Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-13
THE NEW IMPEACHMENT MOVE.
nENT


The friends of Gen Grant, or rather
those who hoped to use him 70 aceom-
plish their political schemes, are so thor
ougly maddened by the Presidents ex-
posture of his dupIicity, that they have
J out Of sheer revenge determined to i'm
t'peaeh the President. The Washington
correspondents of the Cincinnati EBqati-
rs5 furnishes the following particulars in
regard to this new movement
WAsHIxGToE, Feb. 9.-There is an un-
| doubted conspiracy to impeach the Presi-
dent on the Granf-Stanton. correspondence,
but the President is not in the slightest
degree aprrehensive. He has the state
ment OF all his Cabinet, with Seward at the
head, 10 prove that Grants promises
to him were clear and explicit, and if
they impeash the President for design to
nullify the tenure of Office bill, what be-
comes Of Grant, who voluntarily participa-
ted in il. This argument viii crush out
the. new impeachment project, and has
already famed Grant in the Presidential
race Il is said that besides this Cabinet
statement the President has behind another
paper 10 which Grant gave his assent,
while member of the Cabinet, which will
show that GFaui was entirely ready 10 aid
him against any unconstitutional act OF
Congress when impeachment was agitated
before rlH
A member of the subcommittee appoint
ed to investigate the report against Presi-
dent johnson, with q view OF preferring
articles Of Impeachment, had long con-
ference with the President last evening,
and ascertained fully his views. Mr..
johnson expressed an earnest desire that
the investigation should be thorough, and
no pretezt left his enemies to suggest what
they might have done il they had pursued
the matter. When the thing is done he
begs that il may be well done, and says
that while he has no fears as to the result,
there are facts which il might be well for
the country to know. The committee are
specially charged with ascertaining if the
President has INSTRUCTED reconstruction or
violated the civil Office tenure law On
both of these points the President desires a |
full investigation, and intimated that he |
would be able to lay before the committee |
some interesting documents which could |
not be misunderstood, and about which |
there could be no issue of Yerscity.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l0.-The plans aud |
determination of the Reconstruction Com.
nittee have been fully developed to-day.
The old Impeachment testimony has been
referred to these new prosecutors to work |
on, aud Mr.. Stevens assured a friend that |
the matter was not TO be 30 badly botohed |
as it was in the hands of the Judiciary |
Committee. There are FIVE members of |
the Reconstruction Committee ready to
report articles of Impeachment az soon as
they can be prepared, viz: Messrs. Stevens,
Boutwell,, Bingham, Farnsworth and Payne; |
Messrs. Brooks and Beck, Democrats, are
opposed, and Messrs. Hubbard and Bea-
man, Radicals, are doubtful on the final |
vote. In order TO secure possession of the |
Ashley and Conoyer testimony against the |
President, the Radicals agreed to a resolu- |
ton offered by Mr. Brooks, of New York, |
calling on Gen. Grant for any further cor
respondence with the President on the sub |
ject of the War Department imbroglio. |
This resolution was offered by Mr.. Brooks |
in view of the fact that the President to- |
day sent 10 Gen. Grant his closing com
munication, document now being looked |
for with especial interest hv the whole |
country.