The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-06-15
membered that the southern States.

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with the exception of Tennessee,
which had already been reorganized
were entirely excluded from Congress
and the Senator's who were trying
the Impeachment charges were all
from Northern States.
On May Ii, 1s6S. the test vote was
taken. Everything turned on the
vote of Senator Edmund Gibbs Ross.
of Kansas. The Senate had been |
canvassed and the vote of every other
Senator had been learned beforehand,
hut when an attempt was made by
his constituents in Kansas to force a
disclosure of his intentions, Senator
Ross made answer in these words:
IL do not recognize your right to
demand that shall vote either for
| or against conviction. have taken
an oath to do impartial justice ac-
cor,ling to the Constitution ana the
laws and trust that shall have the
courage and the honesty to vote ac-
corIing to the dictates OF my judg-
ipent and for the highest good OF the
country"
| Next day came the crisis. The Chief
Justice of the United States. Salmon
T.. Chase, faced the jury, the Senate
of the United States. and directed the
clerk to call the roll MIR. Anthony,
called the clerk. Senator Anthony
rose In his place. To him the Chief
Justice spoke. MIR. Senator Antho-
ny, how say you? Is the respondent,
Andrew johnson. President Of the
United States. guilty or not guilty
of n high misdeneanOr as charged in
this article?"
Guilty" pronounced Senator An
thony, and then each Senator was
interrogated incl his turn.
When the name Of Senator Ross
was reached he stood in his place and
slowly pronounced the words, Not
guilty" 1t was then that the ten
: sion broke. 1t was then known that
the votes necessary to convict could
! not he mustered by the impcachers.
Senators voting Guilty" Were
J Anthony. Cameron. Cattell, Chandler,
Cole, conkling. Conness, Corbitt
Cragin. Drake. Edmunds, Ferry. Frel
: inghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe
Morgan. Morrill, of Maine. Morrill, 81
!. Vermont. Morton. Nye. Patterson %
D New Hampshire. Pomeroy, Ramsey
e sherman. Sprague, Stewart. Summer
u Thayer, Upton, Wade, Wiley, vii
= Iiams, Wilson and Yates-35.
e The Senators voting Not guilty
: were: Bayard. Buckalew. Davis
;. Dixon, DUulittle. Fessenden, Fowler
e Grimes, Henderson. Hendricks, John
u son. McCreery, Norton, Patterson o
e Tennessee. Ross. salisbury, Trum
Y bull, Van Wrinkle and Vickers-l9.
/ Thirty-six votes were required TO
II impeachment, and only thirty-fiv'
l. were cast for it. The Court adjourn
o ed for the day, and subsequently tn
IL proceedings were discontinued.
e OF course the Republican storm
re broke upon Ross, and the people q
his State ordered him never tn SHOW
IL his face there again. He was to-
Z brave to he inundated. and Tie serv
ID ed out his term, but at it's close he RI
moved to New Mexico. where he ha
- resided ever since to the day Of hi
" death. President Cleveland mad
D. him Governor Of that Territory, Il
Is which office he served four years
u During his residence there MIR. Ros
u has been engaged in journalism. am
10 although he saved his country froI
~ the most frightful political calamitie
u that could be conceived. he has live
re In complete retirement, his service
wholly unrecognized and even fol
y gotten; but ingratitude is the rule !
~ republics, and ours offers no excel
'e tiuns to tn. q. Picayune.