St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-03
From Washington.

In every hotel and street OF w ash.
ingtOn may be heard denhnciations Of
the President and his Secretary Of
War for their course in refusing to
strengthen Maj Anderson. As certain
as the forts fall into the hands of the
Charleston insurgents, a motion will
be made in the House for the impeach.
mcnt of the President. The Judicis.
ry Committee will summon witnesses,
and if the charge of treason is found
to be sustained by the testimony, arr
t'clcs of impeachment will be at onc6
preferred and passed through. the
House. The case will then come be-
fore the Senate for trial--the Chief
Justices of the Supreme Court presi-
ding. The House of Representatives
act in the place of a Grand jury to
find the Indictment. The power of the
Senate is limited to cxpclling the
President from his Office but he may
be afterwards indicted in the District
Court, by a regular Grand Jury of cit
liens, tried by Petit Jury, and found
guilty, when it will be the duty of the
Judge to pass sentence of death upon
him, and of the Marshal to take him
ont TO a scaflold, and hang him for the
benefit of posterity.
There is terrible excitement in Lam
caster, Pa.-thc Presidents old home
i'm relation to his conduct in the
present crisis. His old ncighbors are
exasperatcd, and it is reported that
if Fort Moultric is surrendered to the
rebels, Buchanan's life will pay the
penalty if lie should ever venture to
return to Whcatland
Republican members are beginning
to feel some solicitudc about Inaugural
ton day. Reports continue to thlckcn
that the disunionlsts have a secret or
ganizaton of several hundred armed
dcsperadocs in this city, bent on pre-
venting Mr.. Lincoln from taking the
oath of office on March 4th, and they
arc reported to have branch organi-
cation in Baltimore preparing to CO.
operate with them also lodges in
Nirginia-all having the same des-
pcratc and criminal purpose in view.
1t is proposed by some that the Re-
publican members of Congress ap-
point II committee of Senators and
Representative to wait on the Presi-
dent, and request him to place a rcgi-
ment of regular soldiers and q compa-
ny of light artillery at the disposal of
Gen. Scott, to preserve the peace and
protect the Inauguration Of the i'll
coming administration against all
threatened violence and to inform
the old pub. func that if he refuses,
the Governors of the loyal States will
he called ON to ask their respective
Legislatures to make immediate pro-
vision for placing at the disposal of
their Executives, as many militia
troops as may be deemed abundantly
adequate to crush all probable or pos
siblc resistance on the part of disu-
nionsts, and to insure the Inaugural
ton in due form, and the safe and
complete installation of the new adj
ministration. The general feeling
among northern members of Congress,
is, that riots, insurrcction and rebel
lion must be promptly nipped in the
bud, and the supremacy of the Consti-
tuition and the laws indicated
The Commissioners from South Car
DINA have arrived at Washington to
confer with the President for thier
share Of the Government property.
Were old Hickory in the Presidential
chair they would at once be hung for
treason.
The impeachment of Mr.. Floyd, Sec
rotary of War, is freely talked of in
Washington, on account of frauds and
populations.
The proceedings of the two Con-
grcssional committees on the crisis
excite but little interest. as no one cx-
poets they can accomplish any good.
1t is not believed that the Prcsi-
dent has yet ordered any assistance
to the forts in Charleston harbor.
Mr. Crittenden's proposed amend.
mcnt to the Constitution, restoring
and extending the Missouri compro-
misc line to the Pacific, has been re-
jected by the committee of thirty
three.