Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-03-20
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From our special Correspondent
-d2tq WASHINGTON, March 10, 1868.
Until now impeachmenth has been as
great a farce by Congress- as was THAT OF
Buckingham, under the reign of fChas.
the First, by Parliament. The House
of Commons appointed their managers,
eight with sixteen assistants, to appear
before the bar Of the House of Lords,
and present articles of impeachment,
eight, against Buckingham. Two of
the leading managers were arrested by
the King, apd soon the whole matter
went by default. The House of Rep
resentatives has been speaking and vo.
ting on the matter, but now the Senate
Is formed Into a judicial body, with the
articles Of impeachment presented by
the managers on the part of the House.
The case must now go through in some
way, there is no retreat only over the
abyss of ruin, for the whole rebel ele.
ment have taken their stand, and have
already menaced the Capitol with
threats. Ii the democrats sustain An.
drew Johnson, he is then virtually
their living head, and If he falls, their
fate will be- decided the moment he IL
convicted by the Senate. If he IL fiu,
convicted then he will be the mex,
President, and Hancock, I'm all proba,
bility, will be the general of the army
There is not much excitement here
over the matter, but all regard IL US Q
foregone conclusion. When the vote
was taken in the House, there was nc
excitement in the galleries, only over
.he vote of. Cary, of Ohio, who had moi
as yet taken stand with either party,
The trial of Judge Chase, u member
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, under the administration ol
Adams, ,s the largest Impeachment
that has ever been in the United States
His trial is now being brought up as a
guide and precedent In the now pend
ing one. The entrance of the War DE.
partment next to the Presidents is clio.
sed and locked, and the guard Is doub.
led all around the building. Stanton
has not left his office since the imbro-
Clio, and perhaps will not for some
time yet : He holds levees nearly ev.
cry evening with members and friends
who call to see him. Colfax lives op-
posite the War Department, and they
are now the headquarters of the radi-
calls since the impeachment has sprung
up again. Colfax is rising very rapid.
ly, and IL is thought here that he will
be the next Vice President. Grant and
Colfax would carry enthusiasm In ev.
cry state, for they are both popular ev.
erywhere. Some of the members have
returned from New Hampshire aud re-
port great enthusiasm there. The
Democrats have naturalized every for
eigner they could find between there
and New York, and they will swell
their votes materially, but they are
now In the death throes of the REBEL.
ion, transferred from the battle field tc
the ballot-box, and they must fail In
. the latter as effectualy as they did In
the former. Senator Sumner offered Q
resolution to the effect that Maryland
has no Republican, form of government
therefore they are not entitled to q
United States Senator. Hubbard, d
Iowa, is doing his duty nobIy, anc
stands well here. He has good rec
ord. EH tra ~ aou saH5 o.
JACK DowNING.