Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1868-03-18
From the New York World.1
A High Old Court.

Without disrespect, the "high court" Of ths
Senate bids fair to pass into history as q high
old court" People 10 general in this country
have looked upon the impeachment Of q
| President as tOlerably serious piece Of busis
ness. The impeachers so combine a sham
solemnity with a real jubilation n their pro-
! ceedings as 10 make this just now impossible.
/ Senator Yates-whose ideas Of full dress sas
I vor Of the Sandwich Islands, and are even
more simple than those Of Sanford, since SAM
ford insisted on appearing before the French
/ Emperor in black pantaloOns, while Yates 70.
CARDS pantaloons of any color as a "wasie4
| lul and ridiculous excess. .-Senator Yates
upheld the limitation rule upon council, eE-
pressly on the ground that the galleries would
/ be filed with ''lsdies in rusting silks and
that it would be the '6nest spectacle in the
country, and that, as everybody would ez-
pect good time, nobody wanted 10 be bored
with long speeches. And when the procesd-
ingS opened on Thursday, the ''ladies' gallary'
the Tribune correspondent tells us, was un-
usually brilliant, and its occupants ehattered
like ten thousand magpiesp No doubt Yates,
notwithstanding the unusual cOnstFaiut Of
combinations, muat have been as happy as
the famous old king with bis
''Four-and-twsnty blackbirds
Baked up in pie"
Ashley too, the snubbed and discousolato
Ashley was happy. After being kicked by
Bingham and made little OF by Stevens. be-
hold him now satisfied by their wOFksl Says
the same correspondent:
Prominent among them, and evidently
pleased with the events that were occurring,
and seemingly conscious Of the early part
which we had taken in it, was Mr. Ashley,
who stood just behind Mr.. Sumner"
That must have been a charming sight iu-
deed Ashley back BY Sumner! Where Is ths
Titan Of the Independent, where is F. B. Car
peHter2 Let Us have historical sketch of
the imposing scene at once. Also or SPEAK.
er Oolisx, gentle creature nesting himself
in Chandler's seat" Ike dove, we. viii say,
in the lap of SiIenus. -----
But the ioliest-sisht OF all must have been
the diplomatic gallery. Says the veraciouB
Tribune correspondent:
The diplomatic gallery was by this tine
literally jammed with foreign Ministers, s7a-
braciHg Ar. Thornton and Seaafors' tbiges ins
elu9in7 Hrs. UGds
Ambassadors have theirp privileges ws'EnoW
but we must say that, really, on so festive "a
occasion as this, the ImpeachmentO Of an Aners 2
ican President, we think they might be re-
quir, d to content themselves with embracing
their own wives As for Mr.. Thornton, hS
has Just arrived, and though the embracing
OF men by men IS rather Continental than
an English custom, still as has 10 lung lived
on the Continent, and as be must have known
that bis colleagues only meant to express
their Joy at seeing him, we have nothihg.to
say about this part of the performance save
that it was perhaps doubtful taste. But for
"foreign Ministers" to embrace "SenatorR'
wives" is neither a Continental nor Cont.
nent custom. The Senators in this case, Il is
true, don't seem to have objected, not even
Mr. Wade, whose wife we are told was par
ticnlariY 'included," as If in especial honor OF
her husbands probable elevation to the Presi-|
dency Whether this marital pstisnee on
the part Of the conscript fathers was proof
OF Catonic superiority TO the ordinary feelings
Of mankind OF the result of eoniugal discip-
line, or merely an evidence Of their profound
ABSORPTION IN the business before them, eutais
ing an absolute failure to see what was doing
behind their backs we are not informed.
There are precedents to show thai the enc
bracing OF Senators wives BY foreign
is not always regarded with such
amenity even at Washington. But even
were there not such precedents. we protest
against the creation of this sors Of thing into
an institution, Obsta apTiHciDiis. II ''ioreigu
Nj iuste1sr may claim the right of embracing
Senators wives, where and with what class
win they stop? Are the wives Of Reprssen-
tatives. Of Judges, Of Major Generals to Be
"included' in this extrsvagant amiability2
They are parts Of Africa in which hospitality,
we are told, puts on this questionable shape.
But until we get African Senators into the
Capitol we decline to indorSe the introduction
Of such customs here. Very likely it may
have been relief to the wives Of some OF the
concerned in the present exhibition
and it must certainly ha Q tended greatly
to the exhilaration OF the spectators. Butt
is bad in itself ualurl en- Sc and We hope =
may at once be made Taalan pr0Ai5ltUH', even
at the risk OF throwing transient gloom over
the caveSt old court Of impeachment yet as
semblsd among men!