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MI Iohnson to Resign.

The st. Louis Democrat, which is in
the last stages of the Radical rabies,
suggests because Of its intrinsic proba-
bility," that the President will resign his
Office. in case his objections to the COM
potency of the Senate as Court OF I'm
parchment, as at present constituted, are
oyerruled. The wish is father to the
thought. And the argument by which
the Democrat comes to its conclusions,
ia founded upon copjectures as to mo-
tiyes and weaknesses in accordance with
its wishes. 1.-THE case against him." it
declares forsooth, "is so strong that his
counsel must have advised him that his
conviction was almost certain" This
paper has equally mistaken the counsel
and the man, unless, like the Tribune
papers of New York and Chicago, its Ian
guaee is used to conceal its thoughts and
by false pretenses to escape the realiza-
ton of its fears The following is the
conclusion Of leader to which we refer
Mr.. johnson can resign, and thus es-
cane formal an5-hnal decision upon the
exact question & issue. Under color OF
an appeal to the people, he can mix up
his case with issues Of party politics,
and can claim every Democratic vote as
an approval of his course. He thus
escapes all disqualification, andthe for
mai sentence of guilty, which he may
nerhaps conclude, will almost surely b
the result of the trial. 1t is worthy o
note that Mr.. johnson still pleases him
self with the notion that the people
confidently believe in him. Success
sive defeats have not overcome hi
gigantic self.couceit Politicians aban
don him, but the old demagogue stil
fancies that the dear people, whom b
has hattered and wheedled so long, mus
be lust on the brink Of revolution in thei
devotion to his person. Such folly woul
he incredible, II we were not talking Q
a man incredibly foolish. If he become
satisfied that his conviction in the Sen
ale i highly probable, self-interest an
tbe advice Of sensible friends viii con
biue 70 make him resign, and il viii no
be strange il be takes that method 9
avoiding iinal verdict and throwing hi
case into the arena Of parties for dec
sion. BE cannot do q more sennbl
thing. The only question Is whether b
obstinacy or his cunning will get u
upper hand
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FOrPresidentand VicePresident
OF the United States.
THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMO-
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THE NEWS.

