Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-02-13

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What allied the speaker was no longe
a secret. As he proceeded Mr.. Lin
coin became painfully conscious of .tht
actual state of affairs. Once he hal
turned in his seat to look at Mr.. John
lso1, but instantly resumed his former
position, and, placing his hat upon the
floor, and his inaugural, so soon to be
delivered, inside it, be half buried hi.
face in his right hand, as If from norti
fcation and chagrin. Presently Mr.
/ johnson came to the plebian part oi
his speech. He had already told the
foreign ministers that he was plebian
and that he thanked God for it; when
turning his head and facing Chief JUS
tice Chase, who was seated 10 his right,
he shook his finger at him and exclsim-
ed, 81 tell you Mr.. Chase, that you get
all your powers from the people" with
tremendous emphasis on the last
word. The effect of this was, if any
thing, worse than that of the exclama-
tion addressed TO the gold-laced pleni
potentiaries from abroad, for Mr.. Chase,
in his Judicial robes, looked more like
Roman Senator than an American
Judge. and his air and countenance.
never Democratic, was then more
Coriolanus-like than ever. His gravity
was not disturbed even by this strange
reminder of the Vice President. The
Cabinet officers were seated to the
right of the chair, and turning to them
Mr.. johnson addressed to each by
name, the remark he had just made to
the Chief Justice, dwelling with par
ticular stress on the word people,"
and pronouncing it with a thick and
confused utterance that in itself be-
trayed his unfortunate condition.
Having advised Seward and Stanton
of the source of their power, he was
rapidly swinging the circle7' of the
Cabinet when he tripped on the name
of the Secretary of the Navy. II say
to you Mr.. Secretary"-a halt-a dead
stop-and then a whisper to, if 1 rec
ollect Alright, the Assistant Sergeant-at-
arms, who was seated at his left,
What's the namerof the Secretary of
the Navy :" "Welles" was replied soto
voce By three or four persons in the
immediate vicinity, and he proceeded,
repeating the unfinished sentence, and
giving to Mr.. Welies the same solemn
warning he had bestowed upon the
others. l shall never forget the look
and action of Mr.. Lincoln at this mo-
ment Mortified all along, he was
scarcely able to conceal this last and
most humiliating episode of the day's
disgrace. He moved uneasily in his
seat, was about to turn wholly round
and look at Mr.. johnson, as If unHil-
ling to believe the evidence Of his ears,
but he checked himself in the act and
resumed his former attitude. His sense
Of relief, when, after . few more inco-
herent sentences, the Vice President
was apparent 10 the entire Su-
dience. The man most to be pitied
during the ceremony was John W.
Forney. Knowing full well the con-
dition of Mr.. johnson, he had used
his best effort to conceal that knoWl-
edge from the assembled magnates of
the Old and New World in the Senate
Chamber. He took . seat on the right
1f the Vice President, and from the
position l occupied in the reporters
gallery, directly over the chair of the
Senate, could witness little spectacle |
which was denied by the Secretary's
lesk to all who were seated on the |
tugging every now and |
hen at the skirt of Johnson's coat, as |
much as to say, "Sit down, don't talk 1
nv more" The pulls became more
md more violent. Poor Forney was
n a terrible state of embarrassment,
which he vainly attempted TO conceal
" covering his face with his hands.
urning from right to left, and resort
nc to all manner of expedients that
themselves.
Finally the ceremonies in the cham
,er were concluded, and johnson was
perhaps the only man present who did
Tot seem to think that somethine
grong had taken place. The process.
ion formed for the east wing and the
of President Lincoln was
oon begun and ended. What a con-
rast between the two addresses p'-
3ut, after all scarcely greater than the
ne We now see between the two men.
5 VIC compare what we know of both.
hat afternoon Mr.. johnson was taken
harge of by his friend, the late Pres
on King. Mr.. Forney and few 9TH
rs did what they could for him, called
or a doctor, and set to work to restore
i'm to a normal and healthy condition.
yext day he was quite Ill, and at the
Of several friends, was re-
moved to Silver Springs, where "Old
Blair" nourished him and doctored
i'm the best he could, and under the
ind treatment he received he soon
health and strength.
1 conversed with several Senators on
he afternoon of the 4th about the
of-the day, and 1 never
alked to men so thoroughly filed with
and disgust. Mr.. Wilson,
{ Massachusetts,, expressed himself
18th heavy sigh, in this way: "Well,
don't know what the Lord may have
D store for us, but it seems to me He
as brought us pretty low. We have
early touched bottom to-day"
In caucus of Repu blican Senators,
be next day, the subject was men
oned. Several suggestions were
lade as to what was best and wisest to
e done. Two or three were for direct {
others for a resolution
f censure, and it is worthy of remark
nat the most indignant man of the !
hole lot was Cowan, OF Pennsylva- {
ia. He denounced johnson more
Utterly than any other Senetor, but
nd it was useless to attempt to do ,
nything, and that they had better just
o the best they could, and make the ,
est they could of bad bargain. The ,
aucus finally resolved to do nothing |
lore serious than pass a resolution pro-
ibiting the sale of spurious liquors in
he Senate side of the Capitol. This
as done on the 5th.
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