The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-03-25
From the Joui nal of Commerce.
Impeachment as "a Party Meas


The majority in Congress. and the Pfesis
dent elected through the same party ticket,
have for some tirle past been widely at va
rance and have each dealt largely in abuse
and recrimina'i0n As long as this contest
bore tha aspect of mere family quarrel il
did not become outsiders to interfere; and
even now, when the whole country is s,ifr
fering from the unseemly dispute, il is hard~
ly safa. if the old proverb be true, for those
not afflicted with the combatants to take
part in the strife. As far as the conserva~
tive portion of the community is concerned,
it will probably make but little difference
whether Mr.. johnson or Senator Wade
prcsdes at the White House. ln desire
and purpose the present incumbent has
more to commend him to the friends of con-
stitutional liberty; but in actual results the
proposed successor could scarcely accom-
plish less in this respect than has been ef-
fected by Mr.. Johnson Were Wade to
| becnme President, even if Stanton is retain
ed, Seward and McCulocb would be dis
| placed, as they should have been years ago,
| and their successors would never be allowed
! to wield the same unlimited power for evil.
| The grand excuse too, for reiarding tho
settlement OF our domestic troubles would
be removed. and if the excluded States
were not Immediately restored, the ract
that mere partisan considerations postron.
ed the peace and unity so necessary to every
material interest would be more plainly apr
parent ,... f..sf..sr
In its party aspect, therefore, the remn-
val of the President so far as it had ary in~
fuence on coming elections, would be de~
cided gain for the Conservatives. Wo
know that there are those who who fear the
inauguration of most restrictive and unjust
measures, bearing on the political canvass.
if the legislative and executive departments
are brought into harmony during the ap-
preaching Presidential election, But we
would be willing to offset such violence
| against the indignant protest of the masses,
whom it would most affect. The conelu-
sion is irresistible, therefore, that whether
| impeachment succeeds or fails, it must
great v damage the party that is to be held
responsible for it; and that its success will
| be to them u far heavier blow than its de-
feat. IF we were engaged in a party con-
| test, and we're anxious for the discontinue
Of the Republicans independent OF all oth>
er considerations we could wish them to
have made no worse blunder than the one
they are committed in this impeachment
project We should think that the fact,
| now so evident, that this step mas created
no whirlwind of excitement in the ranks of
their opponents, and that the unscrupulous
partisans on the other side are chuckling
over it, must open the eyes of sagacious Re.
puhlicans to the folly of their course.
II is very difficult to divest this subject
| of its partisan character, and to look at i'm
peachment as it will stand in the light of
history. IF this could be done calmly ws
do not believe that the movement would be
sanctioned by any considerable number OF
any party The President may have no
large following, and few may feel any per-
sonal consideration for the victim; but there
is no sufficient ground for such an assault
upon him, and no asseveration of his OPP
ponents viii convince unprecedented observ>
ers that the good Of the country requires
that he be made martyr for his political
blnnders, by those who are directly respon.
sible for his election.