The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-21
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AF
a,, the high crimes and misdemean-
'" ,f ANDREW JOHNSON are the canse
',I ~; .ttrmpted removal. The impress
" : false. His displacement is a
~ ~, necessity. Neither law nor JUS
.,rr held to require bis imPeaeh-
meut.
Had ne violated the law, there would
h,rp no occasion to prostitute
,Lm CArrrER's Court and prevent
=, supreme Court from vindicating
~. Inv. nor would we have had any
,~.e,mly cougratulation of that Judge
s. .asnking the President" and deny
the higher judiciary au opportunity
lass upou the merits of the case. A
,.,,.f that the President had violated
law aud that the SupreDe Court
mid 50 declare, impelled the impeaeh-
r., to avoid its decision. =
If impeschment wero measure OF
;,s,ic,, face from The impress of passion
and malice, there would have been no
Jsnia, 10 tie President of time and OPP
,,r,unity for preparing his defence.
There wonld haye been no ferieus de-
,osrd for Immediate trial; there would
b,,,b b,cn no such suspicious and mad
,.r.d haste. as would disgrace the low
..tCorrt, did it so arraign the nleanest
criminal. .....
legitimate roceediug, conducted
nc inst and impartial men, sacrifices no
5nitv. deScends TO no trickery, and
H,pIays no violence. 1t. is only the
S..r Chamber class of tribunals that
,rs swift to shed blood; 50 swift that
indecent prccipitancy confesses the in
uaItY If the act. .-
ANDREW JOHNSON stsndsin the way
a, the Radical party. Let him capitu-
late on Monday. and forswear his oPpo
,lliou to Congressional reconstruction
and All kindred denominations, and his
argnittal would follow as surely rs
night follows day. There is not can
did, well.informed Republican in tue
country, who does not know that the
Presidents surrender to Congress wsuld
make bis sins as white as wool. What
then i Dis trial but a partisan proceed
ing, born of partisan necessity and
urgrG upon partisan grounds -..~.
The Indications point to the Presi-
dents removal. In these we do not in
rude ;he innumerable statements now
a,,I.ng the press, to the effect that MIR.
JouXSoS'S counsel despair of his acquit.
,Al Such stuff is merely manufactured
10 make the President appear rs plead
my guilty in advance of the trial.
More reliable evidence is drawn from
tie Consequences of failure to inn
peach. IfANDREw JOHNSON is not con-
yIrlrd hy the Senate, the result will he
ruuous to Radicalism, and none knew
it better than the judges in
the high old Court" The American
people will hold to a fearful accOust
!he men and party that would hinder
important legislation, obstruct public
business, and leopard the cOuntry's best
interests by attempting the impeach-
inca; JE the President on c0nfessedly
insufficient grounds. The ssccess OF
the moS ement might command the ap-
proyal Of the bulk of the Radical party,
but its failure would insure its con
drwnation by both friends and foes.
tie actual merits of the case, we take
it, will have littlr tn do in determining
the course of the impeachers. When
SUMNER can utter congratulations upon
the prospect Of decision which he Is
TO aid IN rendering, and when BEN.
WADE will mature, in advance, his course
aS JomNsoN's successor, when his ewn
vote is to help determine whether he
shall succeed, we conclude that the
stainless impartiality and freedom from
bias on the part of the judges are neith'
er striking nor reliable.
To expect the aequittal Of JOHNSON
is 10 expect that the Radical party will
convict itself of all the crimes with
which it stands charged. 1t arraigns
JOHNSON because he would not partici'
pate in those crimes. He would not ar
rest aud imprisOn citizens without tria
and without defence. He would moi
make freedonl of speech punishable
offence, and latter day loyalty" test
OF citizenship. He woald not help to rol
Ten Of the States of their representati'l
in Congress. He would not erect mil
itsry despotiSm in the South, and pnilt
up at the point of the bayonet a batct
Of nigger States in that section
calling the process of Africaniza
tiou. the guarantee of Republican
forms of Government. He would not
"repudiate the Constitution" ii,
would not sanction the FreedmenIi
Bureau swindle for pampering blaeE
Lazaroni aud plundering the people
lie would not disfranchise white met
because of their complexion, AID
then make rulers and legislators ou'
Of numb-skull negroes, i'll order t6
have mo distinction on account OF
race or color" He would not
rob the treasury, destroy business, par
slyze industry. stafxe the white labor
ing classes, shaekle the people, SCI
aside the laws, abolish the Courts, sub
vert the Government, make Congress
supreme, and guarantee that suprem
aey "by reducing the highest race il
the world to the servitude of the low
est thereby barbarizing one-third o.
tue Union and running the remainder
He has "obstructed reconstruction
by refusing to aid in these high crimes
against the country and against civili
zatiOu. Whenever the Radical part!
acknowledges that he was right in tha