New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-08
TENNESSEE.
THE IMPEACHMENT or JUDGE rl;tIIER-HlsIORY OF
IIIE CAsE-IIs RESULTS.

The IMPEACHMENT or JUDGE tl;,zIER-nlsToRY OF
The CAsE-ITs RESULTS.
From Our Special CoHcspoHdelt - -. ,..-
The Senate of Tennessee, acting a High Court OF
Impeaclmen today rendered rs decision In the case Of
Judge Frazier the Criminal Court Of Davidson County
By vote OF Il to 4, 10 was decided that Judge T. was
entity Of high crimes and msdcmeanors requiring bis
ualrousy and cloniousy issue writ 81 hdbods oorps
upon the Sergeant alarms OF tie House Of Represent
body member Of the House held III custody by order
Tins ends a trial which has excited and will continue
TO excite more interest than any when mas taken noe
III Tennessee for many years ana l's u5iro ~ " r
circumstances, in brief these: immediately atcf tho
- line ntlueuts to the Constitution pro
poscd by the XNN1Xth Congress, GOV. BtOwnOW SUM
noncd extra session Of The Legislature TO meet Oh ,o
ith OF July sCG TO CONSIDER ong was issued It
began 10 be whispered about among the hnoW-
Tie LEGISLATURE met on the 4ti, and adjourned To the
9Th. that day, aud for many days following, u,Ie
was no quorum In the House. Members were III INC cry
but they could be found Enough would appear on
the floor to make within one or two OF Quorum ana
then disappear euding every effort OF the seigeahtht
Arms 10 discover them At length, tired with this sort OF
boys pIay the House directed the Sergeant rms TO
employ "A posse and bring the dcluqucnts 10 lhc par
This was done, and two mediterranean, win those
present, to constitute u quoruI-were arrested ana
brought to the Capitol ana there held To wait TIC peas
urc Of the House - d,
Meantime, caucusing, scheming and threatening OF
every kind kept mp, aud at last the TWO mehDeis
who had been arrested by the Sergeantat-Arns. ana
IN confinement by order OF le itosg, nuou iV
writ OF habeas corpus which after brlei argument, ws
granted by Judge Frazier The proceedings III tho CouIt
were suited to the discussion OF so important Iuen
ton-the pleas Of counsel for the recusan members being
rather political harangues Than legal anu .o
appauded every word uttered in censre Of the
and turned the temple Of justice into caucus OF uenl
upOgucs The case hurried through win almost III
decent haste, commencing ~ o'clock IN the AFTERNOONS
and the decision being rendered the next Day ineui-
atey thereafter during the night the capitol was ln
vaded the Sergeant Arms OF the House arrested anu
fined by the Judge for contempt OF Court Inc excite
lig
of the conservative papers was hghly
IL needed only the occasion 10 produce riot OF the most
serious character the Of the streets ana IN
every barroom, among The rowdes ana e4uld
be denuncaons OF all sorts against the Legisla
ture, "bogus" trump" "legal" unconstitutional ana
all the other catch words gby used by Andrew john
banded about that the Legislature would be CLEANED
OUT and every sort Of argument Inspired 10y ha's, ais
appOnment,ns malice, was used TO destroy the Legs
lature and impair its power a.,
The decision Of Judge Frazier was only one INK
I'm the chain Of appliances used TO pun down the
General Assembly. one source OF me deadIy na'r9a
toward IL was In WashngtOn-in the White House. In
the evidence introduced was letter from conserva
tive" Member Congress from this STATE, TO cOnstltu
ts sssein6lng of the Legislature Evidence also in
tToduced to the effect that Sir Edmund Cooper then Pr
The same effect Even Andrew johnson told the Porter
Of the Senate, who had gone to Washington win MAJ
w ,Ggt me he nSa nGi rome O'cA as n0' "0ua
The motive to ali this was desire to prevent the
odontion OF the Reconstruction" amendments to the
Constitution. Thanks to the integrity. frinDess, and
courage Of the radical members Of the legislature al
these Schemes of anarchy failed. Had they succeeded
we should to-day have no cvs government In Tennessee
"a thing which leading Rebels tho4 working for
The mpeachmen OF Judge Frazier ~ an PLessye les .
10 he tred WITH and its deeses annued and It's rights
invaded by every petty Court which chooses to arogate
TO hself that right.
Il is only justice Judge Frazier to that his first
Impressions were against granting the writ OF hdbeds
eorDts: bat he persuaded 70 do 80 by designing
sclemers The case was argued and contested by tho
abest counsel in the State, conspicuous among whom
were Messrs Ewing. and East for Judge Frazier, and
Trilnbe and Maynard for the state None OF the spen
dor which made the trial OF Hastings so memorable ac
this case but its effects upon the future rights
dignity and power OF the Legislature win be far greater
than any which have resulted from that most famous OF
impeachments
A DEBATE IN KNOXVILLE.
From Our Special Correspondent
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June J. 1867.
A torch-light procession escorted the Hon. W. D.
stokes from the depot last night and visited GOV Brown