Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-05-15
MR.. sTANBERY's CONCLUSION.
An Eloquent ana powcrrul AppeSt,

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ling OF impeachment, nom the first,
showed few signs of vitality. There
was never any real life in It.. IL
has been nursed by the managers
with the greatest care, especially by
that honorable manager whose busi-
ness IL was first to bring il to tho
notice of the Senate. He handled tho
bantling In his arms with consumato
skill. He pinched its poor and wan
cheeks for some show of life, hut even
then II was too evident that Ii was
IN ortic,Io mortis. The nurse was
skillful, but the subject, with all his
care, was beyond his art. Long since
this show of vitality vanished, and
now it lies, bereft of life, u shapelcss
mass which gives no sign, scarcely
glim contortion, the counterfeit re-
semblancc of life, under the galvanic
touch of high party excitehient'
SenatorsI II was not at all iioccs-'
sary for the defense of the President.
that, in the exercise of that discretion
which the law allows to him, ho
should be put to prove that his intcn-
tions were all right. He has gone
far beyond the necessities of his. case.
Never were good intentions and hon
est motives more thoroughly proved
than they have been i'm this case. L
repeat it, that If everything else were
made out against him, this great ex-
culpatory fact must absOlVe him from
all criminal liability. And now,
Senators, i have done with the law
and the facts of the case. There re-
ffiaiffs for frfe, however, o duty to be
performed-one of solemn import and
obligation-a duty to my client, to
my former chief, to my friend There
may be those among you Senators,
who cannot find case of guilt against
the President. There may be those
among you, who, not satisfied that u
case for impeachment has yet arisen,
are fearful of the consequences of ac-
quital. You may entertain vague
apprehensions that flushed with the
success of acquital the President will
proceed to acts of violence and revo-
luton. Senators, you do not know
or understand the man. i cannot say
that you willfully misunderstood him
for /, too, though never an extreme
party man, have felt more than once,
in the heat of party conflicts, tho
same bitter and uncompromising spir-
1t that may now animate. you. The
time has been when when / looked
upon General Jackson as the most
dangerous of tyrants. Time has been
when, day after day, i expected to
see him inaugurate a revolution; and
yet, after his administration was
crowned with success and sustained
by the people, lived to see him
gracefully surrender his great powers
to the hands that conferred them and
under the softening influences of time
came to regard him, not as tyraht,
but as one of the most honest and pa
triOtic of men. Now, listen for u
moment to one who, perhaps, underA
stand Andrew johnson better than
most of you, for his opportunities
have been greater. When nearly
two Years ago he called me from the
pursuits of professional life to take a
seat in his Cabinet, l answered the
call under the sense of public duty
l came here almost stranger to him
and every member of his Cabinet, ex-
cept Mr.. Stanton. We had been
friends for many years. Senators,
need tell you that all my tendencies
are conservative? You, Mr.. Chief
Justice, who have known me for d
third of century can bear me wit
ness. Law, not arms, Is my profess
sion. From the moment i was hons
ored with seat in the Cabinet of Mr..
johnson, not step was taken that
did not come under my observation,
not word was said that escaped my
attention. regarded him closelyin
Cabinent, and in still more private
and confidential conversation. saw
him often tempted with bud advice.
l know that evil counselors were
more than once around him. OBJ
served him with intense anxiety
But never in word, i'm deed, in
tholight, in action, did | discover in
that man anything but loyalty to tho
Constitution and the laws. He stood
firm rs q rock against all temptation
to abuse his own powers, or to exer-
else those which We're not conferred
upon him. Steadfast and self-rcliant
in the midst Of all difficulty, when
dangers threatened, when tempta-
tions were strong, he looked only to
the Constitution of his country and to
the people. Yes, Senators, / have
seen that man tried as few have been
tried. L have seen his confidence
abused. have seen him endure day
after day provocltions such as few
men have been called upon 10 meet.
No man could have mot them with
more sublime patience. Sooner or
later, however, I knew the explosion
must come, and when IL did come-my
only wonder was that il had been so
long delayed, Yes, Senators, with
all his faults the President has been
more slnned against than SHINING
The Constitution of the country IL
aaf "a In ht hn.Ia -.
was in the hands of Washington
II you strip him of the robes of office,
If you degrade him in the utmost
stretch OF your power, mark tho
prophcSy! The strong arm of tho
people Will be about him. Thoy will
lind way TO raise him from any
depths to which you may consiglf
him, and we shall live to see him ro-
deemed and to hear the majestic
voice of the people: "Wsll done,
faithful servant, you slidll have your
reward.n But IL, Senators, as cam
not believe, but as has been boldly
said with almost official sanction,
yOuf votes have been caIlvassed aud
the doom of the President Is scaled,
then let that Judgement not be pro-
nounccd III this Senate chamber; not
here, where our CaDilllus, in the hour
of our greatest peril, singlc-handcd,
met and baflied the enemies of tho
Republic; not here, wlicre he stood
faithful among the falthldss, not here,
where he fought the good fight for tho
Union and the Constitution; not in
this chamber, whose walls echo with
that clarion voice that In the days Of
our greatest danger, carried hope and