Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-20
The Conclusion OF the Arguments

The scene at the conclusion Of Mr. Bingham
magnificent peroration yesterday was a fine trbut
70 the power of bis eloquenoe During It's deliver
be held his great Sudience-the Senate the Hous,
the distinguished officials Of our own and foreign
countries, and the dense mass Of intelligent AmeTi
can ladies' and gentlemen who filed the galleries
u state Of rapt attention, almost trarce-lke.-
Eagerly bending forward toward the speaker
scarcely breathing lest they might loose a syllable
Of the fervd words which fell from his lips thou
sand sympathetic faces bore in their expression the
solemn verdict guilty" And when the speaker
reused 10 superhumAn energy by the grandeur Of
bis theme with tones and words and gestures that
seemed inspired the imprisoned earnestness Of his
manner, and the tears which in the climax Of his
feeling forced themselves from his eyes making his
auditors feel somewhat Of his own profound sense
of the vastness of the national Interests hanging
upon the result OF this trial. pronounced at last the
thought which filed every mind in the one word
'gHitfh and with that word stopped, It was not
wonderful taSt the audience forgot the rules of the
Senate, forgot the presiding officer, The SergeantRt
Arms and the police, and giving way TO the i'm
pulse natural to the occasion, broke out into tu
multuous burst of applause. The calls to order Of
the Chief Justice were unheeded, and tie audience
which was no rabble, bat embraced the most intel
lgent OF the residents of and visitors at the capital
by enthusiastic shouts the clipping of hands
stamping OF feet, and waving Of handkerchief re-
corded on the spot its endorsement Of the eloquent
the spesker
Finding his appeals for order Intellectual, The
Chief Justice rose and ordered the Sergeant-at-
Arms to clear the galleries Still the applause con-
tinued, and Mr. Grimes moved that the order Of
the Chief ustice be enforced. This molten elicit
ing some expressions of disapprobation in the gal
lefles MI IFumbull moved that beside the enforce
ment OF the order to clear the galleries all disorder
~ pS.sJ4s sLUl.1 he arrested
MI Cameron hoped that the galleries would not
be'cieared- II was an extraordinary occasion. aud
all in the galleries should not be punished for the
action oil some who could not restrain their impulses
Nj Fessenden and Mr.. ReveFdy johnson called
Mr.. Cameron 10 order.
Ihere was now great excitement through the gal
leries numbers rushing 10 the doors but failing TO
get through in the pressure and Others pausing 10
see whether the order would be enforced Those
IN the Diplomatic and Reporters galleries resumed
their seats
Mr. DAVIS OF Kentucky now moved that The or
der clearing The galleries be enforced
Dir. Sherman moved that The Senate retire lor
consultation.
At this time the British Minister AMI others IN
the Diplomatic gallery We're ss5n IN e1postulation
with SONS persons near the door who appeared dis
posed t. clear that gallery At the same time word
was sent TO the reporters that they, too must va
moose They insisted that there must be some mis-
take; nobody ever heard Of reporters having 20
leave. They would wait further order.
Nh Anthony apparently for the benefit oi the
press, moved that the order clearing the galleries
be suspended but this was lost, and presently the
doOrkeepers came in force TO GUST the reporters who
for once, had TO beat retreat AS they were going
ont Mr.. Morrill, was heard making a motion that
when the Senate adjourn it be 70 Saturday at II
o'clock. Mr.. Cameron, however, would not allow
the vote 10 be taken on the motion until The gal
leries we're dnslly cleared and not until the last
occupant of the galleries had left did the Senate
say or do aught more for reportorial ears or eyes
After fifteen minutes time the doors were again
opened, and the galleries again filed up to some
extent, though numbers had gone home.
Daring the session with closed doors, the motion
of Mr. Morrill,, Of Maine, TO sdurn until Saturday
ne1.t. was lost by vote of yeas %, nays %.
After a recess, the galleries were again cleared,
and the doors closed for consultation in secret ses
sion - Chronicle.