New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-26


satisfactory. 1t may be proper to remark here that
the prevailing opinion among Republican members is
that the President should be tried on his
last act only, that of violation of law Here il may
added that the President told gentleman who
called him to-day that he had not yet decided on
the course whichAe should pursue.
The War Department remains untouched. Mr..
Stanton still ismaster of the situation. Adjutant-
General Thomas visited the building to-day but did
not go the secretary's office and demand pos
session, as he has been in the practice
of doing at least three times day
since Friday last. The Secretary received large
number of his friends here to-day Congress
mon and Others No acquisitions were made
on the Treasury Department by either the Sec
rotary in possession or the Secretary Gd interim.
Notwithstanding the fact that money is very
much needed by some of the Bureaus. Mr.. Stanton,
it is understood will not make any requistion until
the case shall haYe been u the courts and II IS de-
cided who is Secretary of War Js,'
The Paymaster-General called on Gen. Spinner to-
day and asked what course he should pursue TO OBJ
tain some money which his department requires,
and was told by Spinner that the only way he
saw TO pct out of the difficulty was
to have the requisition signed by both
Stanton and Thomas. Whether the Paymaster-
General will follow this advice not remains TO be
SEEM Nothing, however, was done to-day, and he
saws that he cannot wait much longer as the bust
ness Of the Department cannot be carried on much
longer without funds. The Secretary st guards the
Office By day anu night,
LOter-Secretary Stanton made reQuisition on
the Controller of the Treasury Department to-day,
for some thousands Of dollars. There was consider
able indecison at first to whether the reQusitiOn
should be hOnOred OF not but finally it was deter
no 1io ,far
suffer.
What is TO be the result of all this l-meaning inn
peachment-is the question which everybody asks of
every other body now in Washington, and to which
nobody can give a definite reply. Though the ex
ctement of the last two three days has in great
measure died away there is still heard lone rumble
of many voices all shaping and sylalling the
dread words of impeachment, treason, and
revolution. There is, however, q ull in
the political storm. The dire forebodings of
violence and bloodshed which filed the publcmind
yesterday aud the day before, for which the Presi
dent OF some of his indiscreet friends, gave some
seeming countenance in their blatant utterances
and in the publication in the official organs, OF
threatening and OminOus dispatches. have all given
place to pleasanter thoughts and anticipatons; so
that people now begin TO laugh at the bugbeaTs
which their frightened imaginatons cOnjured up
thirty-six hours ago. The revolution" az the
Presidents friends style it is at an end, and
there is not the slightest probability that
we shall have thmbleful of blood spilled Even
the inhabitants of this half-Rebel city have settled
down into the CONVICTION that Mr. johnson must
leave the White House, and not one Of them is
belhgerent or rash enough to risk pin-scratch in
his behalf Everybody seems to have arrived at the
conclusion that we are TO have no disturbance,
OF fha
great change will be effected without assist
ance of any more warlike force than the Mar
sbal of the District and one or two of his deputies
The prevailing sentiment among the Democrats is
that the Senate will fail to convict the President In
speaking on this subject they take their cue from
their representatives in Congress- alleging that they
are not responsible for his action, and adding in no
measured or guarded terms, that for him per-
sOnally they care nothing and that the only
interest they have in it is that his election
from the White House is calculated to impair their
chances Of carrying the next Presidential election.
They had counted on the entire support Of tho Ad-
ministratiOn and its patronage, and with it were
confident of success. But now a change has come
over the spirit Of their Dreams and in curses not
loud, but deep, they denounce the President as an
imbecile, fool, and mailman. They call III question,
as well they may, his judgment and ability,
some of them are already beginning to say that
though with them he is not of them, so that the
probabilities ara that in thirty days Mr.. johnson
will not be able to find supporter in the country
unless it be a wretched sycOphant enriched under
his demorazing and reckless administration.
Mr.. johnson now uses all his exertiOn to defeat
in the Senate the action of the House. There
he hopes 10 smother impeachment, to impede
its progress by legal quibbling, or 10 bring
about more relenting feeling in his favor by
atonement for the past and promises Of amendment
in the future Prominent and able Republicans, both
in Congress and out of it, say to-day this point
"We cannot afford to SO stultfy ourselves as TO ex-
change places with johnson. Should we now suffer
him TO escape unwhipt of justice should virtually
assume the place of the criminal and give him an OPP
portunity of perhaps playing the role Of prosecutor
in the great court of the people. next November"
So that this point may be considered settled. Inc
friends Of the President to-day and tonight posi-
lively assert that number of the Senators can De
counted on as against the measure. They say that
they want but six Republican Senators in addition
to the IS Democrats that body to defeat mpeach-
ment and they do not hesitate to mention theirnames
And on these specnlatons the Democratic gamblers
in this city offer large wagers that the President will
not he convicted On the other hand, 1t is well
known that no change has taken place in the sent-
ments of the Senate that the Republican members
are mistaken in their belief that the President has
clearly violated the law and must, if con-
yicted be punished as the law prescribes.
While the impeachment debate was going on in the
House yesterday, 35 Republican Senators were on
the floor Of the House sustaining and counseling the
Representatives from their several States. This
number is two-thnds of the Senate-an that is
necessary TO a conviction. The Senate 10
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