The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-17
FOR the Sunday Crescent
AHEAD ON IMPEACHkENT
CITY HOTEL, May IL, Is

CRY HOTEL, May 10, 1868.
The grounds for impeachment of Andy are well
situated in Washington city, but they are sadly
in need Of Improvement!
They have been narrowed up properly, but lack
cultivation.
There are plenty of rakes on the grounds, bat
they have every appearance of flying OIL the
handle"
Now, my ground for impeachment is this: that
il is better TO impeach Andy than to treat him as
they did Mrs. Surratt in Washington once on
time.
II Andy didn't want to be impeached, he ought
to have gone TO Mister Butler, of Massachusetts,,
in Lowell, and offered him what silver ware there
was in the White House. he was too mean to
give It TO him, but Ben wasn't too mean to " give
ittohe!" oh no! Ben "stoops 70 conquer,
and has gone onto other peoples stoops to con
quer many time. Not that brother Ben would
DO any thing wrong-to be certingly not! Bat
then Ben ,1iR have a finger in the pie" and one
of these days will put his foot in It'll"
Speaking of Ben in this familiar manner,
forgot that was writing this in New Orleans, and
had omitted TO preface my remarks by telling my
readers in this city who he is.
Ben. Butler was made yer general or general
major in the army Of the best sun the administra-
ton ever shOne onto. He was generally known
q
was striking 4" for our affairs and our fires" he
was striking for hemes! He scented the battle
from afar," and was q man after my own heart
and every body elses he could get Probably
nobody ever done more for New Orleans than
Ben; II was over done!
AT last the old blood iained veteran, tired and
sick Of the smoke and din OF battle, Determined TO
have a case, go he pitched for Andy; bound to
| win the case if he had 10 break into Andys clse-
ment to get it,
| He is some on a case, being hard case him.
| self but In the case mate business during tue
war, lie was not what We French would call OF
| fat! He was great on the for pas business!
| When be went TO argue bis case vs.. Andy j., he
| made very affecting speech; the audience was
| deeply moved; most OF 'em moved out doors!
He has now won lone of thoss few immortal
names that was not born to die "a natural
death 1t is bound to live IL he perishes in the
| attempt
! trust this brief depression for the purpose of
| telling the people of New Orleans, to whom the
| general is perfect stranger aud Of whom they
| have never heard, even at the Academy of Music,
will be pardened, and will perseei.
The case Of the United States against Andy j..
! ia Of peculiar nature il is more il of very
! peculiar human nature The Congress fellers
| are afraid their heads will be cut OF, aud the
| people are afraid trey won't | am speaking
paregoricslly, of course.
Well, they made out that Andy had been guilty
Of high taxes and Miss Demeanors in the follow
| ing
in the first place, he is charged with Miss De-
| meanors; but he ought not TO be, for he never
associated With 'em and it is as much as he can
do on his salary to pay what is charged to Miss
and Mrs. johnson.
Secondly. lie ia accused Of having "swung
around the circles" but do these fellers want to
make him swing again? BY hevings it must not
be! Let justice be done, though the people be
dunned!
| Again. Andy has appointed Democrats to
Office, which ii is denounced as q high crime"
Well, that's so; any radical knows enough to
Thirdly. He is accused Of violating the 18th
amendment Of the IL commandments, which were
handed down by Moses TO Tnad Stevens; while
Thad was a member of the diet Of Worms
(Anyhody would think he hadn't had any other
diet for long time, he seems so afflicted
| Well, impeachment goes on, and 80 does Con-
gress. Congress has been going on for some
time, but, like some Of our railroad trains 1t may
switch of and fetch up this side the regular
station. 1t Is pity 1t wouldn't, for then it would
be stationary.
But speaking of Andy and his probable fate,
this thing will prove like the old woman's eggs
if it is good egg, il will either sink or swim-I
have forgotten which.
TELEGRAM.
| Since the above was written, Audy has sent me
a dispatch that he lint guilty and don't expect
20 be: MIR. Fessenden, of Maine, ssid, and voted,
that Andy was not the Teller he took him for, in
regard 10 the llth chapter of the Republican
| party, and so did several other ignorant aud in.
| fatuated men Of intellect.
| Hle0 lu6 u6Wb COut tudt pEcoluout Wtr
to continue to draw his pay, ArsUinta was ct the
Academy of Music, seeing the sights; but the
news being read by Bidwell, she TUNED red aud
| tainted, but Bids.well TO recover. Any woman
can faint now a-dsys without losing her color. II
owing to the star Of empire, which takes it;
way westward and discovers sun'dry aud divers
colors among the Aborigine IDguns Of the Pacifck
| railroad.
have been often asked, " VIII Andy be con
victed?" In answer. would say, to ease the
mind Of the public, that if he gets votes enough,
| he will be!
II he is, / am one Of his friends, for / wan
an Offices If he is not, ] am one Of his friends too
for want 10 be on the strongest side 90 "a to be
p. NJ. which it is postmaster.
p. ST. don't want an office, and don't know
of anybody that does in the city of New Orleans
We love our country, aud might be willing II
sacrifice something for it but there is not msu
in our Republican ranks but what is rank, anC
mi<bt be willing 70 sacrifice something in thu
spirit OF liberty which liberty principally consists
, in paying just as large taxes as you please.
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