Year: 1868




Presidey s acts in the appointment Of Provisional
Govern Jrs for the Southern States, and the unau-
thorv ed payment from the government funds and
the unlawful transfer Of government property to
" ose ofcers and the unwarrantabe sale and trans
of public property to certain parties In the South
These articles II is said, will be presented to the
House to-day, not as coming from tire Board OF
Managers but by the individuals who drew them up.
Great doubts exist as to whether the House will have
anything more to do with preferring articles of i'm
peachment against the President.


Bonds Of n National Bank Declared For


feited.


The Comptroller OF the Currency has declared the
bonds to secure circulation deposited with the United
States Treasurer by the National Bank of vicksburg
Miss, forfeited to the government that bank having
failed to redeem It's notes.


Receipts from Gard Specimens Of National


Currency.


General Spinner United States Treasurer, reports
that he has received from the printing division 22l1
card shields containing specimens of the national rac
tional currency, OF which number there has been
sold and shipped to different parts of the world 961
cards, which has produced revenue toahe government
Of s,s24.


Army Orders.


Special orders from the War Department. issued
to-day, announce that Brevet Major General o. c.
House has been assigned to the command OF Fort
Washington, Nd, and that Colonel william Chapman
has been retired rom the service and relieved from
duty in the Second Military District.


Substitutes for Iightships.


1t is the intention Of the Lighthouse Board to sub
stitute iron screw pile lighthouses for the ghtshps
now in service far may he practicable. Several
have been already substituted, and the work viii be
pushed forward as rapidly as possible.


Deuth 0f an Old Indian.


One the Nez Perce Indians, who arrived here
about week ago from Idaho with a delegation of
four Of that tribe, in charge of agent O'Neil, died
this morning. aged seventy-fve years.


Radical COnspiracies-The President Must


be Removed-The Reasons Why-Plotting


Against the Chief Jusfce-What the Radi.


Gals Propose to Accomplish.


WASHINGTON, May %, 1868.


This is pre-eminently the period OF conspiracies
and counter-conspiracies. 1t needs no great political
sage to interpret the movements Of the party now
dominant in the government As their secretly de-
vised plots met and foiled by the small minority
among them of men who feel that they were placed
in authority to consult and act for the good of the
country rather than for the Capitalization of power
in party, to the end that such party may be able to
proOng its control indefinitely, these consprators
against the future welfare and prosperity of gov
ernment allow the veil of secrecy to slip from the
face OF the object for which they are contendng and
fall back defantly on their strength OF numbers


The system of working upon pretexts is fast falling
into dsuse, and urged on by desperation, they
openly acknowledge that they are striving for
unlimited supremacy, and the power to shape the
affairs Of the country for all time to In accord
ance with their views and their interests and that
in doing they mean to take advantage of all
short cuts, regardless of CUSTOM law or constitution


Few Of the radical party managers open their
mouths to speak or take up their pens to write OF
national AFFAIRS but they dwell long and earnestly
on the alleged usurpations Of Andrew Johnson, and
the imminent danger to our government and
institutions that must follow the acquittal Of
the President in the pending impeachment trial.
But while these conspirators against the consttu-
tiOn are shouting stop thief ~ in the hue and cry
against the President under of the confusion
and excitement they are gradually stealing away
the liberties OF the people that they may securely
intrench themselves in the fastnesses OF unending
power.


In the numerous council rooms of this city the
various paths to the desired goal have been selected
and examined. The obstacles that stand in the way
whether principles, men or laws, have been con-
sidered, marked, and their removal provided for.
In tracing out these paths to radical success
nearly all Of them are discovered to converge at
point where stands the most formidable obstruction





can be warped to almost any shape by party sophis
tries; laws may be rendered nugatOry by liberal
construction; but men-especially men who are
afflicted with reverence for the constituton-are
not so easily disposed Of when 1attery, bribes and
cajolery fail Here, then, at the intersection OF all
the by-paths with the broad road to success stands
the great obstruction, Andrew Johnson. 1t is
generally conceded among them that the present
incumbent Of the Presidential chair must he removed.
Unless this is done the radical party will soon be
called upon to bid long farewell to all its greatness


In order to secure the successful reconstruction OF
I'm fAA
numbers OF the whites be dsfranchsed, while all the
negroes must be placed In full possession OF all the
ing OF the future State governments will be Vested
entirely In the negro inhabitants. The negroes have
been educated ever since the John Brown raid to
look to the republicanparty as the natural protect
ors and defenders OF their race, so that they may
now be confidently counted upon to go very nearly
But in order to put in operation the laws reaured
to effect this object 1t was absolutely essential that
the requirements OF the constitution.


When IL was found necessary to ignore this su-
preme law OF the land the scruples OF the more con-
come by speoous arguments asserting that the same
necessity existed for dealing with the Southern
days OF the rebellion. BY liberal of such sophs-
tries II was believed that all important opposition
was efectually silenced.


Recently. however, the radicals have seen the
whole fabric Of Congressional reconstruction totter-
ing on the verge Of ruin through impending deci-
sion OF the Supreme Court Of the United States on
the McArdle case. This blow was ayerted nv
timely interference which procured the post,
ponement of the fatal decision. The crisis
some more potent remedy was speedily found the
decision proDouncing the Reconstruction laws un-
would surely be declared, and the
President armed with the majesty OF the law would
make short work of the radical cobwebs.
II any doubts existed I'm the minds Of the Jacobin
leaders in regard to the views of the Chief Justice OF
Of the United states before the commencement
the impeachment trial. these doubts, they claim
have been removed during its progress. While un,
prejudiced men applaud Mr. Chase for the strict i'm
partality he has shown In presiding over the trial of
he President, the radicals profess to find ample proof
hem and their plans
The decree OF the radical councils and caucuses |
hereicre IL that Chase must be promptly shelved,
md the same reasons apply with equal force 10
President Johnson Both must be removed.
II the EFFORT to convict the President on the exist
ng articles proves failure there is good reason To
,elieve that another attempt will be made to bring
resh charges, no matter whether weaker stronger
han those on which the President is now being /