New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

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q Point out what part is substantial and what part is
witness-Do you want me to go over the whole speech
/ for that purposeI
to the portions are in the article. II my learned
friends wish you 10 the rest they viii ask You
Witness commcnCing-A little before whers the spech
cation commences in the article of Impeachment viii
/ read just what Mr. Johnson said on that point.
WitnessIHe said: Where is the man living or the
| woman IN the community whom have wrongedi or
where is the person Who place the finger on one SID
gle pledge that have violated single violation Of
the os % Of w9 gSng TSegg does Sea' he So
Fest Let hin come forward and put his hnger
upon one pledge have S y9aSd meT. dmeTe Were Were
made. o which have noted one because II was the only
that 5 M 9 Iy Psa aS SaS aIS c paT % N Mhy Sss
you" There were then some applause ana ri nterrup,
again applause interruption and the President went
on' Have you rot the Court Have you not got
GSneroP wbo Tdas @ Chief uee who has refused 10
sit at the trial = Then there was some interruption ana
applause and he sad am not the pr3'e9nths Ian an,
Congress which is trying 20 break MP the Gov
suson and there may been words uttered there by
the President which did not hear but think not Then
the President went TO say But let the preJudees
pass"
SIr BUTLER-Go TO the conclusion. where you re-
ported that accurately \. Commencing little before
where the specification commences, he says; IN bld,
hing you farewell here omgbt. would ask YOU Win all
the pans that Congress has taken IN calnate ana ma
LIN me- What has Congress done Has II done anything
restore the union Of the Statesi But to the contrary
has II not done everything to prevent II ana because
stand did before the Rebellion commenced |
have been denounced ~ traitor Ny conntrymeh, mere
tonight vino has suffered more that II who has run
greater ri,ks ihsu I who borne more than ! !!
But Congress -facous domineering, tyranical Con
has undertaken 10 poison the minds Oi the Aher
people and erected feeling against me: 30 far
were Mr. Johnson's words. / have completed the sen
tencc here ia this fashion, In consequence OF the man
in which have distributed the public patronage
Those not hr JonnSons words but condensation
in summary way % the which he gave just at
that point for the mahgning -.
Mr. ENAIgIS TO Mr.. BUTLER-DO you propose 10 put
them all NJ Mr. BUTLER-We do; / observe in the
of the President that objection - made that We
did not nut ~ all he said, aud mean 10 give al.
Mr.. EVART5 crOss-eNamined the witness as IOllows'
q What s the date of that newspaper you haNef A
D Did Won make sfenographic report Of the whole OF
the Presidents speech A. did with one exception.
speech In which ne spoke about the Freedmcns bureau
IL wac IN the latter part OF the speeehs3me nat INTO
q. Did you vrto down your notes III iullf y. NO
O And you have not now either the notes tran
script OF them A. only this and newspaper. 49,,
@ Did you prepare for the newspapers the report that
was puhlishedf A. Tdd
o And you prepared it on the plan Of part YER
batim. and some part cOndensedi A. les, nlr A., ..
O. What your rule OF consideration ana the mo
tive! A. au no definite rnle. but can give the reason
why left out a part OF what said about the Freed
Mr EYARrs-That is not condensed at alli Witness
Yes Sir part of not taken and what ala take
o. what was yoIr rule in relation what you put rer
Jqip iuto report and what you c0ndrnsedl How DID
YOU determine what part you would give one way ana
what part another A. Perhaps / was Influenced some
what by what considered would be little more spicy
o. In which INTEREST," In the interest OF the President
or his opponontsi A. don't know that. ., .. .,o
q on which side were youi a. was opposed 10 the
President .-
est was when YOU selected the spicy parti A. was very
careful IN all those parts when there was considerable
excitement and interest in the crowd to take down care
o. The ylrt IN Witch the crowd most interested
you took down carefully A. Yes. ,.,.,.
O. And the part iB which the crowd seemed 10 nave the
most interest the part IN which they made the most
outorvi A. Ies. Sir
In that past Of your report given substantially when
used by the President 50 that they are lhe WORDS
case IN those particular parts which condensed ldd
by the use in some parts Of my own words; ,. ,
got tired writing ont A. NO Sir As II was getting
between al O'Clock IN the morning was directed 10
cut down aud toward the last, did So
q More toward the ast than IN the early part OF the
"a n Object to this report 6as no report
Tie Hne,, was directed to mark the paper with his
Mr BuTIER-what we're the politics OF me csrsord
HeraH AT that iiI1ci A. II called Johrson-Repub
lcan; some called IL Post tOfliccRepu0can the editor
of ne Hsruid had the Posi-Ofce AZ the time.
mort of MIR Johnsou's speech 20 by Mr. Hudson
Mr. EYAIsrs That We object 20 The grounds OF the
objection made manifest doubtless TO the observation
OF The ChicfJusCo and Of the senators, ana are greatly
rnhanced when end that the MANAGERS are II posses
son of the original notes OF the snort hand ~rliet
made thereon sworn 90 by hm. We submit that the
substituted for that evidence ol te Hhole spe'vn tn5
Authenticated the statement Of Mr.. Hudson. as testified
to by him. j. against the first principles OF justice or OF
evidence lie not testified hOw much o the report Is
his ana how much OF II H. Johnson's Besides II + for the
great part a condensed. statement directed 10y
circumstances. The same objection may DC MADE 10
the second Herald report.
MIR BUTLER said-I do not propose to argue the ques
tion. But II were trying any other case or suDstan
tive words would not this be sufficient proof Onot pro
nose 10 withdraw the other report OF Mr. McEwen pro
pose to pu IL i'm subject be- read aud commented upon y
The gentlemen on the other side And propose To putthe
other report In also that have all the reports
the PostOfce report. the Republican report ana the
Democratic report My National Leaning would lead me
10 this particular report the one on which mean 10
rev because Il 10 expressly by the party a.
having been written down by HIMSELF published by hln
self and corrected by himself and am surprised at TINS
objection.
After brief debate and an abOrve motion % adjourn
over TO Monday the Court adjourned to saturday.