The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-11
The Impeachment Trial.
From the New York Tribune.
THE MANAGERS ARGUMENT.


history To-day at ten minutes before o'clock the Gen
era entered upon his great task The ChiefJuce of the
ned states and fyhree Senators formed the court and
jury one hundred and ninet representatives and dele
g ABOUT one thousand citizens and the Representatives of
e principal nations of world composed the audience
Inc scenes not unlike those of the preceding days
since the formation of the Court The Senate met eleven
o'clock and went with the usual routine business of egs
aton until halfpas twelve O'clock which hour the Pesi
en pro- tem of the Senate declared the chair vacated for
the ChefJustice of the United States That official clad in
the sken gown of his Office entered at about the sameme
escorted by Pomery and assembled steps to the presiding
omces desk few raps with the gavel brought the Court
to ORDER and Immediately afterwards the stereoyped roca
mauon OF silence made by the Sergeant Almost
simultaneously the Managers appeared at the main entrance
OF the Chamber leading from the House. and were announced
by one of the officers of the Court They entered in the fol-
Messrs Boutwell, and Wilson, Logan and Williams. The
other Manager, Mr. Stevens entered few minutes before
by another door, and had taken his seat at the Managers
table when his associates arrived The counsel for the Pres
dent then entered by the door the right of the Presidents
desk leading from the assigned them to the Senate
Chamber Ex-Attorney General Sanbery and Mr.. Evers
entered first then Judges Nelson and Curtis and the Hon.
Mr. Groesbeck. The members Of the House of Representa-
ves next introduced and entered headed by the Hon
f. B. Washburne of illinois, The members as they entered
depoyed both sides of the AISLE and took the chairs which
had been prepared for their accommodation.
The foreign embassies well represented; Minister
Thornton, the French and Russian Minister'S and other
foreign diplomats attended.
The ChiefJustc the central figure in the imposing tab
lea was the very mpersonaon of dignity strength learning
and law. When he entered all eyes turned him,
and expected that he would make declaration of the
winch rumor yesterday last aScrlbed
him. relative to his duties and authority presiding
but he said word and the Secretary of the Senate began
to read the journal of the last session. This finished
at ten minutes to o'clock Mr.. Chase turning to the
Managers called them begin in support of the articles
of impeachment.
General Butler arose The galleries became hushed into
breahess silence Senators and representatives leaned for
ward in their seats anxious hear every syllable of his
ordum Slowly advancing few steps from the table, with
bundle of printed sheets his hands, he bowed first the
ChefJus and then to the Senate Slowly, distinctly,
and in measured tones, he began: Mr. President and
gentlemen of the Senate The duty has fallen my
fortune to present to you mperfecy must the several
propositions of fact and law upon which the House OF Re
representatives. will endeavor to sustain the of the people
against the President of the United States pending
your barr AS he proceeded his voice gathered volume and
intensity General Buffers delivery is the best in the
world but his tones were generally clear and were heard
with dlslnctnes in every part OF the Chamber. He read
his speech from beginning end and this detraced merely
from the thrilling effect which it might otherwise have had
He addressed the Senate throughout seldom turning to the
Chair but for the most part looking Mr. Stanbery
the face. The reading of written speecespeciay in
uncommonis generally dull tedious niction, provoca
tive of and WEAKNESS and nattenton but this by
Mr.. Butler to-day exception Throughout he
eagerly listened to- and at many portions of it his audience
hung upon his words in rapt attention His gesture
effective and good his personal appearance that of the dig
nfed gentleman his argument close and to the point and
but reecho the general expression of his opponents
and the opponents Of impeachment when say that it
of the best efforts put forth in the United States
in the pamies days of the oraory of the Republic
In the first portion of his address, when he reached the
ence, You law unto yourselves" he pronounced it
with emphasis and gesiculation which arrested and
rveted the undivided attention of his audnce When he
began that portion bearing the New Orleans riots he
ground it out between his teeth like the screechng of
hundred saws, commingled with rumbling of artillery
carriage rugged pavement His ausion to all
coming from acting President enunciaed with
exquisite touch Of mingled pathos and al
throw around him the mercy of my silence uttered in
a cruelty severe tone of contemptuous irony.
AT five minutes three o'clock Senator Wilson interrupted
Mr. Butler, to that the Senate take of
minutes Mr. Butler expressed his thanks the Senator
The put the question the notion and de-
clared it adopted and the Senate took accordingly
AT the conclusion of the recess General Butler resumed and
continued until twenty minutes to four O'clock when he
closed his powerful argument with merely
eff peroraon. When he took his seat Mr. Bingham
stretched his the whole length of the table and
warmly grasped his hand shaking it upwards of minute
Mr. Bingham then and said that the Managers
ready go with the testimony which Mr. Wilson would