The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-10


something to him IN an undcrtone.
TO which he replied loudly and emp
hatically: ooh, damn him, l have
told him So" Now what says the
bench aud bar Of our country to this
mode of couduction a criminal trial
IL this our highest tribunal, whose
judgment arc urrcversiblc, and whose
action challenges the judgment of
tAo civilized world? Would you
wish that our Minister in Lon
don should, in your name, avow and
defend it?
Tins was the Same, though on
II worldwide thcatUr, as if the pro.
scouting attorney, when trying
u criminal ease before u traverse
jury, should, by public advertisement
call upon the friends Of jurymen
and ask them to prevail OF the jury
by culrcatics or threats, to find q
verdict @! guilty.
The action Of General Schenck
amuscs me. / have known him for
half u lifetime, an honorable mem.
Der of the bar, bred and practiced
in the high morality of tho profess.
ion. The wild tale of the German
students vino, through dtabolic IN
Auenco, changed souls, must have
been verified in HIM. FIVE years
ogo, or at any time w hen his soul
was his own, he would have moved
to expol II mombor ortho bar who
committed such professional ]atrocity
aud he would have felt dIshonred
by sitting with him ut the same
counsel table.
General Schcnuk signed these
letters and dispatches us chairman
Of the Republican Central Commit
tee. 1t was not his act alone, but the
&C. IF the party, in the House, and
indicated their n OF professional
morality. fnd quite appropriate
to the matter tho following item
from the Cincinnati Commercial. Of
yesterday
Judge Stowe, of Pittsburg, On
Saturday, rendered u dcclson,
granting II new tripli in an important
case, on the ground thatthe plaintiff
tempered with one Of the jurors.
The case has boon tried three times
before"
Judge Stowe is evidently "a mile.
post on IL deserted road" lie has
not been taught judicial morality "by
the war"
Most Of the leading m"mbcrs oftho
Senate, by their speeches, and noar>
~ the whole body. by their vote on
the amendment 10 the Tcnuro-of
Office Act, we're committed to the
proposition that the President had
q right, 10y his own mere act, TO
remove tho Secretary Of War; lie
did formally remove him, and the
next day as formally nominated a
successor, and sent, with all due
dispatch, his nomination to the
Senate. Some delay, however, oc-
cured, by rcason Of carly ad% journ-
mcnt Of that body, The Office Of
Secretary Of War WIS now vacant
the Office building, with its books,
papers and seals, and other mum.
montS of Office, were in the hands OF
IL lawless INTRUDER, who was direct.
cd to "stick."
In this state Of things tho Presi
dent appointed one Of tho officers OF
tho Department TO take charge of II
pro fcmpore, until II regular nomina'
ton should be confirmed by The
Senate, THIS fact was charged in
one OF the articles Of Impeachment
{ as q high misdomeanor, and thu
|. Republican Senators all, except ssv
en-, including those who declared
and voted that the President la,
full power TO remove, voted thi
attempt to take care of the Depart.
! mcnt, its seal, lis correspondence
and it's archives. during the tw.
days Of mevltab ie vacancy, a hig.
10 misdemcanor. 1t was n trivial OF
tense, tins attempt 10 take caro {
ie the executive Office, but q high mis-
domcanor for which he ought 10 /
removed from Office, and give plac
to the maa who had told tho in trut
-, or to stick" This vote was give
- under the solemmties Of an oath
do impartial justice. The like
not to be found in any tribunal an.
where, certainly not in vi W
IL English history. Stafford was in
oil peached by tho House Of Common
~ at n time when party spirit II
highest and widest in England, b
they failed TO prove hm guilty
any crime known to the lava,
=, This being settled, thoy knew co