Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-16

. rs ! cannot believe, but a. las been
boldly said, with almost 0illoia
sanction, your votes have been can
yussed, aud the doom Of the Prcsir
! dent is sealed, then let that judg,
; ment not be prOnouoed in this Sen
ate chambor-iust here, where our
Camillus, in the hour of our great,
est peril, single,handcd met and
bailicd the enemies Of the republic
not here, where ho stood faithful
among the fiithlessi not here,
whore ho fought the good fight for
the Union aud tho Constitution
not in this chamber, whose walls
echo with that clarion voice that in
the days of our greatest danger ear
ried hope aud comfort to many \
dcsponding heart, strong rs an army
with banners; no, not here, seek
out rather the darkest and gloomiest
chamber in tho subterrancan re.
ccsscs Of the capitol, where the
cheerful light of day never enters,
there erect the altar and immediate
the victim.
In the House, aflcr returning
from the impeachment trial, Don,
nelly, of Minnesota, made n person.
al explanation. Ho said Washburn
of Illinois wrote TO his (Donnclly's)
constituents, donouncing him Don.
nclly); he said tho letter contained
twenty. -four false statements. Don.
nelly proceeded for an hour and n
half in tho most bitter ihvcctivc.
The Speaker called him to order
halfa dozen times, but Washburn
said let the party go on, and the
House not objecting, hc went on,
Donnclly had letters read, going to
show that Washburn had Outrageous.
ly slandcrcd him. Washburn re.
piled, rciterating the truth of his
letter, and saying he could make no
answer to n man who had been false
to his friends, his party, his country,
his religion and his God.
Pending a motion to censurc
Washburn, the House adjourned.
The Star says the heavy bets
made yesterday are three to one in
favor of the Presidents conviction.
Twenty million dollars drawn
from the Treasury Department to
pay interest on the Five.Twenties
reducing coin. This will be reJuir-
ed until July 1st, when the demand
will be twenty.seven millions. Dis
bursements during the month for
the Civil list, six millions; War,
seven millions; Navy, two and
millions.
The Republican Congressional
Committee have advices from Lou
isiana that they have one majority
in the Senate, which will forth With
adopt the fourteenth Article, thus
delaying reconstruction.
New ORLEANS, May 2.-The Off
cial returns of the election are not
yet published. The Republican
gives returns from all the parishes,
making the majority for the Consti
tuition 1893. They also claim
twenty two republican State Sena.
tors to fourteen democrats, sixty
republican members of the House
to forty one democrats. Warmouth's
majority for Governor is slightly in
excess of the Constitutional MAORI
ty.
The Republican Convention com
pleted their nominations this morn.
ing. Two Presidential Electors and
several Chicago delegates are col
orcd.
WASHINGTON, May 4--Bingham
will occupy two, probably three
days, in the delivery of his speech
IN the impeachment case.
In the House Window presented
his resolution censuring Washburn.
Washburn also presented a resolu-
tion the purport of which has not
transpired, the Speaker requested
them to withhold until after court.
The House went into impeachment
In the Senate nothing preliminary
was done. Bingham is speaking.
EXTRACT FROM DoNNELLY's IN
vECTIvE AGAINST e. B. WAsHBURN.
IF there be in our midst one low,
sordid, vulgar soul; one barren me-
diocre intelligence; one heart cal
lous to every kindly sentiment and
to every generous emotion; one
tongue leprous with SANDER; one
mouth which is like unto a den of
foul beasts giving forth deadly |
odors; if there be here one charac-
ter which while blotched and spot
ted yet raves and rants and black
guards like prostitute if there be
here one bold, bad, empty, below
ing, demagoguc, it is the gentleman
from Illinois.
1t is positively asserted that the
following conversation is substan-
tally correct, and that it foreshad-
ows Wades policy. A few days |
since Wade was approached by a
prominent radical Congressman,
who said: II regret to see the i'm
minent danger which exists of con-
1ict between the whites and blacks
of South Carolina, and hope some !
measure will be adopted to prevent |
it."
Wade.-"That can easily be done. |
Womust keep sufficient troops there,
sir; troops will prevent it."
Congressman.-"But our North
ern friends are becoming impatient
under the fearful expenses Of a
standing army. They may refuse |
to be taxed for such purposes much
longer"
Wade.-"You arc quite right in
supposing the North restless and
impatient under taxation but this
we will avoid by requiring each
State 10 support the army kept
,.-:ti,., -, o,ur foY.riforr and this