The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-13

Gen. Grant with the question OF veracl-
ty, and said he, 81 pinned him down to
il, and he looked "a If the floor would
open under him and let him through"
The quarrel thus begun lasted while both
men lived, and it furnished the occasion
for the violation of precedent as old as
the country. The custom lad always
been for the outgoing and the incoming
Presidents 10 ride to the Capitol III the
same carriage on Inauguration Day, as
joint participato~s in the quadrennial
ceremonies On the 4th of March, 1869,
it took two carriages TO do what one had
always done before. The next day /
met Mr.. Johnson on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and spoke of the matter to him.
"Well," said he, 81 did my part of the
business. / sent him an invitation, but
he didn't accept it. This, it is proper
TO say, is an expurgated report of the
ex- Presidents observations. 1t must
not be supposed that Gen. Grant was
behind Johnson in the matter of person
al denunciation. He kept his end of
the line up in less demonstrative but
quite as effective way. What his curses
lacked in loudness they made up in
depth.
JOHNSON AND CHARLES 1.
/ was walking with Johnson one Sun
day evening on general subjects of poll
tics, when he suddenly interrupted me.
Said he, EDO you remember what sort
of court it was that tried and convicted
Charles II" L replied, "That, to the
best of my recollection, it wa, a court
appointed by Parliament, and composed
l. q IL l.
army, and citizens of London. "How
many were there in ii - said Mr.. john
son. l replied that there were some
where between sixty and seventy mem
bers in that court. Then he burst out,
And how many of these id scoun-
drels are there over there Z" pointing
toward the Capitol. replied that there
were then twenty-seven States repre-
sented, making fifty four Senators.
WELL" he continued, "do you know
what became of the men who convicted
King Charies-how many of them died
in their beds-and how many run away
from the country after the restoration z"
l could not answer this question directly,
but L promised to go to the Congressional
Library next day and read all about the
subject, in the History of the Regi-
cides." :" wish you would" said the
President, "and L want you TO make out
a summary of the thing, and get it into
the papers. He was so anxious on this
subject that he was not willing to have
me send this particular letter to Gin
cinnati, but insisted that it should be
printed III New York paper, so that 1t
would get back to Washington in time
" to show these id scoundrels what
fate was in store for them" His request
was complied with, and few days later
New York paper solemnly warned the
Senators of the fate of the Regicides.
HOW SALISBURY WAS soBERHD.
Mr.. Willard Salisbury was Demo
cratic Senator from Delaware, with good
intentions, but very decided weakness
for toddy. He would stay sober for
months sometimes, but the mere smell
of liquor would start him on q spree that
might last for weeks. He had been
quite steady for long time, and prom
ised to abstain entirely from liquor
while the impeachment trial lasted.
One evening young man called at his
room and desired an interview, which
was granted. He represented himself
as the agent of a wine and liquor i'm
porting house in New York, who had
come TO Washington to have the tariff
amended with respect to these articles,
and he would like to interest the Senator
in his cause. He concluded his remarks
by saying that he had brought some
samples of wine and brandy with him,
and asking the Senator's permission to
send few bottles to his room. Sauls-
bury Immediately saw in this proposition
a plot to get him drunk so that lie might
be either absent from the Senate when
the vote on impeachment was taken, or
that, going to the Senate in state of
intoxication, he might be expelled, as
had often been threatened III his case.
Indeed, resolution for his expulsion
had once been offered and was then on
the calendar of the Senate. 1t looked
then, on n close calculation, as if one
vote subtracted from the Democratic
side would secure Johnson's conviction.
ordered the bogus wine-mer-
chant out of his room in short order, and
acquainted several of his
friends with the details of the plot.
1t reached Johnson's ears very
soon. 'They can't beat ne any
other way" said the President.
anu uhcy uue Trying 10 get the Jury
drunk. 1t was Immediately resolved
by Johnson's friends to keep a close
watch on SaulIbury, and this precaution
was soon rendered necessary. Sauls-
bury, whether as the result of a conspir-
ICY, or in obedience to his own sweet
will, got furiously drunk on the day
memorable in the history Of
he trial by the anti-impeachment
speeches of Fessen6en, Trumbull, and
,ther Republicans. 1t was a secret
session of the Senate, but it soon got
loised about that Salisbury was trying
o get the floor to make drunken
speech. Half an hour latter he would
have been expelled. But he
vas persuaded to leave the Senate, and
he was accompanied to his room, where
he was put to bed. The vote was ex-
,ected the next day, and, as it was i'm
,ortant to have Salisbury present, a
consultation was held as to the best and
Quickest means of SOLDERING him off.
suggested a big fright as
God thing for him under the circum-
tancee There Uos Rahoonl fro nv