Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-05-07
INTIMIpATIoNs TO SENATORS.

You have little idea, at your dis
tance from the capital, of the pressure
brought TO bear upon the Senate to
make them convict Mr.. Johnson.
Not only are The mails full of admon-
itory letters, entreaties, appeals to
ambition and fear, and laments for
the party, if Johnson be not convicted I;
but the Republican newspapers, in
the majority of cases, flourish the
whip and imprecate upon the person
al heads of their Senators. Northern
men who live in the South, have been
imported here TO add their beseech-
ings. 1t is almost needless here to
add that all those present are aspi-
rants for Office in the Southern States
At the head of the whippers-in are
such men as Kelly, of Pennsylvania,
who receives most of these refugees
and consigns them to Forney, who
in turn, blows upon his chronical nose
and asks heaven to interfere. Heav-
en- and the opposite place let Forney
alone, as unworthy the virtues of
either.
need not say more upon this ques-
ton, except TO add that very many
Republicans like myself, who believe
Mr.. johnson to be an unworthy man
and the candidate OF q reckless nomi-
mating convention, and who came
here with some hope that there would
be charges against him grave enough
to get us rid of him, have felt insensi-
bly,, while attending this trial, fears
of graver sort.
BUTLER AGAINST POPULAR GOVERN
MENT.
General Butler is not believer in
a democratic form of government.
He has said so not once, but often
and openly. He has called popular
government farce, and counted the
number of years he will give it to
run. He believes in the coup detat,
the empire, the strong military hand
the very things, in short, which he
is indicting Mr.. johnson for doing in
mere intent. Here, then, we have
the spectacle of a man, in the name
of all the people, taking, perhaps, one
of his favorito steps toward annihila-
ting the popular government.
WADE A FIRE-EATER.
Mr.. Wade, who is to be the success
sor Of Mr.. Johnson, is infinitely less
responsible, a more implacable and
and scarcely less dangerous man than
Mr.. johnson. His rage is OF a dread
ful sort. We Republicans who be-
lieved that the Republican party was
the ultra Democratic party have come
to dread rash and remorseless men
like this. They are not of a gentle
type like Abraham Lincoln. We have
daily occasion to see their spirit ex-
emplified here, and we find ourselves,
therefore, in doubt as to what to do.
If this correspondence receives any
faith at the hand OF any Republi-
can reader of the Commercial, let him
do nothing TO influence the decision
of this sworn jury of the Senate.
Rather let him write to his particular
Senator to do justice according to the
evidence, and what is perfect justice
must be, in the end, perfectpatriotism.
] ask you also to remember that
the men most rash 10 nominate Mr..
johnson at Baltimore are equally head
long now TO convict him. The nomi-
nation has delayed peace for four
years; the question now is whether
this emetic legislation will be good
for anything in the nine months re-
naming to the President. AT any
rate we distrust the physicians.
Nevertheless we hope for a verdict
that will stand the test of time. 1t
will be vain to try otherwise to raise
party of progress again in this coun-
try for twenty years.