Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-08
he Hele in the Sky.

Mr.. Boutwell,, as those who read his very |
able Impeachment argument will remember, |
attempted in one place a flight Of fancy, de- |
cidedly - out of the ordinary" He inform |
ed the Court that somewhere in the South |
ern Heavens, there is % vast space which |
the uneducated call the hole in the sky"
without star or comet, : asteroid or nebule,
into which he would have the earth ,heaving
with the - combined force of air, fire and
water" project poor johnson, % there for
ever to exist in a solitude eternal as life or
as the absence of life, emblematical of, if not
really, that outer darkness of which the Sa-
viour Of man spoke" 1t doubtless occurred
to many, as they read this rather ambitious
passage, that the sharp lawyers on the other
side would probably not let Mr.. Bout
well off without hearing again from his hole
in the sky. Nor did they. Mr.. Evarts took
it up with the keen satire in which he ex-
cells, and put the Court and the whole coun-
try into a roar, with the following ludicrous
application and application Of Mr.. Bout
wells idea. Of which he probably does not
think quite rs much now as he did when he
wrote it.
Mr.. E7arts said While some of his colleag-
ues were paving attention TO an unoccupied and
unappropriated island on the surface of the seas,
Mr. Manager Boutwell,, more ambitious, had
discovered an untenanted and unappropriated
region in the skies, (laughter) reserved, he
would have Us think, in the final councils Of the
mi-hty, as place Of punishment for convicted
| and deposed American Presidents. daughter
Now, At first, | thought that his mind had be-
| come so enlarged that it was not sharp enough
TO observe that the Constitut on had limited the
| punishment. But on reflection | saw that he
was as legal and logical as he was ambiguous and
astronomical, for the Constitution has said ''re-
moyal from office" and has put no limit to the
distance Of removal, [great laughter j so with
| out shedding a drop Of his blood, or taking a
| penny of his property or ironing his limbs, he is
sentenced to removal from office and transporta-
ton to the skies. daughter. This Is the
| great undertaking, and il the learned Manager
can only get over the obstacle Of the laws of ma
| ture. the Constitution won't stand in his way
| Laughter NdL AlAllh VI Ao AAtlllOI Dul llldl
| Of CONFUSION of the earth that should project
the deposed President to this infinitely distant
| sphere but a shock Of nature Of SO vast an Ell
ergy and so great a result might unsettle even
the firm members of Congress. Laughter.
How shall we accomplish 1t Why, in the first
place, nobody knows where that space Is but the
learned Manager himself laughter and h,
is the necessary deputy to execute the judgment
Of the Court. Let it then be provided that il
case of your sentence Of deposition and remoya
from office, the honorable, and astronomical Man
ager, shall take into his own hands the execution
Of the sentence. The President made fast to hi
broad and strong shoulders, and having essayeC
the fight by imagination, better prepared to exc
cute it in form, taking advantage Of ladders a
far as ladders would 60 to the top Of this higl
Capitol, and spurning then with his feet tn
Goddess Of Liberty, let him set out upon hi
fight, daughter while the Houses Of Congress
and all the people Of the United States shal
shout "sic itur cd astrG." daughter long anC
continued Here an oppressive doubt strike
me How VIII the Manager get back? How
when he gets beyond the power Of grayitation L
restore him, viii he get back And so ambition
a wing as his could never stoop to q downward
| flight. No doubt, as he passes through the ex
| panse, that famous question Of Carlyle, by which
he points out the littleness Of human affairs
| Nv hat thinks Bootes Of them as he leads hi
hunting dogs over the zenith in their leash 0
| sidereal fire 20 Will occur TO the Manager What
indeed, would Bootes think Of this new constella
ton [laughterl looming through space beyonC
the power of Congress TO send for persons an,
papers, (Laughter) Who shall return, an,
how decide the contest there begun, in this lev
revolution thus established? Who shall decd,
which is the sun and which is the moon VIII,
shall determine by scientific test which reflect
| manifest nnon the other? lLanrhterl