Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-18
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.ds5id MONDAY VIEWING MAY MAY Is @aa5
Tue IMpEAcHMENT,- The acquittal oflhe
J President on tho Eleventh Article of Impcach-
meiit : IS most persons, consiiaerca as virtually
ending the matters 1t it thought probable
that when the subject IS taken up on Tuesday
ths26th, The, vote upon the other articles will
be postponed to some distant day. 'rhe failure
:. on che Eleventh Article has rendered it pretty
sure that the requisite, number could not be
found in favor Of conviction oa any other-and
"a vote may not be pressed, =, { -
7se9he resultso far, has given great satisfaction
toEmederate and Conservative peoplc,in all sec.
tions Of The country The Senators who resist
ed theeutside pressure. of party, and faction,
and prejudice, deserve great credit for, their In
dependence and; noratcouragc.
The President, tool deserves the leongratula-
tons of The people. He has borne himself
well throughout the ordeal, and displayed much
7manlness, and fortitade,s without any show of
petulanee or irritabiity Few men have. borne
and suffered what he has, under the circuth-
stances in which be has been placed.
The New York Times says that Bishop
Simpson, of the ME- Church, on Saturday,
sent to Scsator Wiley by toegraphia prayer
ful request that he mig htfud it his conscsien-
tious.duty to vote for conviction. The Bal
timore Gazette remarks chat is not the proper
BUSINESS Of Bishop Simpson to try toinAucnce
Tajndge. in the deci.ion Of q momentous qucs-
ton and to endeavor to aid with t'prayerful
requests the success Of what millions Of, PEG
-plesregard as a bold and monstrous political
fraud.' The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore ;run says hilst the doubt and
Anxiety existed on Friday night about the posi-
,tion of Senator Wiley upon impeachment,
Senator Harlan telcgraphed Bishop Simpson,
nj Philadelphia, 10 these words: II fear bro
ther Willeyis lost. - To which the Bishop
replied: Brother Wiley. PROCESSES to be q
christian. Brother Wiley has a soul to<bc
saved He, cannot barter away his soul and
iml eril the country. Pray with brother Will
ley ;'''sanf ib1is said brother Harlan prayed
with brother Wiley! y. l. ~, ~.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun says Among some extreme i'm
peachcrs we yet hear threats OF further articles
when the new. Southern Senators shall be adj
1nitted, to make a sure thing Of two.thirds
vote for the removal of the President, but the
more moderate and jadicio1s radicals, dcpre-
cate these threats and refuse TO countenance
any further prosecution Of the Impeachment
project, after, the articles now pending in the
Senate shall be disposed of. 1t is not believed
that majority. Of the Radicals Of either. the
Senator House would agree to consider pro-
positonto get up new articles" go.
Ex-President Pierce has written a letter to
Mr.. Hoover, of Washington, in which he adj
vises calm counsels and wise action on the part
If the National Conservative Convention to
meetin New York on the 18th Of July, to nom:
iaatc candidates for President and Vice Pre>i,
dent. He says for himself she would readily
yield any personal preference to ensure the
overthrow OF the more than incipient reign Of
terror" now hurryng all that is valuable to
swift Destruction z
The Richmond Dispatch says: "Hunnicutt
swears he will be Governor His troops of
friends are calling upon him from all quarters
their appeals are waited to him on all the
winds -beseeching him to run as an independ-
ent candidate. But he won't! EIe swears by
all that Hunnicutt swears by that he won't
Especially that his right arm shall he torn from
It's socket before he will oppose Gov. Wells,
'sthe regular nominee ~
To reference to the adjournment of the Sen
ate, on Saturday, after the vote was taken on
the eleventh article of the Impeachment, the
National lnteligencer says: These same Sen
ators had made the order for the vote to be
taken on Saturday, aud while the court was
executing it, aud in the midst OF delivering the
judgment, partisanship interlosed it's power
and arbitrarily arrested final decision, with a
view to bring the influence Of the Chicago
Convention to bear on the trial"
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The Congressional Globe, the official organ OF
Congress for the PRONUNCIATION of the proceed
ings Of, and speeches, in Congress, has for its
'notto-''The World is governed too much
This, We take it, is a standing rebuke to the
.partes concerned. =
Much of what is constantly reported as Tex
eitement" in Washing ton,is the excitement
at hotels, restaurants and public places in
dulged in by illers, aafels,and excited men,"
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