Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-01

ed views, by the stern show of his power
and authority he awed the timid and over
bore the weak.
These, sirs, we have manifested, If by
our proof we have made aught manifest.
And to all this what does he replye That,
though his acts were bad, his motives were
good; that though his course was unlaw
full, his heart was well meaning; that he
trampled on the law in order that he might
uphold the law; that he disregarded his
oath, the better to enable him to keep it.
When we ask him why he set aside the
law Of the land, he replies that it was be-
cause it was opposed to the Constitution
of the land and when we again inquire
as to the Constitution of the land, we are
assured that it is his prerogative to con-
strue it even in violation Of the laws OF
the land. Have stated this beyond the
line of his defense Have wronged him
by one unjust description of his conduct
or his claim? If not, shall this state of
things longer exist? Shall we snap the
chains that bind us, or continue in them
longer? Shall we vindicate the law, or
crouch at the usurper's frown? Shall we
vindicate to-day the principle that under
lies the very foundation of this Govern
ment, or allow the laws to be trampled
under foot at the will of every tyrant?
In your hands, as wisely provided by
the character of our liberties, this offender
against the Constitution, the laws, liberty,
peace and public decency of our country,
is now left to be finally and in the name of
the people, we humbly trust, disposed of
forever, in such manner as no more to
outrage the memories of an heroic and IL
| lustriOus past, nor dim the hopes, expecta-
tioy,o onH rrlOrioS IF tkn cnminp fltJlra
| Let us, we implore you no more hear has
resounding footballs in the temple of Ameri-
can constitutional liberty, nor have the
sells of the ark of the covenant of our
| fathers polluted by, his unholy hands. Let
not the blood of half million OF heroes
who went to their deaths on the nations
battle-felds for the nations life cry from
| the ground against US on account of the
crimes permitted by rs, and committed by
him whom we now leave in your hands.
| = His great aim and purpose has been to
subvet law, ,usurp, authority, insult and
outrage Congress, reconstruct the rebel
States in the interests of treason, insult
the memories and @resting-places of our
heroic dead; outrage the feelings and
deride the principles of living men who
aided in saving this Union, and deliver all
| snatched from wreck and ruin into the
handsof unrepentant, butby him pardoned,
traitors. But all honor to the servants Of
a brave and loyal people, he has been, in
| strict conformity to the Constitution, ar
rested in his career of crime, impeached,
arraigned, tried, and awaits your sentence.
We are not doubtful of your verdict. An
drew johnson has long since been tried by
| the whole people and found guilty, and
you can but confirm that judgment already
| pronounced by the sovereign American
| people 49,. s..t,;.,,
| ,ltHenceforth our career Of greatness will
be unimpeded. Rising from our baptism
of fire and blood, purified by our sufferings
and trials under the approving smiles of
Heaven, and freed, as we are, from the
crimes of oppression and wrong, the patriot
heart looks outward and onward for long
and ever-increasing national prosperity,
virtue and happiness