Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-09

representatives has been made of no effect;
theY have been denied any representation
In Congress. All these things have been
done with the knowledge, sanction and
procurement of the so-called Congress of
the United States, and indorsed by the Re-
publican party. And finally. as the culmi-
nation OF their devilish and diabolical ha-
tred OF the people of the South, as their
crownlng act OF infamy, they are now at
tempting to force upon them, at the point
OF the bayonet, that which. the people of
ONO and every other Northern State,
spurns with Indignation and looks upon
with contempt, to-wit: "Negro Suffrage"
For these high crimes against the Consti-
tuition, the Union and humanity, We ar
raign them, their advisers, agents, apollo
glsts, supporters and accessories, either be-
fore or alter the fact, before the country
and the world. Not content with the COM
mission OF these crimes against the States
and people of the South, they have COM
bined in crusade against the Executive
department of the Government. and are
attempting to depose the Chief Magistrate
OF the Union for presuming to exercise the
functions of his office in accordance with
the established usage of the Government
from its organization to the time of the re-
moval of Stanton. In the language of Wen
dell Phillips, the great expounder of the
principles of the Republican party, Andrew
johnson stands in the way of the great idea
of that party, to-wit: the equality of the
races. '-. p
And it is because OF his loyalty to his
own race, his. devotion to the principles
upon which the Government was founded,
and his opposition to the forced equality of
the races, that this parry is now demanding
his removal from office. t 5As
That their pet scheme of forcing upon
not only the Southern States, but all the
States of this Union, their odious and
damnable heresy of Negro equality may sue
ceed, Blanche, Sweetheart Tray and all the
other bloodhounds of the party join in one
common howl that the President. who has
stood as firm as rock, against whom the
waves of fanaticism have lashed themselves
into a foam of fury, shall be impeached.
But why impeach Andrew johnson
for following the course laid down
and marked out by the ''martyred" Lin
coin? We have the sworn testimony of
General Grant that the first reconstruction
proclamation of President johnson was
drafted by the hand OF the sslate lamented'
himself. Yet they applaud the name of
Lincoln as one of their great political
idols. And if Grants testimony be true,
they curse johnson for following in his
footsteps. 'Oh! consistency thou art
jewell. They adopt greenback platform,
and In the same breath endorse as can
dldate for Vice President, the man who
says that any man who wants to pay off
the national debt in greenbacks is a Peai-
tentta'y Bird. This party that lives upon
spoiis and fattens upon corruption, thank
God, has about run its course.
The latest dispatches bring the glad
tidings that that the Impeachment farce is
about to close in the triumphant acquittal
of the President, and consequently in the
disgrace, dismay and deep political damna-
ton of the internal crew that, for the ac-
complishment of political ends, would dis
grace the American people and destroy the
last vestige of Republican Government,
and exult in the destruction of the liber-
ties of the people. ..s. 3
God grant that these tidings may prove
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