The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1868-04-23

WAsnIsGroS, April IA, 1866.
Tho proofs Of Andrew John3on's guilt
are Os notorious IS hey are abundant,
Under their influence the Amcficin
people have at intervals insisted Upon
his Impeachment, aud removal. At one
time the entire Democratic patty called
upon him to resign, and now the entire
Republican party. with tens or thousands
OF others, demand his aispIaccmsnt.
These proofs, thus scaled in 40 univer.
sal msmory and interviewer with the
history Ollie country, supplemented By
h.; last deliberate assault upon the laws,
constitute an Indictment to which there
can be no successful defence. aud from
which thora is no p3s,ihe escape,
Although he sands charged with GER
tain specific acts of usurpaion, many
other events within the las, two yeNrS
alike establish revolutionary purpose
and the danger of permitting him 10 re-.
main in Office. Give him tho full bene-
it Of the preext that he violated the te
nure of official law for the purpose of
testing its cons"itutionai,y before the
courts, and he is still the boaUfuI author
d nj example, whichi allowed TO pass in
10 prece lent, woull Ulolhe the Bzecu'
tive with imperial powers. But he has
been equally fsirhless to other laws No
statute has Beeu enacted since tho close
of the rebellion for the protection Of the
Union men Of the South, which he has
not declared unconstitutional ana at
tempted 10 nuliEy. His opposition to the
XIV,h amendment of tho National Coz
stilution is recorded in the present trial
while his hostility 10 the freedmen's Blu
reau bill after solemnIy asserting that
he intended 10 Ssnct.oa it, has incalCu
labIy retarded aad crippled tho operation
of a measure Of acknowledgment. benif,
cence and necessity. Tho acts Of Re.
construction, originating with himself,
and by him primarily asserted 10 be Vi
tal to the restoration OF the Union, have
encountered the hatred of all the depart.
ments of the Government under his
control, while his disregard Of all honor
in the removal Of good and the appoint
mcnI of bll men has been CHARACTERIZED
by Satanic consistency.
All these acts stand out not simply as
signs Of a foregone wicked purpose, but
nS invitations TO insubordina'ioa, which
have Bson eagerly accepted By the uu.
thors OF the rebellion, and are daily il
lus'rated BY deeds Of blood AMI death.
Happily for the country, end unhapoi.
IL for himself, there is not an untnintsd
spot upon his whole Official record. You
will observe thu, his attorneys have not
vet touched tha, part Of tho accusation
which refers to his public efforts to ex.
cite Organized onpo,iLion to the United
States; bat have contensed themselves
with feeble efforts 10 invalidate
indiclmen, which charges him
with the deliberate design of viola
ting the written law OF the land. And
yet how indssolubly this last pro-
cceding is in,eryoyen With all that hGs
gone before!
No confederation evpr mora delibsrnIs-
" worked unon a settled pIau. His new
Gpolicy" far the unconditional restorn
ton Of the traitors ip,opuratel in his
speecb Of the POI Of February, 1866,
wa, the selected source Of all his sub,e-
opopt wickcdness The plen, therefore
t,Ia, no co~e has bcen msdo on, Is simn-
" an SdIi,ioGjaI insnIt 10 The in,elIiperc,
Of tho nation How false |, H. When
everybody knows that there is no. an in.