The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-03
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r..,.~.vs.,Nr. Justiss Chass announces;
.,i,sv a. s.nstors out Of hty.i6ur have pro-
sonncsd PRECEDENT johnson guilty. Poll the
nss;on and ssyen out Of every ten say Amen to
thst verdict. A technical rule OF tho Constitu-
tiou-rsquiring . tvo,thirds yote.may save
MIN his once: but the Judgment Of the nation
= rseoried against him ~ . criminal. Thus
ar, he leaves the tribunal set to try him, free
nom any punishment but inhmy. The only
difference between this and conviction 10 that.
convicted, he would have gone forth bearing
his disgrsce alone. BY this, which men cell
seaulttal. he drAgs half s-doien Senator's down
with him to iniAmy. Liberty knows nothing
but victories Our whole success TOT forty
years past, has been fed by just such defeats as
this. The annexation Of Texas. the co@pro-
mise Of 1850. Kansas trampled IN blood, BULL
run, the second election Of Lincoln, his muir
der: All these seeming defeats we're victories In
disguise. The Traitors who plotted these sue
esssss" were the only men Who died by them.
Polk, Seward, Pierce, Webster, Clay, and their
fellow conspirators all died by their own hands:
In the light Of such history ws should read
Men who walked then with proud scoru. no.
hang their heads In the pity or contempt OF
of the parties they led to ruin. Poor Pierce
and Buchanan stood - ain.glorious and hat
tered, Wanting their "eoaseisness" IS loudly
In DAYS cone BY q Trumbull and Fessenden do
to-day. One may fancy those half-forgotten
wretohes, rising up from their living tombs al
Lancaster and Concord. 10 cry out to these
fresh comrades ''Are ye too become like unto
usr'-uhi!e Marsh6eld and Ashland, sorning
such fellowship, proudly claim that, II they
fell they 81 least fell before temptations OF
more decent level.
We care comparatively little for the results
OF this acquitAl at the North. Itonly intensi'
hes little the atonemeut We deservedly pay
for our long completely with the slave power
A little more business prostitution, little mort
suffering by the laboring Glasses and We have
all richly deserved hundred times a. much
But when We think Of the unsheltered heads o.
Southern loyalists. white and black; when W
think Of this PAcha Of Assassins again let loose
Of Andersonvills re-opened then, putting
Fnssnden and Trumbull's names SIDE oy s,da
with the infamous ones Of Lee and Davis ano
handling them down, blood stained, 70 shs
loathing Of History, We cannot but remember
that those arch tends Of Mississippi and Vir'
ginis were angered to that horrible revenge By
the defeat Of Q great revolution which thel
have nursed for years. But these, their meal
allies from Maine and Illinois, steep the Sousl
In murder, from motives which make ever
treason additionally contemplate. We be-
/ pAruOu even OF Lct uuu Jaws W. es~~~'ss'Nt
such despicable crime with theirs.
| We never supposed fessenden would vote 10
Impeachment His associates long ago charg
| ed him with such shameless and greedy nepo
| tism @ shocked even the corruption OF wash
ington prostituting his high place to crow
| hungry kinsmen into office. whether this
true or not we have no means Of knowing. Blu
the Senator whose character was such that al
comrades could even 90 suspect him, would, o
course, be wholly unable to stand the pressur
| OF On hour like this. Such man's speeche
are the last source We should resort to for
measure Of his motives. We will read his argu
ment the moment any man will show US to
slightest reason for supposing that II had tn
least influence on his opinion.
We should always bear In mind that tn
treachery Of these two men u amply sufhoien
to account for the Senate's action without oul
condescending to speculate Is to their com
rades; men Of 20 little repute that journalist
discuss the probability Of their being aetuall!
bought with 50 much gold in open market.
The criminal UNPUBLISHED condemns the judge
II remains to be seen whether the Republican
party win prove its utter incomPetency b,
falling to understand the hour. We walt Il
see whether Chicago eomprehends that safte>
lies In GOING FORWARD. Warned by this mos
conclusive proof Of party weakness, let thai
Couvention give Us platform pledging to thu
negro, throughout the States, ballot, eduoatiou
and land-guarsnteeing TO the Southern white
loyalist ADEQUATE protection against the assas-
sin Of the white House and OF the Senate Cham
Der. Let Il place npon that platform men
whose past lives are the pledge that they will
fulfill its promises.
The Senate has still means Of defending It
self Has Il the courage to use themt Mean
while from Chief Justice, debauched by am
bition, whom, once before, the heroism Of Mar.
gNret Garner could not rouse to duty. And
whose acc answering TO his youth, neither the
woe Of the North or the blood Of the South can
In out Of selfish and vulgar ambition-frou
Senators, tools Of feminine spite aud broker
in patronage, the PEOPLE appsaI-trustine
henceforth in themselves, able to execute jus
tice, TO secure liberty and sure to stamp will
lasting infamy the men who betrsy them.
WENDELL PnILLIPs.