Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-14

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be admitted that the Presidents friends
will do all that can be done between now
and Saturday to secure strength, even ii
they have 10 call on office holders and dis
tillers for few millions of money
- Stanton viii promptly resign his
place, il the President is acquitted, and il
is believed that he viii he. Republicans
generally are detected, and Democrats are
insolent and defiant II would not be
surprising il the detection should prove to
be greater than is now anticipated, Sem
ators who were willing TO vote for inn
parchment so long as there was chance
for conviction, may 20 over ON the ground
that their votes will accomplish nothing,
The Senate was in session Monday
evening, There is a possible chance OF
Frolinghuyscn and Wiley standing by
impeachment, and that ON the second and
eleventh articles the President may be
convicted, but il is believed that a plot 10
secure acquittal has been arranged for a
week There is not u doubt but Fcssen-
den, Trumbull, Grimes and Henderson
have understood each other for several
days, though they have sntrived to KEEP
their most intimate friends in the House
in the dark ON the subject II is umorod
that these Senators have an understand
ing with the President, by which he
agrees TO behave himself in the future,
Those supposed to be the best ac-
quainted with the sentiments of the SEN
ators had been confident that there would
be forty votes east for conviction, and they
had doubtless good reason for thinking as
they did. But, white folks as the col
ored people used 10 say, "am mighty on
sartin." The deliberations commenced
Monday, and it was soon ascertained that
-v-fttt4-,.f- these Republican Senators Mho
were lawyers by profession We're opposed
to the conviction of the President. Wrap
ping up the question in much legal red
tape, these gentlemen have evidently re
viewed in their own minds the evidence
and the pleadings judicially, and without
regard 10 the political necessities of the
country The consequence is that they
have found themselves arrayed with the
Democrats in favor of permitting Andrew
Johnson to rule the republic,
Monday was the most exciting day since
the impeachment trial commenced. The
Senate met at 10 o'clock aud soon after
commenced the debate upon the articles
of impeachment The first speech was by
Senator Sherman. He indicated his pur-
pose to vote against the first article, but
for the others. Grimes followed against
conviction. This was bad beginning,
for the first article is the most important.
The debate, however, soon got worse, for
. detection occurred where it was last ex-
pected. Henderson of Missouri, reck-
oned sound Radical, spoke against the
first eight articles This was bombshell
among the Missouri Radicals in the
House, and they insist that the Senator,
days ago, declared himself for conviction
If so, he has suddenly been converted
BY this time large crowd of members
and others had gathered aronnd the Sem
ate doors, and the enemies of impeach-
ment were in high spirits. Robinson Of
Brooklyn exclaimed, IN give a thou
sand dollars FOR conviction, for that will
defeat. Grant" Republicans were gloomy
Then the story came that Fessenden was
against all the articles, and still later that
Trumhnll was the same way. and by that
time impeachment was generally given up
las a lost cause"