Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-05

self 50 often and Justify demanded. 1t was
not very long before the beginning Of these
proceedings that, at the residence Of Sena-
tor Morgan, in the presence Of near twenty
CoHgressmep, who were discussing WAYS
means Of furthering loyal reconstrnction at
the South, be said "Gentlemen, your
schemes look well enough; bat tell you
it will be unayailing till you begin at the
beginning, and put the prime cause of all
the trouble, Mr.. johnson, out of office"
He has again and again been even more
explicit and pointed in his demand for im-
parchment, and scores Of witnesses can be.
adduced 10 establish his position. omat-
rimonial gossip will serve TO explain any
such change az would be involved in his
now voting for acquittai He stands too
deep 10 volunteered committals 10 conyie-
ton. IL is not surprising, therefore, that
Col. Stokes aud other East Tennesseans
now say that they feel perfectly sure of Mr..
F0wler's vote He is a man of little
prominence, however, and Of little ability,
and glittering prizes sometimes tempt such
| men sorely.
What earthly reason there can ever have
been for dOubiing Mr.. Ross vote, save that
he had not very much TO lose, and might
therefore be thought open to induce
menls 20 vote for acquittal, one cannot
comprehend But his colleague Mr.. Pom
eroy, is understood to have said that Ross
was sure TO vote with himself How Mr.
Pomeroy will vote, there is probably no.
body who doubts.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle has been considered
doubtful, and know Of no reason to change
that Classification now, save the declaration
of prominent Senator, sure to have means
of knowing, who has declared to me to-day,
81 am sure Mr.. Van Wrinkle will vote for
conviction
OF the probability Of Mr.. Sprague's
voting for conviction / spoke in a previous
letter, and | see no ground for changing
that opinion.
His colleague, Mr.. Anthony, may posi-
bly, be more uncertain, but / doubt it. He
has voted steadily for the admission Of
evidence, and for granting whatever time
| the counsel seemed to need, but his assO
| ciates in the Senate seem to have little APP
| prehension as to his final vote against the
| President. He is not a man to immediate
himself for a sentiment, and he knows very
we'll what would become of the chances, in
New England, of any man who voted in
| the Presidents favor. He possesses no
great force Of character and will be largely
influenced by two OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ability and the course of his associates.
| conclude, therefore, that the needful
seven can not be found among the twelve
commonly reckoned as more or less doubt
ful. The real and only danger, therefore,
is in the splitting up of the vote on the
several articles. 1hot may be so arranged
as to defeat impeachment; but nothing
else can accomplish it.
1t will strike the reader as remarkable
that in all that is said by this correspOn-
dent in regard to the dozen doubtful Sem
ators, the Radical sentiment, and not
their convictions as to the weight of law
and the testimony, is relied upon to force
them to vote for conviction. He thinks
and hopes, as others do, that the demand
of the Radical party for the removal of
the President as q party necessity, viii
influence Senators who look for fayors at
the hands Of that party In other words
the favor Of the party towards these Sem
ators is made to depend upon their judg-
ing the President, not by the law and the
testimony, but according to the necessity
of the party And the potential inhu-
ence Of the party upon those who may
prove recreant to its demands, is Haunted
in their faces from every quarter with the
most disgusting shamelessness. 1t is re-
markable that agate gives but one Sem
ator, Mr.. Grimes, credit for acting from
honest, conscientious convictions. In
these spcculation8 of this correspondent
we have a true reflex Of the Radical es~
innate of the duty of a Senator. They
place party allegiance above everything.