The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-09-19
. HOLE IN THE slsY boutwell,.
Amusing iteminIsconcc OF Andrew
JohnsOn's Impeachmrnt Irial

"A correspondent writes the New
York Sun rs folloEs
Among thu crauks ana chronic kick.
ers assG Gmblel st the unLl-imperialist
convention at Indianapolis, tlere was
only one who trOm his previous record
seemed worthy OF any consideration ut
the hands of ItepublcBnS George S.
Boutwell, had formerly some title To tho
character of Is leader in that p.gty,
having been Republican member OF
Congress, com missioner O! Internal rev
enuc, Secretary Of the Treasury under
Grant aud UGited States Senator from
Massachusetts. III retired from bubble
life IN 1877 aud his record is little
known to the younger men OF this gen.
Grafton.
but all Sepublicacs whether young
or U!d, VIII read with regret or amaze
meht tie following statements from
ht5 opening address a. lndiepapolls.
quote from verbatim report.
When we entered the PhilipDipes
II Was an additional menace TO tho
Cnlnese empire, and has led TO tue
reVo'uti0n IN China put the IN is.
sion&rles and amba atOrs in peri! ut
their lives. Instead of being Is iortu.
nate circumstance, the facs that we
we're In the Philippines was the chief
occasion OF the revolution in China"
Jhe7e allegations are SO at variapca
with ali known facts and presumptiOus,
SLaL ask my candid countrylnau II a
indu capable Uf formulating them is not
y victim OF monomauia a ana his further
remarks unworthy Of consideration by
reasonable men.
Such wild and whirliug words at
the advanced age of 81 might be attri
bated TO senile demantia, were Is not
that on former occasion, thlrty-two
| years ago, Mr.. Boutwell, exhibited hlnt.
sell as monOmaniac on the subject of
tEc crimes OF Andrew Johneon, Prlsi-
dent OF the UDited States. He WA, one
OF the managers on behalf OF the Ii use
OF Representative in the ,mpCaCitne,t
trial Of the President ncfOre the Son
ute, and the following is q vcrhn,i!p
| extract from his argumen, for the
! prosecution.
| - travellers and astronomers inform
us that III the southern heavens, near
the southern cross, there Is y vacant
space which the uncducatel CHI ghe
hole in the sky, wLerG INC eve OF man,
Nth the aid OF tho powers OF the tg.,
scOpe, has been enabled to discover n >.
huia, or asteroid, planet, or star, or sun
In that dreary, cold, dark region oi
space, which ls only known to be less
titan Infinite by the evidence OF urea.
celestial mcChaDi ism has Loft thc cnAus
which was Ia lLe beginning. ii THE
earth %erc capable OF the Sentiments
ard emotions OF justice and Virtue
which in human mortal beings ara ,hC
evidence and pledge OF our divine 0, /.
gin and immortal destiny, it won d
heave and thrOe with the energy OI
tic elemental forces OF nature anu prU.
j2ct this enemy Df two races Ol men
INTO that vast region, thCr, furevlr &c
exist IN " solitude eternal as ne, or
@s the absence Of life, 9mblcmatical Of
II not really, that outer darkness OF
which the Saviour Of man spoke in
warning to those who are tho enemies
Oi themselves, Of their race anu O
their God"
Andrew Johnson mad his fnuits, Do.l
personal anu oillGial, Chi,lly arising
however, from his bibulous propensi
ties; but the only thing proved agalost
him during the course OF q llnL 3ut
elaborate trial was few iuaiscren'
speeches in which he attacked certain
members OF Congress ny namc, and ht
was properly acquitted In the face O
the partisan clamOr for his conviction
His personal ana Official integrity VA,
never successfully impcachcd. Ii < con
viction on such trivial charges, it i.
now admitted by all candid men, wou l
have sadly weakened the executive ant
, Geait "a deadly blow at our form OF poy
crnruent.
These arc The historical facts an,
now consider tho picture OF this MAJ
es drawn by Boutwell,. Here we hav,
poor old Andrew johnson portrayed al
q erin nal so collOssai in bis evil char
acter that his Only fitting punishmen al
WAS to be projected by u convulsior O
nature into u hole in the sky" Ir
the records of crazy and eXtrayapan
rhetoric this igure probably has never
been tqualed. Can anything ba con
ceived NOR ridiculous, pre- DOS tcro n
or absurd |. can only be litly casr.
acteriHad as the product OF diseased
: imagination, the melancholy maGae 3.
! OF poetry without It's Inspiration, 4" uuC
the result of pure mOn0mania.
Among the brilliant array OF couns e
who def cd the President on thai
memorable occasion was William NJ
Evartsi himself net unknown 20 fame
IL was not to oe expected ,hat he won lo
allow this exhibition of himsclf by the
honorable manager pass Without It's
ting commentary. | have ,u.iyd
from his closing argument his cX e0rj :,
tiOn OF Boutwell,, which hope ycu VIII
print for tie deiectstUn OF your read
ers. In my opinion it is one OF TIC
finest specimens Of tho WIT Tor winch
Evarts he's long been noted:
Truly, this ls u great undertaking:
aud II tDe learned manager caI o4ly
gcs over the obstacles Cf the iaws OF pa.
thre, the constitution will rot 5,I,d IN
his way. He can cOntrive no method
but that OF Is convulsiOn Of the earth
that shall project the deposed Presi.
dent to this infinitely distant space: b If
} n shock Of nature OF go vast an enerpv
and for 80 great result on him mighl
unsettIc even tnc footing uf Luo firm
/ member, Of Congress. We certainly
reed not resort to so perilous method
as that. How shall wc accomplish Il .
! Why, In the fret place, nobody knows
! where the space is but the learned man.
ager himself, and he ia the necessary
J deputy to execute the judgment OF the
court. Laughter
! Lot 1t then be provided that in ca ,e
OF your sentence Of deposition nnu re-
mOval from Office the honorable and
astronomical manager Shall take into
! his own hands tho execution OF the
sentence. With the President made
fast TO his strong and broad ahouIdere
and, having already essayed tho ilight
by imag gination, better prepared tnsn
anybody clee to execute II In form,
taking tae advantage Of ladders rs FAR
as ladders will go to the top OF this
great capitol, and spurning then with
his foot the crest Of liberty, let him
set out upon his flight, aughterI while