The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-03-27

the country on whose pulse the magneuc /
wires bcbndiiin are lying, than to either
arb, nevertheless. amply effective for the
audience fos which they are intended. Tie
sees no reason why this trial should not
proceed at the railroad speed whioli Mr..
Stanbery had deprecated. Railroads and
telographs had changed the order of things
elsewhere he could HOt see why they
should not do II fhere.f Bnt there Iwero
.special reasons -for Nv6idlng delay. In
other trials there was less danger that the
Republic might take detrimenf.
\ To give the accused tmp tnterferes with
nobody TO give indulgence hurts no one4L
may help him But hgre the house OF Rep.
resenlaiives have presented at the bar Of
tho Senate, in the most solerhh form, the
chief ruler OF the nation, and they say they
desire your Judgment upon the accusationi;
that he has usurped power which does iiUt
belong 10 him that he, at the safns time,
breaking tito laws solemnly enacted by yWi
aud those who have sent You here by the
Congress Of the United States; and that he
still prop ,ses 20 do. Sir. who is the Grim
inal Ho is tile Chief Executive Of the ma.
ton. When have said that, have taken
out from all rule this trial. Because sub.
nit with Difference. sir, that for the fret
time In tic historyof the wol Ia has Is ma
ton brought ite ruler TO the bar Of it's high.
Est court under the rules aud forms pro
vded by the Constitution n-above all rule
and all analogy. All likeness to an otdi.
nary trial ceases there. | say that the
Chief Executive. who is the commander of
your armies who claims that command
who controls, through his subordinates
your Treasury who controls your fireign
relations whoqnay complicate, in any hoim
of passion or prejudice, the whole nation by
whom ho is arruigned; il ths respondent at
yonr bar. Aud mark me, sir, respectfully
submit that the very question, here at issue
this day, this hDnr, is whether he slall con
troll, beyond tho reach of yonr laws, the
Army OF the Uuited States. That il the
one great question here at issueL whether
he shall set aside th1 DEGREES of the Sen
ate and tho laws enacted 10y Congress, sc,-
ting aside every law, claiming the Exccu.
Itive power only that lis shall c,niroI the
great military arm OF this G pvernmetrt. aui
control ii. he plchses, to your rum and
the ruin Of the country. ''H
! Hereafter hc hopes no ono viii presume
TO speak of the charges against the Pfcsi.
! dent as frivolous. II r. arc eminent c0un-
Rcl declaring them so grave that it VIII re.
| quire them forty days to prepare AN ar
swer-as long period as it once took
!
lis simple The President knows prccis4iv
| what lie has done better sliau the Mtna
rers could know it, and must be rs we'll
prepared for Tie def nso as they for the
prosecutions Som, ofthese points are ad.
I mirably put; others smack strong " of the
! Idemngosue rather than OF the great lawyer.
I The rough bullying lhl,mer and the uh
\ pleasant tones are offensive TO all. but the
I speech carries witliit the iilct Of forcoiul
| VIII stfonE enough to sweep through all
legal cobwcbs to IL, bitter purpose.
4 The reply Of Mr. Nelson il every way
beneath the cccasion, II, exalts the grav.
I ily OF the case aud inssrs upon The neces
= tv of care, in lugrags IL chosen and iot
| always grammatical aud incautiously re
I ychls far more than he should Of tho pnf.
D ,sos OF the defence by speaking of the
charges as open ug Pandcras box, involv.
ing' tho whole range OF The difficulties be.
tween Congress and tho President, and de
maiding an investigation alnost iutei nina.
! BILE IL its extent When these proceed
Pings are hoard" no exolaims: =" What
will the pOstcrity after us thnk "
" Hang your postcrity,' growls an nnsym.
pathettc jou paliSt in the gallery above
" who cares what a lot of cursed multttocs
will thnk about in the next generation?
| Anu MT. NSiSOn was answered.
There next appears ON the yet uncertain
scene the a,lroitcst movement Of the day
The fine docking. sclf.sustained, and not too
modest Senator from New York, in his
gentlcst manner, offers an amendment, pro.
/ vfding that the trial shall proceed when the
replication of the Managers to the Presi.
4 dents answer shall have been filed, unless
otherwise ordered 10y the Senate, for cause
shown. The design is apparent, but tue
operation is most skilHul9 Men like Trum-
bull Hessenden aud Grimes, cannut in the
face Of the popular feeling, vote against al
order simply providing that the trial shall
proceed as early as possible, unless foi
cause shown. To do that would be to vote
for delay, merely for the sake of delay
Frssenden turns to Grimes and exoaims
soto eOce, "Well, never mind, that leaves
It in unr hands stilL" The others assent
and before the Chairman of the Manager,
rises to be heard upon the proposition, i
Lis evident that il must unite the party that
on the last vote, seemed so radically di
vded. Mr. Bingham makes the forcibl,
point that this order is entirely satisfac
tory, but that he cannot see how such al
, one as that of Mr.. Sherman could be enter
tained for o moment Offering as it does
continuance in n trial like thia, when NJ
formal application has been made by. th
accused himself. The President has in
, deed inerposed in the face of the rules o.
the Court an appeal for time 10 make hi
answer, but that has been disposed OF
What now reniaius is to begin the trial aft,l
the answer shall have been made, anC
as to delay then, it will be time enough
to consider il wh:n Tho President shal
ask it. The Sanate evidently co2curs
and 40, without debate, on call o
, the roll, the ranks close again and by
! strict PARTY v0to the trial is ordered to pro
! Q ed when the replication shall have beel
filed. unless otherwise ordered by the Sea
ate for cause Shown. 1t is shrowd manage
! ment on tho part of Mr., Conklin, apr
stamps him as the real leader of the NOR
impetuops impeachment. Tho silks i, ia,
/. \ galleries, AMI oulbursts of chatter every
, where; tue fine crowds pour out into III
, corridors, aud blockade the grand stai
J case, The day = scene is over, ,.
\ Opinions dlHer as to the result of the lay
. work. Substantially nothing has been show
: save the honorable fact that a respectahI
!, number of the ablest Republican Senator
/" are ready TO separate from thqir party a
/, Rociates on any question Involving, in an
!, degree, tho appearance Of absolute fairue'
in the trial Noroal inference eau be draw
= from this as to their probable vote on n
: final verdict. But it cannot be deniC
that the indications to-day were though
4 fora little time, alarming or that now ii
!, managers OF impeachment regard their cas-
q as secure. la ten days--as in this CORE
|, pond0Noea week ago +-the next step iu Il
a trial is To he taken. AGATR,