Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-09

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The indianapolis Journals Washington
Correspondent gives the f6iiowinS dcscrip-
ton of Gen. Buffers grand opening speech
in the impeachment case:
Mr.. Butler arose and made the speech
The wires have given you. II WAS read
from printed, strips. but read in a magnifi-
cent manner, and parts OF il seemed all The
more forcible because read He occupied
little over three hours. The speech is
IN every way thoroughly satisfactory To
the Impeachment members No member
could have put the questions more forcibIy.
or more clearly. After it impeachment
needs no further vindicalion. The action
OF the speaker-forh he was a speaker. not
reader3vas.r peculiar Khen he was &c
viewing the Authorities he would at every
poins Showing the power of the Court made
up of Peers, or Senators, turn tpthe Chief
Justice and bow most profoundly. What
was mean was easy to see. snd IT was
quickly noted by all. When he spoke
more especially for the Managers. Using
the we, lie would back himself up 10
them and spoke 10 the Senators as il from
their very midst. When he spoke 10 the
Senate after 'you" he had The dignified
bow that Cicero might have envied.
When he came 10 The Presidents plea he
would give his counsel sarcastic bows at
the words constitutional occasion"
which were used quite frequently.
He did SO well that there was a general
smile ct il each time. At the end of two
hours he seemed to grow weary, the gal
leries shpsvfdssigns pfrestlessness, and'Mr.
Wilson moved recess of ten minutes.
which Mas taken. There was little clus-
ter Immediately formed about Mr.. Butler,
each enc shaking him WARMLY by The hand
y. eopgrAulsiion- Members went off to
me re ffeshmenf room, and'flic ladies open
ed their baskets and went to eating openly.
Many of Them had kept up quiet munclI-
Ing Tor an hour before The galleries be-
came brilliantly confused. and were in bad
order, as was the door when the recess ex
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Mr.. Butler had just reached the tcntI, ar
iiclc, and as il was his own proposing dnse,
attention was given from the first. The
moments rest had renewed his you'll: APP
parentiy. He spoke earnestly, vehement
ly. powerfully. His invective was abso-
lutely terrible. As it became more scorch-
, ing his face grew pale and his lips closed
upon his teeth like q vice. The mighty
torrent sdlled and awed fhe hearers. The
! tpors and galleries looked at the speaker
with the fixed gaze that invectiyc such as
this alone commando The reporters lean
co torward in their places standing, and
their busy fingers worked m vain to tell
the scene they were witnessing as II was.
Grandly did he bear himself in THIS
grandest occasion of his life The light
ming blasts not more surely than did he,
when he said that To part of the Presi-
dents course be would give the s'mercy of
his silencc'-the blasted man stood out in
the Imagination and silence WAS but a
mercy indeed. Ii rounded the period ef>
frctiyely and was the bitterest stroke of
all. No wonder men and women came
thousands of miles to hear a speech, when
IL is such a speech little wonder that they
hung around from early morning, ready al
most To sell their birthright for seal in
Presidss the the e dssssrs s.te as
ton Mr. 6tsnhery never removed his
eycs from MIR. Butler; the others took oc-
casional notes. They hsd photographic
FsRorter Of tltirroVA whe wrote 1t elf as
Spoken, thinking Il might be varied in the
reading. .zwhcn Mr. Butter was through
there seemed general desire to surround
him. senators forgot their gravity and
dignity-forgot that they were members OF
the grandest court that ever sat--forgot
everything, hut Ben. Buffers speech, and
wanted to show that they liked It, But
Mr. Bingham alone, spoke for all Of them.
He almost embraced Mr.. Butler az he
| grasped his hand. They talked raridly
and earnestly, and then Mr.. Bingham an
nounced that Mr. Wilson. ON the pan OF
the Managers, would read the documenta.
~ proof referred to.
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