The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-12-12

The movement to impcaclI Andrew
johnson, as president Of the United |
States, for high crimes and misdeneanors.
which was inaugurated in the house of
representatives on Jan. :, 1867. ended to-
day in rejection of the articles of i'm
peachmcnt by majority OF 81 votes
The galleries OF the house were about
half filled when the hour of assembling
arrived today. Several test votes, taken
yesterday, had given full assurance that
the impeachers had no hope of success.
and the excitement had in great measure
subsided. Messrs. Logan, Schenck. and
few others had made up their minds to
iillibuster the majority into allowing them
at least five minutes each for speeches.
and there vas fair prospect this morning
that they would adhere TO this resolution.
and thus postpone the final vote for some
days They were met, however, by such
determined yet good-natured resistance
that they abandoned their intention. and.
after a few dilatory motions, Mr.. Logan,
on behalf Of the impeacbers, proposed d
compromise with Mr.. Wilson. Of Iowa.
that, If The latter would Withdraw his
motion to lay upon the table, and permit a
direct vote on the impeachment resolution
to be taken, the minority would yield ard
allow final disposition of the matter
Thongh it was precisely what great
many of the neutrality-suspicious. wished to
avoid, no objection was made to the prop
osition- The question, ''Shall the resolu-
ton OF impeachment pass! - was taken By
yeas and nays. The call of the roll was
proceeded with and it soon became evil
dent that the impeachers were numerical,
weaker even than was supposed. I'll,
first three names called, voted no; then
few yeas came in then a long list of NAYS
y few attempts were made to explain be
| fore voting. Mr.. Myers, of Philadelphia
rose to say that he voted aye becaus,
; be could have an opportunity to offer
resolution OF ccnsure. The four Wash
burnes-Cadwallader c., Of Wisconsin
Elihu Il, Of Illinois, Henry D., of Indi
ana, and William b., of Massachusetts,
voted in row in the negative. The rol
had been called, and the house was wait
ing patiently for the announcement Of tn,
result, when the silence was broken by
5 cough that sounded like an echo from thc
|, ether world, and Thad. Stevens was seel
: lettering into the hall by a side door. IL
attempted to walk to his seat, supported b.
friend on each side. but was unable t
proceei further than the first row of desk
: where he sat down, and being recognize
by the speaker. recorded his vote in th
affirmative. making the 9th cast that way
The result was then announced f: Yeas 81
+ nays iJ8.
The speaker warned the galerie
way.
5 An analysis of the vote shows tn.
among the negatives were 60 republican
e ifthe question had been on laying upo
. the table, the yeas would have been abol
ll2. as several would have voted fjr til;
who were unwilling to vote as the que.
II ton was put.
u The announcement of the vote OWN
Il to the warning of the speaker against an
i demonstration, created 10 excitement.
number of members left the hall immcd
atel y.-among them Mr.. Ashley. II
: was 80 much disguise with the fate {
| his pet scheme that, when asked what h
a thought of it. he replied in III
I exclamation attributed by Hugo's l..
-Nseraj'cs to Cambronne, at Waterlo,
= rendered into elegant English
a \ number Of gentlemen called on I'll
II president this evening and warmly COZ
gratualated him on to-day's result on ii
: impeachment. He Was in high spirits.