Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-09-24

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trial. Six other Republican Senator
seven in all-held the invocation
$50 help me God" paramount to il
opposite $50 help me caucus AL
had to pass through like ordeal will
Ross, but none OF them except hin
gave 20 the public any of the dispatch
es Of their beseechers and assailants
Something was known as to Senator
Henderson, of Missouri. A friend o
mine was riding in the f street car
at the time the excitement ran high
est, and there chanced to be ON boarC
an elderly gentleman of decent appear
ance, who talked very loud. He wat
declaiming against Henderson antici
pated vote Of acquittal, and said if he
gave it he would be hanged on his
return 10 Missouri A mombcr from
one of the Eastern States, at home Q
Judge, who sat on the other side of the
car, went and sat near the vehement
gentleman, and said something to him
in an undertone, TO which he replied
loudly and emphatically: ooh, damn
him, ! have told him So" Now, what
says the bench and bar of our country
TO this mode of conducting a criminal
trial in this our highest tribunal, whose
judgments are irreversible, and whose
action challenges the Judgment of the
civilized world Would you wish
that our Minister in London should,
in your name, avow and defend it
This was the same, though on a
worldwide theatre, as il the prosecu-
ting attorney, when trying criminal
case before traverse jury, should, by
public advertisement, call upon the
friends of jurymen and ask them to
prevail on the jury, by entreaties or
threats, TO find verdict of guilty
The action Of Gen. Sohenck amuses
me. i have known him for half life
time, an honorable member of the bar,
bred and practiced in the high morali-
ty of the profession. The wild tale Of
the German students who, through
diabolical influence, changed souls,
must have been verified in him. Five
years ago, or at any time when his
soul was his own, he would have
moved to expel a member Of the bar
who committed such professional afro
city, and be would have felt dishonored
by sitting with him at the same coun-
sci table.
General Schenck signed these let
ters and dispatches as Chairman of the
Republican Central Committee 1t
was not lis act alone, but the act of
the party, in the House, and indicates
their sense Of professional morality.
] find quite appropriate to the matter
the following item from the Cincinnati
Commercial Of yesterday:
Judge Stowe, Of Pittsburg, on Saturday rcn-
dcrel decision, granting a new trinl in an i'm
poriant case, on the ground that the plaintiffs
tampercd with one Of the Jurors. The case has
been tried three times before
Judge Stowe is evidently "a mile
post on deserted road" He has
not been taught judicial morality "by
the war"
Most of the leading members of the
Senate, by their speeches, and nearly
the whole body, by their vote on the
Tenure-ofOfiice Act, were committed
TO the proposition that the President
had right, by his own mere act, to
remove the Secretary Of War. He
did formally remove him, and the next
day as formally Nominated a successor,
and sent, with all due dispatch, his
nomination to tho Senate. Some de-
lay, however, occurred, by reason of
the early adjournment Of that body.
The Office Of Secretary Of War was
now vacant the Office building, with
its books, papers and seals, aud other
muniments OF Office, were in the hands
ola lawless intruder, who was instruct
ed 10 "stick"
In this state Of things the President
appointed one of the officers of the
department TO take charge Of it pro
temp0re, until a regular nomination
should be confirmed by the Senate.
This fact was charged In one of the
articles Of impeachment as a high mis-
demeanor, and the Republican Sena-
tors, all except seven, including those
who declared and voted that the Pres
ident had full power 70 remove, voted
this attempt TO iake care Of the depart
ment, its seal, its correspondence, and
its archieves, during the two days Of
inevitable vacancy, high misdemean-
or. 1t was not a trivial offence, this
attempt to take care of the executive
Office, but a high misdemoanor for
which he ought to bo removed from
office, and give place TO the man who
had told the intruder to"stick." This
vote was given under the solemnities
of an oath TO do impartial justice
The like is not to be found in any tri.
bunal anywhere, certainly not in our
own or in English history Stafford
was impcached by the House Of Com.
mons at a time when party spirit ran
highest and widest in England, but
thoy failed to prove him guilty
Of any crime known to the laws,
This being settled, they knew convic,
tion impossible, as the Peers, in enter
ing on tho trial, pledge their honor
that they will do impartial justice
The articles Of impeachment were
therefore, Withdrawn, and a bill Of
attainder substituted, which, as it in.
volved no oath and no pledge Of hon
or, was readily passed
This vote of our Senators on i'm
pcachment, sworn, as they were, TO dc
impartial Justice, as one Of the legiti
mate consequences OF the new code Of
morals which Senator Morton boasts
Of having been taught by the war, il
developed itself in ether instances
most worthy of note in logic as well
as morals He says in his speech Of
January 4, 1865, that President John,
sons proclamation, under which the
seeded States were reorganized, was
more radical than that prepared by
Mr. Lincoln; moro indeed, than the
project of Winter Davis; and fit had
boen submitted 10 Congress before il
was carried into effect would have
been we'll But the Constitution re
quiros that the United States shal