The New York herald., 1868-05-22

to the privileges Of the Senate Ne thought the
purpose OF obtaining information without touching
the honor Oi the Senate. lie would be glad, how
ever to seo the SENATE take up the reso Mon Of the
the committee a.% enable him TO give to tn coun-
try and the world n the world cared to list,Nn, the
The resolution offered by Mr.. Davis was read.
Mr. FEssENDKN lrepy OF Me- suggested and NJ:
Ua Sse ~ sFke ON Ss words chosen by thu
Mr.. SUMNER-l hope the resolution will pass, and
hope the committee appointed by the chair wiz be
Mr.. yoHNsoS-That Is for thsChair to docide
Mr.. SUMNER-I am expressing an opinion In ad
vance. hope they will he three Senators who are
already on the record as voting Not guuty.n
Mr.. FEssENDEN-The Chair has received his In
str9ctiSns, % S,lss.v NOW hope he win obey them.
Mr.. HARLAs trepl OF Iowa, had no objectton to the
that the Presidents counsel had threatened Senators
win the iase Oh the accusers Of Daniel II they should
Wss he
might have been made BY persons outside Of she
chamber; put ne could not believe that any attempt
had been made 10 ntimidate the Senate. He hoped,
therefore, taat the language Of the preamble would
Mr.. DRAKE also urged change in the preamble,
and Mr. DAVIS professed himself willing to makeit,
and the preamble was modified accordingly.
prove that no foundation exists for the report. He
also expressed the hope that the Chair would not
appoint po Hnnn him on I.ti, the committee. committee.
Introduction OF this resolution as well as that of the
House OF Representatives., which latter he consd-
Senate, its preamble setting that there Is prob
able cause to believe that evil or corrupt Influences
have been used to influence the action OF the Senate.
He did not believe the Managers had before the many
facts to warrant that allegation. He thought II be-
hOoved the Senate to preserve Its own purity and
dignity.
Mr.. EDMUNDs, (rep.) of VT, asked whether, II
some oficer Of the government subject to impeach-
ment approached Senator with an offer of bribe,
the House Of Representatives to make an investiga
ton to pass resolution Of inquiry setting forth
the fact, and whether that would be declaration
that the Senate had been controlled by corrupt
motives.
Mr.. EDMUNDs-The preamble states that there Is
probable cause to believe that corrupt iaduences
have been attempted.
Mr.. SUMNER-fave been used.
Mr.. CoNKLiNG-Have been employed to influence
Mr. FERRY thought it distinction without diner
ence II such probable cause existed 1t should have
been brought to the knowledge OF the Senate for its
action. Had ne been requested to appear before the
Managers on resolution based upon such pre-
ambe as that he should have felt 1t his duty to de-
cline IN view OF the fact that most of the articles are
Mr.. HOWE asked II the Senator knew OF any consti-
action Of the House or prevent ts Attending to any
branch OF business.
Mr.. FERRY said no: but he knew that the House
cannot cOnstitutlOnay tread on the privileges Of the
Senate. They all hoped that the final determination
OF the impeachment question will be finally de-
II ever 10 would be the proper time to make the pro-
posed investigation OF any facts that brought
and he therefore moved that the further considera
ton Of the resolution be postponed until this day
week.
House contained any rejection on the Senate. 1t set
forth simply that the person on trial had used means
to influence the determination OF the Senate, and he
considered it perfectly proper subject for inquiry
by the House Of Representatives..
Mr.. SUMNRR-1t is their duty.
Mr. he IutiO and
tended that he had given it fair Interpretation.
The preamble did not charge that the Senator from
means used. They all knew that means were fire.
qdAnty used without producing any result The
veatigation in regard to Impeachment, and It
was the undoubted right Of the House to to SO 70
authorize them, with view to preparing
new articles Of impeachment, In order to
ascertain whether the constitutional prerogatives
OF the President permit him to do this Also No one
Missouri (Mr. Henderson) but he (Mr. Edmunds)
could not be foiled in the least by assisting the
further investigation by his testimony-an nvestiga-
to itself the right to make when 1t presented the arti
cles OF impeachment:
going into distinctions OF that sort They had seen
BY the papers that the Managers had examined a
had asked member Of this body what he had done,
where be had been who had called upon him. who had
to Of the Of sns
II was idle to attempt to deny that It was all leveed
Sr the OF M M re-
had not been adjourned with the adjournment
Of the Court OF impeachment until the
passed be thought that they should adopt a resou-
ton expressing their opinion on this subject OF the
once for all, whether Senators are to be taken be-
fore the Managers Of the House and examined as to
the question OF impeachment. He believed two mem
bers OF the Senate had already been examined.
Mr.. POMER0Y-Only one.
Mr.. HRNDERsoN-Iw was examined before another
Mr.. EDMUNDs-That was only on the matters be.
tween him and his colleagues.
Mr.. HENDERsoN-I was examined on every imagi-
MI BUCRALEw concluded by saying whether this
resolution was adopted or not, he would offer one
based on the statement Of Mr.. Henderson.
Mr. HOWE said II o reflection were made upon
his character he would seek to vindicate himself
e s f ss $ SSs
vote had He hoped that the request for copies Of
the record would be compiled with, coming as II did
from coordinate branch and being couched in re.
spectful terms. The senate should either comply
to forbid the House Of Representatives from seeking
light In any way. He was opposed to monopolzing,
s ns Saa ID ss e Rss Sss Of yss
Mr. Ross, (rep.) Of Kansas moved TO amend the res
outon by adding the words "and that the Board OF
Managers on the part Of the House be requested to
furnish to said committee transcript OF all testi-
mony which has been or may be taken BY them In the
course Of the impeachment Of the President.
Mr.. EDxUNss suggested that the request must be
addressed To the House Of Representatives.
The CHAIR so decided. .
Mr.. MoRRILL--It might be that unreasonable and
unreasonable criticism had been made upon the Sen
ator, but did not the Senate know that he also had
aware that the btterest denuncations had been made
on the majority here. They must both abide by their
consciences Investigation by committee was un
called for and would be Improbable. II the Senator
from Kentucky would say that he had good grounds
for the suspicious alluded to he Mr. Morril) would
vote for 1t.
Mr. DAVIS believed 1t could be shown that intiml
dation had been attempted.
Mr.. JOHNSON reminded the Senate that Mr.. Hen
derson had answered all the questions asked him by
the Managers, though they had no authority what
ever TO examine him. Those who knew the Senator
In this chamber knew that he was incapable of
acting In any way that was not fair, honest and
patriotic. He desired merely to place the
letter in the hands Of the Senate. Senators
had contended that this inquiry was not
intended to assa any Senator, but It would be re-
membered that as soon a. the House reassembled
after the eleventh article was rejected on Saturday
laat this resolution was offered. The meaning OF