The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-02-28
ANDREw JoHEsoN.

impe3ehed of high crimes and lnlsae-
meanors in Office within the next thirty |
iiays. Something may intervene to save
him, but the probabilities are all against
him. We were not much of an advo-l
cate for Impeachment when thatremedy
was advised before, but it now seems
that there is not only no room to doubt |
the propriety of the measure, but that |
il is actually demanded at the hands of
Congress. Mr.. Johnson's bold and de-
faint contempt of law has forced Con- |
gress to take the step, and having
entered upon it, they must go through
with it, and that quickly. We want to
see the work of impeaching the Presi-
dent done calmly, peacefully and accor-
ding to law-done in manner common
surate with the awful responsibility of
the step. Let it be done firmly and de-
terlninedly. Let no demagogue cry
frightcn any from duty. This is no
time for fiinching or favoritism-no
time for halfway men.
In a few days Andrew johnson will
step aside from public life, and sink in
to obscurity, hated and despised by the
American people. Not even his own
party will honor him, or regret that he
has gone. He has been an injudicious
man for the Democracy. No man can
politician, who is guided, III the admin
istration of law, by miserable spite
toward those who oppose or differ with
him, and the removal of such men from
positions of influence is always hailed
with joy by the party he belongs to. So
it Will be with the feeling of the mass
of Democrats toward Johnson. They
did not even mention him in any con-
ncction in the proceedings of the meet
ing of their National Committee held at
Washington since the present trouble
commenced. He having been party
traitor, of course the Democracy have
had no confidence i'll him.
When we think w hat Andrew John
son might be to-day VIC are the more
surprised at what he is. Entering upon
the discharge of the Presidential office
n little less than three years ago. havins
the confidence of the people to back
him, and every prospect before
him for continued political pros
perity, he has, from the start, gone con
trary to the dictates of sound Judgment
moral honesty and common sense, unit
{, to-day he stands criminal at the ba
of the United States-Seuate. five lool
, into his history for the past three year
. to find the reason for his eXtrordinar,
: course, it seems TO us that no conclusion
= can be arrived at but that he was guided
9 by an evil and corrupt heart, and by
ficndish ambition to trample everythin!
under foot that crossed his path. Tn
mans natural and original depravity
, together with the evil spirits who hav
been his advisers, to large extent, hav
led him on the downward road, until h
has about reached the bottom of tn
laddop.
His first step, after entering upon tn
discharge of the duties of his Office, wa
to wilfully turn his back upon the part,
that placed him i'll power, and his ever,
, step since has been II stab at some prom
inent member or measure of the part,
5 to whom he owed his place. Had SOM
: out-and-out sccessionist been elevated
: in his stead, he could not and would no
+ have gone more contrary to the aim
l and doctrines of tile party than MI
: Johnson has. In fact, he has persistent
ly been the friend and co-labOrer of TIL
, worst species of unsubdued rebellion
at the south.
p cit is very long lane that has III
!, turn" and Mr.. johnson has probabl.
been brought abruptly to the end of hi
course of Ruin and Reaction. The PEG
pie have submitted calmly, biding tin
, time that would rid Progress and Hu
} mainly of the burden. Their patienc
is certainly worthy of commentator
Congress has continually had to checl
him, and to do this has been compelled
2 to pass laws which would not other
G wise have been enacted. The Presiden
who imagincs he has been playin:
the Jackson-had come to think he hat
! nothing to do but spit upon those laws
= He is now brought into the position o
= the animal that undertook to resist
. locomotive, and we sincerely hope til
r, result will be the removal of the oh
o struction, so that we may now GO o.
: and restore the country in peace an
harmony. This dcvoutly wished-fo
4 and prayed-for consummation woul
r have been reached long ago had MI
= Johnson aided instead of using all til
: power and influence of his position t
; hinder it.
Andrew johnson, the country cheer
fully performs its last duty toward yo
S by burying you into an everlasting gul
i of infamy and contempt, where you wi
: never be heard of again until the resuI
II rection morn, and then only to receiv
n that last terrible sentence, ''depart int
s everlasting darkness Take your plac
: by the side of Tyler, Buchanan, Pierce
and the rest of the evil doors.
!. Miles O'Reily is democrat, but h
endeavors to be an honest one. lie thu
0 speaks of General Grant and his habits
c ut is altogether probable, SO far as
: can now see, that the Citizen may b
t obliged to oppose the election of Gen
i eral Grant, in consequence of the plat
: form upon which the, Radicals are en-
dcavoring TO place him /; but it is no par
ofthe Democratic creed, as it was laugh
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