Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-07

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IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
II. time to D. occupied in the impesch-
- ,,;., Of the President promises TO 10
nrc shorter than was anticipated. Inc
.v;docc on the par, Of the prosecution mas
.,-..lv ,e.n closed. and tho defense viii
nro,sav no, occupy more than . week or
81 .deeJ. excrp. as for matter Of form
,,.r. no need Of any dsfsnse-nor yet
-, tie prosecution at all necessary to the
impeachment. Andrew johnson Vas con-
vicssd and condemned BY the jury bssor::
whom b = bsing tried long bsssrs the ire
samasnesd-hssss The cots q pscsscusine
and as1badise bsssue nsssly ssresa and o.
no force o. sfIees ose way or the other
wb.r he tsstiueny ell arsosd shall have
bs.n closed, and the learned counsel on
both sides shall have ssbmitted their Boal
arsunsnts, then the verdict. long prseen'
csrtsd and long since made up, will b pro-
sounesd and that verdict, Impeachment.
II may BE- ssId, and with great truth, too,
that the prosecution utterly failed in pro
anc;or evidence that tended 70 convict the
sc,ssei That has nothing whatever TO do
nth the verdict. Tho evidence adduesd
VA, unquestonably without force-hslt,
lane, Blind, and irrelevant, yet what Of that
men imneachment is the price of the Raoi-
a, ,.r,,'s life II my be said that tho
testimony on the part Of the defenss entire
Il exculpa,ed the accused. Surprising IL
did-xhat thea IL has nothing TO do with
that overw hclming determination which has
set ia face upou conviction. Andrew John.
son has cot the Republican party at de-
fance. and his impeachment 10 it, only sal
va,ion. Tho precedsnt-dangsreus though
1, may bs-dangsrsus IN the extreme. mus'
b. made. Personally, neither Of the great
parties Of the dav have any great s0sunt D
symps,hy with the President. H. has a
lied himself to ncither party--ssAesssd th'
views Of neithsr--hss ths eoullaeucs o
neither, and his prssidsntial csssss 70 near
" closed. Al fac - b. 10 oeacssned, fss
tears viii be she'd. The act Of impeaeh
men,, however. spou inssfilcisnt grounds
10 none tho less IN outrage upon the Consti
tuition AID the Laws olths land. The efFsc
eanno, be sslatary in any degree.
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Rnglish nmPersnslon ~ Wheas
English importatlons Of whsst for las
year amounted 10 the heavy sum Of tl25
900 coo. In 1866 the importations foots
eCs. 900, 900. and il 1885. IN the nsighbo
hood Of so, 900 900. The three gre'
sources 81 supply in 1867 were Ru'sa
Prussia and the United States. and the VI
Ne ofths wheat received from each vi
ssrvs 20 show correctly the dependence
shs United Kingdom upon thls country 4
Its supply Of breadstulfs. Russia fnrnis
sle4s. s3i 900 in that grain. Prussia $2i
799. 900 and the Unted States Sl627l
900. leaving . balance Of soms $3S, 000, %
from other sources England also impol
ed from all sources wheat, meal and flou
in 1867, 10 tho amount of $l7 900, 00
showing . small decline on the same
1895. Ia the nine years ending 1886,
elusive, the average vslne Of wheat impo
cd into England Was = little ovcv sS7 go
600. The amount, therefore, required Il
year YES heavier than that Of any 9th
annual period during the preceding deca,
Indeed, with the exception Of 1859, VII
the imports nearly reached tLose Of lsC
the average does not exceed = half Of Ia
Yeas shipments la that direction. 81
teen million dollars, the reckoning Of o.
portion Of the English imports in 1857, is
sum Of Transferable importance. and ~,
the moieiy Of that amount. which seems
be the ordinary average. is not to be lish.
considered but il il hardly formidat
enough 70 inaaence the markets Of u
vast agricultural country 10 tho exten.
ssmstimss witness. The payments TIA
10, foreign ~hest in England last year We
the heaviest on record.