The Hickman courier., 1868-05-09
what After the impeachment

/ The Impeachment trial IS drawing 10
close. \ week or ten days more will
decide whether Andrew Johnson is to be
expelled from the Presidency and Ben
/ Wade put in his place.
Assuming that this will be so, what
will follow? This is question of great
/ interest 80 far as Keatucky Is coueern-
ed. ana we are not entirely without some
( forcShalowings on the subject. The
i Lexington Statesman, the organ OF Rad
+ icalism in Keutucky, ,hus speaks
=. II Mr. Made succeeds Mr.. Johnson,
F he will most sssuredly aid the Radicals
OF this State iu.-exeouting the Law. Now
tT1T ~ sEs ~ ~ 9il
/ Constitution shoald be announced a.
adopted, and to BE- part OF the Consti
tuition of ;he United States. Immediately
"a conspiracy VIII be entered into be
tween tbs Radicals Of Kentuck and Said
/ President to sec that said slnendmcnt j.
obcyei. Ii it forbilS any cue from
heiding oiiiee. and su,.h a enc j. found in
4 Office IN kentueky. he viii have 70 va
cate it. Ii it diSsgualiies any one from
holding effice, such one will not be
allowed to take possession of any Office
that he may be elected to-
This leaves bat little room FOR doubt
as to what programme Is mapped out for
Kentucky. The various Offices in the
State, Federal. city end county, offer an
inviting field to hanrry Rsaicals, and
,hey are even now frantic in their yorac
( ity. But that our readers may see fully
what is meant. We copy the 18th amend
meat to the Constitution referred to Icy
the Staie> me-: 1t Is as follows
lara co f,rrTiexAl Aaaspxsvr
Sec. }. Ne person shall be Senator
or Representative IN Congress, or elecior
OF President and Wee President. or hold
any Office, civil or military. under the
United States, or under any snse, who
having previously taken an oath =, a
member of Congress; or - an officer Of
the United States, or as member ct any
State Legislature. or as an executive q.
judicial ofheer OF any State. TO support
the Constitution o! tie United States.
shall have engaged in insurrecticn or ie-
bellion against the same, or given aid or
comfort to the enenGe- thereof But
Congress may, by a vote of two-thirls OF
each House, remove such disability"
Ii Is true that this amendment has not
yet been declared passed, but Congress
viii not long delay TO declare it paSsed
when Ben. Wade Is once installed in the
White House. nor will Wade long with
hold his vengeance from Kentucky. And
more =. e.is5e ,3a,,lr., ala % aseonplsh this the
and the whole South. bin will be pass
Ell through Congress inficting heavy
pains and penalties upon any man in the
South Who dares to accept or hold Office.
whom the Radicals may look upon as
" disloyal," or as coming within the pro-
vision of the 18th Amendment
To show how keen the Radicals are
on the scent, they have already In Wash
ington a list Of al persons holding the
higher Offices ia kcatacky ,ohon tLey
took upoa as dislogal In this list Is
included many of the State and Federal
officers, Judges. Electors, and all those
holding the best paying offices, as well
as those who are candidates for ofiec.
Among the spotted, are some Pa
duehans, and many throughout this dis
iriet. As matter of course every Con-
federate soldier will fall under the ban
but the prescription will be sweeping.
and will include nearly every Democrat
in the Sts.e-especially every Que who
holds orNnpts 20 get an Office.
We have been asked whether the
Radicals will probably 20 to the extent,
in Kentucky. of attempting 10 disfran-
ehiSe the whites and give the right Of
suffrage TO the blacks? We think not |
That would be CARVING n,..tfers n little
too far, at least for the present. They /
have no warrant in law for such an act. i
aud the Presidential election is too close /
at hand for them to attempt so gross an
outrage. They may. however, upon the /
plea OF anticipated opposition to carry
ing the l4th amendment into effect, fll /
the State with soldiers, and thus attempt I
to alarm and oycraNc the people aud pre-