Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-06
Impsaehnsat, I'd tben e.

/ Of Representatives adopted by n vote
of 126 to 47, a resolution to impeach
Andrew johnson, President Of the
United States. of high crimes and mis-
I demeanors. We respond amen
/ A needless war persistently Waged
With the representatives of the people,
to keep alive a dying rebellion, has
this inevitable end. Begun by treaeh-
/ cry 70 party, continued By betrayal Of
4 the nation, it has ftly eliminated il
bold violation Of the law. Impeach-
ment. long since deserved but hitherto
delayed for the nations sake, can be
delayed no longer. Any farther post
ponement Of it would be a nationsI
disgrace aud calamity.
Andrew Johnson's progress in OIL
eial vice has been regular and rapid
It marks the selfish demagogue, win
ming favor in the livery of a patriot,
prsmeditating treAchery, practicing
merstrieious virtues, and finally
throwing off the mask and boldly ex-
hibitiBg the horrid deformitiea Of &
hypocrite, renegade and trickster.-
There is not a sentiment Of hostility
to the Union of which he Is not to-day
the embodiment. Under pretense Of
defending the Constitution against
those who have passed through ERE
and blood TO preserve il, he has rallied
aFouRd him every hand red with re-
beIlion and every heart black with
perjury and treason. Rebuking Con-
gress for encroachments upon Exeeu-
tive prerOgatives, he himself usurps
and exercises all the powers of gov
eminent, executive, legislative and ju-
dicial. Pretending to fear a military
despotism, he assumes the functions Of
dictator, and holds himself less amena-
bic to the legislative than the Queen
of England or the Autocrat of Russia.
Dsnouncing the Congress Of the ma
ton as an unconstitutional and revolus
tionary body, he threatens to disperse
it By force of arms. Disgracing inau-
guration with the jargon of debauch,
he profanes the birthday of Washing
ton with incoherent raving before a
mob Forcing unusual legislation to
prevent his own mischief, he sets an
example oflaWlessness in trampling the
statutes Of his country under his feet
When the nation demanded rest, he
thrust upon it confusion; when it
sought peace, he gave it war; when It
had earned the esteem Of all nations,
be made US blush for the fullness Of
its disgrace. The chief ruler of a just
and generous people, he is the avoWed
friend of insurgents, the instigator Of
riot, the arch-fend of disoord, the op-
pressor of the weak, the prosecutor of
the innocent, the champion of the
guilty, the ealumniatoF of the brave
Under tie shadow Of his authority
the helpless have been made homeless,
tha-natinn has -haen- -swindlad Of its
revenues, and the streets of great cities
have been made to smoke with the
blood Of loyal men. Under pretense
of doing honor to the nations defend
ers, he has offered promotion as a re-
ward for recreancy, and sought to stab
one by thrusting unasked honors upon
another. He has trailed the executive
robes about the country. inoiting the
people to hang their Law makers, 70
menting insubordination, denouncing
the loyal people as in rebellion, and
even impressing the sacredness OF the
grave to disguise the indecency Of
maudlin harangues and the low pur-
| poses Of the demagogue. And now, to
crown all, he puts his foot upon the
sacred majesty Of the law he has sworn
to faithfully execute, and calls upon
every rebel and culprit unWhipt Of
Justice to witness the Executive soorn
Of the law Of the land.
With this wicked ruler the people
have borne long and patiently. Zach
new usurpation they have fondly hoped
would suTfeit his Obstinacy. and each
fresh demonstration Of folly exhaust
his powers of mischief.
But obstinacy and folly have at
length eliminated in an open assault
upon the law. and boldly threaten the
honor and safety of the nation. The
time has come when patience is dan
| ger and forbearance ceases to be a vir.
tue. The Executive is no longer
merely bad ruler, buta public enemy
and an example of lawlessness. There
is one prompt, sufficient remedy. Lei
it be applied. Immediate, summary
impeachment, and after that secured
Union, tranquility and peace.
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