The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-22
g. :. g., WEDNESDAY MORNING, April o. 1868.
Correspondence Charleston Courier. I
Washington News.

WAsnlNGTo>' April lO.-Mr Curtis
continued mastery argument to-day.
III defence Of the President from the
charges contained in tho Articles of I'M
achmcnt. l[c commanded the strict.
est attention Of tho House Managers
and OF the mony professional men who
were present. some of the Senators, i,
was remarked, who did not wish 20 hca,
! any defence lest it should shake their
resolution, occasionally abscntcd them.
selves from tho chamber Mr.. Curtis
has swept away the whole foundation
upon which tic articles OF imrcachmcnt
rested. Tho testimony on tho part Of
the defence will support the viws taken
by the Presidents counsel.
The lmpcachcrs insist that the Senate.
by deciding that tho admissions by
Gen. Il. Thomas of his intention to
ou$L Mr. Stanton by force, shall be re-.
crlvrd as testimony, has settled. the
whole case, The vote uDon rcc"iving
tins testimony was 80 to IL. Now i
IS con! cnGcd that the admission of ono
c"'conspirator Is conclusive upon the
other consplrator. If criminal viola.
ton OF the Tenure Of Office Act cannot
be made out, impeachment must stand
upon the two other articles, alleging II
conspiracy to seize upon tho sword and
purse OF tho nation, and make war upon
Congress and its adhcrcnts.
The mpcachcrs begin 10 look with
drsmay at the prospect Of tho acquitlal
ol the President, and prciict mournlul
d' 'aSlcrs to follow. johnson is invest.
ea with royal prcrogativcs, and control
eli the Offices in spite ofthc Tenure ct.
Not single Southern electoral vote will
be cast for Gen. Grant at the next Pres
ldcntlAi election. Johnson himself viii
be HE Southern candidate, and in the
electoral colleges. he will lave a maori.
" o. the aggregate vote. Then he is
to call a new Congress, embracing Of
course, representatives from excluded
Southern States, be declared President,
and sustained IN that position by force
OF arms. Finally, as the imncachcrs
say, The country is to clapSc into ANARCHY
and social war These are the arc,i-
mcnts upon which, in default Of other
prcicXts, the President is to be convict
cd and removed.
Whether The President, if convicted,
is to DC Disqualified ftorA holding any
olLco thereafter, as well as removed
from the Presidency. isl question We. to
be decided. Disqualification does NOT
necessarily follow from removal. The
Court may decree his removal without
d!'qnalifying him from holding Office
hereafter. MIR. Johnson, 1t is supposed,
wall be very anxious TO be elected to the
Un!ted States Scntc from Tennessee.
Indeed he has said that he had rather
be Senator than President.
= All spccnIatlons upon the course which
the President will take in case of his
removal. arc premature, for he does not
YET admit. as a probable contingency,
that tho Court will sustain the impcach.
ment. Mr.. Stanton remains barrlcadcd
in the War Office, keeping vigilant
guard over il, night and day.
Gen. Hancock has established his
headquarters in this city. Gem Loren-
10 Thomas, rs Secretary of War, nd IN
term, has attended the Cabinet meeting
to day ns usual. 1t is said that he is
still quite confident that Mr.. Stanton
will some fair morning walk oui, and
permit hin 10 walk in.
J,o ?