The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-05-22
THE RESULT.

The eleventh Article has been voted
on and failed. The Senate has adjourn
ed until the Goth OF May, when the vote
will be taken upon the remainder of the
articles. We regard the failure of i'm
parchment as a toregone conclusion, and
accept the situation in that light. Our
opinion of the guilt of Andrew Johnson
has undergone no change. We believe
his acquittal to have been the triumph
of either uncurbed ambition, reckless
partisanism, or not less infamous brib-
cry. No man who has followed his ac-
tions within the last two years can con-
scientiously acquit him of usurping the
powers vested by the Constitution in
the Legislative and Judicial branches of
the Government, and of malfeasance in
the administration of the Executive
Department His official, recorded acts.
prove this beyond all disputation. This
then must be the deduction Our Con-
sJitution is inadequate to prevent the
encroachment of one department of the
Government upon the prerogatives of
either and all the others, or, there has
been corruption used to defeat it's au-
thority. a reading of the instrument,
where it declares in so many words the
distinctive duties of each, dispels any
doubts as to the former. A coDsidera-
tion of the fact that for the Executive to
usurp any authority conveyed to CO.
hror,aI oot,1I ~ Ia iaoo fl,ara
crime and misdemeanor under the Cons
stitution the knowledge that the case
was fully presented to the Court
the vote of almost two thirds of
the members of the Senate, sitting as a
High Court, under their solemn oath de-
claring that he was guilty as charged,
can leave but one conviction to the un-
prejudiced, that, of the seven Senators
who vote mo-" some or all of them
were corrupted. We need not advert
to the fact that from beginning to end
the Democratic Senators voted upon ev-
cry question of order, evidence and
guilt as a partizan body, without in
single instance dissenting vote. We
need not advert to the fact that every
Democratic appointee of Andrew John
son, felt that his position depended up
on Johnson's acquittal. The whisky
swindlers, which under his administers
ton cannot be reached, are pocket
ing money defrauded from the Govern
ment at the rate of over fifty million
dollars per annum, and could well afford
to resort to bribery. His removal would
blast the hopes of the legion of great
and small, who are left out in the cold
with their political aspirations, If the
lines are drawn closely between Demo
Gratis and Republicans in the ensuing
campaign all these diverse levers were
brought to bear on the Senatorial vote
and they have won. 1t may appear but
vindictiveness that incites us to cry
bribery" when we have felt the sting
of defeat, but when, with infamous bra
zen faced impudence the leading Demo-
cratic Journal of New York, had the au-
dacity to propose it publicly and call
ON the people to raise the money, II
would be voluntary blindness TO be un-
conscious TO the means employed to ac
Quit johnson. Its effrontery is unpar-
alleled since Satan offered the bribe on
the mountain; but read it:
ssThe commerce and concerns OF this city
alone are too vast, too vital, to Withstand
the threatened shock, and IL becomes DusInes
men, holders of property, and all who have
present or prospective interest In the prosper
ity of the city and the country, to make Al
Investment now which will avert the ruin tha
will certainly follow the overthrow of thi
; Government, as is proposed In the elevation o
Wade to the Presidency. Let the men o
wealth IN this city, without regard to party
. assemble at the Exchange, or in the Coope
: Institute, and subscribe sufficient sum-ts
millions of dollars, if need be--to buy fa
e vorable verdict. There are IA Radical Sena
tors whose terms of Office expire In 1869. BE
yond that time they are sure of no politica
position; so far as they know now, they ar
: certain OF no 'Iayllg place. Surely, as man
! as eight of these men would far rather be sur
| of n million each in hand than to wait for tn
Q uncertainty of s., 900 ofice by and by. lie
: US buy their votes at their own price, hei
We consider the commercial and pecuniary u
: terests at stake in this city alone, ten NIL
q lions now is a mere trihe in comparison; LIE
US buy the verdict which is so vital TO the IN
terests of this city,-lNs York World Ma
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