The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-21

were-but they are above the suspicion OF
Welding to any more sordid temptation. Mr..
Van Winkle did not determine on which slde
to cast his vote until two days before the YER
dict.
OF Mr., Fowler We have already stated that he
ves an early and apparently earnest advocate
of impeachment-th he found fault with the
failure Of the House to impeach IN December.
| Of Mr.. Henderson we forbear to speak for the
present. Mr. Ross succeeded in decely1ng even
bis colleague to the last. he attended meet
inp of the earnest supporters Of impeachment
at that colleagues house the evening before
the verdict. and was apparently one OF them
He has repeatedly declared that he should vote
g,1ilty on the eleventh and several other artl-
cles. Yet General Thomas Ewing, Jr., we learn,
knew, days ago. that he would vote not guilty
i il itshould be necessary. NO doubt Mr. boss
we are sure his most partial nieads Will agree
| with us that 1t is badly needed.
| Mr.. johnson remains in the White House.
The eleventh was deliberately, and we doubt
| not judiciously, selected as the article that
would command most votes. This falling, all
fail. There may be those who deem 1t wise
and we'll to admit senator's from the recon
structed States and fo-ce verdlct OF gulity
| by their votes but we cannot concur. II
might have been well to defer the impeach-
ljment until those States should be represented
| in the Senate; but, having initiated it, we
think it would not do to admit new senators to
| vote upon it after the testimony was token and
| the argument closed.
from the New York World, DemocratJ
1t is greatly to be'reerstte6 te6thaet the dignity
OF the station of geDeaalcg she Sr1tliss Of the
S5a Sntsa Ssss ssatss sy tss sssapsns
laboring to procure the political and partisan
convection Of his commander for pre-
tended and trumped up .high crimes and mis-
demeanors." General Grant was not bound to
defend the President, but be was in duty
bound to refrain from conspirhg'in political
outrage upon his superior officer. The code OF
honor among military MEN snouid nave held
him within such limits, even II his sense or
honor as q politician and man was no finer
than that Of the impeachers, with whom he
has been tuggtng. ;,
had two objects, ana is marked by. o double
baseness. It was vote, being judge, to profit
by his Judgment in getting brief occupancy
Of the White House.. 1t was also vote to get
| the use OF the White House patronage and
power in order to force his own nomination
| as Vice-President upon the Chicago Conven-
| tion. Now Grant is as certain that he will be
the Republican candidate for the Presidency as
| Wade was OF being the candidate for the Vice
| Presidency If he could but occupy the White
House till March, 1859. Therefore, Grants
| the political outrage OF impeachment are mo
whit cleaner, no whit less base than Wade's IN
this latter regard. Wade, besides that peou-
liar infamy as judge, which is all his own,
| conspired in partisan assault upon the e1ecu-
tive patronage and power in order to force upon
his own party his own; nomination as Vice
President. Grant industriously egged on the
impeachers to consummate their outrage in
order that the executive patronage and power
might be welded to solidify the military des-
potism au the South, and by fraud and violence
to force his own election upon the country as
| prao;dapt -. a..