Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-23


sainted Abraham Lincoln, when impor-
tuned by the clergy to issue proclama-
tion emancipating the slaves, said he had
no right to do so, and if he did it would
be as useless as the "Pope's bull against
the comet2" Who does not know now,
that this manifesto was lie, and that
Lincoln actually had the proclamation
then written, only awaiting what he deem
ed a proper timeforits publicationl And
SO 1T has been ever since this party of
stratagems came into power. Whenever
they intend to do thing they immedi-
ately proclaim that they don't intend to
do it, then do it and persuade their
dupes that it was necessary to be done.
So, also, when they intent to .swindle
the people out of. their rights or their
substance, the intent is always covered
up by some specious pretext or other,
and thus they go on stealing the sub
stance of the people and subverting the
essential principles of the Govern
ment, until they are driven to their
last extremity of impeaching the
President of the United States to get
him out of the way to insure their ulti-
mate object of so fixing things by fraud
and force, they hope to perpetuate their
power indefinitely, SO now they charge
the President with disobeying the laws
and conspiring with others to do so, with
intent to subvert the liberties of the peo.
pie. How do they propose to prove this
grave cbarge-why, by what General
Thomas and others of his inferior officers
said they aoould do. This kind of testi-
mony was promptly objected to by coun-
sci for the President as inadmissable,
unless they intended to connect these
expressions of Gen. Thomas and others
with the acts of the President. This they
failed to do entirely. Now, to show the
utter want of the appearance of fairness,
when the Presidents counsel introduced
Gen. Sherman, who had two long inter-
views with the President, and to whom
he fplly stated his intentions, his testimo.
ny is ruled out by the Senate, although
decided admissible and strictly in ac-
cordance with the previous ruling of the
Senate, by the Chief Justice. So, also,'
with the testimony of the
Presidents Cabinet officers, to whom
his intentions were freely commu-
nicated. Never, in the history of juris-
prudence, in this or any other country,
was such transparent rascality attempt
ed to be palmed off for justice, to say
nothing of consistency and law. 1t
was very evident from the first appear
ance of General Sherman upon the wit
ness stand the impeachers were in trepi-
dation for fear the truth of the matter,
and especially the part in which Gener-
al Grant figured, would be exposed, and
great was the joy of the impeachers
when they found they had succeeded in
preventing the truth from being reveal
ed by General Sherman. 1t is perfectly
clear to any honest unprejudiced mind,
from the testimony given, as well as
from what was suppressed and earnestly
resisted by the Radical majority of the
Senate, that instead of the impeachers
proving conspiracy on the part of the
President, they have succeeded in prov
ing conspiracy by the Jacobin Con-
gress, to depose the President for the
sole purpose of putting in his
pldCO oil OlO
political mountebank, fit tool to do any
kind of dirty work needed to perpetuate
the waning fortunes of the foulest party
that ever disgraced this or any other
country in modern times. 1 sometimes
think if the people of this country could
only see and know for themselves, the
amount of rascality and corruption there
is inside of the capital of the nation,
they would not wait for the slow process
of the ballot to drive these "money
changers" out of the temple dedicated
to republican government, but come, in
their original sovereign might and ma
jesty and "scourge" them out with whips
and cords.
Mr.. Boutwell,, 1 presume, will open
the prosecution tomorrow, consuming
the whole day. Mr.. Stanbery has not
been in the Senate for several days, but
l learn expects to be able to make
speech in defense of the President on
Wednesday. By Thursday evening, it is
thought, thecase will be closed, and soon
the long agony will be over.
A great amount of speculation is in
dulged in in regard to the probable ver-
dict. The Radicals think they have
sure thing, and will be greatly disap-
pointed if the President is not convicted.
1t is said, and l presume truly, that
the hungry "carpet baggers" are here in
force, with papers all fixed up, ready to
present themselves to old Ben. for the
spoils of victory. Your correspondent
has not changed his opinion as to the re-
suit, and will give it as his opinion there
will be ga slip between the cup and the
lip" unsatisfactory to these uneasy gen.
tlemen, "to serve and save the country"
The most unfortunate little mistake
the Radical leaders have committed here
during the winter, is the refusal to let
Sergeant Bates, of Wisconsin, wave his
flag, which he had carried in safety and
triumph from Vicksburg to Washington,
over the Capitol, on Thursday, the 14th
inst. The Radical papers, 1 perceive,
are trying to make light of the matter;
but that won't do. They even deny the
fact of refusal, on the part of
the authorities intrusted with the
care of the Capitol, but they lie.
He was not only refused admittance
into the rotunda of the Capitol, but
even to the entrance to the outside gate
of the Capitol grounds at the west front,
which is two hundred yards from the
Capitol building. He was told by po-
liceman.there that he was instructed not
to let him in there. Bates then went to
the east front, and there he was also con-
fronted by long coated gentleman
with brass buttons" and told that he
could not come in there with his "calico,"
without the permission of the Sergeant
alarms of the Senate. The permission
of this official was procured by the inhu-