New-York tribune., 1868-05-01
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
Confined from Firrr PnRe.

pro ten who by the same title day by day the
discharge OF the duties Of the President OF the United
States Now when the prize that but where the cir
cumstanccs as explain th0m, Senators must decline
cannot endure that should he judges in such strife
i agree that your duty brings you here you have no
aSca trials and the subject Itself thus illustrated,
naches from you at once the topics tha you nave peeh
srucon Of the separate articles to treat them at FIRST
somewhat generally, and then by such distribution as
seems most to bring us hnay to what II II sha not nc
fore that time have appeared shall appear To me the
prvest matter OF yOur consideration Now, let Inc ask
you at the outset 10 let You see now He as natI OF
,yidence. this Is Certainly tins President OF the
4, case of political opposition as ever man was, or
could be- Certainly FOR two years there has been par
to construction Of any Of his conduct. Certainly for
TWO years has been ed by OF the most powerful
winnowins machines that have ever heard oi-the
ca Certainly the wealth Of the nation, certainly the
ecncy OF party eert15ny the aeal OF political
'puaIlOn. of incupation, and Of proof, all that
ibis country Affords all that the power TO send for per-
sons aud papers includes They the that
@ court 10 stand the test OF examination and cross.ex-
animation but they put them under the construction
b can prove and Whom they can bring and whom they
can reject They take our witnesses from the stand
already under oath, and even those OF so great
armies and OF court try him with examination,
to say whether he shall help hurt them by being
examined in court using every and every art stayed
by except OF public duty, nothing TO remove
their power control its exercise and yet here IS the
evidence The people OF this country have been made TO
believe that all sorts OF personal vice and wCkedness
that all sorts of official misconduct and folly that all
aud executed part Of this Executive and be
explored and exposed by the prosecution ana ana
certainly set down in the records OF tHiS court court
Of public Judgment Here you have IL; lor
GSnee aRG & an6 anp ov Pasons pub
shed two years ago. for the desire TO Tepes e power
Of Congress- the testimony OF would-De OihceseekeI
that the President said certain points were h
he thought the patronage Of the Government shoud oe
went home and was supposed have said that the Pre
dent had used some very violent ana CHenslNe Wo4s
nation weighs IT, upon the scale that foreign nations look
at it, upon the scale that history Will apply 10 H. upon
the scale that postery will in retrospect regard II from
1t depends a good deal upon how large a s selee
think that has been family proved that the
speeches charged upon the President in substance and IN
general. made My first difficulty about them is
that they made IN 1866, and that they related to
Congress which has passed out of existence and
the Judiciary Committee to the House, and which the
House voted that It would not lmpeach MY next 1ln
Guilty not that they crimes against against
rhetoric against taste aud perhaps against logic G9t
that the OOistu.sO VI ~ re bs ,rnvided FOR
self nor by any subsequent anehdmeI' Ias pONeeu iV
the government Of the people Of this country IN
country TO punish any man for making a speech.
The honorable from Massachusetts In the course
reference 10 the President, You may ask protection
against whoml / answer plainly, protection against
duty hour Ponder it well. and do not forget IT,
There was no such duty on our 1atheis tleIe was 10
there was President Of the United states who
had become the enemy Of the country Well now, the
President had said that Congress was hanging on the
verge of the Government" BUT here is direct charge
that the President Of United States is the enemy OF
tho country. Sumner being called TO order for that
sXpreson the honorable Senator from Rhode Island,
Sir. Anthony who not unfrequently presdeS with much
urbany, and much control over your deliberations,
gave this view as to what the common law OF
the tribunal on the sugect ,oI the nariIomts
and cOurtesies which should prevail between the Legis
ative and Executive Departments He SAYS: 1t is the
Impression Of the Chair that these words do not exceed
he usual llaughterl latitude OF debate" Laughter
the presiding officer. Mr. Sherman OF OHIO said: think
The words objected to are clearly IN order" Loud
continued aughtcr without any point OF order being
raised" And the Senate came to vote, the
votes on evidence which We have had ON
tins trial The appeal was i9d r on the taDle, e.
