The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-09

lzed court; and that rules for the government NJ
of the proceedings of such court Should Do
framed only by the court itself.
have found myself unable to come 20 ans
other conclusions than these. can assl?u no
reason for requiring tue Senate to oreanizo 90
a court under any other than It's oroinaiy ~ ~.
siding officer, for the Inter proceedlnes upon IDOL
an Impeachment of the President, when 1'. aoee
no. seem TO me to apply equally to tne ealaS. aIaj
I am informed that the Senate hos proceeuttoo ~
upon other views aud it is not my PurPoSe W. w
contest what it's superior wisdom niay ,,rev
directed ALI good citizens Will lerVenStJ 20 20 ve
that no occasion may ever arise WILL o;tod as a
proceedings now in pr. gress VIII pc t1at snch
precedent; but 1t Is not linpos'i0i0
an occasion may come. ,,t;+,t;on has
Tnasmnch. therefore, as tho constitution nne
charged the Chief Justice with an lmPe " 'n -, %
fnnct,ou in The trial OF an lmpeacnleeolnU o' an5
President. 1t has seemed to me n1Sihn " in
nbI,oatorv- where he is unable TO colcuL ~. 49,
the views of the Senate CONCERNING sI l.,I'cE S,o.
essential to the trial that rs F. sespTsSaE cpTaSE
Chief Justice OF the Unlteu o''''o''
WASHINGTON, March a, lo6S.
ppop.p1E DURATION OF THE IMPEACHMENT IHiAn
NECESSARY AND INCIDENTAL DELLA
WADE AND THE SUCCESSION. ~.
Washington letter of the 9th lnst.' 10 'ne
Baltimore Sun, says: 8
T,yo weeks will have expired tomorrow IL
+ernoon gInce the impeachmentoI OF tne Do De,
dent was unanimously agreed upon Dy Ino WV W,
,cal minority in Congress-1or II WAS Huo" III
Friday. February '21st, that resolueon Ioo, xo,,
- -s:ysss6 without q dissenting yolce-ffom
That moment until a few days ago 1t mas Deel
the acce tied opinion amUng the extreme nLo-
;cole that tie impeachment scheme coui0 pe
consummated in about ten days. The develoP-
ment. thus far, and especially OF to-day, nave
onened the eyes OF these extremists, VINO Iom 10
beglu to realize the slugglsh character VI Sno
process and the probability OF coHsuininSi -: +;
perhaps, several months Ill me IIia' t,u avs
the application OF the ru.es adopted 1ew uays =
opo for the purpose of expediting the Work: IL
NAV be several days even before the VIII OF
summons can bo issued, as affalr5 now look,
and there are other preliminary delays not ne
ce sary now to recite, which altogether VIII
consume several weeks. Those VINO nave care,
fully examined tho case, the law, rules anu
nlprly much, if at all, before tho hrst OF june.
How lony the matter Will remain before the
Senate when the testimony is commenced,
muat depend, Of course, upon the character Oh
tbe evidence, the line OF prosecution and de-
fence.
Upon the legal right of MI. Wade to partici-
MITE in the tral and vote with the other sena-
tors there uppears to be some coaict OF
opinion, as eli IL the Senate Us out OF 1t, but
upon the question OF til. proprety or delicacy
Of h voting in the trial, there is general
unanimity, nearly all holding that he should
not vote.
There have boen some hints thrown out OF
dissatisfaction among Republican Senators at
the possibility OF Mr.. Wade becoming the sue,
cessor OF MIR. johnson, and those dlsatfected
senators have IN contemplation, it is alleged,
tue election OF another President pro tenn. OF
the Senate, thus displacing Mr. Wade, and
eating him of from the succession. These
statements are obtained from reliable source,
and can bo vouched for us truth. Vigorous
efforts have been made to heal the breach, but
but up to the present time they have proved
unavalling.