Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-04-16

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rezifictans.
1he impeachment trial progresse 8
Within three weeks, they say, II will
T. onded, and Andrew Johnson will
s. 1mong our Ex-PresiGents. HIS
condition is regarded as foregone
oonclusiou, inasmuch as his acquittal
would involve the immediate disrup-
t'on of the Republican party. His re-
mova|is demanded by the party and is
expected by the party, and is neces-
sary, 10 save the party from immedi-
u1s ohipwreck. Chief Justice Chase
rulod of the Presidential course, is
relieved by tho trammels of party.
Thps, rising above the noxious atmos-
phere of party, he stands in this trial
as The Representative Of impartial
Justice, and the more moderate of the
Hepublican Senators have done we'll
IN voting to sustain his rulings, here
and here, against the preposterous
notions of such implicable partisans
as Drake and Sumner. But what
does.>all this amount to if the final
verdict in this case is fixed in tho
minds of the court and the jury The
NeV Hampshire election, turning up
on this issue as party measure, set
tied The question for from that day,
as by general consent, Presidential
poiiticians and the office-holders and
'o|||o8 eeeRers at Washington and else
where began toshape their plans and
calculations upon the probable conse-
Qucnccs Of Andrew Johnson's reno
val, and Old Ben Wade's" promo
ton ID the White House for the rem
nant of the Presidential term to the
4th Of March, 1869.
The independent position, there
fore, taken by the Chief Justice in
this trial, looking to President John
son, amounts to nothing. The trial
10 q formality which cannot be avoid
"a and few days more or less gain
ed f6r the defence upon points of law
and evidence will serve mainly the
advertisement, on grand scale, and
gratnitously, too. of the learned law
yers concerned on both sides. This
impeachment is indeed great thing
forthem and hit for the newspapers
butit is q mockery to Andrew John
con. The briefest glance at the pro-
gramme for the prolongstion Of the
reign OF Radicalism will serve to show
how fallacious must be all estimates
Of Republican diversion in the Sen
ate sufficient to save poor johnson,
especially when it is apparent on ev-
cry hand that the outside hue and cry
for bis removal will admit of no de-
iections in the party camp. What
then is this Radical programme
II is plan of operations not only
for tbe next Presidency and the next
Compress, but for such q reconstruc-
ton of States, the right of suffrage
and sectional balances of power as will
b well adapted to secure long pos
session Of the Government. The
great impediment to the plan thus
nfrced upon has been and is Andrew
Jobnson as President Of the United
States. With his removal and the
transfer of Mr.. Wade dd interim to
tho Executive mansion, the coast will
be clear. The outside Southern States,
under the supervision of Radical
can be reconstructed and
restored bottom end up without the
slightest difficulty, or held over till
Rfter the Presidential election, as may
bc deemed most expedient. Thirty
Or forty thousand Federal officers,
mainly useless for Radical party pur-
poses under Andrew Johnson, will,
with his removal, be thrown into the
Presidential market, and
an eectioneering fund of millions may
thus be secured from the whiskey in
L4rest alone. The Supreme Court
viii n xt be made all right with such
additions of reliable, political judges
ns will secure Radical majority on
pvery important test, against all con
for years TO come. A law
Of Congress establishing universal ne
gro suffrage throughout the United
States would thus he made a sure
hing against any appeal from any
4uarler Finally, with the eleven
rebel States reconstructed and reinsta-
Lcd IN Congress on the basis Of uni
versal negro suffrage, and with Texas
Gu up into three or four States, to
say nothing of negro suffrage in Ma.
ryland aud Kentucky, there viii be a
southern negro Radical balencc Of
power in our national affairs as diff
cult, perhaps, TO overcome by the
North as was the late Southern slave
oligarchy-
This is the Radical programme; as
ar hs developed, 1t may, however,
'a|l far short of the reconstruction
system contemplated with man in
tho W. ite House whose certain sigma.
lure will make only bare majority
Of both houses necessary to consum-
mate any Radical measure. But the
schedule of party ways and means
we have indicated is long enough and
broad enough to bring about, step by
stop. a revolution in the Government
70 complete as TO make our future ma
tional elections as manageable by The
central power as universal suffrage in
France. And this magnificent revo-
|utionary reconstruction system de-
pends, in the outset, upon the reno
val Of Andrew Johnson. His acquit-
tall therefore, by his accusers, who
are bis judges and jury, and by this
party who will condemn themselves
II bis justifcation-his acquittal, we
cay, will be a miracle il it shall come
10 pass. With these views of the
subject, we regard it as proftless to
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