The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-05-17

failed to do now-they will put him out
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We stated sometime since that the guilt of
Andrew Johnson was 80 clearly established.
md th4t the interests and honor OF the coun.
try 80 imperiously demanded bis removal,
that no Senator on the Republican side could
vote for his acquittal except under the IN
fuence Of sinister and corrupt motives. We
have seen no reason TO change The conviction
then expressed.
The combination Of leading Republican
Senators who have arraycd themselves in de-
fence and support of Andrew johnson, aud
place themselves between him and the de-
mands Of Justice and the Just indignation Of
OF the people, include the very men Subject
aboye ali others 10 improper Influences.
They aspired 10 be the leaders and dietators
OF the party, aud with bnt slight Radical ten
dencies themselves, they were Jealous and en-
vious of the cn;spoken Radical leaders who
had outstripped them in the race for popular
favor.
They we're openly and yieously hostile 10
Wade and the Influences hg which he was
supposed to be surrounded, aud therefore
they could expect but little favor al his hands.
They had lost the control which they former
y exercised over the party, and they de;er-
mined to ruin il they could not rule i. They
preferred Andy Johnson With Cabinet
which would place all patronage at their dis.
posal and fnrnish them boundiess facilities
for enriching themselves and rewartlng their
friends BY fat contracts in ship building and
naval stores. and by plethosic grabs in the
Treasury aud Revenue Department, 10 tEe
economical administration Of honest Old Ben
Wade, from whom they could expect no such
farors
Moreover, some ct them thought the Re.
Publican party was played out,'t or ought
to be, since they could no longer controln,
and so like Seward aud noolttIs a yspr aso.
they now dream Of forming n new uonserya.
tine party. of which they shall be the lead
ers, by virtue Of their control of the patron,
age OF the Government during the remaining I
year oil johnson's Presidency, for which lie /
is indebted solely to their votes.
By means of this conviction, aud with their
exclusive power over the spells, these en-
vious and disappointed political leaders,
these spectators in politics, and these mar.
ipuiators Of the whisky Ring hope,also 10
control the Democratic Presidential nonna-
ton and The policy OF the party.
Ambition, revenge and greed, are the I
strongest motives TO sway the heart of poiiti
Clans, and they have sut.ieed, singy and ia /
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the front ranks of the Republican party, mol /
only Seward and johnson, Doolitte and |
Dixon, and their batch Of Brssd-and- |
Batter minions, bat have have finally swept |
away Crimes, Fessendeu and Trumbuil, aud
several more who cling TO their era, tails, Is
well.
Blinded by their ambition, their greed and /
their malice, these men labor By hair-splitine T
distinctions, and finely drawn arguments. TO .
establish technical legal quibb!es to raiss q /
doubt in favor of the President, aud upon
that doubt so laborioasty worked M, thew
hang their vote. And ID the face of astraieht
forward resolution Of the Senate. condemning
the removal of Stanton and the appointment
of Thomas, they npw vote thai the President
was right, and plead the superior sanetity of /
their recent oath, over their oath as Senators, I
In Justification Of their Inconsistency. Tbev t
pefiqre themselves in The one case or the 9th /
er, and now, Pharisaicallv, bios their own /
horns. and claim 70 be more honest than thier I
neighhors, because in spite Of party seal,y /
and their own previous resolution OF cor /
demnn'ion, pssss under their recorded SEN /
sfcrIsl oath, they new disregard that oa,h /
and appeal to The higher sauetit, of a,o,har
oath they have since taken.
Whatever others may do. We give tban =,
credit for honesty in the premises. bn. bold
that Ia politics they belong to tho same nor.
suasion as those whom Christ denounced i
his day, and that their position should ha M.
!i'ical damna,ion, and the everlasting con.
tempt Of mankind.
II one law may be violated -ith imnupity. /
~ The President, under whatever nretenee.
then aii laws may be equally violated. nndey
soae pie'snee or other. That is what the
vote OF these Senators and ,b.;r sn.aaha.
proclaim TO the country aud H.. -.
v bat is the uss ofa Congress nnder ~.
state q affairs II the President need 10,
regata Inc laws, Effer they are enacted, WIN.
- tue nse Of snaatinz them !. The no,i,iaa
slammed ~ these Senators constitutes the
''sasss = ~ irresponsible Dictator. and Con.
49, aasfe sas#sryient machine 10 male
,.a-''s ''asess 2 enalde sss pre.;s.n, {,
usn,p's 'es ises nader his fse,. 3'"' y
hse'5soa, l~ls sra sao.s ,s., s..
qaIt'sl q Andre~ Jaha.op viii - -
and anres'rsined license i, rid s,s. =" ial
aeeordaacs with his e~n VIII. 49, 80 g
strained BY any power on .a,th. -