Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-30
The Lassst Radical plst for DsposIrg
President 5shnson.

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The Latssf Radical plst for Dsposin
president Jehnson.
From the Ant. Slavery Standard
Bocause The late attempt 10 remove Nj
Johnson, which 90 nearly succeeded
proved, through q constitutional tochni
caIiyand corruption. . failure, the Who'll
duty OF Congress has not therefore beel
discharges. By The votes q lwo-third
Of the House Of Representatives, aud b,
the votes of nearly two-thirds OF the Sen
ate he already stands impeached. 'rha
| the Impeachment was desired aud ap
proved by the great majority Of the Ioya
people, the recent files Of their Jour
mails will plainly indicate. Either the
provision fss impeschment should b
stricken from the Constitution as i'm
| praclicauo and supcffluous, or the
proscnt iocumbout OF the White House
should be deposed. For the honor and
safety Of the nation Il IL important that,
as Nj. Stevens proposes, there should be
another arraignment Of the criminal,
and the attempt made at least, TO dis
pose Of him as his crimes deserve. This
session Of Congress should be prolonged,
without adjournment until the 4th OF
March next, or until the deposition Of
Johpsoa Il an accomplished fact. The
new Reign Of Terror" for loyal whites
and blacks throughout the South should
hold Senators and Representatives OF
the Capitol in continuous session while
the Presidential usurper remains in
Office. All the more will this have been
rendered incumbent upon Congress By
the lpremature admission Of the So
called reconstructed States. With
johnson in the White House,
and these States admitted over his
veto, the danger of renewed outbreak
Of rebellion aud violence, in the struggle
for supremacy, will be imminent Let
AR. Stevens new effort for Johnson's re-
moval have therefore the hearty support
Of earnest Radicals everywhere. Il not.
only deserves such support primarily
from considerations ofjustice, safety, and
national honor, but muddled" as is the
present political situation, il would
prove, II pnshed To o successful consu m
nation, as il easily may be with the new
Senatorial force, highly expedient. At
even so, late date as the first day Of
January, 1869, ii it may not occur by the
first of August or September next 1t
would be most suspicious gain for Rad
icalism to carry impeachment, and secure
q RECONSTRUCTED Ga .inet, and renovated
with Benjemin f. Wade
at its head, The immediate urgency for
the measure is for protection and en-
couragementfo for suffering and prescribed
loyalists, colored and white,
whoare daily and hourly the victims OF
lawless outrages and of murder, almost
by the wholesale, in Texas and elsewhere.
Since the recent failure to csnyict John
son, many have been obliged TO leave the
South, and many more remain, only at
The, peril of their lives. asthe recognized
friends aud defenders, Of the Union
pause Congress should act promptly
ror new and successful impeachment
n the interest of these suffering, brave
md Trustworthy people. Bot its political
are too important TO be
ost sight Of. The ground lost by Radi-
,als at Chicago may be, to great extent,
il Mr.. Stevens proposition is
seconded as ii should be. Assuming
1rantIs election as amo ng the probabili- |
les of the future, though by no means
,ertain without more potential appeal to
Radical enthusiasm, ii would be gain |
,frnosmsll yalnet to have bis administers.
ion immediately preceded by such an
me as Mr. Wade would promptly con-
tructa More than all. the. chances |
# that which most intimately concerns
'ur clients, the eolored people, via
guaranteed, equal suffrage, ir-
espeetive of color, would be greatly inn
,roTed, Even if it must be at the
leventh hour, it is important that John
on should be impescbed and deposed.
migration from Germany TO the Uaited
States.
Emigration seems to have become cpl
emic in Germany. From letter writ
en- by our special correspondent in Ber-
IN, which we published In the Herald of
esterdsy, it appears that from January
to May II, the number of emigrants
tho started for the United States by way
f Bremen was twenty three thousand
iree hundred and fftysix Between
lay ii and May 81 some four thousand
lore sailed from the, same port for this
ountry, thus making sum total from
aHuary to June of more than twenty
syen thousand, This, however, is not
II. Attic beginning OF June some nine
learners were ADVERTISED TO sail from
remen for, New York and Baltimore,
nd some seven thousand were known to
. making application for passages. Our
makes mention of fact
hich strikipgly illustrates the improved
nd improving character of the times.
n arrangement, it appears, has been
ade between the agents in Ham
arg and the agents in New York ac-
,rding to which the passenger, by the
ayment. of three thalers, secures the
ght CT having his arrival in New York
to his friends in Germany
thin, twenty -four hours after his land
x All this is praisewortby and en-
The manner in which
fairs seem TO be managed at Castle
arden, as will be seen from another
ticle in this days Herald, is dis
ace 10 New York city, to the United
aies and TO the nineteenth century.
e are glad TO notice that German emf
ants are beginning to direct their at
ntion to the South as field of enter
Use. In many important respects the
nth offers superior advantages to the
dustrious and thrifty emigraut than are
fered by the West We commend the
,uth to the Irish and the Germans both.
be South needs their little capital,
eds more their labor, and the rich aud
eming soil is ready to award them.
ssides, a food Of Irish and German
migration TO the South would soon set
! the negro question add determine the
lance Of power.-N y Herald.
A Dad Story Of an Ex-confsdsrats.
ON the Nashville Union and Dispatch, 3th.l