The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-19
The EmpcaCEers On Judge Chase

ne Only eNcllemenC at present on the
impeachment question continues to be con
tined to the action of Judge Chase in the
matter, past, present, and prospective. Il
Is confidently asserted, By those who ought
to be posted as regards the judges real
sentiments, that he is opposed to impea,h-
ment an TITO. The day previous to the
publication of his letter 10 the senate,
which gave rise to so much comment here
and elsewhere, was Informed that he
would positively refuse to preside at the
trial. The next day, learned that he
had written letter to his intimate friend,
Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, to that effect.
But this letter has been suppressed; and
though efforts were made to procure it for
publication, it could Lot be had. 1t has
come to me from direct source, however,
that very near relative Of Senator Pome-
roy made the charge against the chief
Justice that he had turned traitor to the
republican party. This was on the even
ing of the day that the senate received
the judges letter. Senator POmeroy,
however, did prevail on the chief justice
to leave the bench of the supreme court,
and preside in the senate. But, pending
his hesitation to do so, leading republicans
emphatlcally asserted that, if he did not
preside. he would be impeached also. In
the meantime, republican newspapers in
the interest of the chief justlce-which
papers, of course, hate to see him put
himself in an attitude hostile to his party
are whitewashing the whole affair of his
so-called detection from the party ON this
ques tor, which is now so essentially parti-
san in its character as to compel the lead
ers to ostracise any man who does not give
it his cordial support.
But what do republicans who are bold
enough to speak out what they think, say
to the present attitude of the chief justice,
which was as totally unexpected to them,
but which your readers will remember l
pointed out as extremely probable, some
weeks since? They account for the
judges conduct in this way: They say
that Jerry Black, Atty. Gen. Stanbery,
and others, including Andy Johnson him.
self, are trying to seduce the judge from
his party fealty by promises of future dem
ocratic support; that, he has been fed by
hopes, and fattered by all sorts of prom
ises that, If he would only do the fair
thing as regards impeachment and the
McCarde case, involving the constitution
ality Of the reconstruction acts, he can
have whatever he wants from the demo-
cratic party, &c. And this is the way the
radical republicans now turn on their
former idol, whom they exalted unto their
political heaven, and try to plunge him
dowu to their political hell. In fact, the
chief justice is the NEST abused man in
Washington to-day by leading republicans,
not even excepting the president himself.
His son-iu-law, Senator Sprague, also
comes in for a fair share of invective, and
is also pronounced unsound upon impeach-
ment; while fears are expressed respecting
other senators. This state of things be-
gins to create some little stir on the dead
sea of impeachment, and threatens to re-
vive to some extent the popular interest
therein. But, the fact is, unless We news.
paper correspondents can get up some side
show to attract the public, which admis-
sion to the big tent, We greatly fear the
whole thing will prove grand fizzle. On
the other hand, if wo eau say to the dear
people, "Here's the side-show, and there
the big circus; you pays your money aud
takes your choicc," we may, after all, pre-
vent impeachment from turning out a
dead failure. saw Aeb