The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-02
Substdence of the E1citement-Ih he Pros
poets OF the impeachment Movement
Radicals OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as to the
Final Result.

poets OF the Impeachment Movement
Radicals Crawfishing-Doubts as to tn
Final Result.
The Washington correspondent Of the Bal
timore Gazette writes, under date Of the 26tt
uItimo:
Since the storm OF excitement which hai
lately ragged with such terrible fury has par
TALLY subsidized, and men have begun to tall
calmly and dispass;onately, O strong disposi
tion is generally manifested to exclaim IN the
classical language of the late President Lin
coin, 'There's nobody hurt" Indeed, the far
cical termination to-day of the case OF Genera
Lorenzo Thomas has caused smile on many 6
face lately blanched with alarm. This sudden
release Of General Thomas has surprised the
Radicals beyond measure, who profess their In
ability to understand why Stanton, the prose.
cutor, should have been 30 summarily kicked
out of court by his particular friend, judge
Cartier: before whom ne had ION his oath
charged General Thomas with whole cata.
logue Of ''high crimes and misdemeanors.
Poor Stanton He, too, might appropriately
resort to the classics and cry out, 81 tu 0raite,
although it is charged by many that this ex,
traordlnary course Of procedure on the part ot
Judge Cartier was to prevent tull hearing
upon the law Of the case, which might have
Civil Office Tenure bill unconstitutional.
Great interest is manifested to ascertain as
far as possible the prospects Of tho impeach-
ment movement; and the views Of Radical
| Senators are beng freely discussed. 1t only
| requires q knowledge of the private views Of
these gentlemen to enable one to form pretty
| clear estimate of MI. Johnson's chances for
conviction before the High Court of Impeach-
ment. To illustrate how these gentlemen talk
among themselves the following substance Of a
colloquy which occurred in the presence and
hearing Of your correspondent will be amply
| sufficient and to the point: General Banks de-
Clared that if the purpose of the President In
removing Mr.. Stanton and appointing General
Thomas Secretary of War al antertnn. had
been to secure judicial decision on the oon-
stitutionaity of the Civil Office Tenure bill.
then his action was eminenty proper, and no
one could complain; and further, that ii the
House had believed such was and had been the
purpose OF the President, the resolution or
tlering impeachment would not have passed.
The fact that the President had neither noti-
fed nor consulted with his friends as to the re-
moval Of MIR. Stanton and the appointment of
General Thomas, Mr.. Banks contended was suf-
acient evidence to Justify the House in believing
that the President contemplated some Sc
rious mischief against the public welfare. Such
he stated, to be about the, sum and substance
/ of the reasoning on thc part OF himself and his
Radical friends who voted for impcach-
ment. Whether the country. will be able
to appreciate this reasoning, admits OF 5eri-
GUS doubt. A Radical Senator present said
that it was very clear to his mind, and he
thought it was equally clear to the minds Of
others, that the charges Of themselves, il
standing alone, would be wholly untenable, but
that in considering the question of impeach-
ment, Senator's would look to the general well
as they deemed that welfare demanded. Your
correspondent inquired of these gentle zen:
thus charged with the "Nation's" honor II
they seriously proposed impeaching tho Chief
Magistrate Of the Nation" and convicting him
of high crimes and misdemeanors through
fear r. chat he might in future be guilty of some
act which would be detrimental TO tho public
interest. This was claimed % be too plain
statement Of the case, but one Senator present
boldly replied that it might even be we'll to do
this as Senators were not responsible to any
one for the votes which they give. Such is.
really tho Radical view of the 'aituation," and
alarm is already manifested by tho rank aud
file lest they fail in this their third attempt to
impeach Andrew Johnson. The confidence
which WAS boastfully expressed OH Saturday
last by the Radical members OF tho House,
th at Andrew Johnson would be deposed from
tifully less, and many OF these same gentlemen
are now expressing serious doubts as to the
result.
THE PRESIDENT NOT TO BE SUSPENDED DURING
TRIAL.
The correspondent Of the New York Times
writes
The very strong disposition OF Congress is
not to interfere in the slightest degree with
any OF the prerogatives OF the President du-
ring the trial, or do any act whicn could be
construed into suspension of his functions.
There was some talk to-day that concurrent
resolution should pass both houses to the
effect that no bills should be sent to the Presl-
dent pending his trial, but it was disapproyed
By nea-ly all to whom the subjectwas referred,
and nothing Of the kind will be DONE unless it
should be the judgment Of the Senate after
it has organized as a court, that such pro-
ceedlng is necessary. 1t is gratifying to
see a determination Oh the part OF lnem-
bers Of both House ard Senate to frown
down all action looking like persecution or to
extreme measures. While the trial Will DO
pushed forward with the least possible delay,
It is the determination Of the best men in tho
House, that the case shall lose mono OF it's pres
tige, and that the prosecution shall lacur no
,odilm from want of fairbess Justice and
impartiality to the accused. This is measurably
certain, because as soon as the articles are pre-
sented and the managers selected, the case ls
virtually beyond the reach OF partisan lntiu,
ences, and in such men as Wilson, Of Iowa, and
Judge Bingham, VIII probably be among
the managers, the ,uGr. can have confidence
that. ihe case will be ably and impartialIy man.
aged,
TEMPER OF THE SENATE REGARDING IMPEAcH-
MENT.
The Washington correspondent OF the Balti-
more Sun, alluding to tine feeling on impeach-
ment among the Senators, says:
There is good assurance that largo portion
will, in the trial, rise above party behests and
the fury that has characterized tho impeachcrs
of the House, aud that they will try the Prcsl-
dent fairly, and render decision according to
the law and the evidence that shall DO adduced,
which is as much as any good citizen could ask
OF the Senate.
RUMoREp PROBABILITY OF THE RESIGNATION OF
STANTON.
rumor has been circulating here to the Of
feet that Mr.. Stanton has determined to resign
in q day or two. There arr somo circumstances
which give color to this rumor, but so far there
does not appear any direct information TO war
rant the statement that Mr.. Stanton will re-
sign. The reason assigned for his withdrawal
is. that he being out of the War department,
any legal proceedings instituted by tile Presi-
dent TO test his constitutlone!ity OF the Tenure
of Office act would fail by reason OF the removal
OF the cause OF litigation.
1t is argued by those who are advising Mr..
Stantor's resignation that the adoption OF
their plan would deprive the President uf all
means of taking the controversy before the
courts, and thus force him to rely solely upon
the opinions and decisions of the members OF