The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-05-21

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weeks ago, and pledged themselves to
vote for his accquital ii he woul1
nominate General Schofold as Secrc.
tary OF War"
The feeling against Senators Fes-
sender and Trumbull, here, is very
strong = Extracts from Yesterdays
Washington Dispatches.
In Wow OF newspaper paragraphs
like the above, we may well ask, Of
what use in American politics are con.
spicuous talent. unqucsIioned patriot.
ism, Hnd irrcproachabe purity Of pri-
Vale hle2 We know little Of Mr. Hen.
derson, Of Missouri, except from the
sources open TO all; but of William
Pitt Fessenden, James W. Grimes and
Lyman Trumbull, we do know much.
And three men rever had seats in the
American Senate, who in all that goes
10 make up the character OF statesman
10 be trusted in any emergency,
were the superiors OF :hese. Others
gilmore SNOWY and perhaps more sub
stantial qualities have had their day il
that body; but it We were to search the
records OF the Senate back IL ils or
gunizatiOn, VIC should fail TO find any
who woie further removed from tho
SIN of sell-sceking, inorvinato ambition
or corrupt practices than they. We
think they have made II mistake. To
SEQ them nll vote Tor the conviction OF
johnson would have afforded US un-
bounded pleasure, because their voices
would have secured his conviction; and
SECOND, because tn cir act would have
given us assurance of tho correctness
Of our deep faith in his guilt But
that they are or have been influenced
by any but the highest motives in
what they do or have done--that there
is the remotest suspicion of collusion
with johnson or his friends. TO give
him an acquittal tor consideration
that they have any thought of person
al advantage in thus refusing 10 follow
the bidding OF their Friends, or that
thoy have, in this matter, any motive
which, were they to die to morrow,
they Jould not unfold to their Maker
: with perfect assurance of His approval
, we can not be induced TO believe.
Has Grimes anything to hope from
apostacy For year past he has
: uniformly declared that ho was serv-
lug cut his last Senatorial term, and
that, al its close, he should retire from
, politics 10 the more congenial pursuits
OF private life ? Has he aught to gain
by gong buck" ON the well-enrned
reputation OF spotless lIfe2 Would
) ho-he in whom principle is q living
and controlling power-pormit
, himself 10 sell out for any thing that
: Andy Johnson or tho CUppUrhcad par.
4 " can gIve2 What rewards could
4 they offer rs q counterI oiso to the
lgnominy of winch he would be self
. conscious, if he betrayed his friends ?
! And SO Of Senator Trumbull. Since
, when has he, whose name rs syDo
; nym Tor al that is most exalted IN our
, politics, been a trIckster ant. IL kDavc ?
For years and years las has served'the
2 State of Illinois with rare ability and
. with undoubIed acceptance. During
all these Years, though he may have
s erred IN judgement, did any sane man
8 ever seriously y say that, in his public
J., and private character, he was not the
. purest OF the pure? In these days
4 when corruption taxes hold Of all
z whom 1t can win by its promises, and
9 when one hardly knows whore to look
!, for integrity-did even suspicion ever
= touch his name? A member OF the
U Republican party from tho day Of ITS
Il organization, partaker Oiits trlumphs
!. and sharor vt its perils, u shapor oI
II It's policy, abreast ofthe most advanced
Y in the progress born OF events, wheI
: did he betray that party or abuse the
J, trust which 1t reposed IN his hands p
i lie Is but man, hence not infallible
! but search out his record and say
y where he has been traitor, or ro7en /
i laggard. or like mold is Mr.. Fesson
: den, the Senator from Name. III thil
IL strife which has arisen over that poo
{ shote who sits IN MIR. Lincoln'H seat
do the chaaacter aud lives of thcs'
1 men afford no guarantees that theJ
= may differ from Benjamin +. Butler
. and Thaddeus Stevens, and still bC
d honest Is tho Republican party 3,
i abounding in Senatorial ability, anC
h is the Senate 40 rich IN legal learning
n statcsmanlike qualities, tried patriot
;, ism and personal purity that We ar
d ready to hound these mon down to
II having obeyed their concienees in
Y matter lifted above political opiniol
It into the domain of the Constitution
d and the law? Censure them VIII,
l. will, for errors of Judgment, and 10
want of legal attainment, and we wIl
leave to them their own defense
But if they can be stigmatized ~
traitors, hooted at on tho streets, dra
. sooned by men unworthy to loos'
o their shoes, vilifed IN the newspapers
their peers will take warning, an'
's ieavo TO others who have no opinion
% that are not commercial and changer
% BILE, tho barren folds, IN which neither
= honorable lives, patriotism, integrity
n ability nor eminent service are ofany