Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
from the Marysyille Appsul.l
impeachment Ended.

The Court of Impeachment on the 26th ultimo,
BY the same vote cast on the eleventh article, IS
| to 10. failed to convict the President on the
second and third articles, and the Court adj
journed sine die. This result disappoints no one,
as it was generally conceded that if Andrew
| Johnson could not be convicted on the eleventh
article, be would escape the merited conviction
and the disgrace of removal. Therefore Union
men feel no additional disappointment over the
result of the final balotings We were disap-
pointed at the result of the first ballot shed all
our tears then, and have since thrown off our
weeds of grief, and put on new garments. The
news of the nomination of Grant and Colfax
scared over the wounds pierced by the darts of
non-impeachment. All Union men then entered
a nole prosequi in the case of the People rs.
Johnson, and commenced new suit on appeal
to the ballot-box. The thirty-sixth vote in this
court cannot be bought by Executive promises
or gold. The peculiar and unexpected result of
the impeachment trial cannot impair the Repub-
lican prospects at the polls, or defeat Grant and
Colfax.
The manner in which conviction has been pre-
vented ought and will give moral power, influence
and strength to the Republican party. The Pres
ident was guilty, and every Republican in the
country believed that he deserved and merited
removal-except seven-the seven Senators who
voted no. Is not it q remarkable coincidence,
that these seven Republican Senators have no
constituents Not a Republican in Maine stands
by Fessenden; not one by Trumbul in Illinois :;
and not one by the remaining FIVE Senators in
the other States. If these Senators have con-
stituents anywhere they are the Copperheads in
the North and the Confederates in the South.
The entire Union party and thirty five Senators
declared that Andrew johnson was guilty and
ought to be impeached, convicted and removed
from the exalted position he disgraced as we'll as
abused.
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not guilty, for the very reason that the Republic
cans believed he was-because he had defed the
laws of ''Rump Congress''-because he was
gully of doing just what Democratic partisans
desred-because he was opposing and endeavor-
ing to break up the Union party and aiding reb-
els and Copperheads to office and power--because
he was usurping power in aid of policy, if sue
cessful, would reverse the verdict of the and
give the victory to the defeated gray backs in the
field, and their Copperhead sympathizers at the
ballot-box-thus virtually eecting Mcclellan by
proxy, and turning the fruits of the victory to
the side of dislQyalists and rebels. These twelve
Democratic Senators are pure patriots!
If the Managers of the Impeachment could
have known, when they commenced the trial O.
Andrew Johnson, that seven Republican Senators
were doubtful-that one over thirty-fve was
shaky - they would have desisted and never
brought articles of impeachment. They did
know that they had corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS
man to convict-but could not believe that seven
Republican Senators could be intimidated or
bought by Executive expectations of reward, or
with gold And because it is true, shall the
failure of impeachment prove disadvantageous
to truth and justice Is the President less guilty
and deserving of disgrace and punishment be-
cause he, with his millions of public patronage,
and millions of gold in the hands of political
opponents, prevented conviction? g Not
much" Being pronounced guilty before formal
trial by the unanimous verdict of jury COM
posed of millions of loyal men, is he innocent
after, because Senator was induced to vote
against law, justice and right, and in defiance of
the will of every one of his constituents? An
drew johnson is not the first terminal - who
has escaped justice by ''packed jury"
Who doubts for moment that if Johnson's
conviction would have aided the Copperheads in
the Presidential election much it was be-
liered his acquttal would. where the twelve
Democratic Senators would have been found :?
Where then would have been their boosted rev.
erence for the constitutional rights of the Execu-
tive2 The President owes his acquittal to tw elvc
Democratic Senators, who voted on al questions
in the Court Of Impeachment as politicians. They
would have voted with majority of Union SEN
ators, in favor of conviction, if they had be-
leved such verdict would have added more
strength to their party in the coming Presidential
election. But it is now the general opinion that
they in their political zeal, misjudged the case
in its effects-that they have made q blunder-
that the conviction of the President Especially
if unjustly impeached) would have given the
Democratic party more political thunder than
can be manufactured from acquittal, and the
temporary disappointment of the Unionists
throughout the country The excitement Incl
dent to the acquittal of the President has already
died out. The Union party is in way demon
allied by the result. We are as strong and as
enthusiastic as ever in the great cause. We
/ hov lncf of -nfc md
they have lost their influence with loyal men,
They can go, but their per6dy carries one
with them. Grant and Colfax will be triumph
antly elected and Andrew Johnson and the seven
Senators will be consigned to political oblivion.
johnson, the Copperhead and the anti-impeach-
ing Senators will all hang at the end of the
same rope at the counting of the vote next No.
vember.
THE SENTIMENTS OF AN IRISH SoLDIER.-The
following extracts from the New York Citizen
Miles O'Reily's" paper. We find them in
the San Francisco Monitor, which paper pro-
nounces them sensible and well-tmed. What
think Irish Democratic voters who are told by
the ant-war leaders of their party that they must
go Pendleton because he is not and never was
war man? Read the sentiments of q patriotic
Irishman
"The Democratic party is in an awkward po-
sition consistency is regarded as a necessity of
politicians, foolish this is, and contrary to the
fact as history shows it to be; and consistency
with the stupidites of the last six years insures
utter ruin The organization happens to be
composed of conflicting and antagonstc cle-
ments; large portion of it consists of actual,
positive, unconverted and undeniable peace men !,
submissonists, worshippers of chivalry,' ad-
mirers OF the South, and f1unkes at its feet :;
men who would rather be kicked by Southern
man than kissed by Northern woman. These
cravens go bodily for their representative their
worthy exemplar, George II. Pendleton: will
have him and no one else, and actually despise
and repudiate Governor Seymour as too much of
war man. They are resolute and vindictive
We say, distinctly, positively. and
unchangeably as the law of the Medes and per-
slams, that never will those for whom we sneak
help directly or indirectly, by assertion or 81,
lence, by action or idleness, the election of the
utter Copperhead and false-hearted Nortberner
George H. Pendleton. Until water runs nm Hill
until trees grow with leaves underground and
roots above, until the moon gives heat and the
sun loses its FIRE, until beasts become men and
angels turn to devils until ice shall burn and