The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-03-18
The Wheels stonned.


inevitably ensue from that precipitate, viO>
lent ard uujustihablc proceeding, there
can be bat one opinion among rejecting
men Of au parties as to its folly and rash
ucss, or in regard to the serious injury that
that it will inHict upon the suffering ma
tcrial interest at the country.
The public voice has pronounced the
charges frivolous, palrry. and wholly unbe>
coming the seriousness of such an occasion.
No legal lore or professional astuteness was
required to penetrate the fimsy veil which
had been thrown around this fisil accusa-
tion, and 70 divest it If all claim or preten-
sion to the character of high crime aud
misdria amor such as the Constitution
contcmplates, The common sense aud in~
tcgrity of the people long since detected
aud exposed the miserabl, plea upon which
this persecution rests, and they will con-
sign its authors and abettors to merited ex-
eclation for their audacious injustice.
This impcact ment scheme, besides being
a revolutionary attempt TO sieze absolute
power in order to control the Presidential
election. had another Object in view, which
was to pat aside and throw over all such
legislation as the disturbed condition Of the
country demanded. Questions of finance,
taxation, reduction of expenditures, and re-
from Of abuses were pressed upon Congress
from all quarters, which the Radical ma
iorities we're neither willing nor competent
to meet, and consequently they resolved to
introduce this new clement of agitation, in
the hope that it would produce such an ex-
citement and enlist so much partisan interest
as to cause the other issues to be forgotten,
or conveniently postponed until after the
Presidential contest.
This contrivance, however, says the Ma
tional MtellFgeacer, like other artful and
fraudulent devices, has already failed to
accomplish the intended object, and the re-
action which might have reasonably beer
anticipated has unmistakably set in. The
people ask for reliet retrenchment and ex'
trication from impending financial revul
sion, and the only panacea which Radica
intolerance offers for the burthens that i
las imposed, and the crushing evils tina
now parayze prosperity, is impeachment. -
That is the remedy of Jacobins who preach
revolution and threaten the guillotine.
: Congress has been in session four months
and has not passed or proposed singh
measure calculated to diminish the prevail
: ing distress and stagnation. From the hrs
hour to the present moment its exclusiv
business has been to make war on the Pres
: ident and to feed the fires of sectiona
strife. Not only has no effort at concllla
ton been made; but, on the contrary,
wicked and wanton system of hostility ha
been practiced, for the express purpose
irritating the South and of imposing ncgr
domination upon the white race. This
the sort of craftsmanship which has bee
e exhibited tor a crisis admitted on all side
to bristle with the most momentous parils
And, not content with this crimina! net
+ lcct of the national interests, and the grei
4 wrong already done, these revolptlona'
j. Radicals must superadd to their, inlqnltl'
J. partisan trial for Impeachment, which W
&c cost hundreds of millions by the derang
. ment to conmeree and moneycd operation
s. and the shock given to all forms OF actl
q enterprise. The spring trade has paid Il
re first severe penalty Of this culpable agit
nj ton. and all other branches Of business W
'e tg required to make contribution to
'- general depression and loss.
e. 1t now evident, Notwithstanding all t
e. arbitrary and unprecedented rules viii
ne have been expressly invented to exped
.'' this. trial. and to secure a snap judgment
ne that it cannot be prccipitated to cone
nc sion in the manner desired by its projecto
eo The people will insist upon fair and t
e,, trial; and since the impeachers have undf
nu taken to arraign the President they will
~ required to produce proof OF the alc2
'0 facts, and must expect to confront the co
"s plste and conclusive testimony that
,e' President will surely bring forward for
ne vindication. The whole case will be prnI
~ to the bottom by competent counsel, so t
'n' the country will be able to appreciate
extent of the injustice and the infam
W W motive of this vindictive accusation
'.n Months, at least, must be consumed bet
self a"S 0o'.'' -, ;l,hlo A
eiF e,iF after the Judgment shall be rendered,
wy wy will be judg by an impartial and 10
o.' q. pendent public opinion.
81, Meanwhile the wheels OF legislation '
ID, be locked, and no possible progress can
'ee made. BY the time the trial can be end
W. u, summer will be upon US, with the dema
- of the Presidential campaign, and gem
.o1 e. desire for adjournment. The cry will
i" out that there is no time for legislation
and everything must be put off till after
.'s o' election. Such is the consequence of
"a' a peachment, which we venture to pre-
~ will stink "in the no trils" of the people
ec- fore thirty days shall have past away, W
ave the country will be better able to cont
plate with calmness the wicked design
.bo these desperate agitators, and the dam
r s"o to which they have recklessIy exposed {
ie" ry valuable interest.
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