The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-13

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c,ary Committee 20 he further called upon
The Political Field I'm the possession Of the
uI,ras entirely, etc.
WASHINGTON, March ii, 1867.
pr,,er Is fast making himself as promi-
rent in the impeachment ring as either OF
,hs mon who have been running that topic
40 thoroughly since II was FIRST introduced.
he has in the short space Of time in which
he has had his seat in Congress done more
than any other in pursuance Of the I'M
peachment plan; and It Is now his great
object to have the matter so adjusted that
during the trial Of the President for the
charges which have been prepared he
shall be deposed from his official position
and consequently Ben Wade would sue
coed to the Executive chair. In advo-
eating that point Butler has overstepped
the limits to which his political friends
had advanced; they have been seek
ing for some pretext by which the
President should be ousted while they
were engaged in trying him, but hard
ly knew how to accomplish that until the
lawyer from Massachusetts, appears on the
scene and proposes to have the Judiciary
Committee inquire whether civil officer
must not be suspended during trial or
impeachment. That is another ddrdnce
step, which shows the real life Of the Rad
ical party. Without advancement II Is
dead, and halt is always accompanied
with dire feelings of uneasiness to the mem
beers. The proposition to depose the Pre-
sident during trial is new, as it is about to be
practically considered, and some of the
weak-kneed Radicals are distrustful of the
results: but the ultras are cracking their
whips and swearing with great good will;
so il may not be surprising If, before very
long, the Judiciary Committee Of the House
should bring in an elaborate report favor
ing lust such measures as Butler desires.
Just at the present time it is only the
most ultra and extreme members OF the
dominant party who are conducting the
LEGISLATION in Congress. The less rabld
element have very little to say on any sub
iect, although the majority of them vote
as directed by their masters. Some of the
prominent dissenters from wholesale perse.
cution occasionally speak their mind, how.
ever, and endeavor to check the onward
spirit which is just as certain to break VI
Radicalsm as the sun is to shine to-mor
row but all to no purpose. The Butler!
and Chambers are welded to their idols
and nothing will appease their appetite
for continual oppression. Sherman is be
ginning to protest in the Senate about the
departure from the line chalked out in hi
reconstruction bill, and other prominen
members Of the party are equally alarmed
at the shape things are taking. The coun
try will evidently not have to bear Ions
with the present faction. It's violence !!
working its demise very certainly.
Upon the question Of either recess o.
an adjournment, there is as yet no settle
ment. 1t looks as if the majority of boil
Houses were averse to leaving Washing
ton until the business for which they
changed the time Of the meeting of Con
gress is settled.
During the absence of Assistant Secre.
tary of the Treasury Chandler, who is on
visit in New Hampshire, the duties OF
his Office are being performed by Thomas
Brown, Esq, of Ohio, who, it is said, viii
before long succeed the former gentleman
as assistant secretary.
The weather to-day has been delightful
and Pennsylvania avenue has been thronget
with promenaders. TIMoN.