Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-21
The Impeachment.

i eSterday, IN replYi u al inquiry li9in 'nS
Chief Justice, Mr.. ENarts stated on behalf Of
the Presidents counsel, that they had no tur-
Their evidence TO present Mr.. Bingham hinted'
broadly that the managers might want hereafter
to put more witnesses on the stand, and when
asked by, Mr.. Reverdy johnson whether they
desired, the privilege Of introducn g: witnesses
after the argument had commenced, replled ID.
a decidedly evasiye; manner, At present they
had no purposeSto offer additional testimony.
Mr.. Butler offered the iournal'ot the Cont
mental Congress of ITS, '76 to show the form
Of the commission issued to General George
Washington to command the armies OF the
Revolution This commission was some twelve
or fourteen years anterior to the adoption or
the Federal Constitution!
Mr.. Randall, Postmaster General, at Mr.
Buffers request produced q copy of the lndlct,
ment against Foster Blodgett, 'trooly loll,
and certified by the Treasury Department to be
correct. Mr.. Butler read this Indictment :.
MIR. Butler next aimed to rebut it by putting
in as evidence thc(answer of said Blodgett, and
to this double course Mr. Evarts objected: Mr.
Butler insisting on his right to prove up: both
sides of the cause of tho people VS.. Blodgctt,
the Chief Justice required, him 70; write down
his offer. Mr-Butler was very re uctant to 90
this, aud rebellcd, until the Chici justice asked
him. In a meaning nlanner,i III he declined 70
comply with the direction!H ool'hc required
specimen OF pcnglanshlp was then| g!gcc{n, a5d
thcrcupons the :; Argument "proecedct: NEr
Evarts Showed hoy ;Blodgett had been put on
the stand 10 show that he had been suspcndc( !,
SO las to incu1petc the Presidcnt.0 inqietcncci
the Presidents counsel had not gone INTO the
case, but nhad Simply shown the nature OF the
Executive act InrepIy't Mr.. ButIcr's claim
that tho, answer was, one OF the, papcES, Gi
which, the PostmaStcf General had acted, Nh.
Eyarts pointed out that theusllspensiQ was
dated Sd January, and the ''auswcr" Of Bioq-
gett dated the 10th-JaHuary. Mr.. Butler was
now proposing ts;ln eFcufsionffroln thetrial OF
Andrew johnson Us PrcSidcn,t to go,intol the
trial Of Mr.. Foster Blodgett for pcrjllry.I'
that was desired, they had Il witness in thc!clty
10 provo that hclWas Lacaptaln I'm tho rebel
army -Jurv vyyy ~
10 this Mr.. Butler rejolncd at some length,
declaring that ':he had TO more interest in tbS
ter, Biodgctt than in any other gentleman in
his position in the South, - Mr.. Bodgctt was
only captain Of a militia company which had
been called out ! he had been cleansed OF his
sins by c commission from General. Pope to DC
| mayor of Augusta, and, 10 spite OF that ugly
matter OF tho Indictment, il Georgia should be
| reconstructed is TO say, carried by the
negroes-NIr. Blodgctt would conc and take
his place in the Senate among the proydcst Of
thcm 1902 2'1'" - go '..'''''" '.
IA The vote was sakento n Mr.. Butier's offer,
which was rejected, the Senate prclcrrng: to
+ leave this 'strooly loil' and prosecuted Mr..
Blodgett, to fight out his unequal battle with
the law. -. - In: aaI
Mr.. Randall then, by general CONSENT, made
an explanation Of the motives which had led
him to suspcndMr2 Blodgctt, and stated, in
reply to Mr.. !ConnesS, that he had been taking
steps to investigate the case. -..,i.-4
Mr.. Butler next Offered an official copy Of
the order creating the Department Of the At
lantic. To this Mr.. Evartsfcarclcssly objected
that it was not rebutting evidence. II, offered
upon the ground that'it' had been overlooked,
that would be. another matter, and, we pre-
sumo, Mr.. Evarts would not have objected
Mr.. Buckaew called for the question: isallow-
ed by the Senate-which had been put by the
Presidents counsel to General Sherman, in
order to elicit from him the circumstances at
tending the creation of this new Department.
This inquiry was like the rifle Of Captain
Scott lThe "coon came down. at once, and
the offer Of the evidence was withdrawn. 4 ,
Mr. Butler next wanted to put in evidence
the brevet appointment of Gems. Sherman and
Thomas, and on this the yeas and nays were
called but the Senate probably dccming the
papers immaterial, threw them out by Larger
vote, irrespective of party, and not tending IN
any wise to indicate the final result.
Mr. Butler then had the honor to announce
that they had closed Mr.. Eyarts made sim
liar statement and assumed that these state
ments on both sides closed any further attempt
to reopen the case.
Mr.. Boutwell, then had the floor on the final
argument, but asked the Senate to adjourn to
next day. Mr.. Evarts then stated that they
desired some delay so as to give Mr. Stanbery
an opportunity to speak. 1t appeared that
Mr. Boutwell, also needed time for preparation,
and so to accommodate both sides, the Court,
at an early hour, adjourned over to Wednesday.
But not without a touching episodel Mr..
Manager Logan arose very modest we hope
our readers will not think we are joking-a md
asked permission to s'iIe his brief" or speech,
which It appeared had been already printed.
After some debate, this leave was cruelty re-
fused. Oh Mat Int. III j. ....a a.
Mr. FRANKLIN STEARNS LOoUGTUR There
Was Radical Meeting in Hcnrico, GA Satur-
day, atywhich Mr. franklin Stcarns, the we'll
known friend and confrcrc OF Nj J. NJ, Bolts,
made a noticeable speech, as follows; '.Tat-
Hc said he trembled with fear for tlIc dcs
tiny Of his colorad friends as !ong as 5lcy We're
controlled by some OF their present evil com
sellers. &c cautioned them against the idea
that they Gun run the Republican party alone.
The same caution he hatl5 Expressed to them
long ago, and by this time they mist have
seen It's wisdom. in August last there were
hundreds Of GOOD, men, cY-slayehpdrrS Old
unite Wiz the RopubIic;an pary. But they
came to Richmond, only. to be. ovcrsIaughcd
by an acre of coorcd men aid to be treated
with contcmptby party leaders. Unwisep policy
Could the Republicans OF Virginia longer pur-
sue it? File urged colorcd men; to combine no
longer against their own. party. &c, claimed
that ex soldiers, whose loyalty could not be
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