The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-10-30
No. l3.
The Impeachment Question:

TIE INTENTIONS OF THE PREssDEST-wItAr GEN GRANT
WILL Do-sTC.
The Washington correspondent OF the u. Y Herald
writes as follows:
/ do not think the Radicals intend to attempt the
suspension of the President but should they do So
am assured Mr.. johnson will resist in the way before
indicated. In such an event serious trouble must
suit. Even the introduction of resolution of sus-
pension, and attempt to pass it, would be regarded
by the President rs casus belli 1t is said that the
President would not even allow such resolution to
pass. He would regard its presentation a revolr
tionarv act and would Immediately issue proclama-
ton, representing that an attempt WAS about to be
made depose him unlawfullv. He would adjourn
the two Houses and call upon the army aud navy to
support him. Would the army and navy respond? 1t
is hard to tell. Grant, pesered and harassed all
sides, keeps his counsel. lie says nothing, and y,t
each side claims him ally. The Conservative 8
proclaim he WAS always inclined towards them, while
the Radicals, the other hand point to his i'll
relation to Sheridan Sckes and Stanton, and his
respondcnce with the President thereon aud infer that
therefore lie is with them. | inclined to think
that the reticence cf the GeneranC is not owing
altogether TO desire to conceal his real sentiments
but simply to the fact that he intends guide himself
by CIRCUMSTANCES Should the President prorogue
Congress before the passage OF resolution of suspen
sion Grant will then, probably, soldier, feel him
self bound to obey The orders Of Mr. Johnson. But
should Congress succeed in passing resolution of
suspension aud elect Wade President ad interim, then
Of Congress.
In the meantime both the President and Grant are
the two coolest in the country. Though in the
event of conflict they will have the most difficult AMI
perons parts to play iii the great naonal drma they
perfectly at ease, and show no 81 gns OF being
unduly excited. The President receives his visitors ut
the White House daily in his quiet attable, smiling
way and takes his regular afternoon drive with Col,
Moore his private secrctarv or with his little grand
children. His smiling face may be seen any day, be-
tween and 6 P tllc road out Fourteenth street,
which is in his regular drive. Grant, too is to be
the road every afternoon, drowning state
cares in the excitement of horse
Though have thus given my views on the lmpeach-
meHt subject 1t is proper to state that the ideals pro-
teSS to be i'll earnest and deny that Presidential com
plcatons are at all connected with their action Chief
Justice Chase emphacally denied, i'll conversation
with me- that he had written letters to consulted
with the President aa to the policy OF the latter III deal
ing with Congress or the military commanders. With
regard to the effect OF his decision i'll North Carolina
upon the administration Of General Sickcs, he says
that he neither intended to obsruct defeat that
officer in the execution OF the reconstruction laws.
What he claims that Sickies had no right to at
tempt to obStruct the regular process OF the civil
courts of the United States Judge Chase did not de-
the right of Sickcs to interfere with the civil courts
of the Sta:e of North Carolina but he thinks that off,
Ger erred il not nstructing his subordinaes to re
spect and obey the mandates OF the United States
courts.
His attitude towards the Republican party in other
respects the Chief Justice declares to be unchanged
He says he is now and has been all along in favor OF
the Congressional plan of reconstruction. Indeed, he
claims the credit of having organised that plan. He
that in 1865, while visit to Hilton Head, S.
c. he wrote letter to President Johnson, wherein he
laid down the very plan of reconstruction finally
adopted by Congress. This he says, the only ad-
vice on political questions he ever gave President
Johnson and he regrets that the latter failed to adopt
it.
However this may be- it is still asserted that Chase
has secretly been adviser of Johnson; that he
counsecd him to remove Stanton, Grant, and Sheri-
dan and Sccs; and that his object thus to rib
himself of dangerous rivals for the Presidential
cesson, the same as he managed to destroy Cameron
during the administration OF the laneted Lincoln.
Just before Stautons suspension it leaked out that g"
very high official" had arranged with the President
plot to kill off Stanton and Grant at the time,
first by driving the former from the Office and
second by inveigng the Latter into the position vacat
ed by the former, aud thus confusing and embarrass-
ing him with civil and political questions The result
has been such to verify extent that story.
Does Chase know anything Of this plot? Can he give
he name of this g very high official ~