Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-03-05
in North Carolina.

The Republican and Conservative parties OF
North Carolina are actively at work. Both parties
have recently nominated Candidates for Governor
and other Offices The Republicans tried their
hand first, with the following result:
For Governor, w. w. Holden Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, Tod. R. Caldwell Secretary of State, II. j..
Menninger; Public Treasurer David A. Jenkins
Auditor, H. Adams; Superintendent Of Public
Works, G. J.. Harris; Attorney General, W. NJ.
Coleman The nominees are all white men.
The Conservatives have nominatedfor Governor,
q. B. Vance, of Mecklenburg Lieutenant-G Cover
nor, E. D. Hall, of New Hanover; Secretary OF
State, R. w. Best, of Greene; Public Treasurer,
K. P. Battle, of Wake; Auditor, S. W. Burgwin,
of Buncombe; Superintendent of Public Works,
S. +. Patterson, of Caldwell; Superintendent of
Public instruction, Rev. B. Craven, of Randolph.
How Impeachment is Tried.
- The House of Representatives having passed
a resolution impeaching the President Of the Uni
ted States of high crimes and misdemeanors, the
Richmond Dispatch gives the following as the
probable programme of the proceedings:
s'The Chief Justice of the United States will
preside upon the trial, Just as in the British House
of Lords, the Lord Chancellor of England presides
upon similar occasions All the Senators are re-
quired to take an oath Tor to affirm that they will
well and truly try and true deliverance make, &C.
The case will be conducted on the part of the pros
ecution by managers to be appointed BY the House
of Representatives, and on the part OF the Presi-
dent by counsel of his own choosing. MIR. STAN
berry, Mr.. O'Conor and Judge Black, are said to
have been engaged by the President. The House
% otot;,- will cooot m
as it pleases, and will pro obably, as compliment,
select Mr.. Stevens as their chief manager. The
number will probably be less than half Dozen
The Constitution provides that punishment in cases
of impeachment shall not extend further than re-
moval from Office, and disqualification to hold any
Office under the Government. 1t requires the con-
currence of two-thirds of the Senators present to
do even this.
sThe Senate sits as court, and may, as court
make some order which will virtually suspend the
President during trial. The Senate deliberates
with closed doors, but the judgment is given with
open doors. ...
mo President of the United States has ever
before been impeached and therefore the Chief
Justice las never before presided over the Senate,
since he does so only in such case.
1T may require weeks or months TO complete
the trial All depends upon the temper Of the
Senate.
The Nomination of Secretary of War.
ON Saturday, the 22nd ultimo, the President
sent to the Senate for confirmation, the nomination
of Hon. Thomas Ewing, Sr., of Ohio, as Secretary
of War. So far as we are advised, the Senate has,
as yet, taken no action in the premises. We find
the following sketch in regard to Mr.. Ewing, in an
exchange:
''Mr. Ewing was born in Ohio county, Va, De-
cember %, l7S9 His father who had served in
the American army during the Revolution and had
become reduced in circumstances, removed his
family in 1892 to the Muskingum river, and thence
to place on the frontier settlement of Ohio, now
Athens county. Mr.. Ewing, when about twenty
three years Of age entered the Ohio University,
having saved money enough to pay his tuition
there. In 1916 he was admitted to the bar and
practiced with success in the State Courts and Su-
preme Court of the United States
In March, 1881, he took his seat in the United
States Senate as member of the Wing party, and
became associated with Clay and Webster in re-
sisting what were deemed the encroachments of
the Executive. Oddly enough he seems now to
be brought into public to take an entirely differ
ent role. He spoke against the nomination Of
Mr.. Van Buren, as Minister to the Court of St.
James; supported the protective tariff system Of
Mr.. Clay; advocated reduction Of the rates Of
hostage. re.charter of the United States Bank.
In 1885 he introduced Bill for the settlement Of
the much vexed Ohio boundary question: which
was passed March II and June Is, 1886. In March,
1887, Mr. Ewing's term expired, and he resumed
the practice of his profession. In lS40 he advo-
Gated the election of General Harrison to the Presi
dency, and when that gentleman carae into office