Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-04
Thu sanats AZ a Court.

There are now twenty-seven states
represented in the United States Senate,
each having two Senators, making the
whole number ffty-four. These consti-
tute the High Court of Impeachment, by
the third section Of article first OF the
Constitution "two-thirds Of the mem
bers present" are required for convic-
ton under impeachment. i.
The following are the names OF Sen.
ators and the States they represent, and
also their political classification;
Fessenden, L. M. Morrill, Rad, Maine
J.w. Patterson, Cragin (Rad), New
Hampshire.
Dixon DEM, Terry RAD, Connec-
ticut. .sa.I 4. gfl - 4.,iy.1 -,
Morgan, Conkling (Rads), New York.
Frelinghuys0n, Cattell lkads)i New
Jersey.
Morton (Rad), Hendricks (Dem), In
diana. i.un
Howard, Chandler (Rad) Michigan. .
Grimes, Harlan (Rad), Iowa,
Henderson, Drake rad, Missouri,
Cole, Con ness (Rad), California. Y =
Thayer, Upton rad. Nebraska.
Wiley, Van Wrinkle (Rad), West Vir-
GINA. 80,
Bayard, Salisbury DEM, Delaware.
J. s. Morrill,, Edmunds (Rad), Yer
mont. 90 10. ,1aH.
Sumner, Wilson (Rad), Massachusetts,.
Sprague, Anthony (Rad), Rhode
Island.
Cameron (Rad), Buckalew (Dem)'
Pennsylvania. ,,, a,.j ,h 81
Yates, Trumbull (Rad) Illinois.
Doolittle (Dem), Howe (Rad), WIS
Norton, Ramsey (Rad), Minnesota.
Corbett, Williams (Rad), Oregon.
Nye, Stewart (Rad), Nevada.
Ross, Pomeroy (Rad), Kansas. gH
johnson DEM, Vacancy (Dem)
Maryland. aw,o
D. I. Patterson DEM, Fowler (Rad)
Tennessee.
Summary-Radicals, AZ; Democrats
IL; Vacancy, l--total, "a. AL.
In order to conviction it will be seer
that thirty.six votes are necessary. Car
thew be obtained? Are there seven up
right fearless men among those classed
as Radicals Wade, Of Ohio, who IL
the event of the Presidents removal i
to be his successor, by every rule and
idea of propriety ard right is not com
petent. and should so avow himself or be
declared by the body. The States Of
California, West Virginia, New Jersey,
New York, each having tpo Radical
Senators and Connecticut having one,
making nine altogether, at the recent
elections gave Democratic majorities,
Will their representatives in the court
misrepresent the sentiment of a majority
of their constituents, and at the behest
of party, consummate this browning and
accursed infamy2 We shall see.
There was time when the clouds low
cred that men said, LOOK to the SEN
ate" and there was Senate, until these
latter degenerate days, in which the coun-
try could confde as body of statesmen,
temperate, decorous, wise and just. Such
a one as we have now, however, is all
that stands between the nation and dam.
nation. As one glances down the roll,
and finds only a name here and there in
the long list of mediocrities now filing
the seats of Macon, Randolph, Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, Benton, Bell, Forsyth,
Mangum, Crittenden, and others, fit to
wear their NANTES, the prospect OF the
country looks gloomy indeed. But
there is hope, nevertheless, and in fact
evidences already manifest that this
body has not eaten of the insane root.
The rejection of the proposition of that
fanatic pedant, Sumner, to refuse to con-
slider nominations from the President,
and to hold him as .fanctus c6fcio during
the impeachment trial, is healthy indi-
cation, and shows at least that the MAJ
iority intend to approach their great
duty with some sense Of its importance.
--Nashrilie Union and Dispatch.