The New York herald., 1868-05-05


President Is not going to be impeached, b Of some
importance, though, Of course. do not desire to
convey the impression that 1t renders acquittal
certain However take 1t In connection with other
indications such a. the hostility to wade. the i'm.
patience of certain highmnded Senators at the ar
rogant dictaton of radical leaders and journals the
grave doubts to the justice and proprety OF the
measure itself and the dangers attending its execu
on to the success Of the republican party and one
sees enough to justify the conclusion that Mons
Berthemy did not utter a mere idle remark. but
rather said something based on substantial reasons
Twas about to exclaim, ''How strange 1t would be
IT, after all the time trouble, expense, buncombe
vituperatiOn qubbling and acres OF small talk this
impeachment plot should really end in smoke and
leave that great criminal, A. ]. the Second, again
master Of the stuaton But strange is not the proper
word to use for in such an application it would imply
doubt as to the proprety OF judgment OF acquittal
What mean is, how surprising it would be to find
all the Senators, Notwithstanding threats ntmida-
ions seedlings and proposed assassnations, voting
according to their oaths and cOnscences and not TO
please radical autocrats like the indomtable Thad-
deus, OF Lancaster, or would-be dicators, but very
small ''potaters," like -khe publisher OF "my two
papers, both daily" What an upsettlng of plans
there would be, to be sure What q shattering OF
hopes anu ambitious aspirations! What legion of
disappointed Office hunters would be left to weep
and wall and curse Andrew Johnson Senator'S
Managers and everybody else instrumental in raising
sanguine expectations only to blast them What fine
opportunity bluir Old Ben Wade would have to
chew the cud OF bitter fancy and ponder over the
truthful saying that hope deferred maketh the heart
sick I" Verify, there will be sad time indeed should
Andrew Johnson in the wisdom and forbearance OF
the Senate, be permitted quietly to serve out the
balance of his or Lincoln's term whichever you may
choose to cailitl and not be condemned to removal
and disqualification for the high crimes and misdc
meanOrs so verboscy charged against him by the
windy Managers. But am not predicting that this
will be the result, for confess have been unable to
form fixed opinion the subject since the second
week Of the trial. merely present you with what
can be gathered from all quarters, leaving the infer
ence to be drawn by your readers.
1t is Enthusiastically the opinion Of numbers of peo-
pie that conviction is certain. This is particularly
the case among radical politicians. Ask one OF
them what he thinks and he will answer:-' Psllaw
Think have only had one opinion from the start,
and that has been daily strengthened--tlat the
President will be removed. The Senate ne'tst con-
vct; it cannot go back on the House."
Going back on the House, translated freely means
that the radical Senators dare not oppose their
wills to the superior genius Of Butler, Boutwell,,
Stevens and men of that stamp, who have clam
ored so loudly for impeachment for over a
year and VINO nave dened the Senate impuden-
y and arroganty TO dare acquit Andrew Johnson
guilty or not guilty. butler and stevens have not
attempted to restrain their pugnaclOus tendency To
antnpeachment Senator's; they have given full
vent to their feelings in and out of the HI IgI Court
Butler continually attempted to bully both the Chief
Justice and Senators during the trial. ana stevens
had the har1ih0od 10 mpugn the honesty of one of
them (Ooottie, Oh Wisconsin, in his singular argu-
ment FOR the prosecution. Some of the Senators
have been served with threatening notices, and
warned to convict on pain of political destruction
and even assassination. There Is not particle OF eX-
aggeration IN this statement. Fessenden, Fowler
Grimes, Ross and Van Winkle are known TO have
nee served respectively pee Win from three to ten no
ton If they tail to do just what is wanted by the
radical Carbonari -nanely, vote squareiy for iDl-
peachment Most OF these letters have come from
Pennsylvania, from York and Reading and Other
places and are supposed to be the work OF men,
bers OF that exemplary body, the Loyal League These
notices, OF course, have had no effect upon men like
Grimes, Fessenden and the Others mentioned, who
nave resolved to vote conscientousy, and not to
please the progressive firm OF Stevens Il
Co., who frankly confess themselves 'outside''
that old fashioned instrument the constitution. But
in their duty, IL has filed them with an intense dis
gust for the men VINO prefer dishonor 18th party sue
cess to justice even With the wreck Of the great par
ty of moral ideas. tias pretty safe to assume that
the five Senators have named to wit-Fessendcn,
Grimes, Fowler, Ross and Van Winkle--will not be
found on the side Of conviction when the time for
voting arrives, however other Senator'S may vote
and IN spite OF whatever pressure nay he employed
TO induce them to go the way Thaddeus and Benja-
min would lead them. 10 is true that this
will only swell the number for acquittal to
seventeen IN ALL but there are many doubtful,
like sherman, Trumbu, Frelinghuysen, Henderson
and Anthony that II really does seem though the
required additional two votes can he counted on
with probability at least. How can Sherman vote
for conviction consistent with the record he has
made--a record which shows that at the time OF the
passage OF the civil tenure bill he believed Stanton's
was not within its provisions, and further that il was
not TO be supposed any honorable man would con-
tinue in Cabinet after the politest hint that his
services were longer required? How can the lust
Anthony, the logical Trumbull the upright Fre-
lnghuysen and Henderson permit themselves be
dragooned into the commission Of u great crime by
voting against what must be their cOnvictiOns--to
wit, that the President has done nothing deserving
removal from Office, however undgnlned, ndiscreet
or heatistronR lie may have shown hmselfy
But Will II not be sad thing after all the folly Of
tilis impeachment, after the demonstration CT ITS
utter want Of constitutional pretext cause. after
tue powerful. exposure Of Its weakness BY the
polished arguments OF Curtis Evarts and Groesbeck,
and after the evident dishonesty OF some OF its pro-
moters 10 see all the radical Senators placing them
selves on tile roll OF nfamy by voting for the re-
moval OF Andrew JOhnsonY How much nobler and
better for them TO show themselves faithful to their
oatns as impartial judges. How much more a,i-
vantageous To them, even in political point Of view
To range themselves unanimously the side OF JUS
tice and acquittal. For am among those VINO
believe that they would gain more by proving them
selves pure and dsinterestcd Statesmen as well as
judges than by pandering 20 the Revolutionary spirit
Of Tue hour ANA promoting neeting triumph OF mere
parry.
PROCEEDINGS OF TIE ClURT.