The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-04-08
IMPEACHMENT.

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The Impeachment trial oofs the
fresldents for alleged malfeasance. in
rs now onthc second week, and
50 far IS the kilograms have commu-
nicated, there has been but little
progress. Ben. Butler, the prince of
spoon thieves, in. the opening of the
trial, delivered a frothy speech, four
hours in length, in which he charged
all sorts of delinquency and crime
against the President.
Butler 10 certainly a fit accuser Of
the President. It resembles the an
cient Observation-Disclosures sin.
Butler. Stevens, Ben MeadeFSumner
and Bingham r frenzied to mad
ness. because the President had suf-
icient independence to protest
against the reyengcfpl measures in:
auguratea by shens 10 srapslezVWn
and crush ont the white -mliilons OF
the south, that negro equality and
negro political supremacy might De
brought about. ;
When the President declined to
endorse end ca rry out the bloody
and t~yranlical programme of.the
ultra party in G ongress-measures
-Sere Immediately taken to deprive
him of his coiofainate authority un-
der the constitution as one OF the
departments of the government
To .this.end, the sTenpre 2 I ofnes
.se2eaNed, waspagssd q oo
tjeet of which was to deprive TN
President of the power to name t. =
members of his own cabinet, or to
remove, or designate for removal,
any member Of the same.-any civil
offices. under the administration or
any army officer without reference
tosthe number ofSfrauds or financial
populations that might take place =
The President returned the bill with
a veto, in which he set forth its an
constitutionality, and its injustice to
the chief magistrate. The bill was
promptly put through, over the veto,
and vigorous measures taken tofen'
force it.
7lEhe President Acquiescedfor The
tam+b-ing, but aT Tre-sam--tf1He
declared his purpose, at an early day
to bring the question before the Su
preme court for adjudieation- -
accomplish this object, he removed
Mr.. Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary Oh
War, the man who aided in drawing
up the message pronouncing that
law unconstitutional. This consti-
tutes the sum Of his offehding,9-the
objectionable sin.
It has been known for along time
that Stanton was not in accordswith
the President. and was acting as a
spy for Stevens and his reyolutiona-
Iry band. No man of self respect
and dignity would have remained
for a moment in the cabinet under
the circumstances. But Stanton,
stolid, bulLheaded, tyrannical in all
his acts, was the very man for the
place. He is the R~obespierre ofthe
radicals.
The arraignment of the. president
is therefore, purely political. His
whole offence consists in disagree
ing with Stevens and his crew, and
for this, they propose to Gust hiII
from Office, and place one of tn,
conspirators in his place.
- Mr.. Chase has shown some indi
cations of fairness in this trial, ant
we trust, for the dignity of a bencl
that was adorned by a Marshal
and Tanney, he will continue to hold
the scales of justice in even balance
for ey en- a Eighwayman or a muir
deref, uHder our laws is entitled t.
a fair and impartial trial-before hi
icountrymen.
This case is one of the most i'm
: portant, since the days of Ware
: Hastings; for it will form a prect
dent for all future time. If Coz
gress can dictate, and force a cab
net on the President that is not i
d accord with him in political sent
ment, now is the time to know i
In a few years, it may be the priv
,e lege of the democracy to give a r.
publican President "a Democrat
7iCabinet /? How. would that worl
Ell Messrs. republicans!
d. This is purely a republican qua
d rel and we propose to let that pa
. ty, and the President fight it out,
y THE PRESIDENCY,