The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-04-09

| eApeCldClOQ OF Cn6 dOuSc uluuabeIS W prouuct
q good deal of sensation and amusement by
This reading; but, save from set Of profes.
sonal claquers in the middle aisle, nothing ot
TINS kind was elected. Mr.. Morrill, did, in
deed, once or twice indulge in smile, but
gave no other sign of special qualification
Mr.. Colfax behaved with customary propricty
The speech was pretty damaging one to
the Radical cause; it was not, perhaps, very
smooth or oratorical in its structure, but fol
an off-hand effort 1t exposed capitally the Con-
| Sressional intrigues by which conflict oil
races was precipitated at New Orleans, and the
slavery of the Freedmens Bureau substituted
for the old domination of the planter, as well
as the tlickery by which in one bill small sum
was given by way Of bounty to the white
soldier, larger sum to the negro, and $4,000
per anDum extra compensation to the bomb
proof Radical Congressman; In short, the
| speech was telling and effective arralgnment
Of Congress-; but we could not help refecting
that the very body Of partisans whose miscon-
duct was thus held up by the President to the
| people on that occasion had now hne oppor-
tunity to wreak o safe revenge-sltting as q
court OF impeachment to determine whether
their accuser before their common master, the
people, should hold Office, or whether they
should not seize the opportunity to tuin him
out and put o member Of their own body in
his place. OF course, such conjecture of cir
cumstances will be conceded to be eminentlv
favorable to the exercise Of the judicial faculty.
Mr.. Joseph A. Dean, another stenographer,
also took notes of the st. Louis speech, and
made report which he stated to be substan-
TALLY correct. This was put in evidence. On
brief cross-examination this witness testified
that for an ordinary speaker it would take four
times as long to write out his speech as he
would be in speaking, and for o rapid speaker
seven times as long. This testimony was un-
derstood to have some bearing upon that of the
Radical editor the other day, who pretended to
make verbatim report in long hand, on his
knee. Of the Presidents speech at Cleveland.
Mr.. Robert S. Chew, Chief Clerk of the State
Department, was the next witness, and % ave
his evidence in very succinct and intelligent
manner. He testified that the old form of
commissions was during the pleasure Of the
President for the time being;" but that since
the passage Of the Tenure-of-ofice law the
phras .ology had been 'subject to the con-
ditious prescribed by law" On -examina-
tion by MIR. Stanbery, MIR. Chew stated that no
commission had ever issued with the words, or
their equivalent, Ito hold office until removed
by the President, with the consent Of the Sen
ate." Since the I'd Of March, 1867. no COM
mission had been issued to the head OF o
department., and during period Of thirty
three years Of official SERVICE prior to 1867, all
commissions had run during the pleasure of
the President"
Mr. Buffers aim seemed to be to show that
the President had recognized the Tenure-of-
Office law, OIL, at least, had avoided, as far as
possible, any infraction Oft. Suppose 1t were
to appear, as contended for, that in ordinary
routine cases the President had yielded his
convictions for the sake of peace, and only
made stand when it was proposed to foist an
odious cabinet officer upon his confidence, who
then would appear as the aggressor and fit
subject for impeachment ? But it will be no.
ticed that the phraseology employed by the
State Department commission carefully leaves
the validity Of the Tenure-of-office law to be
hereafter determined, as Mr.. johnson desired,
by the judicial tribunals.
General Butler next put in evidence O list
furnished by Mr.. Seward, exhibiting one re-
moval, viz that OF Mr. Pickering, during the
session of the Senate (he being the only Cabi-
net officer down to 1867 who ever refused to re-
sign), and also great number OF acting, and
several ad ,nterin, appointments of Secreta-
ries. These cases being similar In principle to
that o. General Thomas, really went to prove
np the Presidents case.
Mr.. Stanbery wanted TO ask whether MIR.
Chew ever knew OF Cabinet officer, who, on
being requested to resign, had declined 80 to
do; but this damaging question Mr.. Butler
would not consent should lie put. Stanton and
Pickering are, however, known to be the only
cases OF the Cabinet-barnacle type on record.
As General Butler read the letter of Pickering
to Mi. John Adams, giving his reasons for re-
fusing 10 resign, it was curious to note the
correspondence in some passages with the let
ter of Mr.. Stanton, the cool, easy defiance with
which Pickering declined to accede to the Pres
idents overture" as he called it; but then
Mr.. Pickering pleaded the pecuniary induce
ments for his resolve to ''stick' NTH candor
that Mr.. Stanton has not copied; though IN
other respects the cases accord.
Mr.. Buffers next effort was to read letter
of President Johnson 10 Secretary McCulloch
in respect to the appointment OF General Grant
to the War Department., In order to show that
by this notification the Tenure-of-office law
was recognized. General Butler should not
need to be told that one part OF law may
he GOOD and another bad. The letter OF the
President was under the eighth section, and
none other, which, in case OF changes IN pub
lc officers, made it the duty OF the President
to notify the Treasury officials.
After the usual recess, General Butler, who
has managed the impeachment cause almost
exclusively, and with conceded ability, deter
mined to crafty his silent and obsequlous sub
ordinates by grand dress parade. Accord
ingly, Messrs. Boutwell,, Wilson and Bingham
were each allowed to get up in turn and read
documents for about five or ten minutes each.
This being over, Mr.. Butler formally announced
that he had closed his case. He might have a
witness or two to make cumulative" proof,
but "substaDtially" he was done. MIR. GU te
then asked that the court should adjourn until
Thursday to give time to the Presidents coun-
sci to collect, collate, and prepare their testi-
mony and proofs. He stated that they would
have few oral Witnesses but good deal OF
documentary evidence, which they wished time
to collect and prepare, and BY this ALLOWANCE
they would, as members OF the profession could
we'll understand, actually save time.
The general feeling OF the Senate was to al
low this time without making difficulty, but
MIR. Sumner tried hard to prevent this indul-
gence. Among those who supported MIR. Sum
Der in this were MIR. Conkling, the inevitable
Mr. Drake, Mr.. Morgan, who has SO far given
partisan votes even on motions to adjourn, and
MIR. Stewart "sticks" to one side firmly.
Per contra, Mr.. Howard. who, though ultra, is
q good lawyer, knew a refusal would not be re-
gSrded as decent by his profession, and voted
AYE" NIr. Upton, fortified by thirty-six ad-
herents, announced in shril treble fiat re-
bellion from the yoke Of his Colleague, MIR.
Thayer. In fact. the very depths were loosen
ed, and the Chief Justice for an instant found
himself in the Court he wished the Senate
to be-
And 30 the trial stands over until Thursday.
1t is but fair to General Butlerto Say, that con-
siderlng the g1eaL weakness Ct his cause and
the absence OF any useful assistance from Ms