The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-09
prospects OF THE IMPEACHMENT.

The Senate, as now constituted, consists OF
ffty-four members-iorty-three Republicans
and eleven Democrats. The Republicans
are:
Benjamin F. Wade. Ohio; Henry B. Anthony
Rhode Island; Simon Cameron. Penusyivania'
a. q. Csttell New Jersey ZACH chandler, mlcoi
gan; Cornelius Cole, California Roscoe Cenk
ling, New York: John Conness, California h.
w. CCIbett, Oregon; Aaron \. Craglo' Ne~
Hampshire; Charles d. Drake. Missouri; y.
EdmuDds Vermont; U. s. Ferry, Connecticut;
VIM. p Fessenden, Maine; ]. 5. Fowler, Tenues
see; John Sherman, Chic; VIM. Sprague, Rhode
Island; John NJ Ihayer, Nebraska; Lyman
Trumbull Illinois; George ii. Williams, Oregon
Daniel L. Norton Minnesota; F. Y. Freinghuy'
sen New Jersey; James W. Grimes Iowa; Jsme-
Harlan. Iowa; J. Il. Henderson, Missouri; jacob
NJ Howard Michigan; TimothyO Howe, Wis
cousin; Edwin d. Morgan, New York; justin
Morrill,, Vermont; Lot. ?. Morrill,, Maine .. Z.
Morton. Indiana: James W. Nye, Nevada j. W.
Patterson New Hampshire Samuel G. Pomeroy,
Kansas; Alex Ramsay, Minnesota; +. g. Ross.
Kansas; VIM. NJ. Stewart, Nevada; Charles sum
uer. Massachusetts,; I. W. Upton, Nebraska;
p. G. Van Wrinkle. West Virginia; W. I. Wiley,
Vest Virginia Richard Yates, Illinois.
The Democrats are
j. A Bsysrd Delaware: Chss. r. Buckalew,
Pennsylvania; Garrett Davis, Kentucky; James
Dixon, Connecticut: Willard Salisbury, Delaware;
Jes r. Dootile, Wisconsin Thos. @. McCreery,
Kentucky; Thos. A. Hendricks, Indiana; Rev
erdy johnson, Mary land d. I. Patterson, Ten
nessee; Geo. T. Yickers, Maryland
If all Of the senators are present it will re-
quire thirty-six, two-thirds Of the number TO
convict If Mr.. Wade is not present thirty
six votes will still be required, but eighteen
negative votes will defeat conviction. The
radicals, who are said to be certain to vote for
conviction, are
Wade, Chandler. Howard. Sumner, Drake,
Thsyer, CODness. Nye, Stewart. Wilson, Morton,
Morgan Freling huysen. Williams Cameron.
Vermont, Howe, Patterson of New Hampshire,
Cole. Cragin, Conkling, Pomeroy, Corbett and
Ramsey.
The senators heretofore supposed to be
doubtful, are: Fessenden, Trumbull, Ed
munds, Grimes, Fowler, Sprague, Ross, An-
thony, Van Wrinkle, Norton, Harlan, Hender-
son, Sherman, and Morrill, of Maine. OF late
this list has been reduced to the following:
Fessenden, Trumbull, Grimes, Fowler, Van
Wrinkle, Sprague, Anthony, Ross, Norton,
| Edmunds and Morrill, of Maine. The grounds
variously stated. Of some of them a sus-
picion is intimated that they are likely to
Judge the case according to the law and the
evidence; of some it is limited that their re-
pugnance to Wade may induce them to refuse
to do an act which will place that person in
the Presidential chair; and others are sup
posed to be under the influence of the Chief
Justice, who, in turn, is presumed to be hos
tile to conviction. Perhaps, after all, the
most potent reasons with recusant radicals
may be the fear that the conviction of the
President will prove disastrous to the
Republican party. There seems, however,
no good reason to assume that any oil
these influences are to be counted on with
certainty The most that can be said is that
the result is uncertain, and that, for one rea-
son or another, enough Republicans may vote
with the Democrats to assure the acquittal OF
the President If Mr.. Wade should absent
himself the votes of seven Republicans viii
be enough to prevent conviction, when com
bined with those of the Democrats. But i
would be a bold prophet who would venture
to predict which seven will be willing to bea
the responsibility of this detection from thu
recognized policy and wishes of their party
1t is possible, it is even probable, that seven
or even eight Republicans, may cast thei
votes for acquittal but the es'of thes
anticipated recusants still constitute a pro
blem which only the final vote can solve.