Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-03
THE IMPEACHMENT.

s:t Inc lmpeachment CTlal yesterday opeuea
with the reappearancesot Mr.. Karsener, Of
Delaware. Itappeared that afterMr. Karse-
ner's exhortation to Gen. Thomas to ''stand
firm. the eye of all Delaware was upon him, !"
&c. and narration of the same to his friends
Tanner and Smith, he had gone to his quiet
couch, at the house of clerk in the Wan De-
partment. Soon after he went to, the. Marble
partment iaseompany with his, friend Tanner,
was introduced to Mr. Stanton, and be and
Mr.. Stanton talked over his interview with
Gen. Thomas in regard to standing firm. .: The
result was that something was said about Mr..
Karsener's being examined before the impeach-
ment managers. Ill z ~ Il
Mr.. Thos. W. aFery) was also in the War
Department that particular morning of the in-
terview between Gen. Thomas and Mr. Stanton,
and, like his associates, INDUCED much in
memorandum, and showed great capacity as
reporter. a.,si1sl@lG gt.
Gen. Emory was next. sworn, and gave. bis
testimony in almost exact language with what
has been heretofore published. lit appeared
that he, himself, had called the Presidents at
tention to the order Of Gen. Grant, that all Or
ders should pass through, the General OF the
army; that the President was Ignorant OF this
order and characterized it as conflicting with
the Constitution, which made him Comman-
der-in chief, and with the tenor of his {Em-
ory's commission. 1T did not appear that be-
yond the expression of this opinion, which
Gen. Emory himself ELECTED, the President
said one word to induce him to obey his own
orders or embark in any conspiracy. The con
versation showed an utter want OF any militia
ry preparation on the part of the President,
and an almost extraordinary carelessness and in,
i 70 hos b1,1 no
merry of the army had been used to control the
Executive. .s-A.-.
On cross.examination, Gen. Emory stated
the opinion Of officers to be that ''they were
bound by the order, until declared to be ,un
constitutional by the Supreme Court" ;jE
Mr.. Wilson read number of papers, mono
of any great Importance or novelty. Among
other things he read part of the President
letter to Zen. Grant, conVictlng the, latter Of
duplicity in regard to the surrender OF the Wan
Department.; but Mr. Wilson refused to reaG
the Enclosures referred to by the President, viz
the certificates of the five members Of the Cab
met touching the issue of veracty between
the President and Gen. Grant Here lega
debate sprung up, Messrs. Stanbcry and
Evarts earnestly insisting that these certificates
were like postscript or an exhibit, and should
be read Messrs. Bingham and Wilson stoutly
objected to reading the papers.
BY vote of % to l9 the Senate decided moi
to require the reading Of the documents refer
red to. ~ ..-'-@t
After the recess, Mr.. VIM. e. Chandler, late
Radical Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
was sworn, and testified touching the forms
and routine of army acquisitions and warrants
in the Treasury Department. Then came III
terrogatories by Mr.. Butler concerning the APP
pointment Of Colonel Edmund Cooper as Assis
tant Secretary Of the Treasury. Butt or ut.
tempted to show that the President had ap,
pointed Colonel Cooper for the purpose o(con
trolling the funds of the Treasury, and as part
OF a conspiracy by which General Thomas was
to be put in Stanton place. There was some
debate concerning the admissibility of this tes,
timony, Messrs. Stanbery and Evarts briefly
showing that it involved altogether fresh
charge, of which no notice had been given
them that it fell under none of the articles,
and that these articles the managers had no
power to amend or enlarge. Messrs. Butler
the claim to make the trial a sort of drag-net
proceeding, generally abusing and vilipending,
without reference to special texts and charges
The Senate. then, by vote of 81 to22, threw
out this testimony. Messrs Henderson,
Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Fessenden,
Grimes, Sherman, Trumbul, Williams voting
to reject it. sss f..3hsG., =H:~.
Mr.. Tinker, a telegraph operator, was called
to prove some dispatches passing between the
President and Gen. Parsons, last summer, in
respect to the ratification by Alabama of the
constitutional amendment. These dispatches
had really no relevancy to the case, and were
objected to by Mr.. Eyarts.8 So far as per
tinency to the case is concerned, they run on
all fours; but the Presidents dispatch does
him so much credit that we are In no wise
sorry the Senate, against the judgment of
some Of its best lawyers, voted to let it in
Here five o'clock arrived, and. there was q
tie vote on going to dinner. The Chief Jus
tice, solved the problem in the Affirmative
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