The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-18
Nitllmond 1ispatth.
Observation-Disclosures 49, 1868

,,o.i,1 Correspondence OF Baltimore Gazette
rho Impeachment-Th Course which
,i,t he Pursued by tho Counsel of
,,c ENTHUSIASTICALLY n PrOtracf-
cd TriaI-SeuatOr Salisbury Tempt
o,-Vnc Object in view-The Tempter
~ordcrcd Ouf"-The Tennessee Con-
,cslcd Casc-An Incident i'm the Ca
rcer Of Butler, of Tennessee.
AsnISGroN, March l6.-The counsel
of the President are busily engaged in the
,,reparation Of his answer to the articles of
;n,2cachme Mt, and it is understood from
wha; may be regarded as good authority
ths; they will present first O general de-
mur7er, in which it will be denied that
the charges as presented furnish iustifa-
bic grounds for an impeachment. This
demurrer will apply particularly to the
tenth article, which embraces extracts
from speeches, denying that the words
are sufficient in substance-even if the
article was not defective in form.
The counsel will next present an OBJ
lection to the court as not being the
tribunal contemplated by the Constitu-
tion-thcre being ten States unrepre-
sented, and consequently twenty of the
constitutional judges excluded from the
court. The third objection will be to the
competency Of certain members Of the
court in consequence Of direct interest
in the result of the trial (Wade's case), or
their having disqualified themselves by
forming and expressing in advance opinions
which prevent them from being impartial
Judges. After these objections will come
the general denial Of Not guilty." fol-
lowed by confession and justification of
the main facts charged. Such is under
stood to be the line Of proceeding marked
out by Mr.. Stanbery, the leading coun-
sci in the case, and the impression pre-
walls among the friends of the President
that the trial will be protracted, in
spite Of the efforts Of the prosecution to
rush it through to a judgment. When it
comes to the introduction of evidence, it
will be ont Of the power of the managers
TO control matters, and the investigation
may become interminable, as suggested by
Mr.. Stanbery on Friday last. The article
involving extracts from the Presidents
western speeches may involve the neces-
sity Of bringing to Washington thousand
witnesses, not only to prove what the Pre-
sideut did say and how he said it, but also
to prove the provocation given the Presi-
dent by Radical politicians who had assem-
bled, particularly at Cleveland, Ohio, for
the purpose of insulting Mr.. Johnson.
This tenth article opens wide field for
examination, and, when once opened, who
can say when it will be closed?
sent you yesterday brief notice Of
the "spy" system, which has been again
introduced here; but this perhaps is even
- o h,p M fo,tipc o1n fal
by the impeachers to secure the convic-
ton of Andrew Johnson, and thus usurp
and seize upon the Executive power of the
Federal Government. 1t is indeed morti-
fving TO witness the schemes resorted to by
the Radicals to secure their ends. am
authorized to allude to an incident which
occurred few days since, and which
illustrates the depth Of moral and political
degradation which has been reached by
the present dominant party in Congress.
An entire and total stranger to the Hon.
willard Salisbury, Democratic senator
from Delaware, entered that gentleman's
room on Friday morning last, and after
stating that he had a very superior article
of brandy, begged to DO allowed the honor
of presenting that Senator with case of
il, The infamous movement was at once
perceived by Mr.. Salisbury, who promptly
ordered the wretched tool OF the lmpeacn-
erS out Of his presence.
The unfortunate weakness OF this Sena-
tor was attempted to be used to deprive
the Senate of q vote known to be against
the ,Jacobins, and this creature had no
doubt been employed to tempt his we'll
known appetite for Intoxicating drinks,
and by placing him under the influence OF
brandy, probably drugged, to keep him
from his seat in the Senate. These facts
are stated by Senator Salisbury himself,
vino declares that he never saw or heard
OF the individual proposing to present him
with case of brandy before or since this
transaction. 1t is very evident that stran-
gers in Washington have become wonder
fully liberal of late, thus to donate cases
Of brandy, or that there is good reason to
suspect damning plot against the senator
from Delaware, with q view OF having him
expelled from the Senate, and thus reduce
the Conservative vote. No friend of Mr..
Salisbury here questions the fact that
there was plot laid by the impeachment
schemerS. :,
In the contested election case of Powell
as. Butler, some important facts were sup
pressed in the report Of the committee
Butler, to whom the Radicals assigned the
seat, because now himself Radical, was
proven to have procured assassination and
murder. He gave one Lafayette Jones a
pair Of boots for killing Union citizen
by the name of Waugh, and also Offered
one Ellis suit of clothes to pass through
the lines and assaSsinate one Mcqueen
- h,,t Gal nI nd
relieves Butler Of all political disability by