New-York tribune., 1868-05-05
HOW THEY EXPECT no UJy

before j
son, the Senate voted-every Republican con-
curring-that the said Johnson, in attempting
to oust Edwin NJ. Stanton from the War Depart
ment with full notice that the Senate was
innexibly opposed to his removal, had
acted in fragrant violation of the
law. The House having united in that
conclusion and thercupOn impeached the cul-
prit, the question naturally rises to every lip,
"How can those who voted him guilty in
February vote him innocent in May7 Did
"they not understand the law which they
themselves had passed. Were they mistaken
Gas to the facts9 And, if they were mistaken
"with regard neither to the law nor the facts,
chow can it be even hoped that they will vote
"that white to-day which they voted black
"yesterdayW
There are whispers in the air OF private
letters from certain Senators to Mr.. Johnson,
seeking for appointments, &c, which he now
holds in terrOrem over the heads of the writers,
threatening to publish the documents if those
writers respectively should vote him guilty.
We cannot believe that there is enough in this
to shake a single Republican Senator.
There remains just one resOurce-Bribery-
and the Whisky thieves now dcfrauding the
revenue at the rate of at least One Million per
week can well afford to pay Ten Millions to
keep Andrew Johnson where he is, and thus
secure impunity in their nefariOus but luCra
tive craft for the next ten months. Their net
profit on the investment would be nearly
Thirty Millions beside the pardons by which
they and their kinsmen, the counterfctcrs of
our National Currency, have already SO largely
tnH Nn fhot t,yn
classes of earnest Johnsonites would raise the
money if they were sure that it would
serve their turn. Hence, we are not surprised
to find printed conspcuousy in The World
letter which says
"The commerce and OF this city alone
vast too VITAL to withstand the threatened shock and
becomes business men, holders of property. and all VINO
have present or prospective interest In the prosperity
the city and the country, to make investment
which will avert the ruin that will certainly follow the
overthrow of this Government proposed In the elc
va,i0n Of Wade TO the Presidency Let the OF
wealth In this city, without regard To party assemble at
sufficient sum-ten millions OF dollars need beto buy
favorable verdict There IA Radical Senators whose
terms OF Office expire In 1862 Beyond that time. they
Of political position; 80 far they know now,
they certain Of no paying place Surely rs many
each i hand Hdn ~ raI for the uncertainty 0f 5000
once by and bH LEI Hs b,y her ros at her och price
when we consider the commercial and pecuuary inter
ess u stake in this city alone. ten millions now mere
trfe in comparison Let MS buy the verdict which Is 80
vital 10 the interests OF this city,
The pretensc that any Republican would
give money to defeat Johnson's conviction is
an impudent fraud. Stand at the corner of
Ann-st. or Wall-st. and Broadway this morn
ing, and take the vote of every man who passes
for and against such conviction, aud there will
be exactly so many votes for conviction as
there shall pass Republicans to vote-not one
less How the Democrats would vote we do
not say-many Of them might not vote at all
but we presume most Of those who voted at all
would vote to acquit, just as IA libcrtinc feels
bound in honor to protect, even 10y falsch0od,
the reputation of his victim. Says ByTOn's
GiaOur,
" Her tfeachcry was truth 20 me-
and those who have prolitcd 10y JOlnsOn's per-
fidy may do their best to screen linn from his
just deserts. Apart from this, his situation ex-
cites no friendly interest awaiens no throb of
compassion. The steadiness-buoyancy, even
of the Stock Market, the appreciation of the
Public Credit attest that his expulsion from
the Presidency will lift load of anxiety and
apprehension from the National heart. 1t will
hasten the closing mp of Reconstruction and
the return of prosperity and harmony. May
its advent be speedy and certain