The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-10
The nefent Of Impeachment In Con.
gress--Tiia1 stevens Casts tie Last
Vote IN the Affirmative.


Vote lathe Affirmative.
wAsHiEoToS. Dec, 1.-THE move.
lnent 70 impeanb Andrew johnson a.
President OF the United States, for hIRh
crimes and misdemeauors, which was
.inaugurated In the House OF Represen.
tatiyes on January I, 1867, ended Ia, day
In a rejection Of the article Of i'm pench.
Inent BY o majority OF fiity.one votes.
The galleries or the House were about
half filled when the hourof assent bling
arrived to-day. fttTs,
Several test votes taken yesterday
had given full assurance that the I'm.
peachers had no hope Of IsuceeBs, and
the excitement had In great measure
subsidized.
Messrs. Logan, schenck, and few
others. had made up their minds 10
hllibuster the minority into allowing
them i've minutes each for speeches,
and there was a fair prospect, this morn.
ing, that they would adhere to this
resolution, and thus postpone the final
vote for some days, They were met,
however, by such determined vet good.
natlred resistance that they abandoned
their intention, and, after d few dilAto.
ry motions, Mr.. Logan, on behalf OF
the lmpeaehers. proposed q compro.
mise with Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, that II
the latter would withdraw his motion
to lay upon the table, and permit u
direct vote on the impeachment resoln.
ton 10 be taken, the minority would
yield and allowa final disposition Of
the matter. Though II was precisely
what a great many Of the on.impeach.
az \ ugi ul aI n los
made 70 the proposition. Thee uestioh,
IS hall the resolution Of impeachment
pass2" was then taken by yeas and
nays. The call ofthe roll was proceed.
ed with, and II soon became evident
that the impeachers were numerically
weaker even than was supposed. The
frat three names called voted nNo,n
then a few yeas came In, then u long
list OF nays. \
A few atlemptslwere made 10 explain
before voting. Mr.. Myers, of PhilA.
delphla. rose 10 say he voted aye, be.
cause he should have AN opportunity to
offer resolution OF censure.
The four Washburnes, Cadwallader
O., OF Wisconsin, Elihu b., of Illinois,
Henry D., OF Indiana, and William b.,
OF Massachusetts, voted In the mega.
tive. 81 900 ef
The roll had been called, and the
House WIS waiting patiently for the
announcement ofthe result, when the
silence was broken by u cough that
sounded like an echo from the other
world, and Thad. Stevens was seen
lettering Into the hall by side door.
He attempted 10 walk 70 his seat sup.
ported by friend on each side, but
was unable to proceed further thun the
first row OF desks, where he sat down,
and being recognized by the Speaker,
recorded his vote in the affirmative,
making the ffty-seyenth castthat way.
The result was then announced-yeas,
81; nays, l0s.
The Speaker warned the galleries
against making any demonstrations
either way.
An analysis of the House shows that
among the negatives were sixty.nine
Republicans, and II the question had
been on laying upon the table, the yeas
would have been about liz, as several
would have voted for that who were
unwilling to vote "no" as the question
was put.
The announcement Of the vote, owing
to the warning Of the Speaker against
any demonstration, created no excite.
mint. A number Of members left the
hall Immediately; among them Mr..
Ashley, who was SO much disguised
with the fate Of his pet scheme that
when asked what he thought of 1t, be
replied In thei exclamation attributed
by Victor Hugo, In Lies Mlserables,"
10 Cambronne, at Waterloo, rendered
into elegant English.