeach-
mont, these delegations have perhaps
not considered it presumptuous to re-
moustrate with their familiar friends
and party brethren Of tho Senate, con-
corning their course in regard to a mat
ter fraught with terrible interest. We
prefer to belieYs that this was done in
respectful and fraternal phrase, but even
il Blaine, or some other Representatives
from Maine Logan, or some other Rep
reseutative from Illinois had, in the OK
citemeut of the moment, iutimated that,
according to their belief, resignation or
q vote for conviction wore the only al
t~erna,ives honorably compatible with
their duty to their constituents
and the eountry-even, we say, II such
IN ill-.imed remark had been made, We
should still consider the Republican
party "worth the saving" Remember,
brother Forbes, the Impeachment is
rather a political thaa u judicial trial,
and the exigencies of the times are en-
titled to consideration. The public
mind is constantly stirred by alarm and
uneasiness while Andrew Johuson re-
taius his seat, and the feeling of inse-
curity is universal. No one can con
ceiye the probable limit Of his encroach-
ments aud outragcs, il acquitted, while
the p%remonitions that his course will
iucite the people to civil war are not
by any means without foundation.
That loyal members of Congress, loyal
members Of the press, and loyal people
of all grades should feel alively interest
in the conviction Of Johnson, and exert
all and every influence to insure that
result is, we submit, not only patriotic
but e~minently proper.
Tho General Conference of lions
Church (colored), now in session at
Washington, has designated tomorrow
a day of general fasting and prayer, to
the end that the Lord may soften and
change the hearts of the "conscien-
tious" Senators. Will our friend insist
that the Republican party is ''not worth
the savingi," just because these colored
brethren ask the Lord to get the Sena-
tors to change their minds? II, in an
swer to their humble prayers, for which
we can find no warrant in the Constitu-
ton, the Lord should interposo, and by
His omnipotent will control and change
the minds and hearts Of these Senators,
to what extent would such interference
with "the decision of Senators on
oath" affect our urbane and placid
neighbor2 I,
A ROYAL PRocLAMATIoN.-Norton
Emperor Of the United States and Pro-
tector Of Mexico, has issued a Proclama-