The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-17

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Prospect Of Peace.
CUlPEPEE q. IT,, VA, March 10Th, 1868
To The Editor ofthe Press:
The all absorbing topic of conversation hero
Is upon the question of impeachment. Whtn
el7 news reached here fIom Washington that
tn resolution Of impeachment had passed ii
h'u>e' Aere was great amount of tax
" 'O"t war IN short TINA. The war was 20
o. carried on between Democrats of the North
Id the Radicals and under the hallucnatit n
nat such an event would occur, the rebs weie
as sjub.lant as ii was possible for them to 10
W zen they saw the Presidents message 10 tle
S.nate they were little surprised. as they
expected he was going to Gust Secretary
Stanton from the War ofics at once and if
'cessary call on the military to put him ort
by force. This added to tile failure Of tho
President to get any of the military heroes to
accept ofthe new command with headqnar-
ters at Washington, and in fact his utter fail
ure to use the military at all with the excep-
ton O,d Ad interim, I"could calm their antici-
patous of fight and produced feeling SINH
lar TO that experienced after the surrender Of
Lee at Appomattox. 1t is now current here
that the President will be deposed and they
now turn their eyes toward the Democracy
tor new hope for the overthrow of Radcalism.
They now point with exultation to the few re-
cent local elections aud prophesy in the nexs
Presidential election the entire overthrow Of
the Radicals. While some are still sanguins
that Andy will yet do something that will as.
tonish the Radicals, and result In the utter
discontinue Of the friends of reconstruction.
The convention has nearly finished its Ia
bors. Mr.. Many the ineligible delegate ON
this county was declared not entitled TO q seat
in the convention and his seat is now vacant.
He has come home, but as tho session of the
convention is nearly closed no room for en-
election to fill the vacan y will probably Lo
made by General Schofeld.
The recent supplementary iecor structicn
bill, requiring only q majority of the votes cast
upon the question OF the ratification Of tho
constitution sooa to lie submitted to the State
will insure its adoption, OF course the oppo-
sition deem this entirely unconstitutional, ss
they think 1t was unconstitutional to fight
rebels and restore the Union in the late great
national contest.
The loyal people of the State are anxiously
awaiting the removal OF Andrew johnson
from the Presidential chair, and Pay when
that is done great burden will be taken of
their minds. The disoyal portion of the peo-
pie look with as much interest upon tho re-
moval of A. j. as they do upon the trial OF
JEFF. Davis, and all loyal hearts will rejoicc
when both of there leaders of the disunionists
are summarily disposed Of 1t is then believ-
| ed that for the first time since the war wa
shall have entered upon the broad road to
peace happiness and future prosperity. which
the country so much needs and but for the
apos'ay of Andrew johnson would now fully
enjoy. A ONE-ARMED YANKEE.