The lower branch Of the New Hampshire
Legislature is composed Of 1sl Republicans
and l6l Democrats.
The Reralds letter from Glasgow. Scotland,
gives the army roll of J. R. B.. in the county
of Cork. Ireland. as mastering 1906 men.
The public reprimand of Rev. Stephen H.
Tying, jr., in accordance with the sentence Of
the Ecclesiastical Court, will be pronounced
to-day.
The ice gorge in the st. Thomas river, below
Chatham, Michigan, caused the stream to
overflow the banks. Several bridges were car
ried off; also large quantities of wood, slaves
and timber. Yesterday the water forced an
outlet across the farms, sweeping of horses.
cattle and fences and washing away a portion
of the railroad tracks. The loss at Chatham is
fully 10000.
Eat Nashville last night the Metropolitan
Police made q raid upon the gambling houses
of Dennis McCoole, Richard Puryear and @. P.
Coleman. About forty persons were arrested,
and the implements of the craft were carried
off. The parties were to-day fined by the
Police Commissioners Subsequently McCoole
and Coleman were arrested on State warrant,
and held for trial.
During the war Col. Thomas @. Williams. Of
Reusseau's staff. married Miss Saunders, a
daughter of Mrs. Aaron V. Brown, who died,
leaving her estate to her husband. The
validity of the will was contested in the Circuit
Court of Davidson county, and the decision
was against Williams. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court, which yesterday re-
yersed the decision of the Circuit Court and
ordered the will to be executed.
Affairs were quiet yesterday morning at the
White House. No admission to visitors. on
account of the Cabinet meeting, which was at
tended by all the members except the Secretary
of State, who was represented by Fred Seward
Attorney General Stanbery and Others were
present. The Presidents counsel visited him
during the forenoon and were engaged some
time in conversation with him. He gave the
sixth State dinner that evening. at which some
twenty members of the House Of Representa-
tiyes were present.,
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Judge Woodward, now a member OF
Congress from Pennsylvania, and for
merly for many years Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court Of that State, express
SEES his opinion emphatically that the
constitutional right to try the President
does not exist in the Senate, as at pres
ent constituted, and with ten States OF
the Union excluded from voice in its
deliberations. In his speech in the House
few days since he said:
Mr.. Speaker, so sure am | that the
American people will respect this obJec'
ton, that will say, if were the Presi-
dents counsellor, which l am not, l
would advise him, if you prefer articles
of impeachment, to demur both to your
Jurisdiction and that of the Senate, and
to issue proclamation giving you and
all the world notice that while he held
himself improbable for his misdemean-
ors in office before the constitutional
tribunal, he never would subject the
Office he holds in trust for the people to
the irregular, unconstitutional, frag-
mentary bodies who proposed to strip
him Of it. Such proclamation, with the
army and navy in hand to sustain it,
would meet with popular response that
would make an end of impeachment and
impeachers.
This is the outspoken character OF
advice which the ablest men Of nerve in
the country are now beginning to give
President johnson. Being in the right
is nothing, and argument having the
force of moral demonstration is nothing
in these days. But the people are with
Andrew johnson, and all that is needed
is backbone to stand up to the people in
defense of his and their constitutional
rights. If he has but that, and chooses
bravely to resist by all the means in his
power the constitutional encroachmeni
now attempted through his deposition,
he will be sustained and triumphant
All the signs indicate that he commands
the situation. We shall see whether he will
maintain the vantage ground on
which he stands. We verify believe that
he will never be deposed without his OWL
consent And to give that, when there il
no law before which he is bound to sue
cumb, and when the Constitution, which
he is bound irretrievably to suppor
forbids, will be to depart from his owl
expressed determination in one of hi
latest messages, and to sink unwept, IN
honored and disgraced into a condition
of dishonor worse than mere obscurity
We believe that with the aid Of his coun
sci he will stand firm and rise grandly Il
a proud pre-eminence as the chief de
fender Of the Constitution. We shall
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question on sianberys motion, when
MI. Edmonda offered an order that April
the first be the day appointed for the
filing Of the Presidents answer, and that
within three days thereafter the mana
gers replication be filed, and on the Oh
day Of April the trial proceed.
On motion, at two o'clock the Senate
retired for consultation, and at flo re.
turned TO their Chamber, aud the Court
reassembled, when the Chief Justice
announced that tho motion under con-
sideration had been overruled, and an
order was entered that the President be
required to Gle his answer on the Esd Of
March. uo 1gsA
Bingham offered an order that on the
Cling Of an application by the managers
the trial shall proceed Herewith.
The Chief Justice submitted the order
to the Senate, and on the adoption OF
the question the yeas and nays were
taken, resulting-yeas, 3D. nays, 26
So the order was denied. aaat
Wilson said he had come here expect
ing TO murder political discussion, and
under the impression that the forms Of
proceeding would be purely judicial in
their character, but, like the honorable
managers, he did not expect that they
would be limited by the forms of ordi-
nary tribunals He thought liberality
should be extended by this high court to
an unusual degree, and contended that
the application Of the defendant was one
deserving such treatment. He cited
rule of the Court Of Tennessee, which
provides for the postponement of trial
TO another term, when the defendant has
not had time to prepare his answer. de
spoke of the great magnitude of this
case, aud argued the necessity OF eau
tious delberation, and the improperly
of railroad speed. He said the last two
charges of the House Of Representatives
opened "Pandora's box" which would
necessitate full investigation Of allthe
points of difference between Congress
and the President, and would make the
trial almost interminable.
Conkling offered as an amendment,
that unless cause for the delay be shown,
the trial shall proceed Immediately after
the filing of the application. F
Bingham expressed the satisfaction of
the managers with Conkling's amend
ment. He denied that the managers
we're DESTROYS of indecent haste, but said
they did wish to avoid delay in this inn
portant matter. The people demand
that there should be no delay in the trial
of the most fragrant betrayer of trust
that the world had ever seen.
The question was put on Conkling's.
amendment, and resulted-ayes 40, nays
10; and the order, as amended, was then
adopted without division. At 5:l5 the
Court adjourned until the 23d inst.
The House resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole, formally proceeded
to the Senate chamber, returned and ad-
journed to the 23d instant.
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Ths Dignity Of the Impeachment Case.

