The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1868-05-09

A. Eldridge, of Wis, in the House OF
Representatives, on tho impeachment
question, he read the following communi.
cation as follows:
BALTIMORE, February 22, 1858.
DEAR SIR: / send you herewith a
memorandum of conversation between
al influential member of the Republican
executive committee and gentleman Of
this city, who, soon after IL occurred, re.
peated it to me, in the presence Of DR..
Lctterman.
1t occurs to me that 10 this crisis of
the country you may be able to use it fol
the public good. If you think so you
may use it at your own discretion.
Yours &c, BEN. Il. GREEN.
have road the enclosed memorandum
Of tho conversation above referred to,
and find that il is reported with great nc
curacy. almost if not entirely verbatim.
w. ii. LErTERMAN.
Washington City.
The following conversation, in very
nearly, if not precisely so many words
took place last fall between an influential
member OF tho Radical executive com.
mittee aud gentleman who had been u
jealous supporter of the Government and
and the war, in which he proved himself
n gallant soldier, but who il now q con.
servative, although at the date Of this
conversation, September, 1867, his intcr.
locutor supposed he was comforting with
a Chase man thorough going and unfinch-
ing as himself.
Committeeman. johnson is acting
very foolish in removing Sherman and
Sickles.
Conservative. Why so?
Committeeman. Because it will exas-
peratc the Grand Army of the Republic
and the masses Of the Republican party,
who will insist on his impeachment ana
removal. Heretofore We (meaning the
Chase men) have opposed the impcach.
mcn. scheme because it would place Wade
in a position to set up for himself, aud be
nigh. use the power and patronage Of
the government for himself aud against
Mr. Chase. But Jo,,. nson's action makes
it more dangerous for NJ. Chase to hold
back than run the risk of placing Wade
in position. la these times ii man falls
behind his party he ceases to be tho lead
CT. Others will push forward where he
hesitates and will take his place as lead
or.
Conservative. What news from the
canvass in Ohioy
Committeeman The result is doubt
full. Some of the advices say We will be
defeated But Mr. Chase il going TO
Ohio himself, and is sanguine. If We
maintain ourselves in the fall elections
we can afford to let johnson serve out his
time. But If the indications arc that the
Presidential elections arc likely to 60
against us there will be no alternative
We must turn him out and put in his
place sosne one who will use the army, if
necessary, TO carry the elections. Il was
fully proved during the war here in Ma.
rylaad. and in the last Presidential elec-
ton. that the party that controls the ar
my can control the elections, and we must
have some man who will use the army as
may be necessary when the elections come
off. In that event, il it becomes neccssa-
~ to put Wade in the executive Office,
We the Chase men } must run that risk
Conservative. What If johnson should
resist!
Committeeman How can he? What
can he do? In the first place, We have
the control of the United States army
He has let Stanton gil the army from top
to bottom with men on whom we can rely.
Bowermau was the least reliable man to
whom an appointment was offered. He
declined aud We got an unqucstionable
man in his place, although do not doubt
that VIC would find him all right when
the emergency comes. Next we have the
Grand Army of the Republic thoroughly
organized, and we have the Governors of
all the States except Maryland and Con-
necticut. What can Swami and English
do to help johnson with their little
squads of Maryland and Connecticut mill
tia, while we have the militia of the great
States of New York and Pennsylvania,
controlled by Fenton and Geary, inter
posed between them? johnson has no
organized means Of resistance. We can
do with him as we please and our neces-
tiles require.
Conservative. But if the Republican
party take that course to retain power, do
you not think there will be a reaction
that will be worse for them in the end
Committeeman. With the control of
the army we can put down all reaction
We must use power to keep power
With the exception of Mr. Chase, Win
ter Davis was the wisest, because the
boldest statesman of our party. His mot
to was that we should use power to keep
power. Therefore he declared for negro
suffrage, and did not hesitate to avow that
he advocated negro suffrage, because it was
necessary to the perpetuation of our par
ty ascendancy. No one living more thor
oughly detested and repudiated, as man,
negro equality, or their fitness to exer-
else the franchise intelligently. But
their very unftncss enables US moro east
y to control them; and their votes being
necessary to enable us to keep power, as
statesman he would use them as nec-
essary means to accomplish that object.
DN- A gentleman writes us asking who
n xuoc that gt;eouod The ordar from Vicks