debate, after being allowed TO be in order Mr.
cannot sufcientiy compliment, as it would be out Of
place to do but II certainly is OF the highest order
Of course make no criticism He begins with the
nOuneement OF a very good principle lie says: shall
insist always complete freedom OF debate, and shall
exercise it. John Milton in his glorious aspirations, said
liberties Thank God, now that slave lave, masters ,;Is
freedom Of American Senators. OF course there
can be no citizen OF republic 700 700 M Mgn ior eX-
pOsure there can be no one 10 low Tor protectl0n
The exposure of the powerful and the protection of the
weak, these not only Invaluable liberties but com
uAnded duties" Now is there anything in the Presi-
dents answer that is nOber thorough going than
should be not only an Invaluable liberty but command
and duty to call him an enemy OF the country Is not the
ton Of most intelhgible aspersiOn upon
them TN tha they are Then PSe bopdp ne
able Senator proceeds in style of observations on which
shall make criticisms whatever, except that Cicero
against Caane and against Verres does not contain
eoguence the object OF his nyectve than that
speech of the honorable Senator And then it all ends
wonderfny sensible and pthy observation the part
Of the honorable Senator from Michigan, Mr. Howard,
who said: "The Senator from Massachusetts had ad-
ganeed the idea that the President has be-
come an enemy to his country but l suppose
that not only 10 be the condition OF the sentiment III TINS
senate touching the President OF the United states but
suppose We never had fresldent IN regu 10 WQh lhe
opinion Of the Senate was not divided some thinking ne
enemy Of the country and others thinking that
ne was not and respectfully submit, therefore, that the
senator from Massachusetts VIII be competent 10 Try an
impeachment, If sent here, against the President as
cocede the Maryland Mr. JohnsOn) Will be
competent to try H. now tIat is gooa SENSE 9ena-
tOnal sense may be made so VIDE as that. We nave
brief debate between two OF the most distinguished
members OF that body who can as well as any Others
for the purpose OF this trial. furnish standard OF what
called by the honorable Manager proprety of speech
Mr.. Bingham says: - desire to say Mr. Chairman
that it does not become gentleman who re-
corded his vote fifty for jefferson Davis the
archtrait9r in this Rebellion: k9ars OF langnterl
undertake TO damage by attempting TO asen
repe with scorn and contempt any utterances of that
sort from any man, whether he be the hero Of Fort Fisher
not taken or Fisher taken Continuous laughter
Mr. BU1lER saer remarks sl But during the the
I ,o5Sire thai much; 5St The oy victim Of The gebtesBs
proves that know Of was an innocent woman hung upon The rod
s G ~ss tired Sy Military Commission cOsyced without suesHt
eSh' MS BISGGAM With spirit replied challenge the gentleman
dare him here or ~ n,,isS @ @ S. % "a y any III m
Vbo lives m bottle red with What that refers do
ot the Court aud audience CONFUSED ~h laugh
expense the Managers referred TO- both ilese gentle
men sat apparently uneoBesrned and nnhed spee
mi -, .o... 90. .-.,.,t-
MIR FVARTS, continuing, said, This all comes within
he co,nmOn law OF courtesy in the Judgment OF the
House of Representatives, We have attempted 70 show
that In Presidents addresses 10 the people teIe was
something OF irritation, something IN the SUBJECT some
thing In the manner OF the crowd, which excused ana
explained If II did not Justify the style OF ms speeehesah9
yo mi ght SUPPOSE that this interchange OF debate when
Mr. Evarts thun recited the apostles description OF
Charity During all this portion Of his speech he was
requenty interrupted by peals OF laughter lie also
atided ~ the extregsiOn by Mr. Boutwell, characteriZ