The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-03-18

| THE IMPEACHMENT QUEsT1os,--Ne find tina s,r.
ing in Washington specials Of the ID to the
Enquirer:
The legal question involved in stantonss No.
has assumed phase since the cxhibi.ioE loyal ~
commission 1t was issued in February 1eeo hS
proves that he was appointed by Lincoln duri'u aug
first term of Office, and WAS never afterwar54 MS
pointed Under the provisions of the tenure If 80 sp'
BILL had it been in force during Lincolns admi,;a.ss
tion Stanton could nave been removed At an
after APRIL 1865, or oae month after the exnr ssae
Of EIincoln6 first term of Office. Tie c0ntnro"o l
Stanton in office under his commission from ~; OF
"a not defeat the right to remove, and muab 1 R
lining i'll Office by sufegaree, and witbo1t u9
Ills II n" "~om President johnson bri,a ~: any
within the tenure p..' ~ .ha' Dill was retro
Snootiva # wonid dpcio, nat the term of Office fS
which Stanton appointed, H. 'o 81 1Pftf, 1866
This view will De taken by the counse OK johnson o.
trial.
The leading Radicals oppose general legisIat6o dr.
ing his trial. and this will be made pretext f,r WV
tenng the action Of the Senate. They even tall W
requiring the President to answer the summons w5s
two days His counsel will ask for ten or twenty dam
The Radicals who thirst for place already nrado
ing that when Wade is President lie will make NV
sweep Of conservative oticehoders througbont IAN
country.
Several Radicals in the House to-day Expressed f1.
disgust at the impeachment proceedings but It is inv
possible to conjecture how Mr. Johnso1's caso will ~
inmate Democrats and conservatives whose oninn,
ordinarily are entitled to weight express grave
tensions as to the result. They argue that Congro,
its Radical press and their partisans have indor.s
impeachment, and that this move will only save the
party from ruin. But there are many Others who con
tend that the Senate cannot fall so low tc cony;
on these frivolous charges.
THE RADICAL PRoGRAMME.-" Occasional' WASH
ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial
thus maps out the Radical programme:
A careful analysis shows that the President will -.
tanly be Geposed. powerful pressure is heinn
brought on SNnators who have been holding b,ck rs
their Radical friends at home. Every means viii ~
resorted to to secure the requisite number to conr
him. johnson anj his friends seek to procrasti,.t'
the trial in order to defeat the revoutionsts bu t%
will be cleckmated. Instead of lengthy exaninot!y
of witnesses for the defense, the conspirators will ID
NIT the proof and proceed regardless of the forms A.
Justice, and with the severity Of caucus to forc,
matters to conclusion at once believing that the o.
element produced by their action will be over bc(o,
the election.
After executing this scheme the extremists wflfe,f
ry out the following programme: Repeal the tegpa
of Office bill add sufficient nubaber Of Judges too
Supreme Court to make it twelve moreover TO in
judicial decision in favor of any law Congress
may pass, amend the constitution, declaring al nas
citizens of twentyone years and upward, entitled o
suffrage regardless of color; bring IN all the South
States throw out the electoral vote Of those States
that refuse negro suffrage revise the civil and dgo
matte service bill under preteuse of egaltT; caus,
a thorough examination into the qualifications of ALI
incumbents and GUST all who recreant and appoint
their Successors for life, and thus perpetua.o their
power indefinitely.