The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-19

sb,e 10 purge 10 OF the corruption which claims q
vested right various departments, and equally i'm
possible to escape responsibility Tor them as they
OF discretion than he has credit for 10 deal not only
with those who would desire TO assist him in 9he
cult questions afrectins the he national credit
and prosperity which have been waiting for
us. Whatever prestige is lost by the failure Of Inn
parchment may be recovered by closing up at once
tlie legislation already too long delayed, and enter
ing upon the canvass with ranks united and pur-
pose to win. There Is still too much at stake to he
put II peru ~ wasting ammunition. within our own
RANKS whe the common enemy Is In front.
From the New Haven Journal-radical.l
The immediate effect OF the decision is, OF course,
the continuance OF the President In oice for the re-
mainder Of his term, the discontinue OF the Mana
gers on tile parton the Houseafand very marked
jealousy and distrust between prominent leaders OF
the republican party Out of the latter may grow a
result which in some form has long seemed inevita-
be-we mean the separation OF the party into its
licans.
from the New Haven Palladium-radcall
II, indeed impeachment should be made party
test, ana the Senators who voted against it and all
who refuse to believe they were 'perurors" solemn
y read out of the party then fatal disruption must
inevitably ensue. But impeachment was not and
must not be made a party measufc.N To do so now
were worse than folly.
From the Springfield Republican-semi-radcal.
Impeachment Is as dead as Marley ever was but 1t
does not follow that, like that old curmudgeon, it
has lived wholly in vain. Nothmgis more deceptive
than the appearances of success failure and his
tory mas all and more than It can DO In reversing the
point OF view it is fair question whether acqtta
will not prove to be for advantage. The failure
to convict certainly has not wrought irreparable mis-
chief; while conviction would have brought great
burden upon the party.
From the Baltimore Amercan-radcal.l
The effect OF this vote on the republican party We
think not at all hurtu. However many OF that party
may be disappointed, and how great soever the
diately, it seems clear to us that the incoming OF
new executive would have been the cause Of as much
weakness almost as OF benefit While 1t would
enable us to clean out the Augean stable OF John
s0nism in the public Offices ana to prevent the nn-
ence Of the whskey ring and the toll on office hold
ers favor Of democracy at the next election, 1t
would have also offered occasion for fierce differences
and chickering's among the friends OF rival candldates
on the eve OF the Presidential election, and which
could not fall TO imperil somewhat our success In
November.
from the Philadelphia post--radical]
In the defeat of the eleventh article few men
have dealt the republican party harder blow than
IL has for long while had from the entire democracy
From the Brooklyn Unon-radical]
For the republican party we have no fear 1t has
looked to impeachment so confidently as means OF
Kidding the nation OF deesteu ana detestaDle Exc
cutive, and has regarded his removal WIN SO mucn
OF the natural zeal of Indignation at the betrayal Of
his party and his principles, that 1t VIII be Tor the
moment checked and disappointed. 1t is possible
that in the excitement of this feeling 1t may lnJure IT.
self by unworthy, narrow and hasty declarations re-
garding the seven dissenting Senators. This is the
only way in which serious harm can come TO It,
~ 1t Is only by giving way TO unseernly rage
at the verdict and denouncIng as partisan betrayal
the vote by which 1t was secured That the republican
party can earn that vengeance which history points
out for those who pervert or degrade judicial pro-
cesses to partisan ends. Whatever were the motives
of the seven Senator's the republican party cannot
punish them for political deserton without confess
ing that Impeachment was worse than bunder-a
wretched and fatal crime.