The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-12

clRfe ell from his seat Inc under his oath
of Office that Mr.. johnson acted ollie.
gaIly and unconstitutionally," compo-
tent to be sworn as impartial juror on
tho impeachment trial2 Will some Of
the Radical orators or Radical news
papers, who clamored for Judge Fields
disgrace, propouud this conundrum ?
Mr.. Johnson's counsel will certainly
raise this point ut tho trial, There is
much in it worth arguing. If the
President is to have u trial, no is cnti-
tied to the benefit ofan impartial jury.
Call you q man impartial who, before
he enters tho jury box, declares that
the accused is guilty? IF not, thon
every Senator of tho twenty-nine who
voted for the resolution of Friday night,
is disqualified to sit as n Juror, and tho
President IS IL fool and ought - be
hanged first and convicted aftcrward,
If no ahiios without protest II appeal
by tho decision Uf any such court. A
man accused of stoaling q horse
wouldn't be asked to do il. Tho jurors
must first swear that they they don't
know he stole tho horse. The Presi.
dents jurors havo already sworn, not
only that tho horse was stolen, but
that tho President stole it. Such u
jury is II mockory; such u trial an empty
ceremony.
Whom ! mado tho suggestion con-
tanned in tho above paragraph to n
Senator, o few days since, was met
with tho rorly that TO constitute a
crime there must be nm act conioincd
with IN intent, and that the Senate
had only declared the act unconstitu-
%tional, while on the trial the question
of the intent would como up. Now it
may not be known to tho learned Sen
ator referred to that tho statute which
the President is arralgned for violating
says nothing whatever about "malicl-
Gus intent" but defines q crimc to
consist exclusively Of an act, The
Senate has declared officially that The
President has clmmittcd this act, and
has, therefore, condemned HIM already.
1t only remains to ratlfy. us n court Of
impeachment, what they have declared
rs Il Senate, ard the President il con
vlcted and removed.
THE STATUS OF SENATORS.
The Senate consists at present of
ffty-throo members - representing
twonty scvcn States. There is q va.
cancy in the representation of Mary
land, occasioned by tho refusal to ad-
nit Mr., Thomas, who was found guilty
of tho crime of--having a son. The
patcrnal Sumner convicted him of this
grave charge. Maryland will un-
doubleday elect another Senator in
time to sit on the high court of i'm
peacment-but mark tho prediction,
the Senator will net receive him i'm
mediatOly, but will ~"rcfor" the subject
TO the Judiciary Committee for inves.
tigation. A majority may do that,
and doubtless will do il, and thus re-
Gaco by Il tho strength OF the minor
ity ~ tho high court Of impeachment.
1t will require thereby thirty six
votes to convict, or oightaon to acquit
the President should tho court consist
of fifty three. On Il strict party qucs-
ton Tho Senate is thus divided at
present
Republicans - Anthony, Cameron,
Cattcll, Chandler, Colo, CopkIing
Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake,
Eimunds, Forty, Fcssonden. Fowler,
FreIinghuyscn, Grimes, Harlan, Hen
dorson, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Nor
gan, Morrill,, of Maine, Morrill,, of Ver.
mont, Morton, Nye, Patterson, OF New
Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross,
Sherman, S%praguc, Stewart, Sumner,
Thayor, Upton, Trumbull, Van Win
klc, Wade, Wiley. Williams, Wilson
and YGtes-42.
Democrats and Conscrvatives-Bay-
ard, Buckalcw, Davis, Dixon, Doolittie,
Hendricks, Johnson, Norton, Patter-
son, OF Tennessee, Salisbury, and Nc
Crcary, Senator elect from kentucky,
who will take his scat in n few days
y.
This is n strlct party classification
giving tho Republicans the full
bonoGt Of tho doubtful onos, and Of
men who, like Mr.. Sherman, talk con-
scrvatism but generally vote radical
ism. 4 majority Of six over the rcquir-
el two thirds in favor OF convLCtlQn
should the trial assume q strict party
aspect, as the impeachment did in the
House. Should seven out oftho forty
two vote with tho minority, tho Presi-
dent will be acquitted, III were call
ed upon to name even who will be apt
to do this, should say Fesserden, who
hates Wade and won't vote hlm INTO
the White House il no can help it;
Anthony, who is naturaIlyconservativo
and frequently shows courage enough
to vote independent of his party
Crimes, who doesn't admire Wade,
and has been opposed TO impeachment
all along. There's three. AS for the
four more, l shall not mention names
nor improper motives but vacant
judgeships and the like have much to
do with the votes Of Senators whose
official careor is about to draw to n
close aud there arc fifteen of them IN