The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-13
Impeachment.

/ IudU Il VIII D6 agdlu pOSLpOuOl uUliA
after the Chicago Convention. The
result viii prove very distasteful to
the people. Public attention has
been directed to impeachment so
long and steadily that there is a gen
eral feeling, if it is TO be done at all,
'twere well it were done quickly. Al
ready much valuable time, that ought
to have been devoted to Improving
and beneftting the financial and
manufacturing interests Of the coun-
try, has been consumed in the trial,
and now that the evidence is all in;
aud the argument all mpleted-al-
most interminable as it was-we can
discover no good reason for postpon-
ing the decision. If Senators have
become satisfied that the President
has been guilty of no misdemeanors,
why not say so, and let the question
be settled.
1t is intimated that some of the
Senators are opposed to Mr.. WADE,
and fear. if he is installed as Presi-
dent before the Chicago Convention,
that he will use the patronage thus
placed in his hands to secure the
nomination for Vice President; and,
consequently. they prefer postponiRg
taking the final vote until after that
Convention. This may or may not be
true. If any Senators are actuated
by such motives, they are unworthy
the positions they occupy. If any Of
them would vote to acquit the Presi-
dent solely to prevent Mr.. WADE
from occupying his position, they de-
serve, and will receive, the execra-
tons of their constituents If the
vote was postponed because the Re
publicans realize that the necessary
two-t thirds to secure conviction can
not be obtained, they committed fear
full error. While delay is not likely to
result in the production Of any new
evidence or law bearing on the case.
it is calculated to strengthen the op-
ponents of impeachment, and in
fuence them to resort to unlawful /
and uujustifable expedients to induce
doubtful Senators to vote against I
their convictions. We say against
their conUtctions, for be it remembered |
that large majority Of the Senate are
already on the record on this ques-
ton. When the President removed |
Secretary STANTON, the Senate, after
considerable discussion, passed the I
following preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, The Senate have re-
ceived and considered the communi-
cation of the President, stating that
he had removed Edwin NJ Stanton,
Secretary of War, and had designated 1
the Adjutant General of the Army to
act as Secretary of War, al interim,
therefore,
Resolued 5y the Senate of the United
States, That under the Constitution
and laws of the United States the
President has no power to remove the
Secretary of War and. designate any
other officer to perform the duties of
that Office al interim.
The vote on this resoluion-which
afirms that the President had done
what, under the Constitution and
laws, he had no right to do, and con-
sequently must, to say the least, have
been guilty of a misdemeanor-was as
follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Anthony, Came
ron, Cattell, Cole, Conkling, Cragin,
Drake, Ferry, Harlan, Henderson,
Morrill, (Me), Morrill, (Vt) Morgan,
Morton, Patterson IN. II. }, Pomeroy,
Ramsey, Ross, Sprague. Stewart, Sum-
ner, Thayer, Upton, Trumbull, Van
Wrinkle, Wade, Wiley, Williams,
Wilson and Yates-30.
NAYS-Messrs. Buckalew. Davis,
Doolittle, Edmunds, Hendricks and
Patterson of Tennessee-6.
Nor VOTING - Messrs. Bayard,
Chandler, CONFESS, Corbett, Dixon,
FesSen1en, F0g0Ier, FreljRghuysea,
Grimes, Guthrie, HolodrC1, Hol0e. j ohm
son, Morgan, Norton, Nye, Salisbury,
Shern1Gn-18.
Those in italics are Republicans.
By reference to the vote, it will be
seen that nearly all those Republi-
cans now classified as doubtful, are
on the record against the President.
In addition, the.Boston Journal af-
firms that Senator FEssENDEN open
ed the debate in favor of this reso-
luton, and took strong grounds
against the authority of the Presi-