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Show IMPEACHING MR. VILAS. There has been some talk about impeaching im-peaching Postmaster -General Vilas. Something must be done to save this country before it is too late, or the Republican Re-publican party is too dead to be resurrected. resur-rected. Who will play the part of Ben Butler in this impeachment we do not know. Neither has the part of Thad Stevens been cast. On the general sub- j ject, the Oakland Time makes "the fol- j lowing sensible comments : Now oomes the news, that resolutions are to be offered promptly in both the House and Senate on the opening of Congress, oonsunng the Postmaster-General for his iiMn! OVMr lhe ssidy fund of X),000 to the mail steamship companies Also, hints are thrown out that the whole aammistration of the Postoffice Department Depart-ment by Mr. Vilas, will be the object of a . thorough investigation. And further, there Sfrom f ohing void where the ?X),000 is not felt, the childish remark that 'it is by no means certain that he will not be formally impeached." Ye Gods' I "bat a crime it is to attempt to check a I tangle scheme to rob the United States treasury. The Vampires that have so lone been fed on the people's blood, fly at the throat of the man who has the courage to choke them off, and threaten his destruo-tion. destruo-tion. We repeat, that whoever knows Post--! master-General Vilas will have little fear t hat he will not send t hese cormorants howl- I ing and gnashing; their teeth, from the i effects of the olub laid over their heads of j one who though young and somewhat inexperienced in-experienced is able by his manly honor, and ' hia iron integrity, to meet and conquer an i army of government blood-suckers. Mr. ilas, depend upon it, has not taken his position without careful reflection and thorough investigation of the law, and of his official duty. And if he does not make a showing, that will satisfy the American people of the propriety ,and justice of his course,- we shall miss the safest cuesg we ever made. - |