Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-23
IEVEsT4ahTSON EERpgD.

sideration Of crimes committed by mel
amenable to its jurisdiction On tht
l4th inst, Judge Woodward, of Pennsyl
yania, by formal resolution, brought {,
the notice Of the House an act as notori.
ous as it was infamous, perpetrated b
members Of that body 1t was the at
tempt Of the delegation from Missouri t.
influence and intimidate the Senator
from that State The proof vas il
writing, and of the fact there could be nc
doubt or denial Judge Woodward
moved
THAT a select committee of seven be
appointed 10 inquire If the above com
munication has been addressed by members
ofthe House TO Hon. John 3. Henderson,
and if il has what is the legal character Of
the ohense, and what penalty, il any, the
House ought, in yindieatiOn of its own
dignity, TO infict, as well as what pro
visions OF law are necessary 10 prevent a
recurrence Of such wrong, with power to
send for persons and papers, and 10 report
by'bill or otherwise" -E-
When the inquiry was defeated by the
Radicals one of the Missouri members,
named Pile, in the height of his exulta-
ton, began to jump, grimace and ges-
ticulate ike baboon, till Mr.. Woodward
sternly called him to order.
On the 10th inst Mr.. Hendricks, OF
Indiana, offered a substantially similar
resolution in the Senate, which was de
feated by strict party vote. Finding
this persistence among the Democrats,
the Radicals determined to evade it by
the disreputable dodge Of eoniding the
inquiry to the guilty conspiratOrs, who
had themselves prompted and aided in
the oiIenses to be inquired into At their
motion this was done. The managers
had taken the alarm They, the men
whose infamy Of character did more harm
10 their impeachment than their infa-
nous maneuYers could do it good, ac'
tually had the Impotence to ask to be
appointed to inquire into their own viii
lainy And the House appointed them.
Here is the record.
& HMr. Bingham (Rad) said he was In
structed by The Impeachment managers to
report the following resolution, and ask that
it he put on its passage:
Whereas, Information has come to the
managers which seems to them 10 furnish
probable cause TO believe that improper or
corrupt Influences have been used to influ-
ence the determination Of the Senate
upon articles of impeachment exhibited
20 the Senate by the House OF Repreaenla-
tives, against the President OF the t5titel
States therefore,
Resolved, That Cor the further and more
efficient prosecution Of the Impeachment
OF the President, the managers be directed
and instructed 10 summon and examine
witnesses under oath TO send for persons
and papers; TO employ stenographer, and
10 appoint subcommittee to take testi-
mony, the expenses thereof to be paid from
the contingent fund OF the House"
IL court were to impanel a jury OF
thieves, out of the criminal dock and
request them to try their own indiet-
ments, It would be about parallel case
to what the Radical majority has done,
to screen its tools. Imagine these i'm
peachers doing Justice in the cases We
have mentioned; or in the case of Rep
reseutatiye Schenck, Of Ohio, who sent
this telegram all over the country, with
the criminal purpose of influencing the
court
WASHINGTON, d. c., May II, 1865
Great danger TO the peace Of the country
and the Republican cause IL impeachment
fails. Send TO your Senators before Satur-
day public opinion by resolutions, letters
and delegations.
ROBERT c. SCHEECK, Chairman.
1t is, too, within the province of the
House to investigate military interior,
enee with the court An inquiry should
be made into this. Horace Greeley is
the witness. This was published in the
New York Tribune on the Sd day Of
April last, with criminal intent to inau-
enee the court then trying the impeach-
ment:
We have assurances from Washington
that Gen. Grant linda it not inconsistent
with his duty as a soldier 20 announce it as
his opinion that the only hope for the peace
of the country is the success of the pend
ing impeachment trial. When
the General Of our army enieriains this
convict On, there is no room for doubt as
TO the duty Of the Senate"
But it is not to detect, bus to screen
crime that these impeachers are NOV,
ing. They have been parties to the
iniquitous attempt to pervert the course
Of public justice, and it is an insult tC
the country 10 make them the commits
tee 20 investigate it As well empower
them to inquire why the managers o.
impeachment signed that paper to the
President in favor Of the claimants OF
the guano on the Island of Alta Nela
We really think this pretended inquiry
caps the climax of impudence Batter
and Stevens, and Boutwell, and Bingham
inquiring into corrupt and improper 10
fluenoes-set in motion by themselves
We shouli have named Bingham FIRST, for
as the mover, he viii be chairman Of the
committee. Assuredly, in his committee
truth win be mangled, gagged and
strangled, ike That unhappy Mrs Sur
raft, for whom innocence was no defense
in the tribunal where Bingham ruled
Who can ever forget the scene, revived
lbs Mr. Evaris, where Batler tainted
bingham with this judicial murder, and
he replied by charging Butler with theft
What a couple ct pure imPeaehers and
investigators Of crime
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