The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-04
Letters from the People.


The impeachment 30 Far-what Mni
... it PrOveds
Editor of the Register: |g-
The evidence has been closed. Tn,
Senate which is claimed to be "a Law
unto ITSELF which implies absolutisu
or unlimited power, has admitted
everything that years of preparation
and all the power and money Congress
possesses, could manufacture or scrapt
together, against the accused; and ar
bitrarily excluded the most pertinent
evidence offered in his defence. AnG
still sufficient light has been let in tc
dispel the fog and fumes with which
they at first enveloped the case, and
what do we see now upon the stagei
First and foremost We see the accused
sitting grand and calm" though it may
be "upon his coffin lid" ("for the doctors
of the higher law in their utter des'
peration still encompass him") with
his legal advisers, who have proved
themselves in all respects worthy their
client and his cause; while from the
prosecuting side, we have seen and now
see, whati A conspiracy, persecution.
which for wickedness, meanness and
folly has DO parallel in the annals OF
the world; and how worthily have the
Managers represented their side A scene
we'll befitting the final exit and extinc-
tion of the Northern branch Of the get
ters-up of the late rebellion.
But what honest heart in the nation
in view of the scene, does not swell
with sympathy, admiration and graft
tude towards the accusedf The sole
architect of his own fortune-rising
from poverty and obscurity through the
voluntary suffrage of free people to
the highest Office in their gift; and at
no time or step in this ascent have the
people permitted him to be defeated.
How extraordinary this fact, and how
conclusive the evidence it furnishes,
that under his rough exterior, and
though wanting in some Of the graces
and accomplishments which so often
cover modern degeneracy Andrew
johnson possesses an honest heart, a
brave spirit and sound head, worthy
his great patron, General Jackson,
whose precept and example early
taught him to be true, amidst
all trials, to conscience, his
country and God, who always takes
care of the consequences. Hence
We saw him in 1861 on the floor of the
Senate, when his present prosecutors
and Judges were dumb and Overwhelm-
ed with fear, rising in the very face of
treason, with that heroic courage and
moral grandeur which astonished and
electrified the nation. AS it was with
his great patron, so he is being made
the object of unHerited and tiendish
persecution by those whose selfish, un-
wise and impracticable schemes he op-
poses. The fame and character of his
great master are now safe, and what
ever may be the decision or action of
the Presidents present prosecutors and
Judges, the name of Andrew johnson
will be remembered and honored, by a
Just and grateful people when theirs
will have been forgotten, or remembered
only for their unparalleled wiokedness,
meanness and folly.
This is the impeachment which the
very "loip members of our Legislature
last winter by joint resolution urged
Congress to undertake, and came so
near instraotiRg our Senator'S while sit
ting as Judges to sustain, regardless, of
course, of their oaths and the evidence
that should be adduced and in the ar
dor of their "loilty" rendered to Con-
gress the military power of the State,
while at that very time the protection
and defence of "loilty" at home, requir-
ed, as they pretended, the presence and
cooperation of Federal Soldiers sent a
short time before by General Grant at
the earnest request of our very "loip
Governor So stands this branch of the
bastard loyalty of the country with its
higher law infiatus, which now assumes
to trample under foot our Constitution,
both National and State.
Very respectfully, G. 2.