The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-01

the oath Of allegiance to the Confederate
Government | would be at once liberated,
and my family and myself protected.
replied to him that he had no authority
TO administer such an oath. / denied
that he had any Government, and main
tanned he had hut organized the South
ern mob, and they never had been recog-
nizcd by any civilized nation on Gods
earth, and never would be, suppressed
applause in the galleries, and that I
would see the Southern Confodcracy, and
him on top of it, in the internal regions,
before | would take the oath of allegiance
| to that Government. They never pest
| cred me any more after that. Laughter !
! Judge Humphreys and his Court were a
/ terror TO the Union men of East Tenncs-
see all the time. He was always making
! violent harranguCs from the bench, aud
regarded him as one Of the most violent
| SecessiOnists we had in our State. ! was
| kept in the main jail room with about
| 100 others about five weeks; and then,
being taken within typhoid fever, they
! took me to n private room with double
| guard around me, as they said, for my
comfort and protection; but | always
thought il was because those who were
in the Jail ceased to volunteer in the ar
my after came. was in Jail from the
9th of December till the Sd of March,
lacking three days of three months. |
was finally discharged from the prison
upon the order Of a Mr. Benjamin, pur-
porting to be the Secretary Of War to one
Davis. He wrote to Attorney Ramsay,
! and Ramsay read the letter in open
| Court, stating that the honor and faith of
the Confederate Government was pledg-
ed TO see me out into the old Government
| among the people with whom | sympa-
thizcd, and if / were convicted he would
feel bound in honor to intercedc with the
President for my pardon. Robert Fox
the Deputy Marshal, came with the or
der from the Court Of Commissioner
Reynolds, and stated that nolle prose-
qui had been entered, and stated that l
was released from civil arrrst and impris-
onment. A Captain Of the Rebel army
accompanied him, and as soon as he re-
leased me- or in about three minutes, he
turned around TO me and said: 81 am di-
rccted by Gen. Carroll to re-arrest you
by the military authorities" SO was
free and out of Judge Humphreys pos
session for about three minutes. This
Ramsay was the Confederate attorney
for the whole State of Tennessee. lie
had been four years the United States
Attorney under James buchanan, and
then entered into the service under Da-
Wis. He had on the military suit, and
was, or pretended TO be, a Captain. He
had undertaken TO raise a company, but
was very unpopular. lie had got about
thirty men, and was drawing the rations
for about sixty. This was found out, and
he was drummcd out of camp as a ras-
cal, which, in my judgment, qualified
him still more cminontly TO serve the
Confederate Government. Laughter.
Mr.. Bingham, on the part Of the man
ayers, said that hc should offer no more
evidence, thinking the facts carged album
dainty proved. He should, therefore,
demand of the Honorable Court, in the
name Of the House of Representatives,
and of the people of the United States,
whose liberties had been so outraged by
this reckless judge, that conviction be
had of impeachment upon the charges
proved against him.
The President, pro tenn, then put the
question whether the accused was guilty
of the high crimes and misdemeanors
charged by the articles Of impeachment
Of the House Of Representatives,
Mr.. Salisbury Dem, Dcl,) said hc
should vote for impeachment of hum
phreys on the ground that, while hold
ing an Office as Judge of the United
States Court, he had assumed to act as
a Judge of the Confederate States. But
he (Saulsbury) would not commit himself
to any Of the declarations or sonu-
ments of the managers on the part Of the
House.
The accused was declared guilty on the
first article by unanimous vote of the
3S Senators present
Mcssrs Bayard, Carlie, johnson,
Pearce, Rice Simmons, Stark, and Will
son Of Massachusetts, were absent,
On the second article charging him
with supporting and advocating the act
of secession, Mr. Browning voted not
guilty; guilty, 30.
On the third article, charging him
with organizing armed rebellion, the vote
was: guilty, 81 not guilty, (Messrs.
Anthony, Fesscndcn, Foster and Har-
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