The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-07-18
A Scene in the Impeachment
Court.

"Swede,'' n Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial, has the following under
date Of May 18th
When Fowler came to vote the feeling was,
perhaps, most intense. He is OF n mild, almost
girlish face, and very quiet manners; and, unlike
any other Senator, can sit perfectly still IN his
seat for hours, listening TO dull or earnest argu-
ments with the same unruffied aspect. His face
Is without strong tints OF contrasts IN 1t, ms hair
being Of bunchy. luxuriant auburn, more tiaxen
than red, while his skin IL pale and his eyes are
gray. lie looks to- be no more than forty years
of age, but il really f~orty-sIx, having been born
ut Steubenyille, Ohio, the homo OF Judge Bng-
ham. lie was n professor in the same college OF
which he had been pupil, and seems 10 have
taken rank always for docility, amiability, hope
fulness and conscientiousness. He is much be-
loved by some who know him perfectly; but he Is
of n distant nature, and less of a politician, L
should think, than any Senator. IL was by the
soft nature Of Fowler that the Radicals were as
sured Of him, and they watched him like n pris-
cner from Tuesday to Saturday TO keep his other
sympathies from finding fellowship. When 1t be-
came his turn to vote, every eye that knew him
was upon him. Anthony, heretofore the only
doubtful Senator, had swung into the Organiza-
ton. If Fowler should vote guilty" conviction
was insured. Standing up in his neat-ftting suit
of black, the coat n dress one, Fowler, paler than
usual, but mild faced and modest as always,
passed the hardest moral gauntlet of his life. L
do not know whether any of the Radical Senator's
dTDulu MIN NDl.IcTtl hNDuud u uc IOccr u lutlE
lips were almost articulate. His place was next
To the wall, five seats from the Chief Justice,
with Simon Cameron before him, Ramsey Of
Minnesota behind, and Harlan and Drake almost
touching his left elbow. Upon his vote hung the
Presidency, the fate of many Thousand families,
the highest of all precedcnts, the destiny of his
party, perhaps.
.sHow say YOU, Senator Fowler? Is Andrew
johnson, President of the United States, guilty
or not guilty of n high misdemeanor, as charged
IN this article p
The answer fell low, but audible, =. Not guilty.
Senator Sumner was ON his feet in nm instant,
many PAGES of, quIvering with emotion. 1--WE
did not hear the answer" he said, looking like
Judge Jeffrey-all fury
Senator Fowler arose again.
Repeat your answer" said the Chief Justice,
in his mild, majesty way.
"NO guilty. replied Senator Fowler.
Charles Sumner sat down, looking almost leo
nine, his powdered locks shaking, his lips trenl-
bling, philippe in his eye. He turned his profile
up at the gallery, and very fine it was, with the
nostril dilated, as he wiped back the hair from
his temples, all flushed for an instant, then pale.
| never knew that he had so much quick charac-
ter.
The other raging face was brakes. but its type
was lower than Sumncr's; for the latter seldom
breaks into full passion, while brakes is gritting
mad with about the same intensity all the time
There 10 not a great deal of magnetism ABOUT
Drnke; he froths where Sumner frightens.
Drake is n blnck-and-tan terrier, always nervous
for a scuffie, while Sumner is n lion shaking his
name. Chandler's expression was pure personal
hate. Wade could look nowhere to conceal his
thunderstorm expression; the relieving bliss of a
good, old-iashloned cursing was apparent to
everybody Who saw these four ~faces-Sumner,
Wade. Chandler and Drake. There were Others
with equal hopes wrecked in Fowler's reply, but
their natures were different, and that which made
the others drunk made these but timid-