Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-13
Our Washington Correspondence
EXPLANATORY AND PERSONAL.

gossip, which can be so much better deVot-
ed to the learned arguments of the impeach-
ment Managers. But as the trial now
draws near it's close and proceedings are
mostly over, l venture to resume my broken
correspondence. and will try to be little
more regular hereafter.
The long and tedious spinning out OF the
trial enabled me to escape from the city for
week or so and to rejoice in grand reunion
in New York, of our old honored College
Society. would have liked to send you an
account of,the whole proceedings, for know
you would yourself have been interested
therein, especially in the enthusiasm of the
older members of the Fraternity for the
spread of the pure and elevating principles
on which it is formed, but | feared the ac-
count would be of little interest to your
readers
| returned here to find the excitement in
regard to the trial again springing up. Mr..
Evarts and Mr.. Groesbeck had evidently
made an impression. Doubts of the result
were expressed on every hand and bets were
freely made as to the result
There were, it is true, many who did not
suffer themselves to WAIVER at all in their as
surance that all would be right, but the
great mass of the people, on Tuesday, felt
very much disheartened. 1t was rumored
that the g whiskey ring" had seven million
dollars here for the purpose of affecting the
result that the patronage of the Govern
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three Republicans that Mr.. Fessenden,
whose influence was expected to do great
things, had prepared powerful argument
against several Of the Articles that eleven
of the doubtful Senators had held a meeting
and the avowcd intention of Grimes to vote
for acquittal was only index of the action
of the others these and multitude of sim
liar reports could hardly fail to make every
one, to say the least, little anxious
But now came the other side, these stor-
les were mostly found to be canards, it was
ascertained that a tremendous pressure was
being brought to bear on these men from
home and that they would hardly dare to
show their faces again in their own States
if they allowed themselves to be bought or
: influenced by merely personal friendship :;
/ that fessenden was very certain to vote for
conviction and that even Crimes was waver-
ing these and many other little straws
showed plainly that Mr.. Johnson's time was
nearly gone.
wADE's CABINET AND THE CURRENCY
Now the only question agitating the mind
is, who to compose Mr.. Wade's cabi-
net? 1t is needless to say that anxiety is
felt in regard to the Treasury Department.
for there is now the vital point in our gov
ernment. 1t is greatly feared that the west
ern policy may prevail and we be flooded
with greenbacks. There is only one thing to
{ prevent this, and that is the Supreme Court,
/ who deserve our most hearty thanks there
for. They have decided, it is understood
and will so declare at their next winters
term, that the Legal Tender Act is unconsti-
tutional, thus preventing any more expan-
sion Of the currency and bringing US
squarely and suddenly to specie basis. The
legal tenders have served their purpose and
saved us in our troubles, and now thew can
without any damage and little regret from
us receive their quietus. At least we shall
hope by the aid of the new President to es-
cape from the plumber of revenue officials
and the whiskey ring As to the members
who are to compose Mr.. Wade's Cabinet,
nothing reaches US but idle rumor, and no
one can say more than that they Will all be
radicals and probably honest men. 1t is ex-
pected that they will few if any of them be
appointed before the Chicago Convention has
adjourned.
JOHNSON AND THE CRIMINALS.
Mr.. Johnson is busily employing himself
in these his last days, in pardoning such of
his whiskey friends as have come to grief,
having been detected for their rascaltv and
in turning loose upon the country such coun-
tcrfcitcrs as have been apprehended and
imprisoned. 1t is estimated that he has
pardoned one of the latter every week for
some months. lie evidently desires to give
his successor the same privileges he has him
self enjoyed in the fraud line. and show an
ungrateful country, that though he was
capable of suffering untold agonies and per
secutions for it when he was filling his
pocket thereby, still he could when that in
ducement was removed, sacrifice it to tho
welfare of his other friend and his faithful
supporters. \ truly patriotic man, who de-
sircs to make his countrymen regret their
action, rather by taking advantage of his
power to rob them. than by showing them
how unjustly he had been accused, and how
really virtuous his administration had been
ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION.
Arkansas was admitted yesterday, as far as
the House are concerned, by vote of l 10 to
b. The bill for the admission of South Car
Dina, was ordered to be printed. Probably
on " ednesday and undoubtedly these two
States mt least, will be in good and regular
standing before the adjournment for the Chi
cago Convention. Florida has ratified at
last, and now all the States are fairly organ
lied except Alabama, Mississippi, Virginia
and Texas. 1t only remains for them to
adopt the 14th Amendment, and pass both
Houses of Congress.
THE WASHBURNE AND DoNNELLY TILT.
The disgraceful tilt in the House on Satur-
day last, between Donnelly and Washburne
has made the seat of the latter very infirm.
Washburne has been here, as you know, lon
ger than any other member. He has Of late
years become SO accustomed to tyrannize and
make himself disagreeable. that there are not
dozen men in the whole House who do not
dislike him. He has abused them all in or
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