The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-01

prevalssce OF a1rst class sensation have faded out.
TIE Oft repealed question, What DO you think Of
impeachment 20 which has almost taken the place Of
the usual remarks on the weather as a method OF
opening conversation, is row asked with very much
tho same air OF indifference as though the query had
1een 'Dfl day, isn't itY" and the answer is gener-
ally returned with equal indifference, "Oh, sup
pose they win put Andy out"
There is also a noticeable abatement in the
rage for Impeachment tickets and the opinion has
been expressed that II this revulsion OF feeling
contiaues the Managers will be obliged to fnfuse
little variety INTO the entertainment in order to
draw full house. The play is getting DID, and the
actors, for the most part have appeared so often In
the same role that their eight or ten yards OF
closely written speeches will be read to empty
benches unless they'take the hint and introduce a
comic ong or two. .What do you think of my re-
portf' asked pOmpous but prosy head Of depart
mont ~ enc OF the members Of q House CON-
inittee, who had been sitting through four long
honrs listening TO 1t. "Why," replied the wearied
msmt er, 81 think it would have been vastly i'm
cahpndrums here and there" Let the great impeach-
inert company weigh this matter well and vary their
exhibition to suit the fasidous taste Of the tickle
y nblic.
Z The unseemly haste with which the prosecution
are pushing the trial meets with much caustic crt-
cism. II does not agree with the general fitness OF
things" 1t Is mainly argued in this wise:-The Man.
ayers have thoroughly raked over the whole Of the
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| therefrom such of them as may be construed
| into "high crimes and lofty msdemeanors',
Each one OF them was carefully analysed and
picked to pieces resolved into its constituent ele
ments and put together again In all sorts OF dis
torted shapes. Every possible witness that could be
found to testify to anything of an ambiguous nature
that would serve as WELL at least for conviction as 1t
would for acquittal, was brought up and rddled
Their whole case was made out and the bulk OF the
testimony taken beforelthe summons issued, and
they had little else to do but lock themselves up in
their dormitories and fall to with all diligence At
WQ0e0
On the size Of the defence the case Is widely differ
ent The President could have idea of the charges
to be made against him until the articles We're an
nounced. He had then to select his counsel
a work OF care, requiring time to settle
with proper degree OF satisfaction. The counsel
having been engaged, the answer TO the articles Of
impeachment was to be prepared. For this heavy
4 task the meagre allowance of ten days was made
1 The Managers had their preparations nearly COM
pleted, and had time during those days to feel
while the counsel for The President were CROPPING
/ among legal tones by the light of day and tracing
out their argument line after line, by the glimmer
of the midnight Oil. But the answer, by dnt of in
cessant labor, was prepared in time, and read. The
eXertOn required to make answer to the charges was
however, trifing when compared to that which
would be necessary to map out and arrange the
whole defence. Surely fair and reasonable length
Of time win be given for this vast work None can
better afford to be magnanimOuS than the powerful
The impeachers, then, feeling impregnabe in their
position can safely afford to show magnanimity to
one whom they regard as ultimately doomed. These
thoughts were perhaps In the minds OF the Presi-
dents counsel-and who shall say how many other
citizens OF these United States viewed the in the
such time as they felt would be barely sufficient to
fully prepare themselves. The President was gra-
ciOusly allowed one week.
The counsel are working as they did before,
that they may by extraordinary eXeron secure the
justice to their distinguished client that has been de-
MED by his relentless judges.