The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-19

THE COURSE WHICH WILL BE PURSUED BIZ TIL
CoUSsEL OF THE PREsIDENT-pR oBABLY !
PRoTRACTED TRIAL-sENAToR sAuIsBUR!
EMFTED-THE OBJECT IN vRw--THI
TEMPLES "oRDERED OUT.
The Washington correspondent Of the Bal
timore Gazette writes under date of the 16tf
instant:
=" The counsel of the President are busily en-
gagged In the preparation Of his answer to tn:
articles ofimpeachment, and it is understood
from what may be regarded as good authority
that they will present first 8 general demurrer
in which it will be denied that the charges as
presented furnish justifable grounds for an I'M
peachment. This demurrer willy apply particu-
1arly to the tenth article, which embraces ex-
tracts from speeches, denying that the words are
sufficient in substance-even If the article was
not defective in form. The counsel will next pre-
sent an objection to the court, as not being
the tribunal contemplated by the constltu-
and CONSEQUENTLY twenty of the constitutional
judges excluded from the court The third
objection will be to the competency Of certain
members Of the court in consequence OF di-
rect interest in the result Of the trial (Wade's
case), or their having disqualified themselves
by forming and expressing in advance opinions
which prevent them from being. impartial
general denial Of mot guilty" followed by
confession and justification Of the main
facts charged Such is understood to be
the line Of proceedings marked out by Mr, Stan
berry, the leading counsel in the case, and
the impression prevails among the friends Of
the President that the trial will be protracted,
in spite Of the efforts Of the prosecution to rush
it through to ajudgment When 1t comes to
the introduction OF evidence It viii be out Of
NJ a mn, %r
and the investigation may become intermin-
>sbie, as suggested by Mr.. Stanbery on Friday
last The article involving extracts from the
Presidents Western speeches may involve the
necessity of bringing to Washington thousand
Witnesses not only to prove what the President
did say and how he said it. but also to prove
the provocation given the President by Radi-
cal politicians who had assembled, particularly
at Cleveland, Ohio, for the purpose OF insult
ing Mr.. johnson. This tenth article opens
wide field for examination, and, when once
opened, who can say when it will be closed?
I sent you yesterday brief notice OF the
<'spy" system which has been again introduc-
ed here; but this perhaps is even less infamous
than other tactics adopted by the impeachers
to secure the conviction of Andrew johnson,
and thus usurp and seize Upon the Executive
power Of the Federal Government 1t is in
deed mortfying to witness the schemes resort
ed to py the Radicals to secure their ends. l
am authorized to allude to an incident which
occurred few days since, and which illus
trates the depth Of moral and political degra-
dation which has been reached by the present |
dominant party in Congress. An entire and |
total stranger to the Hon. Willard Salisbury, |
Democratic Senator from Delaware, entered
that gentleman's room on Friday morning last, |
and after stating that he had q very superior |
article Of brandy, begged to be allowed the
honor Of presenting that senator with case
Of it. The infamous movement was at once |
perceived by Mr.. salisbury, who promptly or
dafed the wretched tool Of the impeachers cut
Of his presence.
The unfortunate weakness Of this Senator
was attempted to be used to deprive the Sem
ate Of vote known to be against the Jscobins,
and this creature had no doubt been employed
10 tempt his well known appetite for jnto1icat-
ing drinks, and by placing him under the in
auence Of brandy, probably drugged, to keep
him from his seat in the Senate. These facts
arc stated by Senator Salisbury himself, who
declares that he never saw or heard Of the in
dividual proposing to present him with case
Of brandy before or since this transaction. 1t
is very evident that strangers in Washington
have become wonderfully liberal Of late, thus
to donate cases OF brandy, or that there is good
reason to suspect damning plot against the
Senator from Delaware, with view Of having
him expelled from the Senate, and thus reduce
The Conservative vote. No friend Of MIR. Sauls-
bury here questions the fact that there was
plot laid by the impeachment schemers.