Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-03-28

OF the Scnute upon thts PV'ns. - r. .,.,r nc
~ Mission ] and the yeas and nays were
ardered. eleven: "noes'i followea ene
another rapidly, and demonstrated ina. h,s
-. ,vos not wall taken. lie voteu yea,
paud .ben ali. including his party irienos'
o.s,ad Wno. until McCreery was reached,
,rhen n faint voice was heard, and the CLERK
n,arSed Il "yea /" then all the rest voice
..no - eyen Tennessee Patterson ana oauls'
bury. with al his failings, could not say
iii. was not the Senate, and as the result
,,as annoupced-yea 2, Davis and McCree-
rv and nays 40-a general litter ran around
he floor, and communicated itself to the
galleries. .A
Mr.. staubury then roseto announce that
the President's answer was ready, and in. an
almost inaudible voice Mr.. Curtis can.
menced to read 1t, but failed to make him
self heard in the galleries or by the memt'ers
In the rear of the hail, and ere he had pro-
cee6ed many minutes with the general
denials of everything the Senate and many
Senators had given up listening, and were
diverting themselves in various ways. AT
ter Nc Curtis had gone on for half an hour
Mr.. Stanbury relieved him and read the
answer to several of the articles, and finally
gave way to every one, read out in a clear
voice that all could hear, and finished them.
At three p. NJ. the Senate unanimously re-
ceived The pleas, and Mr.. Boutwell, announc-
ed that they would be ready to proceed
with the trial tomorrow at one p. NJ
This aroused Mr.. Stanbury, who at once
offered motion to grant delay OF thirty
days, which Mr. Logan resisted in speech
of great eloquenee and power, claiming that
unless some specific cause was given, they
should proceed at once. Then Mr.. Eyarts
al fDr q
discussion of an hour, Mr. Henderson moved
to postpone the question of fixing the trial,
which was lost by vote of 25 yeas to %
nays.
Then came o direct vote on granting
thirty days, and it was refused by strict
party vote--4l to 12--and then the friends
OF Impeachment breathed more freely. 1t
being evident that there was lack OF con.
cert of action upon this matter among the
managers and Republicans, Senator Sher
man moved to adjourn to one p. NJ: to.mor.
row, and MIR. Evarts said he would allow
the Senate to fix the time for the trial. when
Hon. Reverdy johnson moved to give them
ten DAYS more, and before voting upon it
the Senate adjourned.
The Senate returned to the chamber at
half past three p. NJ, after all absence Of
two hours, having left the room ut half-past
one p. NJ The Chief Justice announced
that the Senate had adopted an order that
the Senate would commence the trial on
Monday, March 80. Witnesses were then
ordered to appear at 1890 p. Nj. of that day.
aud that the court then adjourn until the
same time.
When the Senate retired for deliberation
to. day on the extension of time to the Presi
dent, the questions before them were as fol-
lows: Mr.. Reverdy Johnson's proposition
to allow the President ten days, and Mr.
Summers amendment to proceed with the
trial forthwith Mr. johnson modified his
proposition from ten days to Thursday next
April 2. Mr. Williams then offered an
amendment to Mr.. Summers amendment,
to the effect that the Chief Justice, as Presl
dent of the Senate, should when they re-
turned to the Senate, ask the counsel for
the President whether they had any other
grounds upon which to request an exten
sion of time other than the one they had
already offered, on which vote was taken
and resulted yeas 0, nays 42.
Mr.. Morrill, (Me.) then moved to amend
the original proposition by striking out
! Thursday, April 2, and inserting Monday,
|. March 30, and that the trial should proceed
from day to day, sundays excepted. The
yeas and nays were also taken on this
amendment, and resulted: yeas 2S, nays 2S,
as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Cameron, Cattell. Chand-
Ter, Cole, Conkling. Conness. Cargin, Drake,
Ferry, Harliu, Howard, Howe, Morgan,
Morrill, (Me,) Morril! (Vt.,) Morton, Nye,
Patterson On. iI.,) Pomeroy, Ramsey, Ross,
Steward, Sumner, Thayer, Upton, Williams
and Wilson'S.
NATs-Messrs. Anthony, Bayhrd Bucka-
, lew, Corhett, Davis, Dixon, Duolittle, Ed
munds, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuyson,
Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks, johnson,
McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee,
Sherman, Sprague, Trumble, Van Wiukle
I and Eickcrs-23.
/ Then the question came mp upon the con-
/ Guiding words of the order. Mr.. Sumner
| withdrew his substitute, and objection was
| made to the expression from day to day,
! Sundays excepted" on the ground .that it
might appear that they were determined to
| push the trial regardless of any rcasuns that
! may be urged to the contrary. On this
point Mr.. Corkling made a long speech
| taking the ground that, however stringen;
or peremptory the phrascology of the order
may be, it was within the control of the
Senate, and they could at any time modify
it.
Mr.. Drake then moved to amend by strik.
! ing ont IRON uay TO Gay, sundays except
ed" and inserting utter the words would
proceed" the words thereon with all Conve.
nient dispatch under the rules of the Senate
sitting upon the trial of an impeachment
This was adopted by general consent.
Vice President Wade did not attend the
secret session, but remained on the floor ol
the Senate conversing with members of the
House and others.
Judge Black did not retire from the i'm
! peachment case because he disagreed with
the President or his counsel as to the policy
of the defense, but because the President
refusal TO do justice to the American claim
ants to the Guano on the island of Alto Vela
made it impossible for him to serve longer as
one of the counsel. Four of the Manager;
and other prominent members of the House
expressed strong opinions as to the Presi
dents duty in the premises, and his client
being deeply lncensed by Stewards conduct
it was probably that Congress might take
some action on the subject which would
place Judge Black in a situation of such
embarrassment, that he had right to relieve
himself by claiming to be released from any
service as counsel of the President.
Mr.. D. g, MEwer, photographer, who re
ported President Johnson's Cleveland speech
| for the New York i'Orla, arrived here from