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down. Let the President have another sweet morsel
Mr.. SUMMER favored recess >on the ground
that it would be beneath the dignity Of the
the President Of the United States. He had
always felt 1t to he unbecomng In the Senat
sor high crimes and It The President
might 60 forth nominally acquitted, but he would 60
forth nevertheless blasted public functionary:
was entered on the record the Senate would consult
s own character by absaining from any further IN
terchange OF messages between Congress ana the
President. For this reason he favored o recess.
Mr. MORTON thought 1t rather late In the day to act
On mat dea having gone on up to this time transact
Mr.. YATES was opposed to q recess, because he
wanted more bills for the projection OF human liberty
tween now and the @ nai vote on the articles Of i'm
peachment
Senator WILSON opposed recess on the same gen.
eral grounds as Senator Sye did.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE favored q recess.
Mr.. HENDERSON took Mr.. Sumner 10 account for
rejection on the President. II nothing else should
cause Senators to abstain from such remarks, de-
cent sense of self-respect should restrain nthem NO
associate had right either In the Senate or in the
court to reject on the conduct Of any other Senator
No man had higher respect for his constituents than
hmself but his constituents could not enlgnten MIN
his own conscience, and nothing could ever drive
him from the performance Of his duty II his con-
stituents dlsapprOved OF his course he was IN their
hands, and they might do with him as they wished;
but he was not TO be told by his party to turn his
back on law and Justice: IT. was no use In trying to
party question, and the moment party should put
Itself in the position that its members must perjure
themselves, that party ought to and would crumble
into dust. For his own part he regretted that the
subject OF impeachment had ever been brought into
been He thought as long as the President was not
convicted 1t would not injure them to send bill to
him.
Mr. DRAKE asked if any Senator had assailed his
for In hQ Cor IN.
ment.
Several SENAToRs-No one.
Mr. HENDERSON inquired when his colleague had
become the guardian Of his character.
Mr. DRAKE replied that here and elsewhere he con-
sidered himself Ill duty bound to defend 1t when as
Mr.. MORTON raised the question of order that it
was improper to asssl Senators for voting one way
Mr.. DRAKE suggested that when that Senator
called another to order he shond do 1t at the time
that disor!erly words are spoken and not take the
noor from Senator speaking in order. He con-
fessed his surprise THAT his colleague (Mr. Hender-
son) under the supposltion that some general asper
SiOns had been made upon the seven Senators who
had voted for acquittal, had been called upon nd-
ydually to defend himself from that general as
Mr.. HENDERSON pointed out that remark had
been made deprecating intercourse with this great
criminal whom the senate had voted TO acquit.
In that remark but said he listening to the Senator
he will pardon me If say that was reminded OF
proverb Which seemed to me to be very applicable to
his case as he presented it. 1t is ths:-'Whoso ex-
cuses himself, accuses himself" The swiftness with
which he rushed to self-defence brought to my mind
this ancient maxim. Mr.. Sumner went on to repeat
his argument that it would be unbecoming In the
senate to interchange messages, &C., with the Pres
dent while the impeachment is pending vote, he
continued has been taken on one article, but there
are ten to I've acted upon, and on the article acted
vote. He was saved, as the saying is ''by the skin
of his teeth" call 1t nominal acquittal on that
one article. ailude to that now because IT has been
acted upOn There is moral Judgment against him,
Judgment
Mr. HENDRIcKs.-I wish to inquire what decision
the Chair made on the point OF order made by my
The president, pro tenn The Chair did not make
Mr.. HENDRIcKs.-Then 1 ask a decision on that
point OF order as applicable to the remarks Of the
Senator from Massachusetts.
Mr., SUMNER.-I ask the Senator to put 1t In writ
:. The PRESIDENT, pro tem.-The Senator must put
Mr.. HENDRrCKs.-I make the point of order that
the line Of argument made by the Senator is not in
order.
Mr.. SUMNER SAID he knew of no rule that dictates
to Senator what course OF argument he can pursue
and he proceeded with his remarks, In the course of
which he said he knew there were Senators wh0
since the Impeachment question has been agitated
have continued In personal relations with the Pres
dent, and others who have sought Official appoint.
ments al his hands, and who have frequented his
house. He had no criticism to make, but he could
not have done so himself
ground that subjects must otherwise come up con-
nected with the admission Of the lately rebellious
that should be reserved until the question Of i'm
peachmcnt is decided. He reminded the Senate that
It was not judicial trial only, as had been claimed,
Involving Judicial issues and consequences, when
Mr.. WILEY raised the point of order that 1t was
improper to aude to the question of impeachment
in debate While it Is pending.
The CHAIR ruled that no course OF debate can be
dictated by any question Of order.
Mr. JOHNSON appealed from the decision OF the
chair.
After some talk on the point of order Mr. MORTON
moved to adjourn, which was not agreed to.
The CHAIR stated the question to be on sustaining
the decision OF the Chair.
Whereupon Mr. JOHNSON withdrew the appeal
saying il had been made under misrepresentation OF
the point made
MI. STEWART concluded his remarks, holding
that during the pending OF this trial questions in
volvng tle admission and reconstruction Of
States and the condition Of the South and its people
could not be fully discussed and that, therefore,
their best course was to adjourn.
Another motion TO adjourn, made by Mr.. CAME
RON, was voted down.
The question was then stated to be on the motion
to include the Senate In the tuition OF the House.
1t was agreed to by vote OF 30 to 20; and the ques
t0n recurring the resolution, as amended 1t was
rejected by The following vOte:-
fEAs-Mcssrs Anthony, Bayard, Buckaew, Cole, Con-
ness Corhe Davis, Dixon Iooittle Fowler Hendricss,
H., Patterson OF fenn Salisbury, sprague, Stewart, Sum-
ner, Van winkle, yickers and wiliams-2f.
Edmunds, Ferry Fcssenden Harlan, Howe Morgan, Morrill,
Of Me-. Morton. Nyc Pomeroy, Ramsey Ross, sherman,
Thayer, Tp:on, Trumbu, Wade, Wiley Wilson and Yates
After a unavailing attempt by Mr.. MORRILL,, Of
Maine, 90 call up the deficiency BILL at quarter
before fJd4 ,hc Senate adjourned.
H5J5E OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1868.
PRAYER BY THE CHAPLAIN.
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