The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-03-18

| eye OF debate-tbat great instrument in the
discovery Of truth, and the most cherished
heritage Of free people-do hereby SOL
EMMY and earnestly, protest against these
infraetions Of the rights Of the people, and
respectfully ask, this their protest may be
spread upon the journal of the House.
Ulysses and Philip. tIr
The Detroit Tribune, q Michigan oracle
of Radicalism, and q zealons advocate Of
the election Of Gen. Grant to the Presi-
dency, has taken the pains to investigate
the charge circulated, principally on the
Authority Of the New, 7 ork Independent,
that Gen. Grant was seen not altogether
Isober in the streets Of Washington one
Sunday 1t has been SO widely discussed
Lin connection with the alleged efforts of
Gen. Butler to establish the fact by proofs,
that it is but common justice to make
known the corrected version, even though
lit should involve another high military per,
|sonage in more decided departure from the
straight walks oftemperance. & 5sl
/ Thus saith the Tribune: 80 2tHA asf'
"a month ago, on Sunday afternoon,
1.-THE General, called upon Gen. Sheridan,
The last named General, as is everywhere
known, is a hard diinker. Gen. Grant
scarcely ever takes any thing, and can never
Itake but little. Like President Pierce, .
small amount Of whiskey makes him giddy,
and like (whenl he,was President) the Gen.
eral is not fond of the article. On this
Occasion, however, Sheridan pursuaded him
Ito drink with him, and the Immediate re-
Isult was that he (Gen. Grant, became a
little dizzy, and took carriage home.". p 4
| Soft was naughty Phil, the notorious
"hard drinker," who seduced the veteran
innocent into tipple which made him
"giddy" and "dizzy." The jolly young
lreprobate, to be thus oyerpersuading his
senior and superior into such unaccustomed
eccentricities. ID 4 .e II saA@5
/ It is well for the Jolly Phil. that he is
neither Democrat nor Copperhead. II be
had been, he would before this have been
|gazetted in every Radical paper as having
maliciously dosed Gen. Grant, with a view
to expose him to public odiuni, if not for
having attempted to poison the Radical
chief. Ashley would have found good wit
nesses among the Conovers about the War
Department, and it might have figured in
a new article of impeachment against the
President as an accessory: Indeed we are
not sure that something of the same kind
| will not come up if the testimony is all
brought out on that article of impeachment
which includes the journey Of the Presi-
dent in company with Gen, Grant to Chi
cago. There will be a good deal Of cross
inquiry, which of them it was that dosed
the other; and copperheads and rebels will
get roughly treated, after the style Of Ash
| ley and Bout well and Butler. Bnt in this
case, as it is Phil. Sheridan, jolly good
1 drinker himself, and boom companion and
political pet of Gen Grant, who was the
deluder'of his venerable friend in conviyial
4 forgetfulness of that in6rmity Of bis head
that will not bear little whiskey, why We
we suppose it will be forgiven.
But Gen. Sheridan ought to be caution
ed not to lay temptation in the way of the
I unsophisticated Uiysses-particularly now
he is told by the narrative, that che can
never take but little" ,whiskey. This il
circumlocution for saying that if he takes
even so little, he will want a great deal
and Sheridan therefore, must take care.
when he and Gen. Grant get together, and
he cannot do without d drink OF whiskey
for himself, to drop ceremony and drink
alone, and save at once his liquor and bis
friend. If anybody notices the odor Of
whiskey about, stout Phil. may swear with
q safe conscience it was on him, and not
on Ulysses. "say it was I."-[New Or
leans Picayune. sgr s,s1s
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| The IMPEACHMENT SCHEME.--'rhe Wash
ington correspondent ofthe New York
Herald don't think thatsthe Impeachment
scheme will be successfully carried out
He believes that there are honest Radicals
in the Senate who will give independent
Votes. We quote:
Enough now is positively known tc
prove that the Impeachment Of Andrew
johnson will not pass the Senate. The
following Republican Senators will posi-
lively vote with the Democrats on the
question: Trumbull, Fessenden Anthony
Sprague, Upton, Van Wrinkle, Wiley
Sherman, Total, s. Several more Repub
Ilicau Senators will probably vote with the
Democrats against the project. The i'm
peachment of Andrew johnson in the Sen
ate will be defeated for three reasons
1 First: Men of such strong, clear, judicia
minds as Trumbull, Fessenden, Sherman
and Anthony see that there is really nc
charge on which to base conviction, it is
a mere difference Of opinion between the
President and Congress upon point to b
adjudicated by the Supreme Court. Sc
cond. Jealousy of Ben Wade, and doubts
as to his competency to run the machine
to the satisfaction of the party and tht
country. Johnson's plumbers will make
capital for the Republican party bu1
Wade's blunders might destroyit- Third
General fears that the measure VIII De IN
popular with the people" F#ola 4
4 D~>~N>~~N-s-yg tfsss5;isf
i AN IMPARTIAL CoURr- The Washing
[ton correspondence the New York Tri
bune says: fs fslsiss
4 t"While the impeachment debate wal
ttgoing on in the House yesterday, thirty-fv'
4 Republican senetors were on the floor
4 the House sustaining and counselling th,
! representatives from their several States
This number is two-thirds of the Senate
all that is necessary to d conviction.
/ Here is positive statement that two
! thirds Of the Senate have already express
ed the opinion that Mr.. johnson is guilty
1.-The same men will soon swear that the,
j will give him fair trial. And the Tri
bhne's correspondent, who is d fair exam
plar of Radical ideas Of decency and JUS
j tice, evidently sees nothing improper in tn
conduct of these senators. The. intelli
gence Of mankind will, however, revolt q
the spectacle.
II The RESULT OF THE TRIAL.--Of cours
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