Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.

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ment still occupies large share Of the public at
tention. The indications now are that the Presi
dent will not be impeached by the House, although
theJ judiciary Committee may hatch up somecharges
against him. to satisfy the more rabid Radicals anc
amuse the House. BUTLER, SUMNER and Wilson
are reported to have privately denied any intention
to push the investigation to extremes They asser
that it was merely intended as an electioneerine
scheme and that when the objects aimed at shal
have been accomplished, the matter will be drop
ped. All of these three men are, however, so en-
trey destitute Of character that their unsupported
evidence would not be received in court Of jus
tice. But other circumstances serve to confirm
their assertions, in this instance. The impeach
ment of the President will, it has been found in
volve Gen. GRANT, whose popularity at the Nortl
renders it a dangerous move, in any political party
to attack him. The effect upon the commercial
world, of the mere threat to impeach, has also a
larmed the leaders in the matter, loss in stock
of $25, ,OOO 600 in three days being charged to th'
agitation of impeachment, by the N. York Erpress
Petitions against impeachment are coming into th'
House from all parts of the country.
Mr. Stevens, as chairman Of the Reconstruction
Committee, reported bill for dividing the insur
rectionary States into five districts to be governed
by military officers with martial law. The bill wa
discussed with great bitterness, Banks and Ray
mond, among the Radicals, being opposed to it
An effort was made to close the debate by moving
the previous question, which failed by vote Of 81
to 92. The bill is still before the House.
The Nebraska bill was passed over the Presi
dents veto by both-Houses, and Nebraska is now
a State.
The Ways and Means Committee, it is said, vii
favor the exempting from taxation Of incomes un
der 81 900, and the taxing of all incomes above thai
amount per cent the committee will probably
draw up bill containing these provisions.
The bankrupt bill was defeated in the Senate by
vote of 90 to %. This was done, notwithstand
ing most of the Senators present declared them
selves in favor of some kind of a bankrupt law
But, to the great disappointment Of this section al
least, the mischief has been done, and it cannot be
undone until late in the session Of next Congress-
The Senate has refused to give our people relief
now, but before many months pass, general bank.
rupt law will be needed for the whole country,
and it will then be granted until that time, there
is nothing for it but to "grin and bear it" Those
who are so unfortunate as to be in debt are bound
in chains which cannot be broken by any power
less than Congress. Stay-laws, stoppages of
Courts, homestead-exemptions, and similar mea-
sres cannot release the debtor from his liabilities;
they have been tried in every conceivable form by
the various States As often as their constitution
ality is tested in any court of appeals whatever,
they are found to be broken reeds which serve only
to pierce those who lean upon them. The country
does not need temporary expedients and partial re-
lease by postponement Of the terrible payday
A bankrupt law releasing the debtor from all obi
cation, upon condition of giving up to his creditors
his all, andmakng oath that he has done so, is the
only plan by which real relief can be afforded the
debtor. Congress alone has power to make such
law of universal application, and in negecting to
do this, it has committed crime against the
country.
P S.-Since the above was in type, we see that
motion to reconsider the vote against the bank
rupt bill was carried in the Senate As this re-
consideration was probably the effect of outside
pressure in favor of the bill, it is promising au-
quarry for the ultimate passage of the bill.