Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-07-18

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90 nsDerv1s cnes rccrIved On the
szbgect O. impeachment AT Erss,
nearly all nv letters wese IN Con-
demnafiou, bat within the lass few
dsys perhaps, half are in approval
OF nv course In the midst Of the
storm Of abuse aud mis-rcpresesia-
ton poured fourth by rash, reckless.
and in many INSTANCES, unprincipled
politicians, l thought il idle to At
tempt to reason with them. feel
sure am right, and when the pas.
sion of the hour subsides, that shall
be able to satisfy all reasonable aud
fair-minded men that it was my duty
to decide according to my convic.
tions, whether they agreed with my
political friends or not. I was just
as well aware before voting as now,
that Andrew johnson was odious to
the country, and that probably nine
ty-ninc hundrcdths Of the Republi-
cans desired his removal but to be
convicted of high crimes and misdc-
meanors because tho party demand
cd it, when in my opinion no was
not shown to bc guilty Of them,
would have been monstrous. If
the prosecutors have the right to die
tate the verdict ard judgment, the
trial is a farce. No President who
disagrccs with Congress will hercaf.
ter be permitted to remain in Office,
ifsuch principle is to obtain or to
state tho case moro accurately, a ma
jority of tho House of Representa-.
tivcs, when two.thids of the Senate
agree with them politically, may at
any time remove President. That
tho Republican party has right to
demand tho conviction of the Presi-
dent is horrible, and the sense ofjus-
ticc Of tho nation will revolt at such
an idea when the passion of the hour
subsidies; and yet have received
numerous letters and kilograms tell
ing me that tho Republican party
demands the removal of the Presi-
dent. 1 do not believe it, unless the
tribunal appointed by the Constitu.
ton to try MIN believe him guilty Of
some crime or misdemcanor with
which he stands charged. IthiMk I
am right in coming to the conclusion
that no crime or misdemcanor justi-
fying impeachment was made out in
the case but if mistaken in this, I
must, of course, take the consequence
of my error Of judgment, but to
charge it as betrayal Of the party is
crucIly unjust. What is the admin
istration Of justice worth, when dc.
cisions are to be made, not according
to law and justice, but at tho dicta.
ton of political party, or even OF
the whole people. In newly settled
countries mobs and parties of regu-
latiom sometimes take the admins
tration of justice, into their own
hands, but who ever heard of mobs
requiring courts to execute their de-
crees. Tho stories about corruption
or improper motives influencing any
Republican to vote against convic.
ton are, Of course, false. All the
pressure, and it was very grcat-
moro than you know of-was on the
other side, a. an investigation II one
is ever had, will show. But for out
side pressure think no such vote -
IS could have been obtained Tor con-
victiou on the l1th sslicie. ! en-
dor.e q cnpy of NY opinion.
Very trsly. LrnAx TRrxDrlL