The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-20

been voted on and disposed Of by the court Of
impeachment yesterday, but the managers
have been engineering this thing throughout,
and they wanted time. Before the court again
meets the Chicago convention will have spoken,
and in the present temper of the Radicals, Fes.
senden, Trumbull, Grimes and Henderson will
be read out of the party, and such an express
sion is hoped for as will deter any other Re-
publican from voting for acquittal on either OF
the articles.
Meanwhile the impeachment managers will
60 to work industriously under the resolutions
es in reference to the alleged charges of cor
ruption, and this with the well understood pur-
pose Of finding some excuse for the expulsion
Of one or more Of the ''recreant" senator's. But
this is not all. New charges are to be prefer
red, and time and money are to be again vast
ed on trial, and in order 10 insure conviction
the Southern States are to be admitted in haste,
with senators and representatives pledged be-
iorehand to an endorsement of congressional
action as against the President, and the latter
is to be removed by the votes Of the carpet
baggers from the South, the Freedmen's Bu-
reau agents and others who accepted positions
in the bureau only that they might use them 10
hoist themselves into power. This course was
foreshadowed in the discussion in the Senate
on Saturday it is avowed by not few Of the
Republican members Of Congress, and that
such is the purpose is clearly indicated by the
Chronicle of to-day, which is certainly good
authority on Radical movements.
A well-known Radical newspaper man OF New
York, proprietor OF Q sporting journal, who has
spent much time here in urging conv5ctlon,
has, it lis authoritaively stated, lost s2o, 600.
Other Radical newspaper men OF THIS city have
lost sums ranging from $500 to $4,000, and IN
their despair are charging fraud and bribery
upon all the Radical senator's who voted for
acquittal. FessendeD, Grimes, Trumbun and
Henderson are lost sight OF now, and 1t ID Mr.
Ross who comes In for all the denunclatlon.
DEMAND FOR CONVICTION PROPERLY REbuKED.
The following telegram was sent to Washing
ton last week, directed to Senators Pomeroy
and Ross, of. Kansas: -
LEAvENwoarH, May 14.-Kansas has heard
the evidence, and demands the conviction OF
the President. D. R?ANTHONY, =
:. And one thousand others.
10 the above Senator Boss has sent the fol-
lowing reply: =
WASHINGTON, May Gentlemen !: I do not
recognize your night to demand that shall
vote either for or, against conviction. have
taken an oath to do impartial justice accord.
ing to the constitution and laws, and trust
that I shall have courage and honesty TO vote
according to the dictates Of my Judgment
and for the highest good OF my country.
~ E. G. ROSS. q
TOD. B. ANTHONY and others.
THE RESULTS OF AcourrTAr.
The New York Times editorially remarks:
The results or acquittal would depend upon
circumstances, mainly upon the .Preslderts
manner Of taking it. II he should consider 1t
aperson verdict n nus IavSI yhc5 as
both have taken hitherto, q distinct sanction OF
the policy he has pursued, the temper he has
1shown. and the objects he has sought to &C.
compfsh, he could undoubtedly keep the po-
litical affairs Of the country in Q good deal OF
confusion for some months to come. But We
or intarfere with any Of the leading objects OF
legislstion, or with any OF the great interests
of the country. he can neither retard nor e1-
pedite reconstruction. He can neither keep
States out nor bring them In. He can neither
secure the admission or the exclusion OF their
members from either House Of Congress- Nor
is his control over the patronage OF the govern
ment such as to make it all formidable 10 the
country or the Republican party. -.
But we receive from Washington intimstlons
that the President has agreed to change his
Cabinet, and thus to bring the general course
and policy OF his administration more closely
into harmony with the sentiments and the WI!
Of Congress. This is the first symptom OF
Rrssteal good sense have seen on nus fsalv Par
and hopelessly one of the proverbial Bour-'
bons-that even he can and does learn some
thing from experience. II he had turned his
face in this direction one or two years ago, he
could have avoided all the disasters he has
since encountered, and secured for himself q
useful and successful administration, as well
as for the country that peaceful resumption OF
its normal activity and prosperity which it 30
much needs. But it is o great deal better
late than never. IF Mr.. Johnson has at last
discovered that the government does not exist
for him, nor even for his high Office alone--that
it is 8 complicated machine, and that the CO.
operation of its several agencies-the harmoni-
ous woIking all its parts essential to its sta
bility ane success-and that it is quite as much
Ito say the least) his duty to consult the eenti-
ments and convictions Of Congress. as it is the
duty Of Congress to consult and respect his;
and il he is prepared to act, wisely and in good
faith, upon this discovery, he can very easily
deliver the Government from the deadlock
into which his obstinate and perverse consis-
tency has brought it.
Such q course, we do not hesitate to say,
would be infinitely wiser and better for all the
interests Of the country than either his acquit-
tai or conviction, on the naked merits OF the
case, and without any stipulation for the future
conduct Of affairs.