Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-09

etl u ntal tAe lrllrr,
Howard begged leave Ia object 4
the reading Of the letter until aile
they were presented 10 the mana
gers for examination,
Sumner positively objected to al
lowing counsel "a proceed, after th'
language he had used, except iul
lho purpose OF explanation.
Confusion here occurred, Sever
al Senators speaking at once,
Hendricks moved that the atl0r
ney for tho President bo allowed 1,
read so much Of tho letter rs would
show the date,
Agreed to.
Nelson then resumed, and sal,
the letter bore tho date of Marcl
nh, 1865, was signed by Benz +
Butler, and addressed TO Col. Shat
for,
Johnson asked IL he had the orig
inal letter.
Nelson understood this TO be ia,
original letter ho also understood
the signature of b, +. b., and the
signature below To bo the genuih,
signatures of John \. Logan and
James a. Garfield. ar. IT.. THH.
The letter was brief and he wotild
like permission 10 read il.
Howard objected.
Chase said that tho letter could
not be read unless by tho consent
Of the Senate.
Nelson said that il was almost
impossible for him to explain If he
was not permitted to read the letter.
The letter is signed by Butler. Be.
meath his signature are the words
II concur" which arc signed by
Logan, and beneath, 80 do |, - sign
cd by james II. Garfield. There
was no other date to the letter than
March 0, 1865.
Johnson asked rs TO the hand.
writing. T..s
Nelson said the date and body of
the letter was the Same but tho sig
natures were different.
On the 10th of March C. +. Black
addressed n letter to the President,
saying that he enclosed this letter.
The Chief Justice said that the
counsel must confine himself to
dates, and Hendricks said his mo-
ton was to allow Nelson to read
only so much of it as would show
its date and, he should object to the
reading going any further.
Nelson said he could not explain
unless going somewhat into the body
Of the matter. N
The letter of the same date was
further endorsed by A. Koontz, W.
Marshall, Thaddeus Stevens, John
A. Bingham, Jas. G.. Blame, and
the copy was precisely like the orig
inal.
Upton here rose and with some
of excitement, moved
that the gentlemen be allowed to
proceed one hour.
The Chief Justice did not put the
motion, and Mr.. Nelson sat down.
WASHINGTON, April 3O,-ln House
no business. r....
CoURT.--A resolution cehsuring
Nelson, tabled, 30 to 10. PA.
Motion for night session offered
so rs to prolong tho day session,
tabled, % to u, M rg4rn--r-
Evarts proceeded.
Acouittal clement seems moro
confident this morning Z
HousE.-Brooks gave notice of II
resolution enquiring regarding the
managers connection with the Alta
Vcla case. arG. si.sl
Court-Just before the resolution
Of ccnsure of Nelson was tabled, as
at noon, Nelson said, altho
not duelist, and never having
fought one, he did mean to convey
the intimation that he was not res
ponsible in any manner for what he
had said, and would claim no ex-
emption Of any kind on account Of
his'age. af.rr.m. raa- ara .-'..
Senator's voting against tabling
the resolution consuming the chival-
ric old man, were Cameron, Howard,
Morgan, Morrill, of Vermont, Pome-
roy, Stuart, Sumner, Thaycr, vii.
son and Yates. ''''' ',.
tFEvarts spoke the entire day, and
Tomorrow. rat.a d,..+
Evarts' endurance is astounding.
His form indicates frailty, but hour
after hour without water, with
scarcely note, his speech rolls on
invective, sarcasm and de-
tail artistically following and rclicv-
ing each other without repetition,
either, in matter, manner or con-
struction. One of his sentences
s'1f you drive the Pres
ident forth he will be q victim of
Congress and a martyr to the Con-
stitution."
CrNGrENATI, April 3O.-Spocial
dispatch to the Commercial says
that Brownlow, without Legislative
authority, but urged by letters from
Senator Fowler and members of the
House, determined to call out the
a.,
WASHINGTON, April 30.--During
his speeth to-day Evarts caused
and amusement by
quoting radical Senators on speech
Of Sumner on the fugitive slave law,
The doctrines were those of Jack
son, that the Executive was the
Judge of the eenstitutionality Of the
law. ..t-~ ------r e ryv.---
Evarts compared language used |
by the President toward Congress,
with that used by Congressman TO
The President, and to each other. /
That the Senate had decided by a
rotcI of 50 TO 10 that calling tie |
an enemy to his country |
was in order. In debate. manager
Butler had accused manager Bing-