Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-09
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


Correspondents Of the Chicago Iimes..l
wAssrSsroS, April 3, 1858.
As the "Prssidsuts case" proceeds, the
weakness Of the prosecution becomes more
patent. Butler 10 trying to bolster up the
case by bringing in . mass Of extrsneous
evidence, having no bearing whatever upon
the charges. la order to make out Grimm
nj charge, 90 far as the removal Of Mr.
Stanton is concsrnsd, u IS necessary TO
provs the President designed to uss fCrce,
and esnspirsd With parties % do 90; con-
ssqusntly, that garrulous old gentleman,
Gen. Thomas, 10 proved By sse wisness to
have said that be nent ITO kick Stantens
out" If he would net 50 oct psaesabyl.-
Gen. Thomas 10 also represented to have
stated to another witness that be meant u
~ 6sres. Bat be sxpssssIy disclaimsd such
inleuteu - NJ. Stanten aad other geotls
men. There 10 no proof Whatever that The
President authorized or instructed Gen.
Tbomas . use fefce, o. ateeOpted ~ CON-
msnder-in chief, to place any troops ae his
disposal. This labored attempt to prove
conspiracy shows that Gen. Butler consid-
ers his case weak, unless he is able to do 90.
Thus, in order to streogthen the csse, yes
terday, - respects their conspiracy theory,
Mr.. Butter sndeavored TO prove that the
President appointed Col. Edmund Cooper
assistant secretary Of the treasury, in order
that he might control the funds Of the state 10
tho interest Of this conspiracy. Mr. Chandler.
ex-sssistant secretary, was brought on
the stand for this purpose, and sought u
indirectly testify that the assistant secretary
could control such funds. But question
put TO the witness by Mr.. Fssssnden, him.
self formerly . secretary Of the treasury,
showed hat the assistant esssstsry bad no
power whatever to draw warrants on the
treasury in his own authority and so this
testimony vas ruled out. This 10 the kind
Of testimony by which Mr.. Butler endeavofs
to prove conspiracy. II will be seen thst
Il is no testimony at all. The growing
weakness Of the managers' case is becoming
90 apparent that the extreme radical sena-
tors are getting very much alarmed, and. IN
the cars and elsewhere, are not back Word 10
charging that many republican senators
cannot DO depended on 10 convict. Senators
Sumner and Howard arc especially OPEN
mouthed in their declarations ~ rsspectD
the obstinacy Of some Of the republican sen.
ators in not being prepared 10 ps0nounce
for conviction. The sxtremlts say that ct
least six radical senators will certainly vote
against conviction, and that there are four
teen in all who may be considered doubtful
- to conviction. The fourteen alluded to
are probably Msssrs. Anthony. Edmenda.
Fssssndsn. Frslinghuysen, Henderson.
Fowler, Norton, Sherman. Sprague, Upton.
Trunbull, Van Wrinkle. Wiley, and Crimes.
Indeed, there ara othses also eoosidered
doubtful, viz: Msssrs. Morrill,, ef Yer
mont, Morton, and Howe. IL would seem
almest iupsssitls 70 bs.isvs that sush able
iusists - judge Truobull, ct Illieeis, and
Senators Fsaseadsn, Bdnsnds, end Fssline-
Auysea will 81 upsa this tsiai In any ether
manner than thsy wosld ifsietisg = jsdess
- ~ bsasA = jsrynsn II IL box
oeae q these 0soaless assure ~
that they will Get - they would in thsss
capacities, and in no other way. II they
do, with the influence that their superior
legal knowledge aud ability gives them, Il
is certain that the conviction Of the presi-
dent 10 not quite - sure - il was conaid-
cred to be few days ago, unless Testimony
Of much more conclusive character 10 in
troducsd hereafter.
In the meantime, the war Of the extreme
radicals upon the Chief Justice centinuss
to b. wagsd with unabatsd fury. He 10 &C.
cussd of oil sorts Of things but more ess
pscislly ofthst "xsulting ambition that
o srlssps itself" a. regards The pfssit snsy.
He il also accused Of entering into league
with the Presidents counsel for the pus-
pose Of clearing the accused, and, BY doing
90, Of avsnging himself upon the entire re-
publican party, on account Of fits ignoring