Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-22
Vote On tne Eleventh Article

Vote on the Eleventh Article
rhe senate of the United states as
sembled at noon on Saturday last and
voted on the eleventh article Of inn
peachndent with the following result:
For eonvietinn-Messrs. Anthony,
Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conk-
ling, CONFESS, Curbett, Cragin, Drake
Edmunds, Ferry, Ereiinghuyssnr Har-
Ian, Howard Howe Morgan, Morriils
, of Maine Morrill,, Of Vermont, Morton,
Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Spr cue,
stewart, Sumner, Ihayer, Iiptonp Wade
Wiley, Williams, Wilson aud Yates.
For aequittal- -Adessrs. Bayard, IBucka-
lew, Davis Dixon, DOoittle, Fessenden,
Fowler, Grimes, Henderson, Hend ricks,
johnson, AIcCreery, Norton, Patterson
OF Tennessee, Ross, salisbury, I1um-
bull, Van Wlnkle and Vickers.
Yeas 35, Nays 10.
Fhirtv-siX votes being necessary for
conviction it failed, it viii be seen, by
ono Uote. Senator Ross, Of Kansas,
bears the responsibility Of having gone
over to johnson at the last moment and
cast that vote The detection OF Fes-
sender, Fowler, Grimes, Henderson,
TrumbuII and Van Wrinkle created 10
surprise, as it bad been already antiei-
pated by the colulry; but Ross had al
lowed himself 10 be understood as IA
vorimg Johuson's removal, and had re-
peatedIy declared to Senator Pomeroy
and others that he would vote for con
Fiction on the first, second, third, eighth
aud eleventh articles. His vote tbere-
fore creates the greatest surprise and
Il nd
constituents, who implicitly cons de
in hiin as a true man whom no influence
could win over TO the perfdiuus crimi-
nal arraigned a the bar Of the Senate.
But not less is the re .nai1e disap-
pofntment in respect t. the other recu-
SAINT Senators, On the 21st of February
las sch Of them had under the solemn
obligations of his oath, voted that ''un-
der the constitution and laws ofthe Uni
ted States the President has no power to
remove the Secretary of War and desig-
nate some other officer to perform the
duties ofthat of1ce ad interim, and It is
not necessary to say that but for this
vote articles ofimpeachment would not
have been preferred. Not one Of these
senators had voted against the reselu-
tioa refusing To concur in JOhnson's
reasons for suspending stanton from
office. Nearly all voted Tor the Office
tenure law, and some Of them had been
its special champions. Senator Fowler
had 0oEuaearlLy and in the strongest
terms urged impeachment upon the
House Committee, declaring to themthat
so relief could be given the Union men
0f the South until johnson should be
tnpeached and removed. The country
had every reason to expect that these
men would be true at least to their re-
cord, if not to the confidence of their
constituency and the just expectations
. Of - lover of liberty in the civiliz-
ed l.
OF course there IS a possibility that
they have acted from honest motives
and praiseworthy determination to do
impartial justice. But in a case 50 clear
and where there is so much Of principle
and of the vital interests Of the country
at stake this hypothesis requires a
stretch of charity. Il is nothing new
that the selfishness, ambition and ieal-
ousy Of men should prove stronger than
their reason, and it Is well known thai
Andrew johnson holds in bis hands
many a glittering temptation. That un-
worthy means have been used to secure
his acquittal is freely charged, but upon
this subject candor compels us to re-
serve our judgment.
The recusant Senators are objects OF
TIE severest censure tIom all parts OF
the country, and this IS n7t~rsl. The
majority of the people had made up
their mind that Andrew IOa1s33 was
guilty, and that the interests of the
country demand his removal. II the
defeat of this consummations so odeYou;ly
wished by an overwhelming majority
of Republicans in the Senate and our
Of it had not provoked the most pro-
found indignation, the lovers Of liberty
and good governmenthadb been less than
human. The vast majority who have fs,-
vored impeachment and demanded re-
movaI cannot stuItify themselves by
justifying the course of the pitiful mi
nor'iy who have 6e eated it.
The Senate has postponed it's vote ur-
on the other ten articles until Tuesday
next, and there is a chance that john
son may yet he impeached and remov-
ed. But the vote on the eleventh arti-
Gle does not leave much room to hope.
There is one way, however, by which
this grievous wrong may be righted.
and that rests with the people. It is
for them to impeach and remove An
drew johnson at the ballot box next
November. We have always had more
faith in this than any other method and
we believe the grand tribunal of the
American people is one which no dem
Rgogue however cunning or powerful,
can corrupt. Before that we arraign
this faithless trickster and confidently
demand for him that justice which the
Senate has denied. Those whom The
people have trusted have been false to
their confidence and their wishes and
impeachment has proven q futile rene-
dy against a wicked and designing
President. Yet there remains the no
less peaceful and constitutional RENE.
dy Of the ballot and in that we have
the utmost faith. The disgrace OF be-
ing impeached and removed by thirty
six millions Of people is infinitely great
ar than that of being impeached by
thirty-six Senators. Even that shame
and that justice, though tardy, not un-
sparing, we firmly believe awaits
''the greatest criminal of the age.y-
The right shall yet prevail and the
wrong be rebuked and punished. Cop
perheads and renegades may rejoice.to-
day in the triumph Of their prototype,
but their exultauon viii be short lived.
Though the mills OfGOd grind slowly, vet
they grind exceeding small:
Though with patience he stands waiting.
with exactness grinds he all. .
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