The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-04
Fearful Accident in an Attempt to Cross One
Of the AudYs.

Fearful Accident in an Attempt to Cross One
"a OF the Andys.
The pictorial papers afford great deal
Of amusement in their pencillings of
prominent politicians, the latest and best
of which, in Leslie, of June 9th, is thus de-
seribed by the St. Louis Republican =
In the back ground are several lofty
mountain peaks, white with the purest of
snow. The apex of the central peak is
carved into the shape of the countenance of
President Johnson. Several adventurous
persons had attempted to cross that lofty
peak, and the picture represents them pay
ing the penalty of their temerity. They are
falling down the precipitous side of the un.
attainable peak toward horrible gulf
These persons are already historical and no.
torious. In the middle ground on the e1-
trsme left is Greeley tum blingdown the steep
descent. He has rolled over on his back,
head down, clutching conyrisively copy
of the N. Y 1fi6sme in his right hand, his
legs kicking in the air. In the centre 10 the
moustached Logan, with his eyes glaring
with horror as he helplessly glides downward
On the extreme right is Sumner, fiat on his
belly, In vain thrusting forward his stalwart
Aic " etoy Ato e"lih p&oSFcss to uesLEuC-
ton In the foreground, on the left, is For
ney, plunging downward head-foremost, with
hands stretched out in fear In the centre
is Thad. Stevens, his shrivelled, superannua-
ted body rushing to the verge of the preci-
pice, his countenance stamped with malig-
nant passions, and look of suffering, as
though he was already realizing the agunies
Of the damned. On the extreme right is
Butler on his back, heels up, with hands
clenched in rage, and face repulsive with
baffled hate mingled with terror. All the
six in this dreadful compauionship Of peril
are plunging toward an awful gull, over
which gis inscribed the word a06lfefon /"
Above them, Z" Andy" with countenan ee
serenely cemplacent, casts a sideiong glance
at the adventurers who sought TO .'cross"
his lofty peak, and incurred their ruin.
In this picture the artist has recorded the
general judgement of the present and antic.
ipated the verdict of history. These six
impeaehers, with their confederates, had
planned an outrage upon Mr.. johnson, the
success of which would have been q dis
grace to the American name and deadly
blow at the integrity of American institu.
tons. They failed, and the country sas
rescued from the consequences of their med
itated crime by thsrvotes of nineteen sena-
tors, seven Of whom belonged to their ewn
party. Those seven senators, detained and
shoekingly abused by the representative six
who are rolling toward the abyss, viii live
in perpetual honor, while those who ma.
hgned and prosecuted them will be execra.
ted in all after days. President johnson,
against whom their assaults were impotent,
was before, and is now, high above them in
all that constitutes elevation of character
and purity of purpose, and will be remem-
bered, when the tumult and passions Of the
present have passed away, an one who loved
his country well and revered its constitution,
and who, without o party or amy powerful
coadJutors, defeated the schemes of asthe
worst band of conspirators to do evil that
ever cursed any country in the world. 'a'