The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-23
POLITICAL SUMMARY.

I,sfE.oHMESr-Ev1L INFLUENCES AT WORK
THE APATHY OF THE PEoPLE--sENAToRs
rRucKLNe TO THE n1PEAcHMENT MANAGERS
sr1zuRE OF TEIEaRAMs At THE OFFICE IN
WASHINGTON.
The Washington correspondent OF the Bal
timore Gazette writes under date OF May 20:
els notimpeachment dead ?" is the question
which meets one at every turn. Inc usual re-
spon se is, "dead, but not buried" In ORDINARY
times. aud under ordinary circumstances, suG9
answer would not only be satisfactory Dut Moulo
be strictly correct, but these are no ordhary
times and late experience has SHOWN endS an
at nothing to carry out their wicked purposes.
o. course, no one can tell what the end IS TO oe.
The Jacobins themselves profess to be proiouno-
" Ignorant of what is in the future;
The Conservatives would be. surprised
at nothing, while they feel the great
est apprehensions from what Tnao. Ste-
vens denominatcs the evil influences "ncn
yersed freely with senators on both sldes anu
with politicians generally, and he finds that
terrible feeling OF doubt and uncertainty uni,
yersaIly prevails. There is much being SAID OF
impeachment being dead, and OF President
johnson being acquitted, but it is well ascer-
,-ined fat that leading Conservative men mere
do not regard the question as by any means set
fled. while Radical senators are OF the opposite
opinion. There is no doubt that with the pres
ent Senate the present impeac Iment ls dead
failure: but with ''the evil influences which
surround u.s." who can say that the present
Senate will control the issue, or who will VEN
ture the assertion that with the new senator's
there will not be new charges preferred
The leading Radical senators scout tne
u nd yv0nld th6rphv
become members of the court. They go 30
far as to say that the Chief Justice would re-
fuse to administer the oath 20 them as mem
bers of court to pass Judgment on articles al
ready submitted and partially voted on. On
the other hand, the Conservative senators say
We are at the mercy Of an unscrupulous ma.
iority, and this majority may not only admit
the new senators, but may change the rules
90 as to obyiate any difficulties which Chlef
Justice Chase may suggest. Then the decla-
ration that they dare not y this or that
amounts to nothing. They Will dare 90 any
thing which is possible to be done BY the
Radical majority. Should the Chicago Con-
vention not adopt conviction OF Anarew
johnson as plank in the party platform,
win be hidden from view, but should that
BODY demand the removal OF the Presldent,
that they may control the Offices during the ap-
preaching Presidential contest, then the coun.
try NAV expect to see impeachment galvanized
into newness Of life, either by the carpet-bag
senator's assuming to vote on the articles still
pending, or, # they profess any squeamish9ess
on this point new charges VIII Dc u@Pea a
persons. stthe country would never tolerate
this" It is too late to assert that there s any
thing too vile to be tolerated by the American
people. Had Andrew johnson been forc1bly
removed from Office without the formallte5 OF
trial, it would have been nine days wonder
with the people and nothing more. See the pro-
ceedil ilgs before the board OF managers To-Day,
when Senator Henderson allowed hlmset to be
called bafore Butler to be bulied and black
guarded as witness. The House of Representa-
tives not only undertakes to convict senators
of bribery and corruption, but assumes 10
summon before them the recreant senator's
themselves, and they obey-they stand 1t; and
why should not the country2 AS Thad. Stev-
ems said, s.the spirit Of evil influences" is IT,
6sad around Us, and it is impossible to foretell
NIT that they have forebodings Still OF danger,
perhaps revolution.
In the meantime Butler and Stevens, the
managers who are now running the machlne
here, are revclling in tho outrages they are
perpetrating upon citizens who boast OF q gov
eminent of law and order. The chronic desire
Of Butler to pry into and handle what belongs
to another has led to the outrage Of seizing all
telegrams, On whatever subject, which were
sent from this city on Friday last. His beastly
nature will no doubt gleat over many OF the
family secrets which he will be able to CLEAN
from these private and confidential dispatches.
The superintendents of the three telegraph
lines were before the managers to-day, ana re.
quired to produce all the dispatches sent
hence by private individuals for several DAYS ai
before the rendition Of the verdict on the
eleventh article.
This proceeding Of the managers ls regarded
here as ahigh-handed outrage. 1t is questiona-
BILE whether the telegraph company, under any
circumstances, is warranted In disclosing the
contents OF the confidential communications
entrusted to them; but this indiscri oinate dis
closure, without first laying the foundation, e.y
proof, of the existence OF special messages, ls
unprecedented in the history Of illegal and OUT
rageous acts.
NOTHING FOB JUDD.
In giving out the names Of the visitors to
West Point, and in publishing them in news
papers, an error occurred, and the name OF the
Hon. N. B. Judd, member of Congress from
Illinois, was substituted for the real appointee
from that State, Professor Edwards. On Mon
day night the President received F'om Chicago
the following dispatch, dated 18th :ssant:
A. johnson, President United States:
After leaving Washington on Saturday eve
ming, I saw in newspaper my name, and an
nounced as having beer appointed visitor to
West Point. Assuming the truth OF that state
ment. decline that or any other appointment
within your gift. N. B. JUDD.
The President replied By telegram, as fol-
lows:
Hon. A. B. Judd, Chicago:
The appointment of visitor to West Point,
which you decline in your telegram OF the 18th,
has not been conferred upon you.
ANDREW JOHNSON.