The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-05-27
Impeachment and the Diagraceful
Conduct Of the Radicals.

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It would be hard to find in the annals
of politics conduct as infamous and
disgraceful as that which has charac-
terised the Radical party throughout
the United States during the progress
of the impeachment trial. The Senate
is sitting as high Court; each Sena-
tor takes q solemn oath to render de-
cision according TO the law and the
evidence; and yet the Radical canaille
throughout the Union resorts to every
means of bullying and intimidation, by
means of the press and public conven-
tons, to force Senators to disregard
their oath and vote i'll accordance with
the necessities of the Radical party
As soon as a Senator is numbered
among those whose votes are account
ed doubtful, he is Immediately bella
bored with dispatches from anxious
constituents, delegations from enraged
Con- ressmen, and resolutions of Radi-
cal Conventions, all tending to infiu-
ence him to vote contrary to his con-
scientious convictions of his sworn
duty. The Secretary of the Senate
the Clerk of this "high Court "-utters
daily through the columns of his two
papers TRADES against those who pre-
sumo to differ from the Radical view
of the case, and makes every effort in
his power to create verdict which
shall not be according to the law and
the evidence. These scenes have been
enacted duringthe whole progress of
the trial. But it was reserved for the
declaration of the doubtful Senators in
favor of acqnittal, and the final vote
on the eleventh article, for thaRadicals
to reach the elimination of their infa-
nv. All the Walls of their wrath are
now poured out upon the heads Of the
seven Senators who recorded their
votes in favor of the acquittal of the
President. 1t matters not that some
of these Senators have ever been re-
cognised as the ablest and most honor
able members of the Radical party
Their one vote contrary to the party
requirement, even though given under
the binding force of an oath, is suffi-
cient to damn them forever in the esti-
nation of the Radical mob. No coop
perhead" was ever so mercilessly as
sailed, and threats of assassination are
openly made on the streets of Wash
ington. The vote on the remaining
articles was postponed until the Goth,
doubtless for the purpose Of obtaining
an expression of opinion from the Chi
cagoe Convention, on the subject of
impeachment. The grand sanhedrim
of Radicalism will doubtless instruct
the "high Court" how to vote, and all
recreant Senators will be read out of
the party.
Amid all this Radical corruption we
see nothing but good to the country
1t is evident that this persecution of
the President will end in disruption
of the party of the prosecutors. The
friends of Fessenden, Trumbull and
the rest, the best men in the party, will
not stand by and permit them to be
vilifed at the hands of the Buffers, the
Logans and the other corrupt neophytes
who have come into the party solely
for the purpose of bearing off the lions
share of the loaves and fishes. Re-
spectacle Republicans will not tamely
submit to the degrading spectacle Of
an impeachment Court instructed by a
political Convention. Mr.. Chase's
friends already disguised, would not
require much more to drive them into
open hostility to the nominee of the
Chicago Convention.
Since writing the above we are in
receipt of the Radical nominations, and
a partial inkling into the planks of the
Platform, all of which will be found
elsewhere. Again we say to our read
ers be patient; the Democracy are
wide awake and very soon we shall
announce their standard bearers.