The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-11
Our Washington letter.
lsPEc1AL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DAILY NE,

lsPsc1h CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DAILY NEVsS
WASHINGTON, January 7.-Congress to-day en-
joyed the episode Of receiving, in the upper House.
Presidential veto to the bill setting up negro
suffrage in the District Of Columbia at the very
moment when tho body in the other wing Of the
Capitol had ceased to hear the reading Of an initial
proposition for impeachment of the Executive. 1t
secns that after the caucus on Saturday night by
tho Radicals it WIS determined among . few OF the
who was in towering rage because the caucus
had refused to tolerate the Impeachment idea-a
resolution might stu be introdnGed on Monday
derstanding that it was to be referred without de-
bate bat to tho Judiciary Committee, Accordingly
thore was manifest stir and eagerness among
the arriving members to learn more definitely Of
the programme, of which they had obtained but
Stevens seemed to be common centre for his
party, and the headquarters at which they sought
TO- to conduct their inquiries But Thaddeus was
project ip the CAUCUS 81 Saturday night. =
order, and the formal business OF the day begun,
without any Of the Republicans, save those in the
Inception ipa Of the Plot having definite idea Of
hastily improvised scheme for reviving. the ques-
tion of impeachment. Events soon proved that
most Certainly were when series & of resolgons 81 ioo
of ofimpeachment turned up at the instance Of old
Ben: Loan, of Missouri the most phlegnatie and
resolutions in perfect accordance with the incon-
grultles or the man, were cross between an en-
a; deayor TO to ugbraid the Southern States and pro-
be ina,peached.- Mr.. Loans ambition had over
sspsa ss sssgon Es sasp Spts S es 81 @ Il. tie
restoration Of tho Southern states should 60 to the
to the Southern States, thoughin no wise gernane
TO his impeachment proposition, clearly came
within the purview Of this regulation; and almost
amazement ut the unexpectancy Of shot from
Loans quarter, the latter's resolutions had been
referred BY the Speaker to the Committee on Re-
construction And now came feature Of sharp
representahve practice. Loan borrows from the
Clerks desk the series Of resolutions just referred
sahsag eaae e3 dxs h
and then hands tho whole affair to. his colleague
Mr. helso, who, with becoming gravity, attracts
ports to be batch Of ffesh resolutions. The read
ing had hardly begun when:the House recognized
the 7ese, but there was norecourse but to put the
to lay on the table first prevailed and call Of the
ayes ndnoes were demanded. The latter proce-
utes; and at this jnneture Of sirs The hands ofthe
great clock indicated : that there were but
fifteen minutes grace before the expiration Of that
he Unfinished Il Spsas peroa eanC
come. As conjectured, five minutes before the
conclusion Of TIE cyl Of the 5e the Speaker
the House postponed indefinitely. :Hereupon the
House drew long breath of relief and there was
a general rela5aton h aa 81 ases-the % impeaShment
the Speaker essayed to announce the Bill before
the House, when the burly form and pulpy fea-
lures OF Ashley, Of Ohio, became, distinguishable
on the floor, with an evident purpose Of introdno-
ing something to the notice OF the House not down
on the Radical Bill. This extra feature Of the
morning sensation was the impeachment resolu.
tions the caucus had denied him the privilege Of
promulsatins. but over whose demurrer he had evi-
IDENTIFY concluded to step. First Mr. Ashley brought
privilege, and the Speaker sustained him in it.
Under this guise OF putting the matter the star
tied Radicals had no loop-hole OF escape and SO,
after manifold manouVres to defer the vote on the
final passage Of the resolutions, the proposition
was carried by the strict party vote OF one hun
fhe a1eq Ne% eRa York aRo rnea fo 3R
And SO it was, that while the Radical body SEN
periods t6e veto %eaaase esmg
to be whispered in their midst taat Their more i'm
petuous brethren of the lower Chamber had nc
make up its mind that Andrew johnson is q cul-
prit and ought to be impeached. How that grim
body Of honorable fanatics chnckled over the hint
that had sped from the other wing of the Capitol
You could see it from the galleries above them,
and the meaning looks that passed from one to an
other. q. .-.i7 RI = -.
But there is legal question to raise, should the
Judiciary Committee Of the House find itself, Arm
in the belief that impeachment was divine be-
that is, viz: .. a
1t certainly viii not be possible for the ssth Con
gress to finish the trial Of the President should it
begin it, within the month, and so the tribunate
must become vested in the 40th Congress. At the
close OF this Congress, several Radical members
of the House take places in the Senate, and thus,
under the above proceeding of the trial we should
find these very men sitting in Judgment upon
charges which they in former Congress had helped
to institute and prefer. ,t. '$-E% gVIDEX.