Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-29
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman. j


tributed mainly to the interest felt by the
public in the final result of the trial, which
as yet remains somewhat doubtful. The
though protesting no fears
as to the result, are a little like
the fellow who had become a convert to
the doctrine of universal salvation, but
musingly said, Though he believed there
was no hell, he would give his yoke of oxen
to know it." So with the impeachers,
though they believe Mr.. johnson will be
found guilty agreeably to party desire and
expectation, yet they would give any price
to know it. This, your readers may rest
assured,-.is the true state of feeling of the
Jacobins. They speak of conviction as a
certainty, but indicate doubt and fear in
all they say or do. Sumner yesterday in
troduced, in the shape of an order, pro-
position of high pressure intimidation
power to scare the weak, that at II o'clock,
the day after the close of the argument,
several articles of impeachment, and
also, two additional rules, which would re-
quire each Senator to stand up before the
august court and the assembled inttntdd-
tion-croaoded halls and galleries, and answer
to the awful inquiry of the Chief Justice,
"How say you, Mr.. -, is the respond
ent guilty or not guilty?" This I believe
is what lawyers call polling the jury"
These propositions were promptly objected
to by several Senators, and consequently
went over under the rule until Monday. 1t
remains to be seen whether this ''screw"
will work. 1 think not. Sumner don't
often carry anything, euen ,ohen on the right
side. He is suspected of some rascally de-
sign, even when not apparent at first, both
by his political friends and enemies. His
tactics and Stevens, though always in
tended to effect the same result, are quite
different. Stevens is bold, and lets you
know what he is after. Sumner tries to
effect everything by stealth and strategy.
Stevens is bold, courageous and vindictive.
Sumner is stealthy, cowardly and mean.
1 am told by Republicans themselves, that
no one outside of the ring" of impeachers
has any idea of the immense pressure
there is from all quarters, far and neal, from
the universal Jacobin family, to find a
verdict of guilty against the President. In
this crusade the clergy are not found want
ing. And especially do the Chaplain of the
Senate and those whom he invites from a
distance to help him invoke the Deity, di-
rect their supplications to this end. They
take care, however, to do so in ambiguous
language to "mortals here below" but not
sufficiently occult in meaning to escape
the notice of one used to their spiritual
technicalities, and 1 presume they think
they are not mistaken above. In this l
agree with them-and that in due time
they will find out what is meant by the
saying of a good TEACHER, who said: "Wo
unto you, Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites
You lay b,Tthens upon mems shoulders, aohich
you nor your children are able to bear"
Since my last letter three speeches have
been made. Two in defense, Messrs. Nell
son and Groesbeck, and one for the prose-
cution by Mr.. Boutwell,. Mr.. Boutwell's
speech was read from a printed copy, and
contained nothing but the ordinary plati-
tudes of the most ultra slang-whangers of
the Republican party. 1t did not attract
the respectful attention of the Radicals
themselves. His attempted constitutional
arguments were ridiculous in the extreme.
Mr.. Nelson made good speech, probably
a little wordy, and not quite up to the dig
nifty of great argument in a case
of this kind. The great speech
of the trial was delivered yesterday
by Mr.. Groesbeck. He spoke about
three and a half hours to the most
attentive audience yet in attendance. Well
may Ohio be proud of Mr.. Groesbeck as a
lawyer, statesman and dignified gentleman.
He as completely used up Ben. Butler in
the argument of this case as Grant did in
the celebrated '' bottled up" affair. Some
go so far, to-day, as to say that Mr.. Groes-
beck's speech produced so great an impress
sion upon the minds of doubtful Senators,
as to decide the fate of the President. 1t is
regretted that Mr.. Stanbery is
prevented, by continued debility, from de-
livering his speech in person. Mr.. STAN
berry was looked to to make the great speech
on this trial, and there is no doubt public
would not have been dsap-
pointed. His speech will, however, be de-
livered to the court in print. Messrs. Will
liams and Stevens will deliver "har-
rangues" tomorrow and next day, after
which Mr.. Evarts will close the argument
for the President. Mr.. Bingham will then
deliver himself of the greatest possible
amount of "sound and fury, signifying
Bingham made great mistake,
when he placed himself at the head of the
by the side of Butler, whom he
detests personally, for as sure as he lives
Butler will take the shine off of all of them.
He suits the case in hand and the times, and
after the "old oracle" is gone he will be
the leader of the Radicals. This is all But
ler ever cared about in this prosecution. 1t
is not prudent to predict when this i'm
peachment trial will be finally closed by
verdict, for it is limited within day or two
that it may be delayed even until after the
Chicago Convention. But I think the
"carpet baggers" will insist that verdict
one way or the other must be rendered as
soon as possible, for it costs something to
remain long in Washington at hotel.
Your correspondent has not ventured to
say much in regard to the prospects OF
Presidential candidates in the Democratic
to be held in New York on the
4th OF July. This have not done, because
here at Washington is the poorest place in
the world to form a correct opinion in a
matter of this kind. 1 will say, however,
at this writing, that the recent elections in
the West, especially in Illinois and Ohio,
two of the largest and most influential of
the Western States, where Mr.. Pendleton
has been SO unequivocally endorsed as their
choice, indicates almost to certainty that
your distinguished fellow citizen will be
the man. aud more than that, that he will
be triumphantly elected as the white mans