Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-04-04
ABSENCE OF Exc1TEMENT-THE
CAUSE.

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The excitement attendant upon tho
impeachment Of the President aud his
possible removal from Office is far less
than, OF superficial reflection, might be.
anticipated. This fact is couspicuously
apparent in monetary circles. In spite
of the roaring Of the bulls and bears,
the stock and gold market has been re-
markedly steady since the President
struck his last blow. Indeed, ardent
business men, jumping to conclusions
and anticipating the deposition Of Mr..
Johnson, are already prophesying q re-
yival in all branches of industry on that
very account; for, say they, the inces-
saut conflicts between him and Con-
gress have kept the country in such a
state Of perilous unrest that prudent
men dared not embark their capital on
so turbulent a soa ; but with a Presi-
dent cooperating with Congress to COM
plete Southern reconstruction and es-
tablish q financial policy that Shall curb
expenditures and reduce taxes, they may
DC able to steer by permanent land
marks.
Doubtless these considerations have
their influence is calming the public
mind in this novel ~exigeucy. But tho
absence of unprecedented and extraor-
binary excitement in the presence Of
current or proSimate events, is traced
bic to a far different cause. For seven
years the American people have been
living in the midst Of events Of the most
colossal magnitude. Their history dur
ing this period has been constructed on
the ~grandest scale. In a single month
transactions have occurred so strange.
so vast, and w~eighty, that they would
have made the shoulders of au ordinary
century TO bend. These events are Of so
imposing a character, and tower SO high,
that they fill a large space in observant
minds at home, arrest the attention Of
foreign States, and already cast their
shadow Far into the coming century.
Naturally, therefore, when any new sub
ject presents itself to the consideration
Of our citizens, they decide upon its i'm
portance by comparing it with tho mo-
mentous events Of these memorable
years. When subjected to such n test,
the impeachment Of the President APP
pears to the people Of to-day Of no more
comparative Importance than did the in
dictment Of an eminent citizen for libel
to the men who lived fifty years ago.
During the Mexican war u bill to
raise sixteen millions by q loan was
debated in the House Of Representatives
two months. On one occasion in the
late civil war;, the House passed u bill
under the operation of the previous
question, which appropriated more than
FIVE hundred millions. A public debt
of a hundred millions appalled, the same
people that now calmly face one Of three
thousand millions. A nation schooled
10 reflection and sobriety by the pres
euce and pressure Of the extraordinary
e~xigeneies which have happened since
Mr.. Lincolu's first election to the Prcsi-
deucy, is not likely to have its equanim-
ity seriously and permanently disturbed
by the impeachment of his successor
according to constitutional forms, nor
even by his removal from Office, if, upon
An impartial Investigation before the
proper tribunal, he shalt be found gull
ty of offenses that warrant such punish
ment. Demanding for him II fair and
full trial, the people should patiently
aud hopefully await the result.