Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-04-15
IRON The st. Louis Republ 1''l s's
THE uNTTED STATES SENATE. i

get certain facts, how that the Senate ii orcall
lied as q Court t0ltry Andrew JOhnsotl oil tht
charges brought against him by the Radica
members Of the House. of Representatives
That Senate pretehds to Sit in the name Of fis
people Of the United States But ten s0yef
eign and independent States of the Onion, en-
titled to have twenty Senators il Congress, arf
compelled to look on as, idle spectators, The
people Of those States, by overwhelining Con
servative iniajerities, Would send up fweiity
Senators I'd sit I'M Congress If theyIwene moi
denied p right of which they cannot be deprived
even by o constitutional amendment excuDt hy
their own Consent, iridividdhny given by theft
States IA full Senate. composed of Senators
from the 81 States, would number "a. The
present number IN the "Rump" Senate is only
81, supposing Maryland to have her two Sena
tors there. Of these, 43 are Radicals and ii
Democrats. il, If the Senate was tull and con.
stitutional, it wolldreq.iire 81 votes to consti.
tute tw0-thirds, or. enough to convict. But
with only 43, which il eight less than two-thirds
they are now able III do the business of i'm.
parchment. If the Radicals can secure only
SO, which is two-thirds of the !" Rump" mum.
ber 81. they can convict, although that 36 ID
not even one.haIf Of a constitutional Senate
But more than this the people will remein-
Der. OF the Radical Senate, Conness, Cole Of
California, Frelinghuysen and Catlett of New
Jersey, Morgan and Conkling of New York,
Wade and Sherman of Ohio, eight Senators ia
all, no longer represent the sentiments of their
constituents. All thvse States last fall rejected
Radicalism and elected Legislatures largely
Democratic. Two of them have already elect.
ed Senators to snpersede Wade and Conness.
Ii those eight Senators, every one of whom
would bs thrown overheard by their States il
to-day was the time for electing their substi.
tntes, were now superseded by those who
would be elected by the Legislatures Of those
States, the Radicals would at once be deprived
Of their two-thirds majority of SO. Their num-
Der would be reduced to IS, not even half OF
fun Senate. IL the Southern States were in
the Union, as they ought to be, BY every condi-
ton Unconstitutional right, aud ii every North
crn State was represented in the Senate ac-
cording to the expression of opinion at the
polls last fail, the Radicals would be in a mi
nority, aud the impeachment would be cast out
Us disgraceful partisan plot. When the Rad
icals talk now OF impeaching in the name Of
"all the people" they are guilty of fraudu.
lent use OF the nanle Of the people. The Rad
ical Senats, nswe have shown, does not even
represent the Northern States. 1t misrepre-
seuts tuctu. Anu u " subuiu HuPpeu Iuat eltu>
er Of the Senators of New York. New Jersey,
Ohio or California. should vote TO convict An
drew johnson, they would vote in contemptu.
ons dsfiance 0f the sentiment of the Legisla-
lures Of the States they profess to represent. as
expressed in their own action during the pres
rnt winter. We might add that anybody in
Missouri knows that Drake and Henderson, If
they favor Impeachment, do not represent the
sentiments of q majority of the people of Mis-
souri, OF the nine Representatives from Mis-
souri in the House, who veted on the question
of impeachment, only one. Mr.. Mccormick,
who voted against it, represented the voice Of
Missouri Strike, cut Drake and Henderson
from the Senate, in addition to those named,
and replace them by Democrats, as the people
would do instantly il they could exercise the
right to vote free from the restrictions Of Rad
ical proscriptiye Constitutions aud registration
laws, and the Radical number in the Senate
would be reduced 10 3d. The people surely
viii not forget that this Impeachment matter
is carried on by Senate which 10 n Rump -
ten States, t.eeHty Senators, excluded, and ten
Senators present whe misrepresent the States
in whose names they act. 1f sf