The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-05-18

vote on the articles according to the rule of th
Senate.
Senator Howard called for the yeas and nay
CHAIR should be sustained.
Inc vote was taken and resulted-yeas Y
nays 30, as follows:
Yeas-Anthony, Bayard, Buckalew, Conk
ling, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Ferry, Fessen
johnson, McCreery, Morgan, Norton, Patter
son of Tennessee, Salisbury, Sherman, Trum
bull, Van Wrinkle, Vickers, Willey-A
Nays-Conness, Corbett, Cragin, Cameron
Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Drake, Edmunds, Ere
linghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morrill, d
Maine, Morrill, OF Vermont, Morton. Nye. PAT
tersoD of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsay
Ross, Sprague, Stewart Sumner, Thayer, Tip
ton, Wade, Williams, Wilson, Yates-3O.
| So the decision of the Chief Justice was re
Vsrseq, ana the order to adjourn over was rul
ed to be in order.
Mr. Henderson moved to amend the order
| Dy striking out the words "26th inst" and in
sertlng in lieu thereof the words "Wednesday
tn the first day of July next" Rejected-yea;
20, nays "a.
Mr.. McCreery moved to amend the order by
making it read, to adjourn without day. Re.
Jected-yeas 6, nays AZ.
Mr.. Buckalew moved to amend the order by
providing for an adjournment until Monday
the 10Th instant Rejected without division.
Inc question REQUIRED on the order as origi-
nally offered by Mr.. Williams, to adjourn the
Court till Tuesday, the Goth instant. The vote
was taken, and resulted yeas 80 nays q.
The Chief Justice announced the result, and
SAID the Senate, sitting as Cont of i'm
parchment stands adjourned till Tuesday. the
10Th inst, at II o'clock
The Chief Justice then left the chair, and
the members of the House retired to their own
Chamber. The spectators, who had filled every
seat and standing place, began to pour out into
the hall and corridors, and the curtain fell for
ten QaVS on the National of
ment. The closing scene was not marked by
the slightest breach of decorum or good order.
Inc Senate having resumed its session, took
up the concurrent resolution of the House. for
recess until Monday, the 25th inst This
gave rise to a discussion
The resolution was supported by Messrs.
Morrlil, OF Vermont, Hendricks and Sumner
and opposed by Messrs Conkling, Morrill,, of
Maine, and Nye.
Mr. Nye said he had had enough experience
IN tl'is Dody TO know that it was useless to op
pose an adjournment for a week, day. or an
hour. de thought the President would be
able to take care of himself with his new re-
crults. He thought little embarrassment to
me PRESIDENT would not be improbable. Let
Arkansas come in to-day Let us have birth
turn into death. Let us pass a concurrent
resolution admitting Arkansas and relieve him
OF MS embarrassments by not sending it to
MN at all to have it sent back here at the end
OF ten days with another defiant veto. We
.h"'O Lou VI tuou Leu us aunt Ar
kas before the sun is down, and let the Pres-
dent have another sweet morsel to roll under
his tongue.
Mr.. Sumner favored recess, on the ground
that it would be beneath the dignity of the
Senate to continue to transact business with
the PRESIDENT He had always felt it to be I'M
becoming for the Senate to transact business
with him while he was ON trial for high crimes
and msdemeanors. The President might 90
forth nomlnally acquitted, but he would go
Iorth, nevertheless, a blasted public junction
ary... That was his inevitable destiny But
until acquittal was entered on the record the
Senate would consult its own character by alb
staining from any further interchange of mes
Sages between Congress and the President
For this reason he favored recess,
Mr. Morton thought it late in the day to act
on that idea, having gone on up to the present
time transacting business with the President.
MT. ates was opposed to recess because
he wanted more bills for the protection of hui
man liberty to be presented to the President
far his action between now and the final de-
cisIon on the impeachment articles.
senator Wilson opposed recess on the
same grounds as Mr.. Nye.
Mr.. Doolittle favored recess
Mr.. Henderson took Mr.. Sumner to ac-
count for reflections ON the President.
Mr.. Drake asked if any Senator had assailed
his colleague for his course in the Court of I'm
parchment.
Several Senators-None.
