The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-15

nent of the President. After reviewing the
several articles, he concluded as follows:
have expressed no views upon any Of the
! questions upon which the President has been
arraigned at the bar of public opinion outside
Of the charges. have no right to travel out
of the record. Mr. Johnson character as q
statesman, his relation to political parties, his
conduct as citizen, his efforts at reconsEuc-
tion, the exercise Of his pardoning power, the
character Of bis appointments and the infu-
| ences under which they were made, are not be-
fore us on any charges. Nor can l suffer my
Judgment Of the law governing this case to be
influenced by political considerations. I can
not agree to destroy the harmonious working
of the constitution for the sake Of getting rid
opinion Of the incumbent, cannot consent to
trife with the high Office he holds. differ
widely with the President respecting his poll
| tical views and measures, and deeply regret
the differences between him and Congress-; but
cannot, in my judicial capacity, record my
vote That he is guilty Of high crimes and mis-
demeanors.
THE CONSIDERATIONS WHICH GOVERN THE Re
SUIT OF THE nREACHMENT TRIAL-THE Ex-
TRAoRDNARY POSITION OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTy-Tm RADICAL HOSTILITY TO WADE.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York World writes under date Of the 10th in
slant:
Should Mr.. Fessenden, who as an irate Rad
ical said yesterday, ''has carried this thing in
his breeches' pocket from the beginning" vote
not guilty, his shining example may and doubt
less will be pretty safely followed by lesser
lights in the Chamber. For if, in MIR: Fessen-
| denis case, an act so consistent could be as
cribed to any other motive than that Of justice,
it would be to motives Of political decency and
caution, which inspire more Republicans than
he to denounce the proposed surrender at this
like MIR. Wade's. All sorts OF soothing assur-
ances, to be sure, are murmured in the ears Of
| Mr.. Wade's enemies in the Senate, to the effect
that he will, If elevated to the Presidential
chair, mort discreetly administer the affairs Of
state with regard to the interests of whoever
shall be nominated at Chicago for the next
election. Yet MIR. Wade is tao Justify despised,
and his word is held at too slight value, for
| the prosperity Of these advances. II swallowed
at all, it will be swallowed as bitter pill; and
| it is still hoped that his repugnance to the
! tastes and reason Of more than third OF the
| Chamber may assist to oneutralize the tremen-
dous pressure for conviction.
The extreme Radicals OF the Senate and
House alike are struggling for conviction, not
because they all continue to be agreed that the
| impeachment was wise political measure, but
| because it has become measure OF despera-
ton to the extreme wing Of the party and to
their individual selves. The blunder being
committed, they see nothing but political dis
grace and personal obioqpyin failure to sup
Bort it. The ruinationuf their pet schemes IN
the South, and OF their pet aspirations for the
next four years, is, as they contend, certain to
| follow the acquittal OF Mr.. johnson. Here is
exactly where split, favorable to the Presi-
dents cause, has been impending between the
moderate Republicans and ths fanatics. The
men who believe that General Grant is the only
man that could be elected as Republican Pres
ident next November, are beginning to recog-
nize the political necessity ofmodfyipg the e1-
cesses Of the party and lessening the opproDri-
nm which attaches to it in the minds OF the
Conservative masses. Having learned the les
son taught by the elections OF the last Six
months in widely separated sections OF the
country, these discreet oounsellors forebode q
stronger reaction against thedespotic success OF
the impeachment and the Radical measures
which would be inaugurated upon it.
The Republican party is, In fact, placed In
gratifying quandary. One Of the rumors con-
cernine Mr.. Fessenden, which, whether it had
respectable origin or not. helps to illustrate
the ftful fearsomeness OF RADICAL congress,
men and others who are circulating it, ls that
he said in conversation VITO gentleman rom
his own State, that if the President should be
convicted the Democratic party would carry
Maine next fall. Three Radical members OF
the House, with whom happened to converse
the other evening, spoke Of the Republican
party ss sspretty well disorganized, con-
vviction or no conviction," and anybody
who takes the unpleasant ahrppaas pains 70 Rad R,d-
icsls who swell the nightly crowd at
Wiilard's, cannot fsil to be- edited with their
reckless candor. The better class OF Re-
publican leaders have some reason to be alarm
ed by the suggestion that Mr.. Wade and his
friends will, after his accession, and especially
II Wade should not receive the nomination Ior
Vice-President, cut loose from the Conserve
tive wing Ct M the PnS PHS r tSsr agtusl gus bene
AT until Democratic President is inaugura-
ted in March. There are plenty OF Radicals
in the Senate andin the country capable, IN
default of the certainty Of success next fall, IN
turning the whole fabric OF government topsy
turyey while MIR. Wade is in possession, ana
gorging themselves with spoil. Reputation,
present or posthumous. is do9ptless very
hne thing to honorable gentlemen. hepq-
| to most politicians. But In the cases of poll
tioians so lost to every sense OF right, duty ana
propriety as to vote to substitute Ben. Wade
as President OF the United States, IN the
place Of Mr.. johnson, reputation, eltner paul
| otto or political, has but hlmsy part SO
corrupt, indeed, have become our poitcs, tnat
sel-agerandizement, even pecuniary self-ag-
| erandizement, is q consideration that the low
est ofice.seeker in Washington regrets ne mas
| not the means to apply. And, while the hau-
cal jugglers in Congress who manipulate t9e 2
peoples affairs are glad enough to be tnougnt
we'll OF BY deluded constituents, ghtterlns
bribe, or few months lease OF power anu oP-
portunity of ''pickngs," are tempta9cns ioe Of
which how many Of them would nestate ~
risk their 'sacred honors 2" That was VERY
brazen arrowy suggestion in The World tna1
the whiskey-ring should purchase Votes lor &c,
quittal ut million apiece: but tnat IL siineo at
at the weak spot in the mail OF some OF tne
Radical senators is proven by the terror eh,
pressed by those who know them lest IL snouio
be seized upon and shot home.
| Other tokens, which I omitted to menuon 10 2
my last letter, are tho reactionary sentiment
manifesed by Conservative Republican sena-
tors against the bullying course OF the mana.
gers, and the still more angry resentment
aroused by the outside system OF secret e.
pionage and partisan intermedd!ing with the al
fairs Of members OF the court. No less tnan
three senators on the Radical side OF tne
chamber have declared since Frioay last, In
terms more or less emphatic, that the I'M
| peachment Of President Johnson should prove
| o failure. the managers and the ohclous poll
ticians here who are employing the Dasest
means to force conviction, will be themselves
responsible for the issue.
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