The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-28
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7uEsDAY.~,'. '..'..''''Af { s s, .so0, :
,s,onaence Of the Baltimore Bun.
cr,N snc, cf MI. Grocnbeclk.

" su,scroS, April 26.-- :. l y aoutils-
WAS ss...s If opinion about the argument
tie dliie rreaoshsck, Of counsel for che Presi.
Of Mr. eI ss ,be High Court Of Imp achment
dent, os'oie Men Of oil shades of politics,
yesterday :. eyinced ability of q Superior;
agree tha' md that it will rank with the
c hSast elearcst, and most @gica. arguments
so.es, PRESENTED to any tribunal The ex-s
ever Radicals--the men most anxious for
t t, ITobnson's conyiction--the men whose
Mr.. !; S0 ore already made up, and who hare
ninu Ias,;ned not to be convinced, land thisls;
t;t,tcnded to apply 10 senator's but to gem,
nc. sn outside and to members Of the,
N W.nss nil say it was the best argument
h y. resented for the defence, but they do
y. attempt to gainsay any Of the points
presented ,.nn.noamen, os the trio, M
bss been listened to with, such marked
. .,n both from senators and others;
non non the floor and spectators in the gallery !;
s9S this, too, in spite Of the fact that it was
"r rrea, physical labor for him to speak, and
rs, his voice, from bronchial hoarseness,
49,. " ANYTHING but pleasing to the ear. But
,,er his first sentence the voice was forgot
.sn and the closest attention Was paid to
S;s sound, forcible reasoning.
He was decidedly original in manner,
|. matter, and form Of expression, and threw
snod of light upon the case. The lawyers
- the Senate-the men of acknowledged le-
10, ability-such as johnson, Fessenden,,
9T-nmbuli. Grimes, Sherman, and others,
,..ned to be particularly interested, and
raid the strictest attention; and there was
hardly one but noted the points now and
them made. Senator Howard, who has
throughout the trial occupied his own seat
m the outer circle Of desks, on this occa-
sioD, and after Mr.. Groesbeck had spoken
short time, moved nearer to him, and more
than once critically examined the cases,
cited by the speaker. .
1t was manifest that the Ohio lawyer was.
giving the Michigan senator some points
and decisions which were either new to
him or which had escaped his attention.
Mr.. Sumner too, seemed to be more inte-
rested than he has yet been, except, per-
haps, since Mr.. Manager Buffers opening.
Senator's Drake and Fowler occupied seats
near the table of counsel, and listened at
,entively. Senator Conkling kept his seat
upon the outer circle for time, but after
awhile became so much interested that he
moved nearer, and occupied q seat beside
Senator Johnson. The latter, as is his Gus
tom, paid the strictest attention. a
Of all the senator's, he is the only one
who has, throughout the trial, taken. careful
notes of the proceedings, and of the autho-
rites referred to by the Managers and
counsel, whether upon the admissibility Of
testimony or in the general discussion of
The issue. Senator Chandler alone did not
seem to be ct all interested, for he was not
in the chamber much Of the time, and the
ergument was, therefore, utterly lost upon
him. .-ss,
At the close Of his remarks, Mr.. Groes-
beck was congratulated by several of the
senator's, and the chief Justice engaged in o;
short conversation with him, butswhether to
congratulate him or not could not be deter
mined from the galleries. One thing is
certain, that Mr.. Groesbeck gave the posi-
tons assumed by the Managers some pom
lerous blows, and utterly demolished their
reasoning, and furnished much food for the
serious reflection of each and every member
of the High Court of impeachment. Mr..
Groesbeck is native of the State Of New
York went early in life to Cincinnati He
was representative in the Thirty-ffth
Congress, and member Of the Peace Con-
grcss in 1861.