Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-04-22

Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens, was excl
ted over Johnson's policy" as he called
it. It was his abuse ofthe party patron
age which was the upforgiven sin, He had
disobeyed an act Of Congress, of doubtful
validity, taking away from him tho power
to make ada Interim appointments, or those
made between sessions of Congress. This
was challenge to every member. of Con-
gress in the regular caucus ranks that off
might come the heads Of his postmaster
his revenue officials, Ais clerks, and his
brothers in law. AsI do not care for any
| body's brother-in-law, or any clerk, or any
postmaster, aud knew that in many cases
johnson could make no worse appointments
than were made, began to have objections
to defacing the gallery of chief magistrates
and confirming huge historic scoundre / for
any such customary piece Of tyranny. As
the Republican Congress had refused to
give US descent and permanent civil SER
vice, though backed up by every good
Republican in the land, saw no special
right they had to make a transient civil
service for thcr own uses, and say that their
President should not be as unjust ruflian
as they. l said this, and was at once
kicked out of the party. This gave me no
concern. I had been kicked on paper
good many times, and, as the king Of Italy
remarked, "an excommunicatinn could ex.
cite no terror in man alrcsdy certain to
60 to hell" So | said to a very amiable
and able senator: 'f"t
"What is the use of this trial 2 You
have simply fallen into your own snare.
You nominated Mr.. johnson at Baltimore,
and must take your misfortune with phil
osophy." ~
"Oh," said he, "had he been elected by
the other party we shouldn't have i'm
peached him. We have right to i'm
peach our own President, because he is a.
renegade, and party renegade is also a
renegade to his country"
God help us !" l said. "Then VIC
shall have but party in this country,
if nobody can go out it. The Vice.
President whom you chose prior to John.
son, Mr.. Hamlin, left the Democratic party
to come to ours. Besides, how can you
hold these views and sit in that jury of
impeachment, sworn to impartial justice z"
ooh" he replied you can't construct a.
Senate of politicians into court" Il
I sat there, during all those gala weeks.
and saw this caucus jury sit upon the term
ola President, elected by the direct electors
of the people. saw the anxiety of every
member ofthe House to make speech on
the subject. l saw the picked managers
of Congress borne down in dignity, learn
ing, and eloquence by the attorneys of the
people, some of whom we had never heard
of by name. AS the trial drew near its
end, and it was manifest that Congress
had not made case before the Senate,
I heard the low. awful mutter of bafiled
placemen, saying, "Who cannot perjure
himsc!fin that Senate must perish saw
the great party newspapers, like the Mis-
souri, Democrat, which has since leaped
widest fron the party track, come down
from their towers and gaieways amongst
the politicians, and cry, " Right or wrong,
he who cannot vote for Mr.. Johnson's
conviction may as well understand that his
public life is DONE"
And, amidst that howl and hiss of fac
ton, the like of which I never beheld on
any battle field of the war--for it was the
camp followers saw the doomed seven
stand in the focus of hate, and say the
calm, judicial words, not guilty!