Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-05-20
THE REPLACEMENT.

The latest intelligence from washington in-
dicates that q conviction Of the President on
the charges PREPARED By the House Managers
of Impeachment, win not be had. Readers
win bear in mind that % convict the President,
"a any specific charge. Or on part,or on all Of
the charges. there must appear two-thirds
vote Of the Court of Senators upon the specific
charge, or ON the same particular charges.
There are eleven Articles in all, and so far as
the Senators have expressed their Judgment, it
is quite clear that two-thirds vote will not DO
cast for conviction upon any one or SET of them.
It is worthy of especial observation that the
ablest Of the Radical Senators, who have the
highest reputation for learning, for legal lore,
craftsmanship and integrity-Trumbull, Fes-
sender and Grimes, -gravely declare that
conviction cannot be justly maintained upon
any one of all the Articles They maintain
that the Tenure of Office law does not apply
to the case of Stanton, and that the President
has the right to remove his Cabinet officers
agreeably to the laws and precedents which
have governed former Administrations. Doubt
less the views expressed by these most promi-
nent and most eminent Senators of the Radi-
cal party will have weight with such other
Senator'S of that party as Frelinghuysen. An
thony, Fowler, Van Wrinkle, and Wiley, who
are mere or less actuated by honorable mo-
tives, and who will vote on the final verdict in
accordance with law, reason aud justice. rath-
err than with the determination to carry out
the policy of the most extreme men of their
party, without regard to the law, tho Consti-
tation. precedent, or Justice.
The postponement of the final vote until Sat
urday. the 10th. it appears to US, was in itself
an exhibit of the weakness of the impeachers
Had they felt confident of conviction. they
would have pressed the vote on the 18th. and
hurried on to the full accomplishment Of their
revolutionary. internal scheme. The Presi.
dent would have been deposed, Wade would
be placed in the Executive chair. aud their
plan of Reconstruction would be fastened up
on the South through the immediate agency of
that willing. almost AFFECT. yet tyrannous mill.
tary chief. Gen Grant And with the trench
dous power thus brought to them. the Radical
Congress could very easily so manage affairs
as to secure. beyond peradventure. the Gao
called) election of the President in November
next. after which event the only means leit to
the people to rid themselves of the Radical
despotisn would be rebellion or revolution.
| No doubt the time between Tuesday of last
week and last Saturday was used 10 the full
power of the impeachers in the endeayor 10
urge the non-impeaching Senator'S to finally
vote for conviction. We may be sure that
the anathemas Of Thad. Stevens. the rawlings
of Sumner, the protestatious of Bingham, al
Boutwell,, aud Of Stanton and Grant. and the
fendish howlings Of Butler and Logan, have
all been brought TO bear on the Senator's who
had already declared against impeachment. or
who were deemed TO be weak backed" upon
J IT, But we still cling 10 the belief expressed
at the outset, that-if il has not already fail
ed-the impeachment will fail by the entire
vote of the Democratic Senator'S, together
with the votes Of the seven or eight Radical
Senator's who have just claim 10 the distinc.
ton of being called indeed honorable men in
} public and private life. And with the failure
of the impeachment. we are pretty certain
there win come the bursting Of the bubble
upon which the reticent head butcher. Ulyssei
8. Grant, hoped to be carried into the Presi
dency for the next term. Things are begin
ming to find their level.