The New York herald., 1868-05-17

Grover dem.. of XIV. Taylor rep, Of Pa.
Hairht dem. Of Nj Upson, rep, OF Mich.
Haisev rem of n. i Van Aernani, rep, 0fN.Y.
Hamilton, rep, Of 0hte Van AuEen, deI.' a o. ra
Hawkins, rep, OF Tenn. van IP dIumP ucin., VI ~,
Hi, rep, OF n j. un"yn, Nan Wyvns irp' G " ~ n, III -
Honner rem of Mass Washburn, rep, OF Mass.
HOtchkss dem, of Conn. Washburn, rep, OF Ind.
Hubbard dem of Conn. Washburn, rep, Of Wis.
Hubbard rep, 0I W. va. Meiker, rep, oi Vnio
Hubbard rep, OF Iowa. Wilson, rep, OF Ohio.
Hulburd rep, of n. Y. Wilson, rep, or Iowa.
Humphrey, dem, Of N. Y. Woodbridge, ref Of Vt
Ingersol, rep, OF Ill woodward, uem., OF Pa.
Thus ended the first attempt at impeachment.
That it failed owing solely to the panic OF the
radical leaders the result Of the fall elections Had
these been favorable to their party had Ohio, Penn
syvanla and New York stood nrm the report Of the
committee would have been adopted by large ma
jority. But this not so, and giving way their
fears, they rejected the entire report
THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND FAILURE.
The extreme faction in the House of Representa-
tves, headed by Mr.. Taddeus Stevens were baifled,
but not dispirted hopeless of final success. Seve
raShlls which had previously been passed over Mr..
Jonnsons vetoes were regarded as containing restric
tions upon the Executive prerogatives which would
inevitably result in the President doing some act
which would unite the republican party upon the
question OF his impeachment. Chief among these
was the Tenure of Ofce law, which attempts to pre-
vent the President from removing an obnoxious off,
demand the resignation Of his entire Cabinet soon
as the bill passed the House, although he must have
known that Its great object was to prevent the re-
moval Of Mr. stanton. He simply contented himself
with vetoing the bill 1t Is true that Mr. Stanton had,
with degree OF duplicity unparalleled in American
politics. declared in q Cabinet council that the bill
was unconstitutional and that II even it was not 1t
could not apply to Mr. JOhnsons Cabinet. After de-
velopments made it apparent that, even while max
ing such declarations, Mr.. Stanton, who secretly
sympathixed with the Congressional policy Of recon-
structon intended to avail himself of the provisions
OF the law and to seek their protection at the first
opportunity.
In the meantime, before the reassembling of Con-
gress Mr.. Johnson had suspended Mr.. Stanton from
his duties Secretary of War and appointed General
Grant ad interim Secretary. After the meeting Of
Congress he sent in communication to the Senate
announcing the reasons for the suspension. The
Senate refused to agree and on January 13 passed
the following resolution
Resolved, That having considered the evidence
ana reasons given by the President in his report OF
Edwin NJ Stanton, The Senate do not concur In said
The resolution was voted for by the following sena-
tors:-Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattel Chandler,
Cole Conkling, Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Drake,
Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan Morrill, Of Me. Nor.
rlll of VT, Morton, Nye Patterson ofN H., Pomeroy
bn amse Wade Wey Wams Wsen
Six democrats voted In the negative. Immediately
after General Grant surrendered up the War Depart
ment and Mr.. Stanton resumed possession. Then
followed q long and angry correspondence between
the President and General Grant, in which the Gene
raj was charged with having acted with duplicity
aud INSTRUMENTATION. The House of Representatives
officially called for this correspondence, which was
referred to the committee on reconstruction. On
offered report in favor OF impeachment On motion
II was laid the table by vote Of five to three,
Messrs Bingham, Paine and Beaman radicals) and
Messrs Brooks and Beck (demOcrats) voting in the
affirmative and Messrs. Stevens, Boutwell, and Farms
worth In the negative Thus failed the second at
tempt to impeach Mr.. Johnson.
THE LAST AND SUCCESSFUL EFFORT
On the 21st OF February Mr. johnson issued his
order removing Mr.. Stanton from the War ONCE and
appointing General Thomas Secretary OF War al f,s-
te,fna. During the same day he sent communica-
ton to the Senate setting forth his 1t wa
considered in executive session the same evening
and acted upon as follows:-
Whereas the Senate have read and considered the
communication OF the President stating that he had
removed the Hon. Z. NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War,
and had designated the Adiutant General Of the
Army to act Secretary OF War Gd interim, there
fore
the President has no power to remove the Secretary
of War and designate any other officer to perform
the duties Of that Office ad interim
The resolution was voted for by the following Sen.
ators:-
Messrs Anthony, Cameron Cattell, Cole, Conkling,
Cragin Drake, Ferry, Harlan, Morrill, OF Me-, Morrill,
Of Vt, Morton. Patterson OF N. H., P0meroy. Ram
sey Ross, Sprague, Stewart, sumner, Thayer, Upton,
Trumbull Van Winkle Wade Wiley, Williams, VIII
son, Yates-2s.
The vote in opposition to the passage Of this reso-
luton was very small and comprised only the few
democratic Senators who were present. As will be
seen, there were fourteen radicals absent or not
voting. '.r
Mr.. Stantons removal and the subsequent action
OF the Senate naturally created intense excitement
throughout the country In the House OF Represen-
taves the subject taken up and referred to the
Reconstruction Committee, who reported in favor Of
impeachment. on February "a q vote was taken and
the report adopted The vote resulted, yeas 126 nays
AZ, as fOllows:-