Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-15

Our Washington Correspondence.
Impeachment Doubtful Senators--Conse-
9uences of Mr.. Johnson's AcqmnaLCop-
aerhead Trou5les-Diron's Defeat-Hab-
ITS of Senator's Wade and Sprague-A
Thin Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL, 1868.
IMPEACHMENT.
Mr. EDITOR Washington is so terribly
dull outside of the impeachment trial that
have nothing of interest to tell you. The
three days given to Mr.. Johnson's counsel
was we'll employed, and on Thursday and
Friday Mr.. Curtis delivered very fine ar
gument, making of the Presidents case all
that it would admit of. Yesterday afternoon
General Thomas was called on the stand,
and afforded the spectators great amusement
by the uncertain ideas he entertained of
matters and things, after having been sub
iected to the fire of General Buffers cross
dent had told him to go ahead and take
possession in any way he thought best, Civ
ing him to understand that if he pleased, he
should use force.
DOUBTFUL SENATORS.
Mr. Stanbery expects to finish his testi-
mony next week, and in that event, the trial
need not last longer than two weeks from
to-day The result is generally regarded by
outsiders as doubtful, though members of
Congress scout the idea. There are some
few senators who cannot DO relied on, and
who, in fact, on any great issue seem afraid
to do right. Among these doubtful men are
Fowler, of Tennessee, Grimes, of Iowa, and
perhaps half a dozen others, who
ported by different persons as being unsourd,
These reports, however, are founded On
rumor rather than anything cleo, and
believe that with the consequences of their
action so plainly before them, they can
hardly fail of their duty.
CONSEQUENCES OF MR.. JoHNsoN's AcoUITTAL
Should Mr.. johnson be acquitted, all the
power of despot would be thrown into his
hands. and he would not hesitate to accept
it. The right of his denying the constitu-
tionality of any law, and of refusing to
tAttutt IL WOuIi nc tOiItSotu Ills
and uncontrolled authority over the army
and in fact over all the affairs of the govern
ment, would be conceded, and wherein would
we then differ from the most absolute mon
archy in the world, except in that our ruler
would have more power than any, and sit
a throne more assumed than any, through
the immense power of his patronage and the
habit of the people to submit to the powers
that be. Would not party that should
admit these powers and thus allow the whole
system of our government to be overturned
deservedly lose its power? And not only
would it deserve to lose it, but it most Ger
tainly would do so, for no people care for
party apart from the principles it supports.
and when it's leaders fail to support those
principles, W neither drawn away by motives
of policy or driven from them by fear of
results, they cannot be supported
CoPPERHEAD TROUBLES
Copperhead journals make great to do
because they say the radicals are trying to
Brighten their timid senators into voting for
impeachment. They either mis- take or will
fully ignore the truth. There is no force.
All these senators were elected by Repub-
licans on Republican principles, and not even
the most vile democrat would pretend that
they should not be urged to maintain those
principles of free government and the RICH 5
of men, on which they were elected. To he
sure some men like Doolittle, Dixon Ct i'd
omne genus, who betrayed their friends would
behold such recreants with delight
nrxo~'s DEFEAT.
There is great rejoicing here at the sup
posed certainty of the defeat of Dixon in
Connecticut. No one has any sympathy
with such men, and any reverse to them is
hailed with delight,
HABITS OF SENATOR'S WADE AND sPRAcUE.
1t is curious to notice the difference that is
made by the slight circumstance of a pos
sibility of advancement on the notice any
man receives. Mr.. Wade is IN point
All the reporters and correspondents of Re
publican journals only good in him, while
to the Democrats no one can be so obnoxious.
Butler was not half the beast, Bacchus was
sober in comparison, and oaths flow more
freely than words from most mouths Wade
does undoubtedly drink, swear and is gruti
and coarse, but not half as bad as johnson
in any respect. His only fault is really that
his political principles happen to have been
too strong for Democratic whisky, profanity
and brutishness to change. They have not
so far departed from their record as to hate
the whiskev, &c. They only are enraged
be cause it does not perform its legitimate
work and make him Democrat.
Mrs. Sprague. too. has had to suffer, as
sailed by persons who thought thereby to
lower her father in the peoples estimation.
In fact all are measured by their position
and not by their merits, and one side or the
other unscrupulously seek to turn every word
and action to the individuals hurt.
A THIN CONGRESS.
There only about forty members OF
Congress here now, nearly all having gone
away till the close of the trial, in order that
if all things turn out we'll, they may expedite
business SO as to complete their work and go
home feeling comfortably, about the first of
June.
We have had very cold weather and have
now very backward Spring, but to-day
looks more promising and probably vegeta-
ton will come forward rapidly. W.
The Impeachment Trial.
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