The New York herald., 1868-05-01
WASHING
Revelations Respecting the
Alta Vela Affair.
Letters from Judge Black to the
President.

Extraordinary Efforts of the Radicals to Force
Impcachment-The Alta VcIa Claim and the
Managers.
II Is necessary to be here the spot in order to
realize the extraordinary efforts made by the i'm
peachers to carry out their programme Of deposing
the President and getting possession Of absolute
power. They feel and admit that without this sue
cess the Presidential election is lost, because 1t is
now conceded on all hands that Grant gives no
strength to the ticket and, in fact Is rather dead
weight than anything else since he excites enthu
siasm whatever, and as q candidate Is regarded as
complete failure. Everything, therefore, Is staked
the success of impeachment for the radicals confess
that without 1t their defeat in November is inevitable
and with it the result is involved in serious doubt.
Each individual Senator VINO ia SUSPECTED of any
independence, or who has not openly committed
himself, like Cameron, Conness, Conkling, Drake,
Chandler and such patriots, is beset with every pos
slble influence, both political and personal. Poll
ticans OF local position are brought here from great
distances. newspaper power is invoked, letters are
written, promises are made, expectations are held
out, threats are employed, committees are sent on,
caucuses are held and the whole machinery Of party
set In motion. This whole spectacle is dscreditable
and disgusting in the last degree such trial.
Another element has been recently invoked to
strengthen the chances of conviction and that by
holding out the promise of Cabinet places and mis-
sionS 10 certain senators. Radical members of the
House, who claim TO speak Ia Wades name, are the
Intermediates IN this business.
A violent crusade has bepn made AGAINST Fowler
of TENNESSEE for having refused thus lar to pro,
nounce against thc President, as demanded by the
TevOiut0niSs, who say The testimony has nothing TO
d0 with the case, which IL political necessity. The
aid OF Browniow was invoked, and he mas written TO
say that Fowler pleged TO vote for Impeachment
before ne was elected ,eepate az large To the CDl-
cagO COnye
Inc impeachers allcge with confidence that
hn n.I m O.
count of his pcndlng re.elecron 10 the senate. As
he voes SO y,es Anlnonv wn" lends orr IN tna avos
and NAYS ami fhereSore Whnee no",tion 10 in~ort;nt
The Sane is Co convict on what are called Inc sian
ton artices and to ac0ut ON ali toe urers IN order
To make a show of ure,cnded t.,rnnss Itnt nohoIIv
viii he drceVed by th,s m,serahe dodge which ~
only a weak invention intended to breok the force
of a dispraceful iniouIty
Stantan nafIon is 70 bc arfv contrived an as
to take enect when hIs successor .shal he auaeJ.n
ton 1Sa nav h ma6 !" ~ ~ rato o ny h @ @
eyperience ana unscrunnl losness mr." cnnsd,erod I'M
portant IN the pres,denIai contest' Resides when
ne ~ relied unnn to MANAGE f.ront sa he onoyod h,a
canacitv In ~, yhen tne .1eneraI co,ad ,,n"n nm
tresn irom tne preside~t to recn%m"% h,S rnsia ,
ton n. Sacrotnrw oS W. S,ha. ~ ,onnn ,.o,s"a a.
described nv Srs,nton ou hovin% mo- ,ooo oo"o ,,ors
cnrinns If was on Sp%Gav ands stantnn haaa
rot a mint that Grant and S"er,San wcre sn ,vor " "f
7ia rai,ramnmt GO umnn .ran. ca,na ha 80 ,,rannraa ~
hImse ioos ed at him srniaca nt,v md Ia t.'snn
eral Won nave cnmr ron tne prc.,drntyn Voc ;;
renIed t,rant whn dnmhfomndad INV tnc recon,",
did not utter a single word about the object of ms
vsit Tn,s 10 whot is meant w. rant;S o,tar tn th"
rvharoi ha COW, ,ooiaoo ,,rn,n,o
resiVnatinp to Stanton ~ " ff
n stanton reanv meant tn ret,re in good faith
there wOud he M easy mode of saving so withnmt
connition ue will consu,r his ntera, mi no,hinr
else Tney have been the rnie "r his iIie lie nas
recomme,,,ed Mat Carcntar for Attornev t:enerai
to Wade as a gentleman very convenient To- have at
his disnosai rur Mi snrTs nj o1inons "
The New YORK ..rino,, i'm Conyress cannot agrec
upon a Candidate for the Treasury Denartment.
Shading of kurtalo is nressed in some uuarters
ana Opdyke mas started some feeble ,iemonsir .tio,
ior himself hut netnnr seems IN make headwnv
Ward has the commission substantially IN his pocket,
wnere Wade ,iyes 'Thaf little hotel has suddenlv
risen into great popuarty Cartier VINO is anx.
iously waiting IOr on OF tlie new seats ON tbe Sn
prene bench holds ont there Hc claims il in virtue
OF his grea services first for arresn1 and tnen or
discnaryinv General Tbomas K,n~na,n and WI W.
ams' OF ie Mana@ers are also ln""d u%der "d this
now noted roof so ia the gallant W,,son nr MaSaa
cnusetts, VINO certifies to eyerybodys sobrietyyes
The exposure of the part taken by Butler. Bno
ham, stevens ana Logan m the blV Alta Veia sDec,i.
seizure OF the island on the Presids,nt in a letter
dated the 9th of March, after Impeachment had com.
menced and notice had been served on the President
to answer at the bar OF the Senate has produced a
great sensation in the Senate ana I'M the community
These ardenl impeachers, who had arragned the
President on the most trivial preteXts were the men
who urged him during the session of Congress- to
commit an act OF war; the power to do which belongs
to Congress alone, and that entirely for the ad-
aad thi ne dates
withdrawal OF Judge Black from the counsel
after having accepted tiat position and con-
oone scnaer ONE Of te sr e his ,o' .al
strous calm, was chief OF ..botted up,' Buffers
staf the signatures OF these four Managers to the
red anu 1 nr"nca 90 mns i,, nave M al con @
question Is asked naturally enough. II the President
had yielded TO TINS indecent pressure OF the four
,h roo ny o. Strn, 70" ,a I've liz .v o'a % WHICH
snod with tho ra Moor tnat no hos ,aa, nnas p pn,
, suer % W,.a t,e i lam he sa nc l,s oee @ Docs no.
,s leiusa n ~ ou n9 e n 70 .n's specuauon
Wphat is tbmght IF the men ,,hn niocod as .,oso
u,naaerS no t"yvards the pr.ant' nd cIa, @ eso s
ra'nf ..a, the ne"re oS ,nn tn,od % .ns u,,s "
shpud address hin neiition NJ this EinI IN tSo ~.
,, nr nersnasnn or q throat "n the ,or, ~ u a % a.
his trais Shese are the v,rn"s Maragers vI Ue & ~
m ,s ,ndonant shont the presiIents aeSaS ,nTan
u rum and VINO prate about decacv honor and intsg
t, ru % rho iamacnIata pntler t,,,nvho,n W $500 oa
anyy ay ner aII nS unnm n,rhm, nxa eevems @
M anu loss ,o and soma NJ whom Tre s,,arens nroro @
,ho active engineers nj the peciac ,,a,,rnad
u.o uh;ch WaShhnrna' anro,ha. ain ~ nai oau
an,v' v,rtnons vhan h;s n '"u, ,,aa anu
eIaaw % wyoved recentv dscIarod 70 h th % rnoe,ess ~