The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-05-22

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The ElevenAh Article.
The President has lccn acquitted
under this article II charged him
with having tried to bring congress
INTO disgrace, , ridisale, contempt.
hatred and reprcacb. !" Its import
is that the President made IN ef
fort and failed. Doanclly, Wash
Lurnc an, others evidently impressed
with sense Of the Presidents
failures, have taken up the business.
their attempt resulting in signal
success. II is enineutly right and
proper that the president shonld be
punished for his inability to do what
congress has so easily accomplished.
Yet to acquit him Is held by the
god father Of 1.-The party Of moral
IDEAS rs equivalent to a verdict Of
Infamy l'y "thc high court againtt
congrqss. Here is tho way the BRAN
urea philosopher views the c:se.
impeachment is the logical con-
sequence II -cpublicaaisR. aud ~
rcpol licah can vote against it wit h.
out making himself infamous. The
only alternative is ippca, Invent or
intaMy. II johnson is acquitted.
then the whole course Il these men
j. a lie, and their deception is infa-
moas. They led the party to this
issue They educated. it to tho work.
The, echoed every .lcnuncistion, and
emphasized every criticism. Of the
presidents policy. II they havs
been honest in this. then impcach-
mcst iss sure as tn. SUM-
Impeachment Or lnfamy. This il
she alternative Of History. and
senators must snret it.-N. Y. Tri-
hume.
In this eleventh article the Pres
ident 10 charged with declaring that
Congress as constituted 10 not legal
body under tho constitution Lawyers
like Trumbull. Fcsscnden, Doolittlc.
Grimes andothcrs If the republican
party refused to declare this Ian
Z; asc criminal. This vt, Indicates
that they with the presid, Mt ar. rca.'y
T., declare that tho present is not
legal and Constitutional Congress.
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Branding Thenla.
From the leading Republican pa
per dawn to tho least in influence
and ability may be seen attempts
BY publishing their names, and 9TH
erwisc. to hiring disgrace and infa-
soy upo" the rccuaant republican
senators This thing won't win.
The attempt 70 disgrace those who
gave been acknowledged leaders Of a
party inevitably involves the dis
grace II that party as well. The
vocabulary of vitupcration has been
theroulsly ransacked to. end cxple-
ti,cs expressive q the utteraycrsion
these papere, big and little, feel
called upon to manifest. The roll Of
Sads ! place III enc, it is
facctioaaly a@nnoaDced in another
that. odd. Hrincs il Dead" and
TrumLu'l. OF l'csscndrr. or as tho
'cealit5 may be, Is denounced as
the prince ofLstrAysr,.' by AM
athrr.s The zaraes, bcls~ from the.
leading paper Is to the point:
We .rs favored with pamphlet Roll
Of the BLACK Dupes and White Renegsdes
whs voted In Mobile CITY and county for
the Msnagssis constitution for the State
If AlahAma. !" which 10 announced ~ "pvb-
lAehsd ~ order a The Constitutional Club
VI Mobile.h The object Of this pablica-
tioa il sseuestianahly, to prescribe and
rcrsecuts these voters, - that they shall
be staryel - huntsd out Of the State. This
is an old dodge. bst Il scldon wins.-N. Y.
Tribune a~F tbr Ell "91fa eyf'
suersa history tells ofonc Hannah
that eIected ! gallows on which to
hang Norlecai the Jew. but from
which swung the carcass Of Hannah
1t is thus in tho present cas-, im.
pcachmcnte failing Butler and the
other Managers swing from the
sahold intended for the prcsident.
A republican attorney not tsou-
.anl miles away says tho vote Of the
Senate ..rensinds me Of = fricxd who
can. into my once quite cLopfallen
and surlJ one woraing, and on being
as1el what The matter was. declared
in the mont positive manner that be
y apldns care 7d-u If Ne hadn't
teen bitten ~ his own dog" In