The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-03-19

/ ton, and that on the 9th OF April the
trial proceed,
/ On motion of Mr.. Morton, of Indiana
/ for consultation. s.- t..-4
a At 4:10 the Senate returned to their
/ chamber. and the Court reassembled.
| The Chief Justice announced that the
motion under consideration had been
overruled, and an order was entered
that the President be required TO file his
| answer on Monday. the 23l of March.
| Mr. Bingham offered an order that
on the filing OF the application oy the
Managers. the trial proceed forthwith.
| The Chief Justice submitted the or
| der to the Senate, and on the question
Of adoption the yeas and nays were tax
en-, resulting in 25 affirma ative and 70
negative; SO the order was denied.
Yeas-Messrs. Cameron, Cottell Chandler. Cole,
| Conkn, Conness. Corbett Drake, Ferry, Harlan,
mesn saa.sn
Thayer. Upton. Williams. Wilson, YA.es.25
Nays--Ansheny, bayArd, Buck.lew, Da.is: Ed
Henderson, Hendricks, Howe, Johnson. Mccresry,
Morrill,, Of Maine Morrill,, of vermons, Norton. Pat
tsrson Of Tsnnessse saG;eury nTEm.n;
MIR. Nelson. of the Presidents coun-
hear no political discussion, and under
the impression that the forms of procee
ding would be purely judicial in their
character; but, like the honorable Mana
gers. he did not expect they would be
strictly limited by the formal prece
dents Of ordinary tribunals. He
thought liberality should be extended
by this high Court 10 an unusual degree,
and contended that the application OF
! the defendant was one deserving such
| treatment He cited d rule Of the courts
of Tennessee, which provides for the
postponement of another trial to anoth-
+. er term when the defendant has not had
time to prepare his answer. He spoke
of the great magnitude of this cause,
and argued the necessity of cautious
! deliberations and the impropriety OF
!. railroad speed. He said the last two
charges Of the House of Representatives
! opened q Pandora's box which would
necessitate full Investigation of all
] points of difference between Congress
and the President, and would make the
trial almost inter,ninable. s
! Now what do we ask here for the
/ President of the United States, the
/ highest officer of the land? We ask simp
/. ly that he may be allowed time for the
/ defense. We. who are professionally
! responsible. have asserted in the pres
ence of this Senate. in the face of the
! nation, aud of the whole world, that we
i believe it will require the number of
days to prepare the Presidents answer,
which was stated in the proposition sub
mitted to the Senate. Such is still our
opinion. Are those grave charges to be
rushed through the Senate. sitting as
Il k,.,t, Il L., J.,
railroad speed, and without giving the
President an opportunity to answer
them, that same opportunity which you
would give to the meanest criminal: I
do not believe, Mr.. Chief Justice Chase
and honorable Senators, that you will
hesitate one moment in giving us all
the time we deem necessary for prepar-
ing our defense. and that may be neces-
sary to enable this body judiciously,
carefully, deliberately and cautiously.
aud with view of its accountability,
not only to it's constituents, but to pos
terity, to decide this case. / have no
doubt that the honorable Senators, in
Justice to themselves. and in Justice to
the great land which they repre- sent,
will endeavor to conduct this investigA
tion in a manner that will stamp the
impress Of honor and justice upon them
and upon their proceedings, not only
now, but in all time to come. This is
an exalted tribunal. say it in no spir
it Of compliment, but because I feel it.
] feel that there is no more exalted tr;-s
bunal that could he convened under the
sun, and say in answer to an ohserva
tion of one Of the honorable Managers,
that I. for one. as an American citizen,
feel proud that we have assembled here
to-day. and assembled un Ter the cir
cumstances which have brought us to
gether. 1t is one of the fret instances
in the history of the world in which the
ruler OF people has been presented by
a portion of the representatives of the
people for trial before a Senate sitting
rs q judicial tribunal. While tia. il 80
it is equally true, on the other hand,
that the President, through his counsel,
comes here and submits himself to the
Jurisdiction of the Court-su bmits him
self calmly, peaceably, and with conf
dent reliance on the justice of the hon
orable Senate which is to hear his case
sincerely hope that the resolution
offered by the Senator from Ohio will
meet the appreciation Of this honorable
body. / hope the time will he given,
and that these proceedings, which, in all
time to come, will be quoted as prece-
dent, will be conducted with that gravi
ty. that dignity and that decorum
which are fit and becoming in the rep
rcsentatives of q free and great people
Mr.. Butler asked to be leard ON behalf
of the Managers, and asked why rail
road speed should not be used in this
trial. He contended that the rules and
precedenss of ordinary courts were net
applicable to this trial. In ordinary
trials no danger resulted from delay.
In this case the necessity for prompt
action was pressing. The respondent
at the bar controlled the power Of the
nation, and might. in any moment of
passion, prejudice or wrong, use it for
the injury and ruin of the country. The