Ii is not altogether clear yet whether
the Congress will impeach the President,
or the President impeach the Congress /;
or both, indeed. According to present
Appearances il will be just about nip and
tuck between them. The brilliant array
Of counsel retained by the President are
not likely to come before the Senate in
any very apologize, deprecatory, or
borrow. leave-to-be attitude. All ofthem,
doubtless, believe the President TO be
guiltless Of any high crimes or misde-
meanors in the constitutional sense OF
these terms. All Of them are thoroughly
versed in constitutional Law and political
history.
There is no doubt that counsel on both
sides will End enough TO say. 1t must
be borne In mind that the strict rules OF
legal trial do not apply in impeachment
trials. New testimony can be brought
in At any time Special pleading is
allowable. The ofense charged is NAL
feasance in Office, not technical crime.
Hence a vide verge must be allowed 70
court, counsel and witnesses. IL is
sort OF loose and popular court, consist
ing Of fifty or sixty judges The prose
outors are the representatives OF the
majesty Of the people. Counsel accord
inflT cannot Be tied down 10 petty tech
picaiities. bat must have q free range
over The whole feld. Just think OF ~
SOMEBODY viii get impeached badly
there il little doubt about that--SPTihg
! fed Republican
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Enron Lspora: | do not remember
with sufficient certainty the scope Of th'
resolution passod BY the members Of th'
har Yesterday. 10 state Il with entire &C.
euracy. but / am certain that Il wa
vide enough 10 cover all questions legiti
-, ~ tho la,s coptemp
nrocsea;nss by the Criminal Judge o
his c;,v. This being 40. l respectfully
suggest 10 the committee the propriety
Of directing their injuries TO the ques
ton Of impeachment Of that fun tionary
and II sufficient ground exists to present
10 the meetipr for its adoption, memo
rial N the Legislature asking the i'm
peachment and removal Of William Hun
Tar from the office of Judge of the Grim
inal Court in this city for malfeasance in
Office. II may be true that tie Legislature
ia verv radical in its opinions and
feelings; but at the same time, know
there are men In that body who have some
regard for the rights ofcitizens, the honor
ofthe State, and the purity of her tribu-
mails. II they relieve us they will reap
the full benefit of a worthy act If not
the refusal will only intensity their re-
sponsibility before the people OF the
whole State. W.
Our recollection accords with the state
ment of our correspondent that the res
olution was a broad one, requiring re-
port covering the whole question OF the
power of Judicial officers over the subject
Of contempts, and generally to devise
and specify the proper course to be taken
in the premises. The reason OF an ad'
journment was, as we understand IT. an
apprehension that it would be indelicate
or improper in the members OF the bar to
give expression to their views under
call in which an individual wrong had
been designated, ana pehding tne triai Vi
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HAVANA.

HAVANA, March l4.-Special Yucatan
dates Of the 9th state that all political
prisoners had been liberated, and safe
conduct promised those who were hid
away from their homes A number OF
assassinations had taken place, the VIC
Tins being soldiers. Some ducls had also
been fought between officers and young
Yucatans.
The Indians of the South had defeated
those of the East, at Chua, near Santa
Cruz, where the insurrectionists have
their headquarters. iI rrn1l
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Gov. Oglesby, upon his own word, for
the people Of Illinois do not authorize
him to offer their blood for the protec-
ton of the dog and coward Stanton.
This fight between the President and
Stanton is Radical fight for place, and
we do not propose to let Gov. Oglesby or
any other Radical, offer up the blood OF
this glorious State to promote the cause
of Stanton or johnson. But when the
people shall be called upon to defend the
Constitution and their rights under it,
woe be unto Gov. Oglesby, if he shall
stand in their way.
The courts are Radical in their make
up, and why should Congress attempt to
avoid a decision from them? Does not
Congress, in this effort to stihe judi
cial decision, confess its corruption and
violation of law2-Freeport (M) But
latin
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NEW YORK.

New YoRK, March l4-Eight million
dollars worth of the Erie Railroad com
pany's property has been transferred to
Jersey City. 400
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PITTsBURG.

PIrrsBURG, March l4.-The river is
rising, with III feet in the channel
Weather clear. Thermometer, Az.
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opened at ls9s; at IL an. Il was at
1897, and is now at 1879.
The demand for cotton is lair and
prices are firm. 4
Exchange is steady. nr
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at Mexico, Audrain county, Mo- While
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low the seat of the young "aspirant, and at
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to totbe ground like sportsman's wounded
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