Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-04-08

| vote OF 70 10 Y ana the testimony wac
/ excluded.
Charles 4. Tinker sworn, and testlhed
that he was in charge of the Western Union
Telegraph Office in Washington formerly
had charge of the telegraph office in the War
Department identified the copy of dispatch
from Lewis &. Parsons of Montgomery, Ala,
to President johnson. The reply thereto is
as follows
MONTGOMERY, Jan. II, 1867.
HIS ErceHency ANDREW Johnson President
Legislature in session. Efforts made to
reconsider vote on constitutional amendment
Report from Washington says it is probable
an enabling act will pass. We do not know
what to believe.
(Signed) LEWIS c. PARSONS,
Exchange Hotel.
L. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Washington, d. c., Jan. Il, 1867.
Hon Le,ris c. Parsons, Montgomery, Ala.
What possible good can be obtained by
reconsidering the constitutional amendment?
| know none in the present posture of affairs
| do not believe the people of the whole coun-
try will sustain any set of individuals in the
attempt to change the whole character of our
government by enabling acts in this way.
believe, on the contrary, that they will even
tually uphold all who have patriotism and
courage to stand by the constitution, and
who place their confidence in the people.
There should be no faltering on the part of
those who are honest in the determination
to sustain the several coordinate depart
ments of the government, in accordance with
it's original design.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Mr.. Evarts argued that the dispatches were
not pertinent to the charge.
Mr.. Boutwell, contended for the admissi-
bility of the evidence as being in substance
the same as the Presidents speech of the
18th of August.
Mr. Howard asked what amendment of the
constitution referred to in the President S
dispatch.
Mr. Butler-Thc fourteenth.
Mr.. Drake called for the yeas and nays,
which resulted in yeas %; nays %. So the
evidence was admitted.
The Court then adjourned.
Friday the evidence introduced, was in re
lation to President ,Johnion's speeches at
Washington and Cleveland, and is quite un-
important in its details, as a great deal of
time taken in the examination and cross
examination Of witnesses, who reported the
speeches, to the accuracy of the published
reports of these speeches The newspaper
reports We're so far verified as to be intro
duced, although there was some objections
made by the President : counsel.
As to the speech at Washington, the 18th
of August 1866, there were several reporters
called. The newspaper reports of the speech
were verified, but the reporters testified that
their manuscript was submitted to the Presi-
dents private secretary, Col. Moore, before
It was given To the press. Col More revised
I them, he said u correct the language,
make it grammatical. etc. and not to alter
the sense. lie did this without authority
from Mr.. johnson. Col. Moore also testified
that he was a pavmaster in the army, but
had never paid anybody Except in the way
of presidential favors presume-haying
been detailed as private secretary To the Presi-
dent. We give the testimony of Mr.. Edwin
+. Stark, az follows
>. Was formerly a shorthand reporter
reported the speech of the President at Cleye-
land on the night m OF Sept 81 lS66 for It the &c
lished the notes not now in existence.
\ copy of the paper was produced. w it
ness read from part of the report Just what
MIR johnson said - " here Is the man liv
ing, or the woman in the community whom
have wrongcd, or where is the person who
can place the finger on one single pledge that
| have violated. one single violation of the
Constitution of my country; what religion
does he profess? Let him come forward and
put his finger upon one pledge have vio-
lated" The witness continued 50 There
were then Interruptions and various remarks
were made, of which have noted one, be
cause it was the only one Mr.. johnson paid
any attention to that was a voice, - Hang
jeff Davis" The President said, . hang JEFF.
Davis hang jeff. Davis why don't you =
There was then some applause and Interrupt
tions, and he repeated, - why don't you :
There again applause and Interruptions,
and the President went on % Have YOU not
the Court, have you not got the Courts ?
Have you not got the Attorney General ?
Who is your Chief Justice? Who has re-
fused to sit at the tral? There were then
some Interruptions and applause; and he
SAID - am not the prosecuting attorney :;
| am not the jury but will tell you what
did | called on your Congress, which is
trying to break up the government. Here
there were interruptions and confusion, and
there may have been words uttered by the
President which | did not hear, but | think
not.
Then the President went on to say 90 But
let the prejudices pass -
Mr.. Butler-Go to the conclusion where
YOU reported that accurately.
Witness Commencing little before where
the specification commcnces) He says {" In
bidding you farewell here tonight, | would
ask you, with all the pains that Congress has
taken to malign me, What has Congress
done? Has it done anything to restore the
union of the states? But, to the contrary,
has it not done everything to prevent it ?
And because | stand now as ] did when the
rebellion commenced, | have been denounced
as traitor by my countrymen here tonight
Who has suffered more than [? Who has
run greater risks than |? Who has borne
more than [? But Congress, factious, DOM
ineering, tyrannical Congress, has undertaken
to poison the minds of the American people
and create a feeling against me- SO far
these were Mr.. Johnson's words. Witness
, completed the sentence in this fashion.
, " In consequence of the manner in which
have distributed the public patronage.
These were not Mr.. .Johnson's words, but a
condensation, in a summary way. The rea-
sons which he gave at that point for the ma
ligning.
, After considerable sparring between coun-
sci. and an Intellectual attempt to adjourn
E over until Monday, the Court adjourned until
Saturday
The trial proceeded Saturday. L. L. Wal
1 bridge. a reporter, testified to the correctness
of his report of the Presidents speech de-
f livered in St Louis, Sept. g. 1866, and Gen
Butler put the speech in evidence.
j. 4. Dean, stenographer, also testified tc
reporting the President speech at St. Louis
and also at Chicago.
Robert S. Chew, chief clerk in the State
Department, gave evidence as to the manner
-, of issuing commissions for certain Offices II
the Treasury and State Departments, which
are prepared in the State Department
Shortly after the passage of the tenure-of
Office act change was made in the form o
commissions.
The words, to hold until removed by tn.
al. a., of be