Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-12

impeachment Let me gave
you some studiesH
There are seve& members of the com.
nittee 10 prepare srticlesof impeachment
They have been hard at work, meeting
Early, and keeping late in session. They
get together at eleven o'clock in the morn
ing, taking some disengaged committee
room in the capitol building Here was
the picture they presented day before yes
terday:
4 bright marble apartment, high and
spacious, with large, carved easy chairs,
soft sofas, and all the elegancies Of oapi-
tolinc architecture and decorations. Be-
sides the heaters, there was a red fire /
burning in the crate.
THE CHAIRMAN OF TuE COMMITTEE /
GEORGE 5. BOUTWELL,,
sat near the fire, pairing his nails with .
pcnknife. He is dark. lank and stern |
man. of decided New England physiog- |
nomv, positive address, large eyes and SUR |
charged with blackness, his mouth hidden |
in his black moustache Hair grows black |
ON the backs of his hands, and down his
long, knottv fingers, almost to the nails
lie dresses in black clothes, he looks like
a mercantile man, full of indomitahle en-
terprisc, and is fifty years old without
looking it. Boutwell, kept country
store" not very many years ago. lie
was thirty-three years old before he began
to study law. and since 1872 has been al
mot cnntinnally in the nnhlic seryicc o!
Massachusetts,, chiefly getting honors from
the Democrats. Even down to 1861 he
was member of the Peace Congress. lie
is in perfect health, Of abstemious habits,
and his tenacity is without pause or com
promise. He is more practical man
than Mr.. Stevens, and little given to alb
stractions.
THADDEUs STEVENS
Mr.. Stevens is living on the sofa, in so
ailing health that he cannot sit erect His
eyes are lack-mstured his wig shades
very blackly the white hue of his face he
4 looks up at times to ask or hear some
thing. and all at once out of his pain you
can see the failing mind gathering up in
his face almost as distinctly as the rally
ing of armed men to a center. Around
the room. some walking, some looking out
I of the window, one with his feet upon
the table, the rest of the impoachers 81
JOHN \. BINGHAM.
4 Bingham, the hes. natural sagacity OF
/ them all, looks like steel soythe, with a
/ fash of freight in it, being lean, frosty
/ of nose, and queer stick altogether, a.
YOU feel in an instant. lie has much
warmth of character. a sehoolmasters air
many little crotchets, and a good deal OF
bouncing nobility Stillson, the Worlds
correspondent, went to see Bingham last
night. Bingham jumped up and said:
"Gentlemen,' elapping Stillson on the
shoulder, "this young man never forgot
to be gentleman, though we tested his
patience well when we examined him -
Il am not surprised, Mr.. Bingham
+ said Stillson, "to hear you say this
/ "Why, my dear boy Z"
4 Because, sir it was due to You and to
me also, in view of the rigidncss OF my
examination"
WELL" said Bingham, that's true; but
all Congressman don't take pains to do
Justice outside of party
JOHN \. LOGAN.
Logan is an extraordinary preservation,
with the dark youthfulness of an Indian
brave, not apparently older than thirty
| five, yet twenty-five years ago he was q
quartermaster in the Mexican War. He
must be forty-fye. His temperament is
4 like his complexion - fierce, sparkling,
dark, ready for action at any time. He
talks, walks and acts like Gull State
Southerner His voice is furious when he
declaims, and his flaming sentences LEAP
out from his jet-black moustache like the
blaze out of a sooty black furnace. OF all
men here, he has most the manner of the
prairie, the plains, and the frontier. He
is equally ambitious and courageous. Ills
mind is intense and headlong, rather than
discreet and reasoning. To hear him talk
in committee, you would think Brandt,
Red Jacket, or Metamora, were hurting
down the war hatchet in solemn council.
WARD. JULIAN, AND WILSON.
the former of New York. the second Of
Indiana, and the third of Iowa, constitute
the remaining committeeman. Ward is a
short, baldish man, Of light complexion,
not very striking in face, but good, clear
headed worker, who has been dead-set for
impeachment ever since the subject was
broached, nearly two years ago. For his
original commitment to this policy he was
rewarded with place ON this most re-
sponsible committee. He is but thirty
nine years old, the youngest of the i'm
peachers.
Wilson Of Iowa, was originally an
Ohioan, and has also been for prompt and
radical action on the part Of Congress
from the first. He has standing as chair
man of the committee on the Judiciary
besides.
Julian of Indiana, is an old Congress
man, of spirit and tenacity, tall and angu-
lar in manner, and good debater
Together they make a strong body OF
men, almost as few, as devoted, and as
relentless as John Browns band. You
might compare Stevens to old Ossawatomie
himself, and Boutwell, to Stevens, the chief
of staff to old Brown. These are no lag
gard men all are for prompt and pow
erful remedy, and at once. Bingham, Viii
son and Boutwell, are the strategic fight
ers. Stevens is for going in at charge,
armed with all Heavens accusations, and
Logan swears, like Wayne to Washington,
that what Stevens projects he logan will
do. Julian and Ward make suggestions,
and carry on the dialogue. Bingham is
as cautious as an Indian skirmisher.
SOME WITNESSES
To these impeachers appear, after