Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-04-21

counsel and witnesses and insulting the Chief
Justice has greatly Disguised every one, but
his attempt to falsify the proceedings, as
exposed in the Senate this morning, should
be regarded as placing him within the pur-
view of the criminal statutes of the land
Senator Ferry called attention to the fact that
Butler had printed in the official proceedings
numerous tabular statements which had never
been exhibited or read before the Senate, and
he moved they should all be stricken out,
which was ordered without division. This
order will stand as the verdict of guilty
against Butler, and should consign him to the
Tombs.
A visitor at the White House would never
suspect its occupant as being on trial under,
articles of impeachment. Mr.. johnson never
looked better or was more smiling and affable.
A friend enters the reception room and after
a cordial shake of the hand the President in
ouires with perfect nonchalance I" anthing of
crossing ?"-precisely as if he had no special
or particular interest in it, and inquiries about
that instead of the weather.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 1868.
1t is understood among politicians that the
impeachment trial will close this week, as the
prosecution will have little or no rebutting
testimony to offer, and the four speeches.
two on side-in summing up will not occupy
more than the week. Mr.. Boutwell, will make
the first speech on behalf Of the House of
Representatives, and sin tho name of all the
people" leave the silvery-tongued Bingham
to close on the accused criminal as he styles
the President. Should Mr.. Stanbery be able
to address the Senate he will follow Mr..
Evarts and conclude the argument for the de-
fence but should his continued weak con-
dition prevent Mr.. Stanbery speaking, then
Messrs Groesbeck and Eyarts will sum up for
the President. Such is understood, this
evening, to be the arrangement Of counsel,
aud it will no doubt be carried out. In the
meantime, q number of the friends of the
President have abandoned all hope of his
acquittal, and regard the anticipated argu>
ment as only waste of time and mockery,
as has been the whole trial.
What record some members of this eli Ugh
Court of Impeachment" have made for histo-
ry For instance, the names of Cameron,
Chandler, Cattell, CONFESS, Harlan, Howard,
Drake, Morgan and Ramsey stand recorded
in the affirmative on every proposition to admit
testimony against the President, and in the
affirmative on every proposition to exclude it
when in the Presidents favor. This could
not we'll be the result of accident-and such
a record establishes only the fact of martyr
dom-while conviction will be no evidence of
guilt. The :'accused criminal" Of Manager
Bingham may be stripped of place and power
by such judges, but their verdict of guilty
will place the name of Andrew johnson US
far above the names of those who convict him
as eternity is above time. Mr.. johnson him
self is now very reticcnt on the subject, but
since the balloting yesterday, and the ex-
pressed determination of thirty Senator'S not
to allow him to be heard he is evidently im>
pressed with the idea that his conviction is a
torSonc conclusion.
1t is true that enough Senators voted to
admit the evidence to secure his acquittal,
but it is not certain that while they voted
with the minority on questions of evidence
they will thus vote on the question of guilty
or not guilty. The question propounded by
Senator Sherman to Post -master- General
Randall has led to much speculation as to
how this Senator will stand on the final vote.
Sherman as member of the conference COM
mittee on the Civil Office Tenure BILL repor-
ted to the Senate that the committee had
agreed to Williams amendment (thc section
referring to the removal of Cabinet officers
but that it would not embrace the members
of Mr.. johnson Cabinet who had been APP
pointed and commissioned by MIR. Lincoln.
Under this advice the Senate agreed to the
report from the conference committee and
the bill became law. Mr.. Sherman wished
Mr.. Randall to state whether the members of
the Cabinet who had been appointed by Mr..
Lincoln Seward, Welles and Stanton) did
not SO construe the law themselves. This
was ruled out by the Senate, by vote of 20
to 26-Senators Anthony Fessenden, Fowl>
er, Grimes, Ross, Sherman, Trumbull, Van
Wrinkle and Wiley, nine Republicans, voting
in favor of admitting the evidence. Never
theless, an INSCRIPTIONS majority refused to
allow Senator Sherman's question to be an
swered. Can Senators who regarded this ev>
idence proper and necessary to the Presi-
dents defence vote to convict him because
the evidence was excluded? Never!
AN. ATTEMPT TO PROCURE EVIDENCE
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