The Portland daily press., 1868-04-07
[From the Springfield Republican.


william Bount pronoanee94 BfuKfaE KaE that q
ed States Senator from Tennessee, who had
intrigued to transfer New Orleans and the
neighboring districts to the British by means
of a joint expedition, Britain to furnish ma
val force, and Blount agreeing to furnish a
corps OF backwoodsmen and Indians to coop
crate. A letter Of his written in 1877 to a
newly appointed Indian agent among the
Cherokees, TO induce the agent to join the
scheme, and communicated by the latter to
the president, was the evidence on which
the Senate promptly expelled Blount from
their body, and on which the House proceed
ed to exhibit articles of impeachment against
him. The trial was delayed from one cause and
another till December "a, 179S, when the
Senate resolved itself ior the first time into a
high court of impeachment. In the mean
time Blount had been elected President OF
the Senate OF Tennessee, in which state the
proceedings against hun had rather increased
than diminished his popularity, and he did
not consequently personally appear to answer
the Impeachment charged. His counsel filed
plea I'D which they denied the jurisdiction
of the court on two grounds; first that a Sen
ator is not a "civil officer ofthe United States"
according to the intent OF the constitution !;
and second, that il he were liable to impeach-
ment under those terms, Blounts expulsion
from the SENATE ieit nm no ionSei SenAtor, q,
anu Ggnsequenuy no iVTSer me- @ etn oneel y,
tne ChIteu o'aIes lug senate sustaiheu
TINS plea put Wnetner on Dotn niliius, OF only
on the first, does not appear from their pro
ceedings: except that it has been universally
held since that member of Congress is not
Slsl o1oJi 5 ~ sno seIHo ,'st " S1, fn1
his case was dismissed by the Senate, and
just as he was about to be elected Governor
ot tennessee. ne was Isg = menhosi ~ 'no
erai convention OF !io'' sSheu the constitu'
tion III tnaI capac,ty' nau peen preViousY J
Twice melnoer oi tne OonIinenial e aI VonSIess
anu suDsequenIy soteiHvl ,s VI snT .eilI.ois
I1la. 1I pee"ine ~ ~ soo .ne go. q go
thet he ~as Ststo Dae u '"e wv A'' ''o""'oi' iion
'"TS Tho o', Seco,d cose of imneocbn,ent vas tho,
Of I,,doe Gohn P;cke,;nG IIn;ted States j;s.
tr;ct iTSco for tho State of New Hamnsbire
Tha 49, c,'aroed him with wilihil sac'
r;t;co of IN richfs Of tbe IIn;ted states in !
aa.te;,. rora,,,e osse tr;od hoiore him ond al
W 81 S',.sIo.',.oss os,d ,,sotaa;t, ~, a.
~ WIN M n. "ra oad ~ ~
- 80 =, ,,onsn,, bnt b;s 90 ,,,YaaroJ
.ne ?uu? ~ piI -" .I,t L;s fatbou ,,,as i,,sao
pusl,ns ~ rno pi1 n1h, ,md' fsrard o; 90 as
tahi;sb tno toot NJ bis ;nsan;tu I7ha renlv q
tso s''o 80 thot ~ ,,so,;tv Jid avst
.uS masi - tm" Snh;.naI tI,,,nI,a,,rass
| Tho Sanata bv a strict marty vote all the
sonators nf tbe yaderal nartv voting nav. sus.
oena.o.3 20. " .;oios VIZ - ;mas.hmonf tbs ;ndoo
v~~ ,vas con -ictad removed from Office. but not
We III iisS 49, I,,,a;r oe;oa po,,sa,, I,
tht run tha, h;s naSsonai hoh;ts ps o
mas S;san,,;,v @ b;n, tor t,rthnr of;ce E
sunic'ent'y aisquainy Goi MN 'oi iui 'noi oin'e
IIis W'-s cary ~ ioo9. e, ;.o,.
Later ~ .ne sang seat ,"a lViI H. ,pu, m
t''t case occnpieu aI Sne ~I'oa VI ane '. ti
ate, enat y. ouG .i Sto,os s,' ny y, n. sn
Jusiices y; sne ~ WaruaS Papt,, n's;n;, So
anu & ieSIen. 49, ~ .aa dsms Chaan spi,' "a 80,
ra;;st eway aud in his cbarges 10 the Grand iurio
Is, 81 h;S s;rcu;t nsad 70 ;ndnlge in aIIns;ons :
nassino nolit,es not at ali to the taste ot tb
then dominant Renublican nartv Moreove,
he was an exceedin0Iv able man and knry
how to mt his criticisms in snch a forc,bI
and clin@ino wav. that The administratio,
marty resolved to ret rid of him at all haz
ards Jobn kand ,inb of Roanoke was thei
leader in tha House and bronrht forward
motion 70 INVESTIGATE Chase's oficial conduct
lroeiSn 70 seSt tSonoh in ninnritT onnose,
I'm Inc hne ,guefs msfter os sprnanr only rom PAL