The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-04-23


Republic reached from sea TO sea. He
said he was too old "a man 10 have the
mere vanity of. wishing TO DC heard,
but the Republic reached from sea TO
sea- The trial ofWarren Hastings, he
said, involved five separate orators,
but how many moro should be iDvolv-
ed in this prosecution, whose Republic /
embraced forty. milli1ns oi,people and
reached from sSa to sea.
fhe Senate didn't sec II, and Mr.
VILLAINS took Of his gold glahses, aud
won't cn with his ruminations. zee 'a
aasy sTEvINs AND LOGAN.
On the question: OF making spreeches
by privilege, Mr.. Stew ins also claimed
TO be heard. The sturdy old man,
whose face is the most impressive OBJ
ieot in the court-room, elung TO the /
Clerks deck and said that he had !
prepared one ofthe articles of fimpcaeh- |
.ment against the advice of bis collea-
kgWes, and therefore, wished to press
it. He spoke very feebly, by the aid
of raw eggs and brandy, and was not
heard by over one hundred persons
Butler handed Stevens, with the
tenderness Of az owl protecting hls
father, TO q chair. and somo Copper
head said proiately that he looked
like the devil assisting somebody to
his residence. VI at.a p.iaHi f.I..f
The number OF sturdy men in Con-
gress is very great Ben Wade is
"sturdv." So IN Stevens. So IS Cen
cral Schenck. The population Of tins
country is now divided into two class
es, those who are sturdy and those
who are uusturdy. All those who
are sturdy expect to be President
FirsVln politics you must be sound"
then you must be "sturdy !" after be-
ing sturdy you may g,tdrunk, swear
and lie as much rs you please but
, you can not DO else than sturdy v
Sturdinoss Is like the dogma ofsanctlfi-
cation in which you can commit no
sin. a oropoS of this Stevens article :
Old Thaddeus got it addopted by dc
; claring that without It the managers
had no case. As they arc trying Mr..
: johnson without regard to tho stevens
( article l suggest that tho Presidents
: counsel summon Stevens for n witness
! ahd,prove by hun that there is NO case
Z II tuG OuLs
J. FAILURE OF IMPEACHMENT no RUIN.
. 1t may be doubted as to whether the
}, plans OF lho Republicans arc justified
d by precedents when thoy allege that
a unless johnson be convicted tbs party
= is gone. We are all tnmiliar with til,
u trial of Aaron Burr at Richmond, anC
d the hancle the Federal party made o
+ his acqutlal u defeat Mr. Madison
Q Burr WAS Released, not justified, yet
q the purity tina. prosecuted hIm won.-
d So, in Mr.. Jonnson's caso, his owT
= ruin, liRo Burr's, ls already accom-
II pllshed. The people will never trust
him again with control of the country
s- His course is too crooked, his educa'
10 ton too imperfect, his character to(
10 unintelligiblo TO satisfy that strong
ID Aagacious undcrcurrent of patriotism
" which politicians detect and noniinat
n. by. But the charges against him ar
~ sneh, that almost every President 9
n. the United States could, ut one time o
lr another, have been convicted OF them
AT Take again, as ''pat" to this n.atteI
IN tho case of Burr He kfEed The great
= est statesman of tho Federal party, i
ro a duel httlo less than, premedltate
he murder. With two Indictments ic
A. murder on his head, he returned
b. Washington and presided Us VIC
.es President in grave impeaehmel
rv trial, and wab not impeached himsel
,s- But, Mr.. Johnsop il. TO be- expelled TO
IL making n drunken speech, and quar-
At relllng with crowd The movemcl
I'M OF Mr. johnson toward the War Oifi'
ck was not noarlysso arbitrary as JacI
,us son s seizure Of the Govotnment trea
a. ure, and lis miscellaneous and unpr
4 cedented Dismissal Of all obnoxior
he office. holders. In point Of fact, Il
He country, and citizens here, all belize
On. that tins net of selzing the War Off
In was a feature oil u personal brawl
1 tween Johpson and Stanton.
IL MIR. Stanton 10 u yoke of oxen {
Mr.. Butler lie is one of the most
Will rltatinG, arrogant, and overheard
,ols menIin tho human race. 400 DAT p
The. IL lisa Testimonial TO the faithiuInt
i'm ofhewspa per correspondents 10 tht
not employers, bnC not Il great exhibit
OF personal ind1pendenee, when
find that large majority of the !
,,o publican .spOrters hero nose W
ho send pro -itnpeaehmSnt kilograms oN
bo. ry dayy dislike and denOunco \
III Stanton. He treGtod the press durl
II hll tho war as If il were conspira
~, aud not civilization.
the W ~,,.s INTlMlDATIoNs TO SENATORS,
AXE You have little idea, at your d
ehs tance from the capital, of the pressr
re- brought to boar upon tho Senate
, OF make them convict Mr., Johnson
oes Not onlyafe the mails full of admo
hey tory letters, entreaties, appeals to a
'.=-- bition and fear, and laments for /
to party, il Johnson be not couvicte
a but the Republican newspapers, IN
this majority of cases, fedrlsh tho WI