The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-06
LETTER FROM ROPKTNsYILLE.

great moral vineyard, when what i
told or written bears upon the subiec
now uppermost in the minds OF all the
people Of our great and extended
country. Well may the subject at
tract attention. Well may it be care
fully and thoughtfully weighed. fol-
never before in the history of oul
Government has he who sat as Chief
Magistrate of the nation attempted to
dispense with the solemn enactments
of the legislature, the law-making
power under the Constitution. Since
Charles the First such conduct has
not been pursued in an Anglo Saxon
community.
Should An drew johnson be i'm.
peached? is now the great question.
or rather was, for an intrepid House
of representatives has answered it in
the affirmative; and all who are faith
full to the Republic, all who respect
the majesty Of the L0,o, applaud it to
the echo.
These matters precipitated upon
the country by the accidental incum-
bent Of the Presidency, caused less
excitement here than one on your
side Of the river would have supposed.
This is easily accounted for. The
Republicans-What few there are
are too joyful to be excited. The true
Democracy care for none of these
things" like Gallo Of old, saying
that it is not their fight" it's dog
eat dog" : Andrew johnson is none
of their man" &C., &C., forgetting not
to add that if there is another war,
they intend to make it pay better than
the other one did. So that really
there is nobody to be excited about it,
except the o-called Third Party men,
who, since they were lately sold out
to the Democracy, are very scarce In
this neighborhoOd.
1t is fact, Messrs. Editors, that the
late rebels take no interest in the i'm
parchment question. A. johnson
once committed the sin of protesting
loyalty, an ofense objectionable with
them, and their vindictive hatred
treasures this up against him.
vi course, we do not know what
the result of all this will be. but |
venture this prediction, that If the
Senate Of the United States convict
the President and deprive him of his
office, that in twenty days thereafter
there will be none so poor as to do
him reverence; but, not having heed
ed WOolsey's admonitOr, he will fall
like Lucifer, never to rise again" II
am asked if there will be war. and I
can but ask who will fight it? An
HrnW .Nnhngnn hnuv,tA hn
popularity that will summon, volun-
tarIly, a eorporal's guard to his assist
anee, and strip him of the prestige
lent by his occupancy of the White
House, and l care not how rudely
may be his expulsion, be possesses
none of the elements of a successful
revolutionist. But if he is ever re-
moved, Gas / humbly and fervently
trust he may be- it will be alter the
most solemn trial in due form of
law, and he cannot fail to yield
without any bloodshed, and without
any coup de etGt either, whatever. that
may be. Remove him for his fragrant
'usurpation, his defiant violation of
law in the very teeth of a Senatorial
admonition in the vote on the Stan
ton restoration, and there will follow
the reinstatement of Sheridan, of
Sickles, &C. the work of reconstruc
tion will go triumphantly and sue
cessfully, if not smoothly, on, and all
the States now recalcitsnt will be re-
stored to their practical relations with
the Union on the basis of Congress
ional reconstruction before the No
vember election.
We believe Andrew johnson is
guilty of the high crimes and INSIDE
meanOrs with which he is charged.
and justice demands his conviction
and removal, a work that should not
be retarded by the hopeful prospect
for reconstruction, alluded to above.
These things done, pass Sher-
mans Currency Bill, fund the
National debt on that basis,
and then if there is any more talk
OF Quasi-greenback Just
repeal the Legal Tender Act. or
let the Supreme Court declare it I'M
constitutional, 1t don't make much
difference which, and the country will
then be free of everything that will
much disquieto or distract it. leaving MS
to the peaceful and agreeable task Of
electing, by an overwhelming MAORI
ty, the nominee of the Chicago Con
vention for the Presidency, be that
General Grant, Chief Justice Chase
or Oliver P Morton.
- But l have written too much al
ready. I will only add that we have
had a most delightful Winter, roads
as good as in Summer, thereby great
ly facilitating the work on the rail-
road, which progresses very favorably
considering" and is now about fin
ished to within FIVE or six miles
of the town. Nav 1t soon he com