The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-09
Letter from Washington,


Letter from Washington. ~
, GspEc1L CORRESPONDENTS OF THE DAILY NEWS
WASHINGTON, January Swell, Congress ha
returned to its mutton, !" since the date OF my last
and already begins to indicate that something
upon the tdpss, out-heroding al their former radi
cal legislation, and destined il some aay to star
tie the country. The idea is evidently to forestal
tne r1slng q new and embarrassing issue, ani
by e1treme measures to put it away altogether
I The issue that threatens is based upon the Con
stltutional Amendment, and it involves tho dis
agrteable necessity OF Congress decaring definite.
" whether the adoption Of that amendment shall
be the u1tfhntium to be rewarded in the South by
ADMISSION to representation, or that there are
more and undetermined .penances to be inflicted.
Il s to deliberate upon this very question that the
tave Chamber toenght One Of tho % pooes esea, then
to be urged is, that the Reconstruction COMMITTEES
DC privately instructed to report that in the sense
color Of right to admission tn, .as not undergone
t.nfp,ro9gh revision OF the rsamentsl system
,esFa6nshed Rasash q BY President Joh1 i.
before this letter reaches you suppose the
project or impeaching the Executive viii be initi-
ated At all events, Monday is the day named for
councils OF to-nights caucus prevail aeainst It, It
promises har.praned Radcai from roma an Ohio iao
conception of the shock and nervousness he is
ABOUT a to impose upon the people and commerce Of
solely actuated Sya ars for notoretv asse1 Hs is
boasts continually that, on careful canvass, he
finds he can pass the FoSeluton il
= IS RRaaisfl 81 hests 3s5 the
down, as project ruinoua TO their party, and in
@ @expedient under the present tunsettlementof trade.
80 then, II the telegraph apprises you, before the
reception Of this that the proposition for impeach-
ment has carried, you will know that that inquisi-
ton, destined to be so bootess, not instituted
ranks.
Thad. Stevens, it will be observed, seized the first
to obtain the hoo-, and deliver philippe against
the late decision Of the Supreme Court, denying
the 6ats 9f military il
ton. AS the decision .was unanimous, it will
scarcely be very pleasant for that violent Radical
Mr.. Chief Justice Chase, to hear from the great
expoundor Of his party that he concurred IN "a
decision not less infamous than the Dred Scott de-
cision and nearly as dangerous to the liberties Of
yens has thought better Of it, and he still withhoIds
it from the official publication for zeyis N, fear
thu its his
distinction he has very little show. Cameron his
principal competitor, is spending money like water
undoubtedly carry the day. Old Thad. 1starts for
Harrisburg on Monday, to personally supervise lis
The President during these tines times. is il > yerv
complacent condition, despite the proximity Of ths
enemy who assal him sat the other end Of the
which he is fully apprisod. An impression that it
requires a two-thirds vote of the House to prefer
articles of im.;eachnent, is very generally preva-
such is not the case. II tho resolution be offered
at time when it must take precedence Of the
regular order Of business, it then requiresn two
INTRODUCTION but q majority Of one is sufficient to
its passage; Those Radical Congressman who, in
50 much thunder, from the stump that Andrew
johnson would yet be brought as q cnlprit before
the bar Of the Senate, to answer and defend the
in ignorance Of the law. The Constitution is wholy
silent on this point, about compaing tho presence
Of the party against whom trial Impeachment is
trials in tho history OF the Government-one in
the time of Jackson's Administration and the last
in the case Of United states Jndgs Humphries, Of
Tennessee, impeaehed during the late war Nei-
ther of these Individuals appeared, nor could their
bodies have been brought into Court - I
The sergeant-at-Arms that summons Andrew
Congressional Inquisihon, will learn Of these pre-
cedents and privileges with promptitude thut
BENEATH With
beeomes the e-aad Jury. asang, the Indictment snt
aRd conducting the prosecution, the Senate noting
as the Jury in the case. In all instances save tho
trial Of the Executive the lee-President presdes
seribea shst the thief Justice lust % shall oeeupy thet
| position. Generally, the House will elect throe
members OF their own Judiciary Committee to con-
duct the prosecution, and the defence may appear
| by counsel and witness almost without limit THE
trial closed it takes twothirds Of the Senators to
find verdict OF guilty, each Senator, in response
the bar Of the Chamber and e1cla%m % guilty 81 M or Or
| mot guilty" as the case may be-.
With the party impeached, the Constitution only
prescribes removal from Office and disability to
ever hold place. OF trnst OF confidence under the
government aguin. And this proceeding, tho Com
Of the same party il any court Of justice having
Jurisdiction Of the case on the same charge or
series Of charges preferred in the Indictment upon
The snow and the sleighing with which Washing
ton was gifted on New Years held on amazingly,
until withi9 the Last torty-eight hours, Whse :
to be faint flicker among the Capitals upper-ten-
DOM letokening the initiation Of the gaieties os
White House VIII begin within a fortaight, sad sd
following in the same train will come the enter
tainnaents OF his Cabinet Ministers. 1t is probable
that to General and Mrs. Grant viii belong the f.
ja series Of three receptions for the winter; the
first to be given on the 9th Of the present. month.
that he; will escape the receipt Of an Invitation.
About this time last year, and just after the pro
! mitigation OF General Grants famous report, ia
which he characterized Butler as: being tRermet-
1 cGHv seaied with his command at Bermuda Hun
dred, during some poI6on--of the last eighteen
months Of the war an Invitation was sent Butler
| ssBeast~ Immediately returned note that he
would tolerate no further intercourse with either
Grant or his family: The latterrin this years fes
| tyihes, will no doubt concede that favor.
| 'Es&$tiF::;s -a i, % G..sa ss.S VIDEX
- -; Our New York Letter.
-: lrRomsoun SPECIAL. CORRESPONDENT. p
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New YoRK, January L. The annual report Of the
Police Board, just banded in, shows that there has
been alarming increase in the number Of arrests