Mr. henderson inquired when his colleague
mad become guardian of his character
Mr.. Drake replied that here and elsewhere
he considered himself in duty bound to defend
it when assailed
Mr. Morton raised question of order that it
was improper to assail Senator for voting one
way or the other.
Mr.: Drake suggested that when that Senate
called another to order he should do it at the
time the disorderly words were spoken, and
not take the floor from Senator speaking in
order. he confessed his surprise that his col
league, Mr.. Henderson, under the supposition
that some general aspersons had been made
upon several Senators who had voted for ac-
quittal. He had been called upon individual
ly to defend himself from that general asper-
sion.
MI. Henderson pointed out that a remark
had been made deprecating an intercourse with
this great criminal whom the Senate had voted
to acquit
Mr.. Sumner disclaimed any allusion to the
Senator in that remark, but, said he, listening
10 the Senator, he will pardon me if / saw
that was reminded of proverb which seem
ed to me to be very applicable to his case as hA
represented it. 1t is this, "Whoso excuse him
self, accuses himself" Tie swiftness with
which he rushed to self-defence brought to nv
mind this ancient maxim. Mr.. Sumner went
ON to repeat his argument that it would be I'M
becoming in the Senate to interchange mes
sages, &c, with the President while impeach-
ment was pending. A vote, he continued, has
been taken on one article, but there are ten to
be acted upon, and the article acted upon We
an know that acqnittal was only by one VOTE
He was saved, as the saying is, by the skin of
his teeth. call it nominal acquittal on that
one article. L allude to that now but because
it has been acted upon. There is moral .judg-
ment against him; a judgment
Mr.. Hendricks-I inquire what decision the
Chair made on the point of order made by my
colleague?
President pro. tem-The Chair did not make
any.
Mr.. Hendricks--Then ask decision on that
point OF order as applicable to the remarks of
the Senator from Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Sumner-I ask the Senator to put it in
writing.
President pro. tem.-The Senator must put
it in writing.
Mr.. Hendricks-I make point of order that
the line OF argument made by the Senator is
not in order.
Mr.. Sumner said he knew of no rule that
dictates to Senators what course of argument
to pursue, and he proceeded with his remarks.
In the course OF which, he said he knew there
were Senators who, since the impeachment
question has been agitated, have continued in
personal relations with :he President, and 9th !
ers who have sought official appointments at
his hands, and who have frequented his house.
He had no criticism to make, but he could not
have done it himself
Mr.. Stewart favored adjournment. He re-
minded the Senate that it was not a judicial
trial only as had been claimed, involving iu-
dicial issues and consequences
Mr. Wiley raised a point of order, that it
was improper to allude to the question of i'm
parchment in debate while it is pending
The chair ruled that no course of debate can
be dictated by any question of order.
Mr. johnson appealed from the decision Of
the chair.
After some talk on the point of order, Mr.
Morton moved to adjourn, which was not
agreed to.
The chair stated the question to be on sus-
tanning the decision of the chair, whereupon
Mr. johnson withdrew his appeal, saying ii
had been made under misapprehension.
Mr.. Stewart then concluded his remarks
holding that during the tendency of this tria
| questions involving the admission and recon
| struction of States, and condition of the South
| and its people could not be freely discussed
and therefore their best course was to adjourn
Another motion to adjourn, made by Mr.
| Cameron, was voted down.
The question was then stated to be on the
motion 10 include the Senate in the resolution
| of the House. 1t was agreed to-29 to 90
The question recurring on the resolution as
amended, it was rejected by "a yeas, nays %
| After unayailing attempts by Mr.. Morrill, o
Maine to call up the deficiency bill, at quarter
past the Senate adjourned.
| HOUSE.
After prayer by the Chaplain, the member
| proceeded in body to the Senate chamber,
| When the members returned to the House
| Mr.. Washburne of Illinois, as Chairman of tn
Committee of the Whole, responded that tn
| House according to order have attended tn
trial by the Senate of the impeachment G
| Andrew johnson, President of the Unite
States, and that the respondent had been de
clared mot guilty of the 18th article"
Mr.. Bingham then offered the following res
olution:
Resolved, That the managers be directe