The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-12
Impeachment tIanagers.

The Cleveland Leader gives the
following personal sketch of the
managers of the impeachment trial.
John A. Bingham, Of this State,
the chief manager, is admitted by
common consent to be the readiest
and most brilliant debater and one
OF the ablest lawyers on the floor of
the House. lie entered Congress
fourteen years ago, elected as a
Republican, and has served ever
since, excepting in the Thirty Eighth
Congress. q He was Assistant Judge
Advocate in the trial of the con-.
spirators who were engaged in the
plot for Mr.. Lincoln's assassination.
During the 39th Congress he was
classed among the. Conservative Re-
publicans, but he has of late taken
an advanced radical position.
Ii8 George S. Boutwell,, of Massa-7
chusetts, is recognized as one of
the clearest thinkers and most ac-
tive leaders of the extreme radical
wing of the party. He is now fifty
years old was Governor. of Massa.
chusetts in 1851 and 1852 has held
many offices Of honor in his own
State, and has served in the Thirty
Eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortie4h
Congress. He is one Of the orig
inal impeachers, and perhaps the
most radical man in Congress.
I Benjamin +. Butler. of NIassa-
chusetts, is well known to every
newspaper reader. Before the re-
bellion he had an extended reputa-
tion as a lawyer, though he never
held office, being a Democrat and
in a helpless minority in Massachu-
setts. When the war broke out, he
Joined the war party. His military
Icareeris familiar to all. He is now
serving his term in Congress, and
is among the most advanced of the
Radicals. { .<5ogi455.s .<74ilg}I
James F. Wilson, of Iowa, pos
sesses probably the soundest and
clearest judicial mind of any man in
Congress, excepting our own Shell
laberger, now confined at home by
sickness. He is not yet forty years
of age, but has already served seven
years in Congress- He has been
chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee in three successive Congresses,
and will be. one of the most valuable
managers of the impeachment pros
ecution. He has heen steadily op-
posed to impeachment until the
Presidents last demonstration. Aa4
Il Mr.. Williams, of Pennsylvania, is
also an able and experienced. jurist.
He is now sixty-one yeaIs of age,
and has been a member of the bar
for forty years. He has served in
two Congresses before the present.
We can tell the public very little,-
iif anything, new about Thaddeus
Stevens, the other Pennsylvania
member of. the Committee. He. is
now very nearly seventy FIVE years
old. He was first elected to Con
gress in l848, and re- elected in
1850. In1S5S he was again cleo
ted to Congress, and has been kept
there ever since. His radicalism,
his influence, his marvellous tenure
Of life in his. extreme weakness, are
we'll known to ali. .4tf 41.45iCf h5r
tibJohu A. Logan, of, Illinois, the
last manager on the part of the
House, was Democratic member
Of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-sev-
enth Congresses, resigning to go
into the. war, as q, Union soldier. He
served with distinguished gallantry,
well earning the rank OF Major G en-
Eeral which he finally attained, He
is atstump speaker of considerable
ability, but as lawyer is probably
the weakest of the managers.
Among the counsel for the Pres
ident the names Of Charles ~ Conor,
JeremiahoS. Black, Attorney. Gen
eral Stanbery, George Ticknor Cur,
4 tis, and Robert j. Walker are prom.
tinently mentioned. T.. -
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