The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-23

thority.
The Impeachment-The Opinions Of
the Press as TO the Result.
As the end Of the Impeachment
trial approaches, men of all parties
are becoming more anxious and some
what nervous as to the final result,
especially in view Of the probable eff
feet upon the approaching Presiden-
tial canvass. During the past week
the surface of things has at times been
considerably ruffied by the somewhat
zigzag course of the Senate, and all
sorts of reports are in circulation, the
sum of the whole being that the
friends of the President begin to pro-
TESS considerable confidence. What
is said therefore by intelligent cor
respondents possesses an unusual in
terest. The Springfield (Miss.) Re
publican's correspondent says: ~
The Copperheads of Washington
are busy circulating rumors respect
ing several Republican Senators.
Fowler. they assert, visits the Presi-
dents house frequently after dark
Fessenden remarked, over a game of
cards the other evening, that he eXri
pected to be unpopular for the
vote he should feel compelled to give
upon impeachment; Grimes has. de-
cfared a dozen times that the Presi-
dent is innocent. These are some of
the rumors circulated here, and Dem
ocrats love to believe them true. Sen
sible Republicans. however, laugh at
them and are willing to await the re-
suit.
The New York Commercials cor
respondent says the only interest in
the trial now are the-votes, and they
are so uncertain that bets are made
on testimony being admitted or reject
ed, with the same-chances of success
that attends betting on cards.
Concerning the report that the
Managers were so annoyed at the
eourseof the Chief Justice and GER
tain Senators, that some of them
would resign, the dispatch to the
Philadelphia Press says;
1t is useless to conceal the fact
that they have felt disappointed at
some of the rulings of the Chief JUS
! tice, as we'll as some Of the decisions
/ Of the Senate, but they will continue
/ to the end of the trial their persistent
and consistent objections to the care
/ less testimony offered by the defense,
although they are convinced that such
I -
/ even before they are uttered. 1t is
also useless to claim that the decisions
/ of the Senate have any particular sig
nifcance beyond an exhibition of a
/ desire to place on the record of the
trial all the evidence that can be
I offered by either side.- which can
reasonably be presented as applicable
to the case. In doing this. the Senate
disregards the rules OF evidence which
obtain in ordinary courts, and sustain
| the argument advanced by the Chair
man of the Board of Managers
Judge Bingham-that it is law
unto itself. % z<E
A letter to the Chicago Tribune,
written early last week, affords the
following glimpse behind the scenes:
The President and all Of his friends
are confident of his acquittal, while
the Republicans are as certain of his
conviction IL there is such thing
4 as medium ground, the doubts of the
occupants Of thar ground are in favor
of acquittal It is observed that Sen
atOr Ross, of Kansas, and Fowler, Of
/ Tennessee, both elected as Republic
cans, vote with the Democrats at the
slightest provoeation. There are
some others, whom it is not judicious
at present to name, who are not
counted on either side. Yet there
seems to be an easy two-thirds vote
for conviction.
The jealousy engendered by the
choice of Managers, even at this late
day, continues, it Is said with great
acrimOny. The objection IS to the
choice of two Managers from each Of
two States, namely, Butler and Bout
we'll from Massachusetts, and Stevens
and Williams from Pennsy!yania.
Many from New York are sore Sbe-
cause no lawyer from that State was
chosen, and the same is true Of other
States. Considering that the choicA
was made by ballot, it is not probable