The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-24

spiracy between the President ana General Thoms6
TO get possession OF the War once and violate tie
articles win be the same as on ali the rest as they
are substantially alike, and II the Senate are guided
BY the evidence, which proves nothing that Is charged
then the President will be acquitted. The tentn
article, relating to General Emory, win be hurried
over quickly as 1t has been sufficiently well exploded
by the testimony for the defence TO make It ridicu-
lous The eleventh and last article, charging the
Presldent with indecency OF expression, cannot %
construed into high crime and misdemeanor and -
no inpeachable offence. IL comes, therefore, 70
this-that the impeachers Will have no cause for
rejoicing II the Senate Is true TO It's sacred and con-
can be found brazen enough to uphold the
evidence against the President as possessing
s sa point or strength whatever and none but toe
OF proofs which go to show the utter fasty OF the
thargo OF conspiracy, OF criminal intent to violate
.ne law ana use force in the attempt. It Is safe to
say that II the President be convicted no one In that
ngn court who Is instrumental in removing him
VIII venture to lay his hand upon his heart and say
law, evidence and conscience dictated him to do.
=, ben wade Is by no means in favor with the repub
can party their choice for Vice President on the
ticket with General Grant; but Ben is Keeping that
nomination steadily in view, much To the
disgust OF fve-sixths Of his party. Cofax,
wilson, Fenton and Curtin are the names which
80 far have received the most MENTION and any ono
OF them, II Is Thought, would be preferred to Wade.
But the LATTER in case President Johnson Is removed,
Will secure such an enormous patronage that It will
be morally impossible to keep him out of the nomi-
nation he desires at Chicago. Feeling the force Of
this reflection it Is said the radicals about
prOlong the Impeachment trial until after the Goth OF
May, and thereby prevent Ben from exercising any
influence on the convention. This pr0ongat0n can
be easily effected by extension OF the speeches. and
by lengthy adjournment to consider their verdict
by this extending the trial beyond the Goth VI
May and frustrating the hopes of Old Ben or course
this proceeds on the assumption that the President
Among the other stories set anoat within the past
few DAYS by those who regard the removal Of the
President as fOregone conclusion is one to the
effect that Mr.. JOhnsOn's sOn-ir-iaw, Senator Patter-
son, who resides ut the White House, growing fearful
OF what he thought was the shadow OF tile coming
EVEN wnlcn Is 10 bring Gaan ie "a Us
boarding house; but has so far failed to lind one
commensurate with his dignity as Senator and not
Offering too painful contrast to the eegancieS he
has hitherto enjoyed in the Executive Mansion.
The number Of carpet bag invaders from the sunny
strange and unprecedented. They have been pour
ing in since the beginning OF the impeachment trial,
and like so many locusts have eaten their way
through ali the cheap hotels In Washington Their
company must be sOrrowfully missed at the South.
especially by the simple and conlding darkes Oh the
plantations. They came here principally to insure
the conviction of the President, because II
that end is not accomplished they. are afraid
full as before. From Alabama from Georgia.
from Louisiana, from everywhere In the south,
these peripatetic politicians, with psalnl.singinE
looks and seedy SUITS swarm around the Capitol,
buttOnhOling members and Senators and persevere-
ngly asseverang that all Is gone up In the south
Andrew Johnson IL not removed. They themselves
will have to flee into the mountains and call upon
the rocks to hide them from the face OF the rebels
the President is not turned out. And AZ for
OF what fate is In store for them. The Ku Klux Khan
will eat them up, and horrors on horrors head
will fast accumulate. good many OF these
fellows expect TO gOrmandize themselves on offices
when Wade Is in, and they have just come at the
nick of time like many hungry wolves attracted
by the scent OF carriOn. The carpebagger Is great
talker though not much OF a grammarian. lie
keeps the words ''treason, Union loving loyalty.
liberty and the poor negro" conveniently at his
fingers ends, and Is ready for stump speech.
even to an audience OF three or four persons. He
looks a hard case physically, as though he had
been abstinent in living through necessity In place OF
choices but In his looks he shows plainly that he has
something In his eye like the flesh pots OF Egypt-th6
good things In the political pastures OF the South,
where his cotton bag will be turned into a cotton
plantation.
washington don't suit the bagmen for a lengthy
stay 1t is too expensive and the nggers are some
what sharper and generally more enlightened than
they are farther South. However, II Ben made
Sumner, Butler and the rest OF that nk. come into
possession Of things here the carpet baggers win
browse afterwards In clover.
1t appears by advices from Alabama that Governor
Patton has cut loose from the radical party and in
letter which he has addressed TO General Meade
states his opinion very clearly that the cause OF the
defeat Of the constitution In Alabama was owing "a
its many obnoxious features and to the lamentabl0
absence OF those qualities which command respect
and confidence in those men who were elected under