Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-04-24

! The o Lance of the session vgas cons
snuied IN presenting @ great lnass OF
I documentary evidence, collected from
I the fPcc dis Of ths various departments,
/ Tor the purpose nf showing The custoanl
f OF making removals and appuihE .mauts
under Hil pFeViUtts administrations
/ To some OF this the Managers Oldeetsdi
I and i'm one case they Rers uVer rii le 4 nE
| q vote Of 36 to ID, though not on a point
/ whfch they deemed Fery iIiiD0rlzuI,
4 but which WIS gnade Ecbre for the pur-
1 pose Of calling he attention OF the Sem
I ate 70 tina real Guar aeteF Of the dOcu-
4 ment under discussion Few of those
I presented vyers. read.
I To the surprise of the Managers, at
I O'Clock, Judge Curtis Hnnuuneed Cat,
so far as nov advised, counsel had no
more documentary evidence to produce.
I Befors the defense had opened their
case they expected TO COnsumg two full
days with this class of evidence. FrUin
I thsg it is inferred that they have deemed
I it bssb not TO offer quite u portion ol
/ that prepared.
T'bairs6g1-ffr. stakbeTy was not able
I 10 appear in Court to-day. Mr.. EV-
/ arts, however, said be would call some
/ witnesses. Before this Mr.. Sumner en-
( deavOrpd TO get the SrnaJs to adupi
/ motion WIS tabled. Mr.. Cox, counsel
I for General Thomas in the case SIauton
I vs.. Ih0mus, was called, aud testified
I regarding certain conversations wi b
/ the President about that time. Mr.
/ M+rrick, associate counsel, also testl-
/ Carriers Ceurf. Mr.. PeFFIue WIS
called, but the Senate refused TO ad-
/ init his evidence. Mr.. EVaFGs was prt,-
/ pared To summon no more witnesses,
aud after a speech by Mr.. Butler on the
impolicy Of delay, in the Court ad-
j0urned.
E7r.dag-The first step OF the Senate
TO day was looking 10 carrying forward
the trial more rapidly by meeting an
hour earlier A motion made bg Mr..
sumner to meet daily At 10, was lost 10y
large majority, and subsIitute to
meet at ii was adOp esi by 20 To IA,
those Republicans voting ln the ueaaz
i've being Anthony, Fowler, Grimes,
RUss, Trumhull and Van WInklp.
Four witnesses were then produced
in succession to give evidence concern
ing the PresId-nt's Cleveland and st..
Lnuis speech s. The questions of Judge
Curtis showed plsInly that counsel de-
sired 70 prove thst the Preside nt had
no desire or intention to make a hpepcp.
that the crowd called hin out, and thai
he was about to conclude, when the
cries and teers Of the Crowed iuduence
MIN to answer, and 50 led him Into a
heated speech, but the witnesses did
not meet their expectations.
Judge Curtis next introduced a copy
Of The commission given by President
Jlnu Adams 10 Washington as Lieut.
General and COmmsnIer-in-CElef to
show the style of ImmissIUns at thai
time. The Feuure'-of-O office IN this WAS
during the pleasure Of President Tor
the time being. or of future Presidents
ok the Omitted IT srtsz. f-1e NEXT uOCu-
uientHry evidence was in relation to the
modes pursued in the State Depart
ment, in appointing Vice Cunsuls, in
case OF the death or sudden removal
of Consul Frederick Seward was
'aIled 10 explain The documents preseu-
ted.
Secretary Welles was then called as
ths first OF the Cabinet Ministers. All
the Others, except Stanton, being Onthe
fioor.
The hrst real contest of the day was
over HGmItting a part of the testimony
Of Mr. Welies. He was allowed to le-
late tnHt his son had discovered some
suspicious military movement abnui
rhe departments in the afternoon of the
2lst, aud these We're duly repArGt 10
the President. The first d ~ he went
TO the White House himself to see about
il. Then it was proposed to show by
the same witness what Gh9 President
said on the z1st about having removed
Mr.. Stanton. To this the Managers
made substantially the same obj -cIious
as have been raised before. CouuseI
said they wanted 10 prove that the Pres
ident had t,lld his Cabinet that he lad
removed Mr.. Stan.On. That Thomas
was in the Uffice. That Stanton acqui-
seed. and only wanted time 10 esIlle.ei
his private papers. After considerable
debate the Chief ustice ruled that such
evidence was most clearly admissible,
and the Senate, by n vote of % to %,
sustained Mr. Chase.
lSat11rddsi-The result of the days
work in the Senate has been TO r, ach
he close of the evidence on the part Oi
the defense. Great interest was mani
Tested in the proceedings thTOuEhJut.
After six inquiries of counsel, from
senator Johnson, and one +, Om Senator
Howard, as to the bearing of questions
asked and to be asked of Secretary
Welles, Manager Wilson Sook the flor
in opposition TO admitting the testi-
mOny of Cabinet Ministers. HIsspeeeh
occupied LlrVe-QuarJers of an hour II
delivery. 1t was listened to most at
'enCivply, aud produced very marked
effect upon the Senate. Judge Curtis
replied briefly, evading m my points
made by Mr. Wilson, say .ng that the
time had not yet arrived 10 discuss the
mprits of the case. He, however, con-
tiuued at some length to urge the Sem
ate 10 receive the evidence offered
At this point Senator Williams sent
Ceived by eveFyb' dy as very clever
and pointed argument upon the whole
SUBJECT under consideration. 1t WAS as
follows: Is advice given TO the Presi-
dent by his Cabinet in Tefer8H &c to q g
veto OF bill per iuent tO his violation
of it after it has bt Gume a laW2
Judge Curtis replied that he thought
it was. With this the argument closed.
The Chief Justice Fus5 to 1ule upon
The questions presented. He declare d
the evidence aduIi~sible, as going Gu
show tde intent Of the Presidents acts.
This was unexpected, but all turned 10
watch the result OF the yeas and nays
upon the question. Before the call Was
more than 0ne-third through il was ev-
ldent that the S,.n4te " as going 10 rule
the question out, f r Cs'lp, Carhett, Ed
munds, Ferry aud FreiinEnuy~en, who
have at time voted TO r, C9Ivs testimony
over which sharp controversies had
arisen, voted in the negative. Tue
Grief Justice, counsel, Managers, Sena-
tors and galleries followed q h. call in
tsntlY unIil IL was over and the result
announced, 20 yeas to 20 nays.
Counsel then desired 10 show that
members Of the Cabinet ADVISED Mr..
Johnson that in their opinion. the civil
tenure act was unCunstItutiOnal. II
seemed that the Cab'net gave au oPin
.ou thHt the case of Mr.. Stanton did not
cOme within that law, The third point
WAS that some Judicial test of the law
should be had by making up case up
ON q favorable opportunity, and the
fourth, that the President never said to
any Of mis- Cabinet he would use force
in getting Stanton out.
These, in substance, were all asked in
succession, and each Ia succession ruled
out, by vote differing very little nom
the first. Just before the vute was taken
Un the lh I'd question, s natOr Hender-
son proposed an inquiry which created
quite stir and was vHrfOUsly interpret
d. 1t was, "Ifthe President IN s1lbe con-
vIcted, he must be removed from office.
If hiN guilt iB very great, ne may be rem
tered inrltgible f,r any office. Can not
this ~ dence, then, be offeFs in mitiga-
uOuP Counsel seemed ca be greatly
worried over the fact disclosed that
some of the SeuAte, at least, were al
ready discussing the question in their
own minds, whether tine President. af-