Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-05-07

Der the race is not always to the swift, or the bat
tie to the strong. Remember single pebble from
brook was enough to overthrow the giant that
defied the armies Of Israel" The court adjourned
before Mr.. Stanbery had concluded.
ded his argument. Bingham, who is to make the
concluding speech on impeachment, follows Mr..
Stanberry It is expected that he will occupy at
least two days.
SPEECH OF MIR. GROESBECK.
In spite of the Radical assurances of the certain
ty of the conviction and removal of the President
the accounts by mail from Washington continue to
represent his chances as steadily improving. The
National Intekgenoer says: 1T is noteworthy
that during the last two or three days there
has been the most striking change in public o.
pinion. The speech of Mr.. Groesbeck produced
very remarkable effect, and its reception by the
Senate has led to the belief that portion Of that
body, sufficient to control the result are ready to
hear and to weight argument, with view to ma
king up an honest and impartial judgment On
yesterday, we think, majority of the intelligent
and well-informed persons with whom we conver-
sed, or of whose opinions we heard, were impres.
sed with the belief that acquittal was probable, IT
not certain Outside of the hist of managers and
few ultras in the Senate, we hear Of nobody that
pretends to believe conviction Is warranted by any
other consideration than party necessity. The
growing belief, in short, Is that Impeachment is
doomed. A telegraphic dispatch says:
'sMr. Groesbeck' s argument began, like those Of
his predecessors on the same side, with conside-
ration of the character Of the tribunal the speaker
urging that it is court and not, as the managers
would have it, an institution above all law; ac-
knowledging no restraint; worse than courtmar-
tial in that it has broader and more dangerous
jurisdiction. He then proceeded to consider the
specific acts on which the articles are based, and
to argue-6rst, that Mr.. Stanton was not covered
by the Civil Tenure act; second that if he was so
covered the law is unconstitutional, and therefore
no law at all and third; that the President has
the full right to make an ad interim appointment
I pass over the main body of the speech thus
argued with much originality and force, have been
the topics of previous arguments, and send you a
full report of the conclusion of the argument, in
which Mr.. Groesbeck advanced into new ground,
so far as the present trial is concerned, and defen
ded the President on theory, the boldness Of
which is matched by the eloquence with which it
was put Looking back over the case, he was glad
to be able to say there were no political questions
involved in it. The questions were, where is the
power Of removal lodged by the constitution? Is
Mr.. Stantous case covered by the Civil Tenure
act? Could the President make an ad userian ap-
pointment? Did he do anything misehieyous in
hisinterview with General Emory? And then the
matter Of freedom of speech, which he apprehen-
ded nobody would carry on his back as heavy
load for the remainder of his life. Stripped of all
verbiage, that was the case upon which their
Judgment was asked. It shocked him to think it
possible that the President could be dragged from
his Office on such questions as whether he could
make an ad interim appointment tor single day.
Was this matter justifying the disturbing of the
quiet of the people; shaking their confidence in
their President and driving him from Office? How
meagre, he said, how miserable is this case An
ad interim, appointment for a single day An at
tempt to remove Mr. Stanton, who stood de6antly
and poisoned all the channels of intercourse with
the President Mr.. Groesbeck continued as fol-
lows:
I do not speak this in censure of Mr.. Stanton,
but such is the fact. We have been referred to
many precedents in the past history of England,
but those precedents should be to you, Senators,
not matters for imitation, but beacon-ghts to warn
you from the dangerous rocks on which they
stand What is to be your judgment, Senators
Removal from Office eand perpetual disqualification?
IF the President has done anything for which he
should be removed from Office he should also be
disqualified from holding Office hereafter. What
is his crime? He tried to pluck thorn out Of
his heart, for it had become thorn there, and the
Senate had fastened it there. What more had
he done? He had made an dd interim appoint
ment to last for single day. You could have ter.
minated it whenever you saw fit; you had only to
take up the nomination. and the ad INTERN, would
have vanished like smoke. The thing was in your
hands; you had only to act on the nomination and
the matter was settled This wasno crime. / cal
point YOU to cases that have occurred, and point
especially to that case of Floyds where the Senate
in its legislative capacity weighed the question, de-
and received it as satisfactory For the purpose o.
this trial that is res adyudicata What else did
the President do? He talked with an officer u
bout the law. That is the Emory article. What
else did he do? He made Incorporate speeches
when reviled he should not have reviled again
when smitten on the one cheek he should not have
turned the other also; then he would have escaped
impeachment But, said the gentleman who ad
dressed you the day before yesterday he was eager
Ideny it, in the sense in which the gentleman pre-
sented it, as being criminal. Here, too, the Presi
dent followed reason, and trod the path on which
were the footprints of Lincoln, and which was
lighted by the radiance of that divine utterance Of
Lincoln's: "Charity toward all, malice toward
nonc." He was eager for paci6cation /; he knew
that the war was ended 1.-The drums were all silent
the arsenas were all shut the noise of the cannon
had died away; the army was disbanded; not q
eager for pacifcation the hand of reconciliation
was stretched out to him and he took it was this
kindness-this forgiveness--a crime? Kindness
a crime? Kindness is omnipotent for good more
powerful than the gnpGwSdr nSHs. and Ss o kind
manship of Heaven itself. The thunders of Sina
did but terify and distract; it is the kindness O.
Calvary that subdues and pacifes.
What shall say of that man? He has eve
walked in the path and by the light Of the consti
tntion. The mariner, tempest-tossed on the seas
is not more sure to turn on the stars for guidance
than this man in the trials Of public Life to lool
to the star of the constitution he does love tn
constitution; it has been the study Of his life; h'
Is not learned and scholary like many Of you; ht
is not man of many ideas or Of much specula
ton. But he is man Of intelligence; he is g
patriot second to no one Of you In the measure