Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1868-04-30
The Result.

We are more confdent than ever Of the ac-
ouittal If President johnson, though we would
not advise or encourage any person to take a
wager on this opinion. We found our belief
on the idea that there are at least seven honest
men among the Radical Senators; men who
could not sleep soundly OF nights. ii they
.hould be 50 far led off by party prejudice ana
passion as TO forget the sancity OF the oath 'ney
have taken. There are other motives and ln-
guspces 70 forbid their vote for CONVECTION
The warnings from recent elections are too
significant to be disreSlried. and the eaicula-
tine politicians viii pause to inquire whether
t5e party now in the ascendant are 70 loss or
gdn by the success Of impeachment. That
party, no matter how the verdict goes, already
ehds itself in the agonies of death; and wbeth-
er the movement be forward or backward the
leaders viii 6ud themselves on tie road to
ruin.
The subioiue article IS from paper owned
and controlled by Senator Anthony Of Rhode
Island a gentleman whose career as member
has been marked for fairness and dignity alto
gether becoming the position Of Senator.
The Partisan Judgment.
From tAs Precedence Journal. (ReP.)
The appeals so frequently made to the mem
hers of the Senate, now sitting as court O
Impeachment, on grounds of party necessity
or exrediency. are meeting with nothing ou
condemnation from honorable minds. Thes'
appesls. though not always so intended, arr
vet To- plainly a mode of tamperlng with th'
ends Of Justice % be anything but offensive e
The people II the country, who, after all, really
feel that they have something At stake in tht
maurc- jl which this great national act Is t,
be performed A partisan court never com
mau3s respect, even from those whose party
may favor. \ political Judge is a byword an'
sn object Of contempt everywhere, and most 0
All In the United States. where all our institu
tons both national and State insist upon pu
ritv and independence in the Judiciary. Tn
Senators are now exercising q judicial power
I They are sitting rs Judges Of the President, O
/ his acts and his motives, Of his innocence o
| IBIS guilt. under the Constitution and laws O
I the land. The fact that they do not like hin
and q has injured their party, or is likely t
} niure il il he remains in Office is wholly irree
van, 10 what they have to decide, and who'll
unhecomirg and improper for them to keep i
mind. Yet suggestions II this kind are con
I startly made 10 them in the shape Of party ap
peals Indeed. the uniudical and mere politi
cal light in which the proceeding Of imPeach
nent has been looked at by large part Of tn
press is one # the worst things about the Who'll
| business. The people Of the country, tn
/ longer the trial lasts, become better acquaint
ell with its real character as proceed
/ ing under the Constitution, and at the sam
time they als1 become more deeply impreSse,
with It's surprising gravity. They look % thei
Senators as the representatives,, not # part
I interests, bur Of national Justice, and IN IN
Judgment about 20 he rendered. they eXpeC
only that which impartial history cannot con
denim. and of which future ages will not nee
/ % be ashamed