The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-05-22
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The Times says We have ACCUSED Judge
Trumbull "of being br'bei' and denoaneed
Senator fessenden as corrupt and 'reaeherous.
VIC have done nothing OF the Kind. on the
contrary "eare endea'orins 10 DO both OF these
gentlemen the justice TO believe in them until
their votes disPel the confidence. Tho only
SENATOR VIC nave uehouneeas MI "r'mes' our
qua.' VIZ" nun "o' MS P'o'"'e 'o''' 'N'
the inicccncy Of his whole course during I'm
,e.ehm.,t Mr. Grimes I'M, made himself n
eommon .ran,l.l- and ve have trrntel him M
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triai no suggestion OF ours "ecoP'eu 10
liber,ts nr,posit;on IN buv the Senate from
tn, N,p- York Iyorla. We know the men
who own The World and the character Of the
associates Of the President. They are gamblers.
Their stake Is empire and the Treasury. and for
another years control of the plumber they would
yla.llv ,pepi n couple of millions.
We mako this general reflection from our
lnovlcir, of human nature. Now comes the
more specific question. The Washington CORE
.,on,,.nt of The Bouton Po,t I, known IN be In
,hs confidence NJ IN. President. On Sunday
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Po.s-ps1ccratie.
a. no. stand. as r', n,, Is .s,,:. ..
Ter. T,....n. and Van Wrinkle Another Is nses:'
Anthony aud sprsyss Ssv. not, up 70 this time,
sS any BY the Con @ Rc.s l.
also regarded As doubtful IN. lmpssssnsIs, have,
miiurs>
p.,.u,r TIA, mi. r,, written ON Sunday
evening !, cam. directly from Mr.. johnson.
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80 .,,,.m., n.us, i, rroves N h . nrorb.
6nrovn ,orrcsnonde,,-vbose access 10
IN .,,r,.. or ;,Srma,;o, !, updoubtsi-tcle-
-, ,,., ,h.v v.r. non.eommi,,.,. hut that
our friend, counted upOn Trumbull and Fcssen-
Ia, never doub,inr for moment Mr.. Hender-
~, ar cour.e VIC knew where Mr.. Grimes was
n...,.. h. mad. nm nj, mini beforc the trial be-
80, Tn. question now arises. How did An
drew John.on became .e,ytain" Of the votes Of
M.,,r.. Henderson. rrumbull and Fessenden,
when their poli,icsl friend, and associates were
iynor.nt, How |, II that the mouths that were
sruld with the secrecy OF Senatorial dignity
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VINO gave inc rreS'ae"' aSsu'""'" W VII"
tdiRfyf We say this, not for one moment Tor
getting ..the responsibility OF their OATH" Did
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o' tne'r in'en'io"s
Let us look At this more closely. Me''r'
Fessenden, Trumbull, and Henderson have
made . record ON the main questions involved
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nnd fesrenden anu frumouii Young "'on-0o"-
cur with President johnson in his removal OF
Stanton. Upon their oaths as Senators they
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unjustly removed from MS once Is secretary OF
War. On the 2lst Of February Mr.. Fcsseuden
nah. .r.-,h d-ro,nc;nc Mr. John.,n f,r An
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pointing ho'en1" inou"' M. "'' ~
voted that under the CONSTITUTION anu JAWS inc
President had no right 10 make such an appoint-
ment Amer so deciding "upon their osths,'
wefndtk them now prepared TO vote upon their oaths
that they vcrc mistaken. These points, there
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io'e' so"'e up wv
l. Which oath was mistake the oath OF
February Il or the oath OF May|
ii. When did the oaths change In the MINDS
Of Senators!
Ill. When was the eerfa'afy OF that change
impaired TO President johnson, in onier
that he might announce II to the world through
his fayonte correspondent
Nv. Who was the agent that gave the Prcsi-
dent his infcrmationr
v. What peculiar claim did Mr.. johnson have
ON these Senators that they saw ut TO intrust
him with confidence which was not shared by
any Of their Republican collesgutsl
Now mark. we are making no attacks upon
these gentlemen. We are not even critieiiing
them. We are fully recognizing "the rsponsi-
blity" so vast. comprehensive and elastic that
what Is black in February becomes white In
May. We merely cite curious fact, aud de-
mand information that viii he demanded by
their constituents Andrew johnson Was "esr-
tain" of these men when everybody else was in
doubt. JYho cure Aim Inc assuranees Of GER
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