The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-02-06
The Real Intent Of the I,nncnch
ncnt Ecsoisltion---G-an 10 be .,n-
pcoCNcss,

The Real Intent OF the I.npcach-
pcachcsE.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati CtasmerciM has The
following in relation TO the famous
''lmpeachmcnt rcsolution:''
AS soon us the resolution was read.
AIR, Bingham jumped from his seat
and went over to Mr.. Ashley, to
whom he addressed some very strong
language, asking him what lie meant
by such n proposition as that, ANA
Why he didn't frame it to apply to
The President only, instead OF making
1t draS-net to include every officer
Of the Government. Ashley hesitated
awhile, affected 4 llnavish smile, and
replied that she guessed il was ali
right" NO" it isn't all right"
said Bingham ''It's 4 stab :t Gen.
Grant, and ~ such malicious thi0c
shall so through the House If I can
help 1t. Suppose it docs include
Grant, said Ashley Can, we in
vestigate his conduct, too? And can't
we lmpcach him if lie has been guilty
under the resolution?" Eiu2ham
looked at Ashley 4 moment, and re-
piled, III nervous wrath. Ashley.
you're 8 fool; don't you l>.Jw that
you can't impcacl. any bat Il civil
officer Of the Government under III.
Constitntiun?" BY this time. ouitc q
group had collected where the colo
guy was being hello, and Thad. Ste
vens, scrntinS Il breeze, had come
over 20 avert a storm. Addressing
hina, Bingham ;t+lzpd what was the
meaning of this ,lanlnall> assault
upon Gen Grant ''Ch. notninr,"
said Stevens, III his in<i,lious way:
"only We want to investigate some
charges recently made against him.
| don't see Why Grant should be free
from Investigation any moro than
johnson. He's just as bad as John
son. Bingham again denounced
what he termed very aptly a foul
conspiracy against the chief officer of
the army Of the republic" and he
gave the few friends Of the resolution
who were around him fair warming
that, If they passed it, he should
expose the rowardly proceedings as
1t deserved. BY this time, the reso-
luton had ''gone over" as the par
linmentary phrase is, from refusal
OF the House to suspend the rules.
Quiet had been restored on the floor,
and the business of the day was
quietly proceeding. Bingham adj
dressed Ashley, in presence of several
members, IN language like this: Tel!
the honest truth now, who instigated
that resolution?' ''Why. what makes
you think it wasn't my own?" in
quired Ashley. "Because, said Binc-
ham, Il know there is too much cum
nlng IN it for You, and I'll bet you
anything You dare that Thaddcus
Stevens and Ben Butler either wrote
1t or dictated its spirit Ashley
again protested against Bingham S
right to question the authorship; and
bingham again repeated that there
was too much craft and design about
1T Tor anybody but Stevens or Butler.
What from Bingham's carncstncss
and Ashley $ family disguised c1nivo-
cation, the dispute had become quite
interesting, and Il number of radical
members had collected aronul the
dlsputants. After some further ban
ternS and badge ring, on Bingham 5
part, Ashley confessed that ''Stcvcns
had y little to Go with it, and Butler
had a it'd" to do with if, and that
one OF its principal objects was 10
give bntlrr an opportunity of making
and proving certain charges against
Gen. Grant"
TIE I'EAIAS PiusoNEKs IN CAHADA.
"A despatch from London, bv The
cable, says:
Lord Carnarvon, the colonial
secretary, in a Strong letter to Lord
Monck, tie Govcrnor-G General OF the
Canddas, dated November q 1865
commuting the dcath-srntcncc OF the
Tcnian convicts, McMahon and
Lynch, to imprisonment for twenty
years at hard Labor, at the same tim,
lakes occasion to object to having til,
trial OF the Fenian prisoners revised
by the United States author. ties, and
to allowing Secretary Seward to rc
celye the papers in those cases, fol
which, he Says, there is no prcce
dent"