Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-31
OUR RALEITH LETTER.
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RAnE1au, n. c., March %. 1871.


Dear Journal At last ali IL ever; the
battle has been fought, AID the victcry
won by the people of North Carolina. A
special telegram TO the JOURNAL this morn
ing briefly announced thc result of the
final vote Gu the Articles # Impeachment.
AS was expected an immense crowd
fthrongcd tho Senate Ci, II e~, filing il
to It's u.ncst capacity. Che 4oa: perfect
order Was preserved ani ii brcatniess H.
lenco prevailed, while every one paid tie
CLOSEST attention. lhe Articlss were rea :,
one by one. aud alter tEe reading al each.
the vote on il was taken and tha result
announced. The first Article. which
charges the accused with unIawfuIly DE-.
c1aring the county OF A.amanco TO be in
insurrection and illegally arresting certain
citizens, was read, and The vote taken. ne.
sulting in thirty yeas and rine1cer nays
whereupon The Chief Justice arIouuc2d
that the accused was acquitted in that Ar
ticle, the requisite two-thirds not voting
equity" All the Radicals voted 'uo.
guilty" and also the following Democrats:
Messrs. Cook, Cowies. Flemming, Gilmer,
Norment and Speed. On The eeconi Ar
ticle, which charges the same acts il Cas-
well, the vote was thiriy-two to seventec1
so that he was acquitted on this Charge
ALI the Radicals voted mot guilty." and
/ the following Democrats: Messrs. Cook.
Cowies, Elemming ard Norment Upon
the announcement of this vote the excite.
ment grew intense, the Radicals becom.
ing elated at the PROJECT OF an acqui 5tal.
| On the third Article, charging the Illegal
arrest of Josiah Turner, Jr., tue vote was
quite diferent-ihirty seven to twelve, ali
the Dem ocrats voting ''guilty,' and ais
Mr.. Moore, the Radical Senator from Ne.
| bern. The announcement OF this vOt-
| quite changed appearances, and Radicals
began to move very uneasily. The fourtA
article, charging the illegal arrest OF John
Kerr and others in Caswell, was read, the
vote announced as thirty three to sixteen,
all the Radicals voting mot guilty" aul
also Messrs. Cook, Cowles, and ElemmiIC.
The filth article, charging refusal to
obey the writs of hdbeds corpus issued ~
| the Chief Justice for the release of Moo
and others, was next read, aud toe vote
announced rs being forty to nine, all tLe
! Democrats voting equity" and also he
following Radicals Messfs. Hawkins,
sixth article, charging refusal to obey he
writs of habeds corpus in the cases of Kerr
and others, the vote was forty-one to
eight, the following Radicals votHg
''guilty: ;" Messr5. Barnett, Hawkius,
lehman, McCotter and Moore. Ga the
seventh article, which charges the uuIaw
fully recruiting an army, the vote was tl.r
| ty-six to thirteen, Mr.. Flemming, Demo
GRAFT. voting "not guilty." and Mr. McCo:-
ter. Radical, voting guilty. The eighth
article, charging the illegal payment Of
money from the Treasury to Kinks army,
and a refusal to obey the INJUNCTION issued
by Judge Mitchell, was read last, and ;h3
vote announced as being thirty-six to thir-
teen, strict party vote, beng the only
one on any article. SO that Holden
was acquitted upon the first two
articles, and convicted on the last six.
| Upon the announcement of each vote
though every one watched with breathless
attention and the most intense anxiety,
yet not the slightest demonstration or APP
plause was attempted in the galleries or
Hobbies. Every one seemed to be i'm
pressed with the solemnity and impor-
lance of the occasion. The articles were
read go that every word might be heard,
land the question propouuded to each Sen
ator by the Chief Justice in q clear aud
I distinct manner, and everything was con
Educted in manner becoming the dignity
of the occasion. After the final announce
I ment, an order was submitted by Mir
4 Graham, to the judgment of the Court, re-
J moving the accused from Office and for
4 ever disqualifying him from holding any
Office in this State, which judgment Was
passed by strict rarty vote of thirty SIX
to thirteen. The Court then adjonrned
sine die. The reading the articles aud
taking the vote occupied two hours ami
i1alf. Every Senator was present, excep'
Mr.. Flythe, Radical, who is absent BE-
4 cause'of sickness in his family 1t 10
source of coDgratulation that the vote re-
lsulted just as itdid. Only on one Article
was there strict party vote. while on one
1 Article five Radicals voted s. guilty" and
ION another elk Democrats voted net
iguilty," which entirely disarms and re
flutes the charge of this being Poh!l'"
perSscMion, HAt'