The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-28
VIVA the Washington Correspondents say
PROSPECTS OF al MPEACHMENTl4cass E AND SINK
LEs-aENERAL GRANT AND HIS oRDLRLIEs.
The correspondent OF the Baltimore Gazette

PROSPECTS OF AN IMpEACHMENTl1oHAsE AND sICK-
A LEs-aENERAL GRANT AND HIS oRDEnLIEs.
\ The correspondent OF the Baltimore Gszotte
| writes iNt y
ta; ma9 opinion seems ssa ste to be very generally enter
country was never in q more critical condition.
R pbn ea and financially, than at this moment.
tho one to seize the Government by force~the
other greatly to moderate the programme hereto
i0sist adao paon and e II, Up t. this tine pertinaoiously.
adopted we may expect to see tho present Cabinet.
with one or two exceptions, retransfer their alloei-
ance. am informed that Senator Chandler, OF
michigan, while here expressed the opinion (baSed
upon calculations Of this kind) that impeachment
was'an obsolete idea. Judge Carter, OF this city,
no 1%o Gontemptible a%uthortty In Radical prognostics
thlng. IL ls even reported upon what I consider
good authoritythat y serious effort will be made
servative Radicals /" to repeal or greatly modify
the existing Reconstruction enactments, and en-,
deavor by this means to effect a compromise be-
about such q result the financial question would
present no difficulty, it is thought, US Mr.. McCui-
loon 100 nt; amd the Republicans already. agree sub
It will be remembered that, upon the issuance
OF General Sickles' celebrated order, No. 10, by
which ne set aside q judicial order Of Chief Justice
Onase. the latter meanly succumbed without a
WORD or remonstranco. have it, from q perfectly
reliably source, that the Judge no,o deeply lamentss
tins dastardiy surrender Of his authority, and con
templates an early effort in the way OF 'excusine
his great blunder. Whether he has been brought
to recognize his criminal error by the late political
ments in Radical quarters in. favor of hs rival
Grant, or both; or whether he thus gives evidence
OF 9 returning sense Of public duty, it would be.
perhaps, nncharitable to determine.
1t will surprise your readers to hear that the
Secretary of State still keeps up tbs ridiculous
parade OF a military guard before the door OF his
nuisance shortly before he was elected from his
Once. Genera! Grant, however, in this respect
outdoes Seward. He not only has the War De-
partment guarded OF every entrance by armed
soldiers, but his son, u lad Of about nine years old.
daily rides q charger to school with all orderly In
SHERMAN AND GRANT on suspENs1oN. 81
The Boston Posts Washington correspondent
Consultation" are digestiig President Johnson's
declaration sels that he win resist any attempt to sus-
VIII add, upon reliable authority, the declaration
OF Gen. Sherman that such an attempt would be
clearly revolutionary, and should be resisted by
troll This declaration, made to those who hada
right to know his views, may have suggested the,
p msIpG 81 q a. MS return here to assume the COM
includes Maryland and Delaware. SUCH, also. was
the substance of an opinion expressed by Gen.
Grant when approached on the subject during the
last session or Congress by the Chairman Of the
the House Military Committee. Mr.. Sphenok de-
clared to his friends that before taking Thy extrome
acIiou III Cne premises she opinion OF Gen, Grant
should be obtained, and he volunteered to procure
II. When the subject was mentioned, Gen. Grant
promptly responded, in substance, that any at
tempt to suspend the President before trial and
conviction would be in. violation Of the C%onstitu.
ton. This reply Of the Commanding General ar.
rested any further proceedings at the time. II
may 90 well in this connection to reDeat that
President johnson will hold ready Obedience
should the House Of Representatives. impeach and
the senate convict him as required By. the forms OF
the Constitution.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF DELEaATEs TO THE SOUTH
ERN CONVENTIONS.
AsWashington telegramrtoSthe Baltimore, Sim
sayss THE President to-day referred to Sac.
;retary OF War nd iftesjn for Consideration and TS-
marx the petition OF citizens of Georgia, mention
cd I'm those dispatches in Wednesday mornings,
Paper,.ln which complaint is nnadb that 4General
Pope. IN appointing delegates tothe Convehtion
gives undue advantage to the colored over the
white race. General Grant returns the petition
with ms endorsement, substantially, that it seems
70 him that the allotment should be made by conn
ties instead OF senatorial districts, as directed nv
Generai Pope; but as the time for the election (the
19th instantly ls near at hand, he cannot see how
the matter Gan be remedied. lie has. however.
teiegraphed to General Pope, askins if it ia practi.
caDle 70 make me change sought, and whether it
would not be better to fix representation by coun-
lies instead OF senatorial districts? The reply ar
General Pope has not been received. It ia to he
observed that General Graut does not claim the
power to direct the District Commander. and
therefore ghis. comnlunication is merely suggestive
AUnitediStates Senator heretofore earnestivin
favor OF impeachment, to-day gave his opinion
that the project had failed and would be killed in
caucus OF the republicans upon the assembling of
members OF Congress in November. 49,,