North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-03-25
KIND WORDS,

Congress.
The following is an extract from the
speech of Mr.. GoLLIDAY, of Kentucky, de
livercd March 3rd, on the Impeachment
proposition
Rejecting men haye witnessed with pain
the bitter contest which has been for near
ly two years going on in the ranks Of the
Republican party betxec its President
and its party dictators-the congressional
majority. The President has seen fit to
think for himself, and threw himself in
every constitutional manner in the way Of
their vindictive and oppressive legislation,
and they do not hesitate to denounce him
in unmeasurcd terms as "traitor," ''cul-
prit," 'great criminal &C., for it. In
deed, they exhaust the whole vocabulary
of Billingsgate to show their contempt for
him. l have listened to their denuncia.
tions with pain and modification.
| Mr. Speaker, why is this terrible excite
ment? Look at this vast multitude Of ex-
cited men and women, as the lObbies groan
with their weight of movinA, interested
spectators. Cast your eyes over the trcmb-
ling corridors Of this vast Capitol, every
niche and corner from turret to foundation
stones pressed by the foot of an excited
people. The very wires of the telegraph
corps fairly trcmb!c with the electricity
which flashes to all parts of this grand Re-
public the terrible information OF the aw-
tul tragedy which is being perpetrated in
| the name of liberty-thc impeachment Of
the President of the United States for high
crimes and misdemeanors. Surely this
man must be a great moral monster. He
must have betrayed Il generous and contid-
ing people into the hands of foreign gov
crnment. or he must have squandercd the
| whole estate of that Government, or have
| brought down upon us war, famine, or
pcstience, or surely this grand menaycrie
Of bowling patriots would not call him
traitor, culprit, criminal, &c. Alas no /;
nothing Of that sort. Well, then, he has
surely transferred the Government of the
United States to the rebels, who, with
bloody hands, are again vending their
way to the capital to take possession of
and destroy this vast Republic. No, sir.
What has he done, then? Speak it, in
God 5 name. Has he inau guratcd civil war
anon. us and shed the blood of our peo-
pie to congrcgate the Republics widows
and orphans around graves wet with tears
and slippery with human gore No, sir ::
nothing of all this. lie has been guilty
Of the folly of interpreting the Constitu-
ton of his country for himself under his
solemn oath to protect and defend it !
| The whole truth is that Andrew johnson.
| is law-abidin. man, and holds to the
Cons tuition as the only bulwark of liber-
ty and safety, and under its solemn and
great teachings he has resisted the opprcs
sion of the congressional majority. some
of whose leaders proclaim most unhlush.
ingly that their acts are not to be limited
by such law, but exists by the divine right
OF their own scf-will, melted to madness
hy the handwriting on the wall, indicating
most Enthusiastically their approaching des-
t,uction. In their reconstruction policy
their primary Object is avowcl negro su-
prcmacy. to bc managed by military des-
potism at the expense of the general Gov
ernment and in the interest Of their own
perpctuation in power. The impeachment
outrage is but the ''stop thief; cry to d.
vert attention from themselves, the true
criminals. They abused MIR. johnson with
Gend-like dcnunciation for renewing some
of the military satraps. They have called
him every hard nrme but Democrat, and
they even have the audacity to threaten
that They have used the great name and
popularity Of Gen. Grant with which to
aSsail the president. They have involved
the name of Grant into, to say the least of
it, questionable statement Of veracity
with the President, and they howlcd with
rage and disappointment when the Presi.
dent, with calm dignity defended himself
and 'carried the war into Africa by
backing up his statements by his entire
Cabinet to the CONSERVATION of General
Grant and his corps OF manipulators and
wire-workers. .
In my judgment this whole impeach-
meHt movement is II trump cara, in the
hope that they could provoke the Prcsi-
dent to some military resistance, that they
might cry, "Ilavoc,"
sand let slip the dogs of war; ..
and all this regardless Of it's effect upon
the life, property and happiness Of the
great American people.
In proof of this theory just take a look
ut the honorable gentleman from Illinois,
MIR. Farnsworth who makes himself ia
cetiously happy, though unhappily face
tiousy, over the oft-repeated and stale
alias of rebel and Democrat and, in
bli siul memory, doubtless. of his own
chivalry in the late war, notifies the coun-
try, by inference at least, of his readiness
to fight again, and Of his contempt of his
enemy hy the very tasteful announcement
that he had about fourteen thousand ma
iority in his district popular General
Earnsworth y and that each one could
whip two rebels or secession Democrats.
=" Talking is cheap in these times Of poll
teal kni ,hthood.
The notorious and distinguished gentle.
man from Pennsylvania Mr.. Kelly now
appears for the purpose of political pirou-
citing, and in his usual rich, deep-toned.
Soundin. style deals around the obiiquy
of rebels. criminal, usurper, &c., the very
significant idea, covert thouyh it was, yet
implied, if not intended, "Lincon was mur-
dcrcd, and other distinguished patriots
may be" and followed by lit is known
that men ascend to power over bloody
steps, and that they may do it in this
country, and yet be tolerated. Mr. Speak
cr there are two prominent ideas and in
situations in these extracts with which to
bcSlime the fair name of Andrew johnson,
one at least of which we have heard only
limited at before. One that johnson had
with Mr.. Lincoln's murder
the other that he might procure the death
Of other distinguished patriots. Can po-
litical malice or personal malighity 20
further =? Truly have We fallen on evil
times when our rulers can thus be arraign- !
ed for such crimes as murder unsupported
hy the least shadow Of shade of fOunda- |
ton.
Mr. Speaker, inasmuch as the ''so- call
ed Secretary Of War, Mr.. Edwin NJ. Stan
ton, is the immediate agent used by the
and as his right to the place
is question Of important consideration,