Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-12-14
The Impeachment Farce Faded.


The impeachment projec! was on Sat-
urday last satisfactorily disposed Of, the
House having on. Friday defeated the res
oulion Of the majority Of the Judiciary
committee by vote Of l0s against 81 IN
favor Of it, The vote was taken upon
the direct question, at the suggestion Of
Mr.. Logan, who agreed that all oPPoSl-
ton would he Withdrawn By the minority
provided Mr.. Wilson would withdraw
his motion to lay on The table. This was
acceded to, and The vote was Immediately
taken. An analysis ofthe republican vote
is interesting. OF The twenly-seyen New
England members, five only voted for
impeachment, these being Lynch, Of
Maine, Ella and Stevens. Of n. Hamp-
shire. and Boutwell, and Butler, Of Mass.
Messrs. Jenskes Of Rhode Island, and
Twlchel. Of Massachusetts, were absent,
but il is conceded that their votes would
have been against the resolution had hey
been present. The negative vote OF Mr..
Eliot, of Mass achUsetls, took all By sur
prise, as he was among those counted as
sure for impeachment. The Middle
States, New York, New Jersey, Penn-
sy!vania aud Delaware, with total vote
Of six:y-one in The House, gave but four.
teen votes in favor Of impeachment, and
ONLY eleven members from those States
were absent, showing an opposition OF
ihirly-six, Of which number iweny'one
are republicans, and four of these gentle
men who have invariably endorsed the
most extreme measures of the radical par
~. Mr.. Thomas Williams, who repre-
senls part of The Pllsburg district, voted
for impeachment, while his immediate
colleague, Mr.. Moorhead, voted against H.
Of the Philadelphia representatives.,
Messrs. Randall and Taylor voted agains!
impeachment, and Messrs. O'Neill, kel.
ley and Myers for it, notwithstanding the
warnings of the last election.
The Maryland representatives were all
present when The vote was taken. and Mr..
Thomas alone voted for The resolution Of
the majority Of the committee. Ohio fur
nished four impeachers out Of delega-
ton of nineteen; tie man who has the bad
eminence Of starting this outrageous IN
ouiry-Mr. James NJ. Ash!ey-Ieading
off. The others were Schenck, Clarke
and Lawrence. The men from Ohio,
whose regulations are national, like Blng-
ham, Spading and Garfield, were found
voting against impeachment
The democrats Of course voted solid
against impeachment. The Tennessee
members, elected by negro votes and
controlled by Brownlow, voted almost
unanimously for impeachment, the hon
orable exception being Mr.. Hawkins, who
represents lie extreme western district oil
the Stale: The representatives from the
Pacific States all voted no except Mr..
Highly, OF California.
Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens was present and
voted in The affirmative. He was much
annoyed and dispeased at the course
Ihings had taken, as be desired that the
subjec, should be debated at length. 1t
is, no doubt, best for the country, hOwev-
er, that the termination was reached as
quietly as II was, for il would only have
been waste OF valuable time TO have
permitted long speeches on either side,
while nothing could have been said to
change The result, for The majority seem
ed to be governed entirely by the evidence
in the case.
The National Inlelligencer upon this
subject says -