The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-04-08
WArntNaroN April 1t, 1868

W ATlitNtiFbN AiFlI l>S, iSOc.
SENATE. - Mr. StansnerFy then rose and
said Court had at length reached domain
of law on a question requiring carefu' conSl
deration aud Argument. tie stated qn" >tlnn
to bp wheter or not the docllrations ot Gen-
eral Thomas were to be used against the
President, though not proven to b2 anttor2z-
ed by hiw. 1t il alleged thar the grav
men of tie offence charged in tirSf thr e
article consist in issuing by President OF
thc letter Of authority 10 Grn. Thomas; IN
the fourth DrricIe the of fen charged Is
conspiracy with Gen. Thomas to obtain by
force aud intimidation, the Office OF ) 'cre
fary Of War These were the only artc'"
whose confederation was now necessary
As yet ,'e have NJ prnot Of any thing sal.
hy the ples lent before or after giving this
letter ol' authority. The purpose Of tha
present attempt was to shOg the President s
intent "a issuing it by oroinctlon OF lrrevn
lent testimony abaut remarks made by 'f"n,
Hhonas, without an horlza'lOn by the Pres
-ident The Presidents intent could be
Shown only by the orders themselves. The
order and letter 9t' authority given to Gen
Thomas. did not maze him a general agent
of the President. They authorized him 0
do only certain specjli, things when pros
per Foundation Of proof Of a conspiracy is
said. then declarations OF one of the sup>
posed con -pirators ma, be deemed to supli>
cate another.
In this instauc, no such foundation of
proof has been Iail E7en if it were ad.
nittel while he denied that the letter Of
authority constituted relation between
th- President Gsn Thomas Of principal and
general agent, it could not be maintained,
| That letter was in itself no proof Of con'
spiracy. The nature OF the order was ac
| corling to the usual formula to designate
an Office known in the law. 70 execute
duties Of an Office established by law, it
| would nor be asserted that all Officers ap
pointed by the President become his special
| or general agents The President and his
| appointed were alike officers and responsible
| to laws. The managers say they expect
| hereafter to show connection between tine
| declaration of Gen. Thomas and the respon-
(, dent
Mr.. Butler Il did not say hereafter.
| Mr.. Stansberry. Did you say you had
done it heretofore?
| Mr.. Butler. No.
Mr.. Stansberry. Then If you expect to
| do it you must la it hereafter and either
meant what you did not say or said what
| Won did not mean. He went on to claim II
10 be an unprecedented attempt to baild
the superstructioa before laying the found
| dation.
Mr.. johnson asked the question, wheth>
er the managers proposed to prove that the
President authorized Gen Thomas to US
force if noc ssary, and whether the Presi-
dent endorsed the declarations Of Thoma
! after they were made
! hIr. Bingham said the managers must de-
| cline to answer so general question
| Mr.. Evarts rose to speak, bur Bingham
saled auehtion 10 the rule limiting debate
on each side to one hour, which time, he
said had about expired.
/ The Chief Justice made an inaudible re
| marx. aud Mr.. Butler wished to know
| whether these questions would ever be dc
/ ci led, 80 this managers might know what tC
4 ralv on.
/ Chief Justice stated the effect of the ruls
] Mr.. Drake submitted the point Of order
that tbs decision must be made by yeas anc
nays.
/ MIR Conkling moved tho counsel for tn,
President be allowed time for further 70
marks. as they had been under a misappre
hension as to bearing of the rule.
| Mr. Evarts said they hal not yet exhaaj