The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-06-04
Hon. non Piatt PrOnOnnces the
Republican Party Dend and
D~facOurses Thereon.

DiscOurses Thereon.
Correspondence Cincinnati cOmmerciail
MAcK-A-cHrEK, May II. 1868.
IMPEACHMENT.
/ wish TO make a few observations
of philosophical sort, touching the
late Republican party.
1 assisted, some twelve or thirteen
years Since; at the birth of the party
just demised, having travelled from the
Mac-a-cheek Valley to Buffalo carry
ing n plank for the platform, on which
the newly-bOrn was to be Graded, and
my affections have grown. with ITS
growth to such an extent that lie sud
den death threw me into q state Of
praSound grief, disturbed by indigna-
ton. 1 rassed from iamentation to.an
indignation meeting-and from IN IN
dignation meeting to deep grief. But
with reflection came consolation. l
came to the consoling thought that l
was not the only sufferer, and hand
iBg out my surplus affection to my be-
loved country at large, / found my
share could be carried, without much
inconvenience.
lhe immediate cause of ITS death
was dyspepsia, aggravated by whis-
key.
But the seeds Of weakness and di-
sease were planted in its birth. We
began a party o. reform, of agitation,
Of aggression, and we TOOK into our
embraces the old Wing party, that
was n party of conservatism, aggraya-
ted by great dlghry and timidity.-
The result has boon internal dissen-
siops. The ultra reform party could
not digest the conservative lump, and
we have been afflicted with culic; So TO
SPEAK, that well nigh destroyed our
usefulness. Ouf actions IN consequence
have been contradictory. While at
one time we create o John Brown, and
glory IN John Brown as our greatest
and best beloved organized huge
armies fought out big wars, and lib
Grated a race; on the other hand We
have been busy smoothing our wars
wrinkled front with the decayed plas. |
ters OF past.wrong doing. Ii is called
eompromise-wb!Ch means TO give the
devil your soul in dignlfed, peace.
fdl mRnnor.
The last internal CONFUSION exhlbi-
ted with great cieqrness tho different
elements. On tho one side we had
Butler, Stevens, Bingham, Logan Sum
ner, and Drake on tho other stood, In
calm reposc, FesseAden and Trumbull
while between loated another element.
born Of the revolutionary times, that
bad its remarkable valuS, and fuctuu.
!ed as either party bid.
Now, ] am prepared to admit that
Messsrs. Fessenden and Trumbull wore
actuated by tho highest and most hon.
orablo motives. / do not believe they
could be GOughtwith money; or sway
cd by prejudice. They fell that they
were jurors, under oath, angwcrablo to
their God for the verdict they render.
cd. Nor do / blame them for respond
ing as they did 10 the solemn question 1
asked them by the Chief Justice. |
believe this as | believe the thirtv-hve !
guilty were honorable, hon.
men. But, in political life, a blum q
is worse than a crime, and Messrs. !
Fessehdcu and Trumbull Numbered in v
belonging 10 tho Republican o~rganiza- e
ton at all. They should have gonc v
70 the party Of Stanbury and 1
G~roesbeck, where the old Whig dlgni. II
y Is preserved intact, aud where Con a
lesvatism Is 80 intent that on ancient Il
is preferred to'a new right, and s
where OH jial position Is 40 glonhed 5
hat a halo is thrown abound an inc u
mule, that an all.wise Provi. "
fence, through some Inscrutable. rea 8
ION, has set on end aud made our 7,
Il
When Impeachment was first breach. a
"a, the evidence was as well known MS &c
t was at the end of the trial. At the y
,eginning Messrs. Feseendon and u
rrumbull should have made their feht ,
20 defeat it, they should have =
'esigned their positions, as honorable u
non, and washed their dignifed hands a
NJ the responsibility. But they chose Il
o reserve themselves for u conflict n
Thon Jhoir triumph would be or death. Y
are somewhat astonished at the a
popular howl Of wrath and indignation !
hat comes up over their diguifed, {,
ionest honorable stupidity. 4
We could have survived n blunder i
'reat as this is, had it come alone. bat y
Is tho concluding act Of n long series. II
through the unsettled condition Of q o.
ountrY suffering from OWL wars, wo 81
ave developed more rascality than N
ny organization ever called into exis- 81
,noe. We have filed the offices with
and their pockets with steal.
We have organized rings that =.
! turn create oiiice-holders and con- !"
'ol the Government. Men go in poor v
I'D COMO out miIlionaires. For one
ollar paid TO tho Government from til
ard earned taxes. hundreds stick 10 tb
dirty fingers Of official ~scoundrels. tu
c have whiskey rings, Indian Bu- 80
rings, manufacturers rings, Ma
onai Bank rings railroad rings,
nd Jobbing rings, and internal i'm.
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