Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-27

and his assistants, suits have been com
> menced and other steps have been take
by the State Department to recover tn
d property or its cash value. Now. Mr.
Seward has agreed to give one half tn
value of this immense property to tn
parties who have been instrumental il
discovering its whereabouts. Only thinl
of it! Nine,een and Half Millions o.
dollars All sorts of men are mixed w
in this affair--ex- agents of bounty jump
ers leading Treasury of6cials, prominent
leaders of the whiskey ring. clean shaved
dyspeptic conservative" and any mum
Der of respectable rascals gcnerally--all
johnson men. of course, who pirate loudl y
for the constitution. The chief man Of
this uuholy crowd has been here for some
time, in frequent conference with Mr..
johnson, and betting heavily on bis &C
quittal These fellows know that Re
publican administration would break up
their little arrangement.
The best ten here declare that the
Republican party was never stronger or
80 assured of complete victory as at this
hour Chase aud the seven malcontent
Senators have been heavy load for US to
carry. Had it not been for them, John.
son would not have dared to cemttit The
acts which have kdpt back reconstruction.
on the Congressional plan and caused his
impeachment The true men of the party
in the Senate have all along been defer
ring too much to Fesseudeh ahd Trum-
bull, and. to q certain extent, to Grimes
and Henderson. But that is all over
now These men are no longer members
of the Republican party. which. in the
future, will be under the leadership of its
bravest, most progressive and aggressive
spirits. So, on the whole, there is not
the slightest reason for encouragement.
1t is thought BY many persons whose
opinions are entitled to consideration. that
the Impeachment of the President will
be pushed with undated vigor. And
this shoVla be done If for no other reason
than that Of finding out how nany more
scallywags there are in the u S Senate
if there be any more 1t is thought that
the vote will be taken on the remaining
ten articles on Tuesday next. 1t is con.
ceded by lawyers that the second article is
he strongest. legally, of all But whetb-
'r We are beaten or not on the remaining I
articles, the general policy Of the party I
Will be pushed forward with the utmost
rigor. Rec instruction will be made
inahty ny the admission Of all the States
'ow unreprescnted. The work of simpli- |
ying the revenue system, reducing Taxa. G
ion and rerfecting sound financial pol. {
~ will be gone ,nro in good earnest and
all probability, the proposed great ad- v
illustrative reform which is included iu [
lr. Jenckes Civil Service Bin win be b
lrried out. b
cannot really say that there is very Il
uch interest manifested here in the pro.
'edings of the Chicago Conventional II
can as to the nominations. Ii is we'll o
Understood that Grant vii! be our candi. G
ate for the Presidency, and every man o
AIMED III connection with the Vice Presi 5
ency is so toolSectionable that only the d
'rsonsl friends Of the aspirauts are ill., il
rested in the matter. But what we do a
ant to Bee is tho platform upon which IL
If candidates will be placed before the d
'opte. 1t is felt that there should be il
III, square. outspoken eDunciatiou of al
-intiples by the Chicago Convention, and "
policy based on those principles to NJ
hieh we can ask every honest man and ec
oman in the land to subscribe No b,
lrther compromises with the "copscrva. q
We wing of the Republican party as
presented by Chase. fessenden. Trum. OF
all & Co., will be tolerated by the loyal II
asses. II these men be recognized in a,
% most Indirect way. by the Chicago I'll
invention as members of the Republi. is
n party, we won't take trick in the h,
eat game about to be played, and we s.
III richly deserve to be beaten. az
Col Forney. Of the Chronicle" is ey
IDLY vindicatipg the independence of G.
merican Journalism, in which he should "
sustained by the press of the country so
lthout distinction Of party, Because &C
'rney happens to be Secretary Of the ct
mat some of the conservative" mem
'rs of that body evincs disposition to NJ
uzz'e him as journalist. To this the VI
lie editor demurs. Like other men, Gu
'rney' suppose likes place and power; of
1t TO bis credit, and to the credit of re
mer'oan journalism. be it said that he at
'es the right better. Some days ago be ne
came annoyed at certain smidversions a.
bis course as journalist by the icon W
lentious" and conservative" chime If wi