Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-03
The Impeachment.

Iuo IApt.clll1cuI.
On Monday lNst the Impeachment tiat was
opened by Il. P. Butler. on the part Of the
managers. in II tiyee bouTs speecb in support Of
ihc articles. Then will follow the evidence and
then the closing arguments. The ans%er Of
the President, 10 the charges vas a fpll and
elaborate vindication Of his course. Admit
ting most of the facts charged, lie denies most
emphatic ically that they in any eeass constitute
the "hgh crimes and misdcmcanors" which
saome within the purriev Of The Cnn,titEtion.
lie aliirms the unconstitu,ionnlityo Of the Ten
ure Of Oeice Act. which would div.st him Of
ihe necessary Irero gatives Of his office aud de.
nies besides TINT in the removal Of Stanton
he had violated it's requirements. Even nd.
mi,ting tI,e law TO DO Constitutions nnI that il,
arplies 10 Cabinet officer y llo had boon ND :
poirtsd Ly his predecessor, he ailirn,s lLst he
ilas pursued The only course Ly which
he could test lis Consltut. naity, and d.ni, s
ihe criminal intent which must form the
.grosanae" Of sEch charge. These arega-
tions are clearly. forcibly and triumphan,ly
urged by the Presidents counsel in his an
swcr. and the statement of his case is, in
Itaelf, full and satisfactory vim 6ication. Up'
on this answer alone he might he justified in
resting his case before any fair minded ;rihune
al and Lut i"r the necessity Of his removal to
the success Of the Radical party there eepld be
no d"u!t Of ;he result. Says Washington
correspondent:
"the whole matter Of impeachment from
the radical standpoint is one Of political self
nf 4 l,,, a. a..
af IN important Presidential election they say
such n measure would be of comna, a.;vcly
small Importance, and they could atforI 10 let
the case take its sconrse; but ut this jurctnrc
they cannot. Therefore justice is but rea,h-
! or i'll the scula compared with tho necessity of
succrss. "n1 the whole energy and ir.guencc of
the party AID nll its open mud secret orsamiza-
lions "nl agencies will Le uroughtto besr to
insure success"
Bnt in spite Of !hese considerations and
though in the minds of many tho case is al.
ready IRE Judged, there nre some fourteen Ser
ators-An,h"ny. Of Rhode Island; Cole. of
California; Edmun.ls, Of Vermont; F-ssend.n,
Of Maine; Fowler, of Tennessee; Freli.yhuy-
snu, o; Eev Jersey; Grimes. Of Iowp; lIenlvr-
sou. Of Missouri; Norton. Of Minnesota; Loss,
Of Kansas; sherman, Of Ohi; Sprngue, Of
Rhode Island; Trumbull, of illinois, unL Vii.
iIaris. Of Oregon-men of Conservative views
ard high Shararter. who are not to Le rci-d
upon IN sustaining case which il 80 no:orious
" H'msy, and prosecuted for motives 80 entire
" partisan and corrupt. a conviction wuulI
consign The judges 10 eternal inf.rny. From
such corrupt verdivtthe President raay safely
nj IN L.. ;,,.l.
raries-anl ut the bar of public opinion abide
"the just censnrc which awaits the true overt" "
LANDS IN TIE Srrrn.-Mr. Capron, CON-
! missioner Of the Department of Agriculture,
some time Since sent circulars through the Sou
;hern Sta,ee. requesting. sasw.rs to questions
concei Mug tie pust und present value Of lands
! and the prospects Of agI icul,ure. The rerlI-a
have ocen carefully condensed. aud Mr. Cap
ron makes q rerot OH the subject, from which
We gather tho following in relation 10 South
Carolina:
In South Carolina tho average decrease in
the market value ST land siuce 1860 j.. al.ou,
sixty per cent. Wild lands can be bought III
; most counties (or from fifty cents to two dol
lars an acre. Reports from all tie cotton
growing counties agree in declaring cotton to
be, at present, 20 pIofitless ard. in most case.
: losing crop" In Union di.trict the yield OF
farm lands is,"generaily 300 ~ 1000 l.suua.
sSed cotton, 8 to 90 bushels corss 20 10 40
Guthc!s lice. to Is Of rye. and 10 to 20 o
oats. or course, better implements, thorough
tllsge, i" nd good sa.s Of mari md other. .,naIs-
rIals and manure. would greatly increase these
products.' From, April to October or EoYsm.
Der. only working cattle and milch cows .re
led. The rsstcof The stock lun loose in tn.
woods and abandoned lands until after harv est
! when they are turned into the grain fi-lds
Very little profit is derived from fruit grow
Ing. ltis suggested that as the season ia from
anon'h TO six weeks earlier in South Carolina
market gardening Cor tilio and other northern
cities might lie made very prof .abIe.
| MrScHs JAMEs!A. GuEr.-Wc direct att.n