Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-03-31

When the managers of Impeachment appear
at the door of the Senate Chamber, Mr.. Brown,
the Sergeant alarms, announces them as sucn.
He opens the Court in the usual mode, tor all
persons to keep silence &c, but they don t.
When the Rump House appears at the door
of Impeachment, Mr.. B. announces them. not
by their proper title the Trump House, but
voice aimed to be imposing and inspiring.
While the Court was u on the 23d inst, de
batting as to whether it should allow the Presl
dent any time for preparation for the trial. a
scene, quite Yankeeish, was presented to rehec-
ting and critical minds. Some of the House
Rumpites went around the corner to see man;
many collected in groups on the floor Of the Sen
ate, as "small takers Wilson, the lmpeacher,
laughed, in loud tone, and immodestly at some
of Ross nonsense Price sat with his hat on
hat large enough for two such men as ne
and in the presence of allthe ladies; but this Is
Western manners, you know. MIR. Hotchklss,
a good Democrat, with an easy and clear con
science, cooked his feet up on line with his head
folded his briwny hands over his bread bask.
and-snored The nights of tn quill amused
themselves in taking notes, only on paper, not
greenbacks, not having any In their pockets to
pick, all being dead broke, not possessing enough
to buy ginger snaps. The ladies ogled each
Others b,nnets through opera glasses, chatted,
laughed and flirted with the Rumpites, and bet
oyster suppers with them as to the time the
President would be allowed to prepare for trial.
Among themselves they bet kid gloves, French
kisses and even their waterfalls that Andy
would be allowed such and such time for trial.
do not exaggerate when [ state that three
fourths of the ladies here side with the Presi-
dent. The diplomatic gallery was we'll repre-
scented, it being nearly full. 1t must have been
rather surprising scene to them. But the
strangest part of this strange proceeding was
the selling of some of the admission tickets
Some fools had curiosity enough to pay twenty
dollars $780, for admission tickets to the i'm
parchment ball. And what was still more sur
prising, several file de joies were present right
in the midst of innocence and virtue. The
question is who gave them the tickets? Charles
John w. Forney? The blackguards to bring
such characters only in their presence but
in the midst Of their wives and daughters y
But fear | am worrying your readers with
this ulject.
The section stuck on to the tail of the tax
bill, virtually taking away the right of appeal
in cases of h0beds corpus to the Supreme Court,
and vetoed by the President, has passed both
branches of the Rump Congress by two
thirds vote over the Presidents veto and is
now law If the American people calmly
submit to this, they are ready to be made
slaves Of This bill not only effects their per-
sonal liberty but in many instances their lives
| In Heavens name-reverentially be it said
| whittier are we drifting? | think l hear the
| rafting of the chains and shackles to go upon
their wrists and ankles without even pretext.
| Billy Goat Farnsworth, General, so-caled,
reported bill from the Reconstruction Com
mittee, to admit Alabama into the Rump, and
an amendment TO the bill, in the form of an ad
ditional section, was offered by Mr.. Stevens,
and agreed to. 1t provides that the State shall
be entitled to representation in Congress, and
to be recognized as State when its Legisla
ture enacts that its constitution shall never be
amended or changed so as to deprive any citl'
zen of the United States of the right of suffrage
which right is now recognized by the constltu
ton of the State nor shall it be SO amended
or changed as to allow any person to vote who
is excluded from holding office by the amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United States
known as the 18th article, Until ttt disability
imposed by said amendment shall have been
removed. 1t also gives Congress power to
amend or annu any provisions in the constltu-
ton OF laws q se&baWa contrary to thq pro-
posed act.
| Now. what is the use of all these enaeting
bills-can t the States change their consttu-
tons, after being admitted into the Union,
Whenever they choose so to do? Even admit
ting that the Rump Congress can-which [ do
not admit after the State is once in the Union
it is not Thought Of for an instant that the
internal Radical cut threats will di1oys be in
power, and just so soon as they go under then
or by crook Their rule or ruin principle is
founded on a sand bank and not on rock, and
if they only could foresee, it they are now doing
the worst thing imaginable for their black
brothers by putting a two edged sword in their
! hands-the ballot.
The paragraph below is clipped from the
| Cleveland Leade3.:.' s
"On the 18th instant, Mr.. George Alfred
Townsend applied, as the Leader correspon-
dent, to Mr.. Wade, as Vice President pro tenn,
for ticket to the Senate Reporters Gallery
Mr. Townsend received, in reply to his gentle
manly and proper request, the following vulgar
and ungrammatical response:
Well, that is the 'damnedest meanest paper
in Ohio It's Chase paper all the time. 1t
don owe me nothing, and don't owe it moth
ing back Thst' S no recommendation to me- -
| Notwithstanding the above, Mr. Townsend
has seat in the Senate Reporters Gallery
close to Sidney s." But the dead duck
gets in towering rage about it and pronounces
it s'malicious. ''unounded and is 'sauthor
lied by Mr. Wade to contradict it.. The rea-
son why Dead Duck Forney takes the above so
much to heart is that he desires to play-what
he is very capable of doing-the turnkey and
the lick spitte toady, as he expects, if Presi-
dent johnson is impeached, to be appointed
Postmaster General. Mr. j. responds to the
! Colonel with "a card' which the dead duck
would neither read nor print But this is in
| entire keeping with the character of Forney of
being tyrannica seopndiei ans Gerard to at
tack gentleman Far his superior socially and
mentally, in bis lame and spawned paper, the
Chronicle, and then not allow him reply in
self-defence. This is not the course resorted to
| by honorable, high minded men, and no man
but coward and blackguard would be guilty of
such shabby trick. Forney had better let
George Alfred alone, for he can use the pen
more trenchantly than the d. D. By quoting
the above [ do not endorse it; for when l ap-
piled to 'od Ben Wade for seat, received
| gentemany courtesy from him and his pri-
vate Secretary, Mr. Parsons -
| The Supreme Court will not take up the
| Georgia case this term.
| Anna Dickinson is going to lecture here on
| Monday. It would be more becoming in her
to cook beefsteak or rock the cradle, in some
household Courage Anna! There's hope for
you yet; and only think this is leap year If
you will leap at Sumner (grass widower) or Ste
vens, Ill present you with new waterfall .
SIDNEY.
Money for the Convention.
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