Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-07

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The most profound silence follow
ed the enunsialiOn Of the imPeaeh-
ment,
Stanton said lao wished reporters
would let him alone,
The day closed with Stanton din
\ ing in the War Department with
| Chandler aud others, The Presi'
dent al dinner at home, and every
thing quiet.
/ President is reported rs saying,
he recognized no one but Gen,
Thomas, aud meant TO recognize
none else. lie concluded by say
ing, God and the American people
would make all right, and save our
institutions,
In his message nominating Mr.
Ewing TO the position of Secretary
of War, tho President asserts that
ho has not aud does not intend TO
violate the tenure Of office bill, or
any other law, llo argues, elabo'
ratcly, his rights, even under that
law 10 remove Stanton and appoint
successor ad interim.
The following is telegraphod as a
sample of the speeches made before
tho vote was taken, Mr.. Hayne,
who had the floor, said; 81 yield
IN ihc gentleman from Indiana, Mr..
/ Shanks."
Mr.. Shanks, taking the aoor said;
"Mr. Speaker, my opinion is, that
in this emergency, the House should
speak but one word, aud strike but
one blow, and | desire that tho blow
should come first. / am tired, Sir,
of this protractcd discussion, which
postpones an hour which the peo-
plc long desired to see,-that which
declares the official death of An
drew Johnson, and think We should
vote this impeachment without dc
bate. | am not surprised that one
who began his career in drunken
ness, should end it in crime.
1t is stated that tho Secretary of
the Treasury will not recognize
Stanton's official acquisitions.
The excitement in Washington
has almost entirely subsidized.
The Tribune urges impeachment.
The World scoffs at it. The Herald
opposes the movem0nt rs generally
absurd and disastrous to national
interest. The Times holds that tho
President is entitled to discharge
from the courts, and that his i'm
peachment is wholly out of place.
So long as constitutionality of the
Tenure of office is in controversy it
is purely a question of interpreta-
ton and construction, and should
be decided alone by the Suprem-
Court.-The controversy being bee
tween two Departments, neither OF
which can decide, bars itself.
The Times adds; Suppose til g
House should impeach the Presi-
dent, and the Senate should convict
and depose him from office for hav-
ing acted in violation Of this law,
and the Supreme Court should, in
duo course, decide the law to be un
constitutional, what would be the
position of the President and Senate
before the country? Must the Pres
ident be punished for maintaining
the authority of the Constitution
against an invalid law, or is the
Senate's Judgment of the Constitu-
tion to override that of the Supreme
Court.
New York, Feb. 24.-The fol-
loving document is receiving sig
natures in this city: "The under
signed are desirous of forming q
series of associations in support Of
the policy of Andrew Johnson, and
are willing to resort to arms to re
pei any revolutionary attempt on
tho part of Congress to overthrow
the Constitutional authority of the
Chief Executive of the nation.
New ORLEANS, Feb 24.-G Q n.
Hancock publishes card saying
that statements in editorial columns
of the Now York Sun, of the 18th
inst, giving extracts from letter
purporting to come from him. was
malicious Misrepresentation and
totally without foundation that he
had never written such a letter or
used such expressions.
PARIS, Feb. 22.-The usual public
ball in honor of Washington's birth
day, did not occur this year. Gen,
Dix gives grand fete this evening.
HAVANA, Feb. 20.-The question
of the rights of naturalized Ameri-
can citizens is absorbing the atten-
tion of the Cubans. There is a ru-
NOR that the Spanish Government
authorizes the Captain General to
transport 10 criminals to Africa.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25,-On read
ing the dispatch from Gen. Thomas
declining the Brevet, Grant remark
ed Just what l expected from
Thomas he is good soldier"
The reception at the White House
last night was remarkable for the
unusual crowd, the absence Of rad
ical officials and the presence of for
eign representatives.
Dispatches of encouragement to
both parties continue to come.
The radicals in several localities
have fired guns in honor of the
House resolutions of impeachment.
A special sent hence northward
says Grant, in a conversation with
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,,
said the officers of the army are
a unit in support of Congress-not
more than a dozen out of twenty
five hundred would obey an order
from the President, unless it came
through him.
In the House bill was introduc-
ed for a ship canal around Niagara
Falls.