Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-03
Failure Of the Impeachment
s&ch eyme.

Scheme.
The weli.informcd correspondent Of
New York journal, writing from Washing
ton, says:
The Impeachment scheme he been abs: .
doncd for the presen. session. The radical
leaders have become convinced that the SEE.
ate cinuo. be brought up 10 the point in
line to have action en- tie proposition at
present. They have therefore, taken anoth-
er tack. The Change Of policy was tie
work or tic select committee appointed at
the caucus just before the meeting Of cons
gross, 70 decide upon what party legislation
.neui [ g pursued during the session That
Doulmit.cc made u partial report al The eau
tus Which oYerhau.ed IsYnaeal q use Their
own words, .ihoY ilusa the senate too
aeak,knsed, or too much old iogyism in
that body 10 make it polite for them to
press the impeachment a. this time. This
being the case, they adopted another lins OF
policy, which is, TO set as many investigat-
ing committees at work as possible, in hopes
Of obtaining sufficient data against the
President aud the South that would enable
them to obtain pressure of public opinion
that would force the senate into co-opera>
ton with the extreme men Of the house.-
They boast that they will be able to accom-.
plish this by the close Of the session. The
proposition for the fo-ticth congress TO A.
semb!e on the 4th Of March, is pressed BY
the radical leaders, under the belief that
they will have made sufficient progress In
this direction that impeachment can Be
taken up tho first thing after the orr
ganizaton OF that congress. 10 the
meantime they propose to tie the Presidents
hands as far IA possible in reference to the
patronage, wipe out the southern states gov
crnments, and declare all that he has done
in the way Of restoration was null and void.
Having accomplished this much during this
session, they propose TO commence impeacL.
ment as soon as the next Congress rssem-
bles, and spend the summer on that busi>
ness.
They are just now somewhat exercised
over Il proposed law, providing for the sus-
pension from Office Of all officials under trial
for Impeachment. There are great doubts
in the minds Of some Of the more promin-
ent among them whether they can pass .
law Of that kind which will be operative
in the case Of the President at this time
II they, however can see their way clear, .
measure Of this kind will be brought for
ward Just before the close Of the session,
and passed by tho necessary vote, they
will commence tho trial Of Mr. johnson for
impeachment, suspend him from Office, and
place Ben. Wade in charge Of the Office Of
President and then let the trial run along
until the close Of his term before coming to
. decision.
The next Congress will find more serious
obstacles to overcome in attempting to carry
out the radical programme than the present.
Delay Is fatal to the whole revolutionary
policy. Public sentiment at The North,
which might have tolerated measures Of this
sort immediately nfter the election, is daily
and paiably becoming averse 70 the extreme
partisan projects debated by the congress-
ionsl majority.
The steamships Arago and Fulton. coma
prising the only American line to Europe.
were sold at auction, At New York. Satur-
day, for $500, 200, to Leonard w. Jerome,
who made the purchase for the Havre
Ste amship Company. The two vessels cost
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