Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-06
AEFAIRS At THE NATIONAL.
CAPITAL.
How the Impeachment Articles were
Received by ihe Senate - They Fail
60 Make an Impression - CHIEF Jus-
fIee Chase Denounced.
Special to the Louisville Courier.

Received BY tne SenRfe - They Fail
60 Make an Impression CHIEF Jus
tIee Chase Denounced.
Special to the Louisville Courier.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Radicals
| have passed the Rubicon. Their impeach-
ment articles are before the Senate. Tl@y
are committed to the measure beyond re-.
call, and they must now justify these extra
ordinary proceedings to the country as
prudent and patriotic, or stand condemned
for their reckless and audacious acts.
PRESENTATION To THE SENATE.
The articles, ne amended yesterday, were
formally presented to-day TO the Senate.
The seven managers were announced, and
afterwards came, followed by the House,
Democratic members properly declining to
participate in the mockery Of justice.
THE RECEPTION OF THE ARTICLES.
Mr.. Bingham, chairman, read the
articles, but, notwithstanding the import
ance and solemnity Of the occasion, it
made no more impression on Senators,
members or the crowded galleries than any
ordinary event AT the beginning, Mr..
Hendricks reminded Mr.. Wade of the
courtesy due the Speaker Of the House,
whereupon Old Ben. took the hint. Sen
ators Sprague and Patterson, of Tennessee,
slept sweetly during the reading
Thad. Stevens stood erect for
while with his colleague, bat became 90 ex-
hausted he dropped into a seat Butler
clutehed his felt hat convulsiyely and
squinted more rascally than eyer if that
was possible. Pomeroy took his newspa-
per. Conklin, who prides himself on his
manly beauty, read a book attentiVely
Fessenden chewed bits of paper, and Bout
we'll, another manager, who had taken
fresh quid before entering, was more in
tent on extracting the Juice therefrom than
hearing the articles in question. Howard
seemed studying the communication from
the Chief Justice, which was a delicate re-
Duke TO his ofhciousness in preparing pre-
maturely rules for the court Of impeach-
ment. Chandler chuckled nov and then.
Reverdy johnson yawned, while Sumner
looked positively happy, as though negro
suffrage was the law of the land, and as if
there never had been certain Prussian
Baron in the legation st Washington. Ash
ley and Schenck were there too, and ex-
changed approving winEs occasionally.
This is no burlesque Of the scene in the
Senate Chamber.
THE SENATE WILL TAKE DUE ORDER.
The reading of the articles concluded,
Wade informed them the Senate would
take due order, whereupon Colfax rose,
and with one or two extra winks, put him
self at the head of his Radical cohorts and
marched back to the House.
THAD. STEVENS FACETIoUs.
On the way there Thad. Stevens said 10
some members who were carrying him in
his chair, Boys, what in the hell will l |
do when YOU are dead, won't have any
body TO carry me" aud his friends laughed |
because it was 80 funny.
CHASE DENOUNCED.
Chief Justice Chsse's communication TO |
the Senate in dissenting from the rules |
adopted, and rebuking them for hasty pro- |
cedure, has aroused the anger Of the i'm
parchment Radicals, and they denounce |
him in bitter terms tonight.
RADICALS APPREHEEsIvE or TROUBLE.
Howard, Sumner & Co. are bent en-
ruling the Senate to aid their designs bat
other Radicals express their apprehension
that the dissent Of the Chief Justice will
lead 10 some trouble not hitherto antici-
pated.
WEAK KEEED TsIPEAcHERa
There are ten OF twelve Radical Senators
who only desire a descent preteIt to ahan-
ION the vile abortion.
STEVENS CHAGRiEED.
Thad Stevens does not conceal his cha
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