Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-02-11
IMPEACHMENT AGAIN.

the President with an attempt 70 cohPei MN
to violate the tenure ofofice law, has had the
effect to revive the impeachment sensation,
and last week the Washington quidnuncs
predicted the early report of articles of i'm
parchment. From the following, furnished
by the reliable correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun, it will be discovered that the matter
has not yet assumed definite shape:
From authentic sources Jour correspondent
learns that the stories thus far circulated in
regard to'the alleged action of the reconstruc-
ton committee upon the johnson Grant cor
respondence have no foundation in truth, save
that the committee referred the matter to
subcommittee to examine the law and deter
mine whether any act Of the President: as
disclosed in the correspondence, constitutes
violation of law. There was no formal ex-
preston of the opinions of the Ncmbers OF
the committee as to whether the President
had committed an Improbable offence, but
theoretically it is understood that some of the
republican members of the committee were
of opinion that Mr. Johnson should be i'm
pcacEed, because OF what TRANSFERRED in the
johnson GrantSStantOn imbrogho The COM
mittee meets tomorrow. Saturday when 1t
is expected Messrs. Bingham and Boutwell,,
the sub committee, viii report upon the points
submitted for their Investigation.
There is great apprehension on the part of
some nervous persons here that the House
will impeach and the Senate convict Mr..
Johnson When questioned they are unable
to assign any reason for this apprehension,
save that they find in conversation with radi-
cal members of Congress determination to
carry out the impeachment project, if it can
be done with a plausible show Of cause, aud
this is the whole story, as the matter appears
to- night. No legal grounds for impeachment
are assigned by any save the old impeachcrs,
who claim to have found enough in the War
Department imbroglio Moderate republi-
cans deprecate renewal of the impeachment
agitation, and find no legal grounds to war
rant the adoption of-articIes.
LATER.
From the same correspondent, writing on
Sunday last, we have the following -
There is moro nervous apprehension and
cd impeachment Of the President than has
ever been manifested here before. The fears
are not much founded upon what is openly
alleged by the radicals against Mr. johnson,
as what is mysteriousIy limited as the purposes
of the impeachers.
1t is asserted generally, and believed by
many, that recently the extremists have had
secret meetings, in squads here and there,
and by this means have become convinced
they can adopt articles of impeachment in the
House by small majority, and this has
emboldened them to take up the Johnson
Grant correspondence in the determination of
finding therein sufficient material to form a
charge Of conspiracy to resist the laws-such
is the anguagc-and possibly violation Of
law, which being established to the satisfac-
ton of the impeachers, they will revive the
old charges, and with these added to the new,
make a case against Mr.. Johnson.
To effect this the sub committee on recon-
structon is directed to take the testimony of
Gen. Grant and others as to matters conncct-
ed with the Stanton imbrogliO and the Grant
johnson correspondence.
Mr.. Stillson, the j. B. S. Of the n. York
World was before the subcommittee yestcr-
day. and his testimony is to be resumed to-
morrow. He was Intercepted yesterday as
to the conversations he had had with the Pre-
sident relative to the interviews between Mr..
johnson and Gen. Grant, and what the Pre-
sident said to him (Stillson) etc. The evil
dence did not disclose any fact not already
made public.
The democrats generally believe there has
been diligent counting of noses among the
impeachcrs, which has given the latter en-
couragement to again start the impeachment
movement, and the democrats also believe
the plan includes the immediate passage of
the Edmunds bill, or something akin to it,
providing for a suspension Of the party i'm
peached from the moment of the adoption OF
articles of impeachment in the House
This is confidently believed by all demo-
Gratis, by some republicans, and as plan for
its enforcement, the proviso intcrpotatcd in
the appropriation bill that the Secretary of
War be directed to place military guard in
the Capitol, instead of the Capitol policemen,
is said to have been suggested by the i'm
peachers.
On the other hand, there are republican
members we'll informed of what is transpi-
ring, who say this second effort of the i'm
peachers will prove about as unsuccessful as
the first and that there has been no general
caucusing nor any understanding or agree
ment upon plan among any considerable
number OF republican members, but the
whole affair has been confined to about the
same parties who recently voted for sustain
ing the majority report of the judiciary COM
mittee favorng impeachment.
The impeachers attach importance to the
fact that Mr.. Bingham is with them now !;
but this is Offset by the other fact that prom-
inent original impcacher declares he will not
support the new project. Up to this moment
YOUR correspondent has heard of no acquisi-
ton to the force of the i:ii2cachers save that
of Mr.. Bingham. lift be fact he IS with them.
VANDERBILT WILL NOT SUPPORT GRANT.
The New York correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Lcdyer in his letter of Friday, COM
municatcs the following:
There is quite stir in political circles