Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05

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Thursday, and ii that is done, debate will
close at p, IN. ON Friday, Not less than
10 days will be given 10 the President To
prepare his defense, and it is now admit
ted ON all hands that the month Of March
will be fully occupied with impeachment
The Senate will sit before the oxpi-
ration OF many days as a high court of i'm.
parchment, Chief Justice Chase presiding,
Tor the trial OF Anprew johnson, freSi-
dent Of the United States. The Senate
committee To make arrangements 10 pre-
pare rules, as appointed 10y Mr., Wade, is
composed of Messrs Howard. Trumhull,
Edmunds, Conkling, Morton, Pomcroy
and johnson. The rules will be based ON
those adopted in 1904, but there viii be
provisions against the introduction of col
lateral issues and unnecessary arguments
Tho House resolved that when the
committee on articles Of impeachment
shall report, the House will at once re-
solve itself into committee of the whole
and a discussion for the legislative day be
allowed, with speeches each fifteen min
utes in length. At three o'clock in the
afternoon of the second day speeches will
be limited TO five minutes each, and at
four o'clock the committee shall rise and
report progress TO the House The House
shall Immediately proceed to vote on the
articles,
There is strong feeling against
Judge Woodward of Pennsylvania, for his
revolutionary speech in the House on
Monday. One of his colleagues asked him
privately why he took the oath and drew
his pay, if he regarded Congress as an un-
constitutional body. He replied that he
thought it had power to legislate, but it
cannot impeach and remove the President
with one-third of the States unrepresent-
ed. x member wIrrT1y rrHarKru nr
Judge thinks Congress is sufficiently con-
stitutional to vote him his salary, but not
to impeach and remove President"
Andrew Johnson is the first Presi-
dent of the United States who has ever
been impeached, although proceedings
were once commenced and abandoned
against President Tyler in 1913. Several
Senator's and judges of the United States
courts have been impeached, the latest
cases being those of Judges Watrous ot
Texas and Humphreys of Tennessee, The
latter for completely in the rebellion
These cases all constitute precedents for
the trial of the President, which will be
conducted in Similar manner, except the
chief justice of the supreme court will
preside.
Secretary Stanton was busily engaged
during the morning in signing requisi
tions and in attending to other business o.
apublic character, which has accumulated
TO n considerable extent within the past
few days Several visitors called upon
Mr.. Stanton during the forenoon, among
whom were several Senators and Repre-
sentatives, including among the former
Hon. Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania
and Judge Edmunds of Vermont. Ex
Senator Croswcll was also'present and had
lengthy interview. There has been nc
addition to the guards at the War De.
partment, although an officer has beer
stationed in the lower hall, who prevent:
the congregation of visitors and othors not
there on particular business.
If, as used to be commonly remarked
during the war. the gold market is th'
most accurate and sensitive test of the
state Of public opinion on measures anC
events affecting the public policy, the i'm
peachment of Andrew johnson excites IL,
alarm among the people. For the first
day or two, the market was quite unsteady
under the manipulations of spectators,
but the excitement was feeble and tenn
porary. Secretary McCulloch says Con
gress has hard work to force the marke
up, and although this is not what Con
gress is trying to do, its action has reall,
little influence on the market I'm
peachment restores confidence because i
restores certainty the dread of what Nh
Johnson might do, has had far more dis
quieting influence than anything that car
be done with him.
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