Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-13

we call it, "a rump,n and that some of
them were very bad men. Now, if this be
a high crime or misdemeanor, think a
majority of the people of the whole coun-
try ought to be impeached (: for it is most
certain that very large portion, if not a
majority, are of the same opinion, and have
been constantly saying so in a way not to
be misapprehended, for several years. Now,
submit that, in all seriousness, this whole
matter is to me the most ridiculous farce I
have ever witnessed; think the rumpers
themselves begin TO think SO. But who is
the man they propose to try for high
crimes and .misdemeanors"-a man whom
they selected themselves from the great
number of patriotic gentlemen spoken OF
in connection with the Office for which MIR.
johnson was nominated as the best repre-
sentative man of true loyalty in the coun-
try-one who had been tried in the very
furnace of persecution by the rebels. He,
of all men in Tennessee, stood firm for the
Union when such men as Brownlow,
Stokes, and others of lesser note, who now
wallow in the dirt and mire OF Rsdicalism to
please their masters, went over to the
enemies ofthe country. BUTT was not alone
Mr.. Johnson's prominence as a Union man
that gave him prominence as a can
didate for the Vice-Presidency on
the ticket with Mr.. Lincoln. This alone
was not sufficient. 1t was that he was al
so Democrat. was 'slooker on" in
the Convention of 1864 that nominated MI.
Lincoln, and great fears were entertained
from the detection of Chase and Fremont,
that General Mcclellan would be elected.
Hence, to catch Democratic votes alone,
was Mr.. johnson nominated on the ticket
with Mr.. Lincoln. say this much in con-
n ection with the events of the present
that even on the ground of a difference of
opinion, politically, the Republican party
have no cause to persecute Mr.. johnson.
For disguise it as they may, this is the real
ground Of trying to get rid of the Presi-
dent by impeachment. 1t is the merest
pretense In the world that he has been
guilty of any crime or misdemeanor at all,
either great or small. 1t is purely party
effort to get rid of the President because he
differs with them politically, and his hon.
est convictions of official duty will not per-
NIT him to farther their wicked and devil
tsh party purposes. This is the whole
matter in nut shell, and the common
sense of the whole country will, in the
end, repudiate the party which inaugurates
such proceeding. And the Senators who
sit in judgment, on the Republican party,
who are not lost to all sense of shame, and
whose consciences are not yet scared with
a hot iron, will, in the end, repudiate the
whole malicious proceedings. ~
have never been an admirer of Chief
Justice Chase, but / must say that
his conduct thus far in this matter
is highly praiseworthy as an impartial and
dignified high official that is credit to the
high office he holds and the Importance of
tae occasion.
The impeachers were quite chagrined
when the Chief Justice told the his
dignified way, that their whole proceeding
in. adopting rules for the government of
the "high court'' in the Senate was wholly
out of order, and the rules prescribed in
the Senate could not be applied in the
Court of Impeachment. Drake was par
ticularly furious, and appealed from the
decision of the Judge; but the Senators
sustained the decision. At this stage of the
proceedings quite manifestation of ap-
proval was made in the galleries, which
was quite annoying to the Radical man
ayers. The great fear of the Radical party
is that the trial will be protracted. Butler
said, on the part OF the original impeach-
ers, that if this were likely to be the case
the last articles would be withdrawn, and
leave the case to the original offense of the
removal of Stanton. This, think, they
will do, for learn that since the last arti-
cles were adopted by the House, the inn
peachers admit it was an error.
The nomination OF Hon. S. S. Cox has
been recommitted to the committee on Fol-
eign Affairs, and will not be considered
again until the impeachment project has
been decided. I still think he will be con-
firmed.
THE greatest forensic debate perhaps in the
history OF our Government was in theeel-
ebrated McCardle case. The speech of
Judge Black was, by all who heard it, ad-
mitted to be wholly unanswerable by argu-
ment, and never exeelled in impressive
eloquence. The replies by Trumbull and
Carpenter were mere stump speeches to
prove the omnipotent power of Congress.
The court will, without doubt, decide the
case in McCardle's favor, and probably give
! q death blow to the whole reconstruction
scheme. aeis
Gen. g. WIMorgan made fine speech on
the impeachment question, in the House,
on the 29th ult, which,, I presume, will
soon appear in the Democratic papers OF
Ohio. The General has won quite reputa-
tion as dignifed gentleman, as well as an
able legislator. Judge Van Trump did not
speak on the impeachment question, but
will soon be heard in defense of the rights
of naturalized citizens of the United States
in foreign countries.
The weather here is fine, giving evidence
OF approaching spring. OBSERVER.
MISCELLANEOUS.
F. A. & L. LESQUEREUX,