Year: 1868

SvCty pIlSotc COuvcIbdtiOu tucy Hciu N eho SOSse~
circle with public men, When they thus obtain in
formation In the line Of their profession exclusively
pertaining TO their business pursuits Journalism ans Dc
the priesthood; and in behalf of hls profession he
would say 1t was the duty OF journalist, despite
OF all threats Of imprisonment or even OF
death, TO decline to impart such privi-
of the highest courts of law, and then only as to
particular and specific acts He declared and pro-
claimed that the seizure OF kilograms was an outrage
known in any country whatever In time of peace;
and would never be submitted to in Europe II at
tempted in the form it has been here. The only
wonder was that, considering the freedom OF using
the telegraph In matters relating to commerce,
business affairs and the most sacred domestic
relations, the Managers had not discovered more
curious kilograms. He believed that they had sup
pressed hundred OF other kilograms, while those
before the House were perverted or misrepresented
The surrender Of these kilograms by the managers
OF the telegraph 0fnce was most disgracefu and
cowardly and ought to condemn them in the eyes Of
the world. He would, he repeated throw no OBJ
sacle in the way Of the investigation. Let the Mana
gers find everything they may seek. The whole array
OF names was not OF those connected with his (Ir.
Brooks0 party. Shook was appointed by President
Lincoln. What the politics OF WOoley were he did
not know. As to Adams, he was never In the Con-
1ederate army; II he ever belonged to any army as
General ne served as general quartermaster. If he
belonged to any party he belonged to that of the
gentleman from Massachusetts,.


Mr.. BUTLER proposed, having now heard from the
other side, to move the previous question.


Mr. ELDRDIDGE, (dem.) Of Wis.,, rose to question





ceeding that any person summoned as a witness
who shall wilfully make default refuse to answer
pains and penalties, be liable to arrest as for mis-
demeanor. II he refuse q report shall be made TO
the Speaker, who shall certify the fact before the
Attorney for the District OF Columbia. He MAN.
tained therefore, that it was contrary to law to call
q witness before the bar of the House without
affording him an opportunity to show cause why he
did not answer the questions. The Managers In his


Judgment had no right to ask many OF the questions.


The SPEAKER oveIruled the point, and said-The
upif form rnr he WQIf tn tho HOr
gress was, that when witness refused to answer
question before committee authorized to send for
explain to the House. He could not be held to
answer for 1t until the committee presented the ques
ton. This enactment was in 1884. Because wit
bill providing for additional penalties. AS it at
the close Of a Congressional term the House could
not imprsOn him beyond the 4th Of March, and
hence the bill was passed with the consent OF ALL


Mr.. BUTLER wanted to set matters right first in re-
gard to inserting the names OF the senators in the
b anks. He could only say that other names were in
evidence besides those which were omitted. But he
would not be drawn into any further statement
one statement so far as the names he col
lected by the witnesses were disclosed There


it is said attempts had been made to bribe Mr. A. or
Mr. b. 1t was Of no consequence to justice the
tion whether he succeed or fail. Had it come to
this, If you fail IN brlbing you have full liberty to
attempt itS He had seen published in the newspa-
pers some kind of testimony which it was supposed
had been given before the committees; but he wished
from the committee, to the public press
to his knowledge, and all the stories in the press
were either from men who do not know anything Of
the proceedings or who attempt to prejudice the
investigation. The committee thought proper to be
silent on all matters except as to what was neces-
sary for the purposes OF public justice, and he for
one, refused to give single item of any description
although applied to by gentlemen OF the press.
There was not one substantial word of truth
In the reported testimony Of Colonel Cooper which
appeared in the Nattonal Ietelligencer: One thing
more. The committee had been attacked because
Of Wnat was Claimed TO be wholesale
OF telegraphs No such wholesale seizure had been
made made they did What in his his Judgment they had
exactly within the power OF the House. They sent
supena duces tecan to the telegraph to bring their
named or unnamed The difficulty was the corrupt
seals had used the fictitious Names such as Pres
Msa ss S INSTEAD aSe o. tne The
mittee acting on the part of the House, to take
every tesegram for the purpose Of Justice, and no
his namesake was appropriate here


Nlorosue e'er felt the halter draw


And when they struck the kilograms there was
huttering among the gold gamblers and tue whskey
gamblers who consulted how Senators could be
tgation they had demonstrated to the country that
there had been corrupt conspiracy to buy Senator's
II 1t failed II was not because no corrupt attempt had
been made but because there was too much virtue
in the Senate. The unfortunate and humating
spectacle was presented that there were men IN
high government positions ready to meet together
stions to what Senators could be bought.
This state OF facts was beyond all per-
not be shown That was another part OF the nvesti.
CATION. Mr.. Butler then proceeded to repeat por-
ton OF the testimony, adding that there was tee-
gone up higher than kite.n Under those circum-
stances they looked at the kilograms and found the
remarkable fact that every gold gambler and others
who live on plundering the public knew what the
votes would be, while honest men did not.


Mr.. ELDRIDGE desired to know whether one OF the
nm va
lost and the verdict would be in favor of the
dent and that the witness based his opinion the
length of the face Of Manager Butlers And was not
this the character Of the telegram


Mr.. BUTLER replied that there was one sam Ward,
who telegraphed to his son on the istn inst. nI
that McCulloch would not sell gold and 10
buy him $4,000: Ward, on the morning
that the vote taken, was certain that the Presi.
dent would not be convicted. he would read q
number of these teegrams:-"S. w. to w. X.
said his business was all arranged, Wooley tee-
graphed to $. NJ. Barlow, "Ali y. K.-twice eleven
sure" ]. B. q. teegraphed To Ward, Are you quite
Is correctS" Ward REPLIED IL have II from such a
source that Will 20 TO the bottomless pit for my
belief" Mr.. Butler said there's where he viii 20.
u.aughter.) He could state that at nye minutes
after twelve O'Clock on the morning of the vote sa-
muel Ward teegraphed to the gold gamblers of Wall
street:"fhe Presidents acquittal Is certain. have
just met Butler; he was going along as n Fort Fisher
was not taken" Qaughter) lie tMr. Butler said he
did feel that time Just he felt when Fort Fisher
was not taken. He felt It TO be a great Calamity
when impeachment was defeated by conspIrators as
1t was great calamity when there was failure TO
take that stronghold OF the rebellion. He felt as
badly Of the Of the other. He was as
willing to be twitted for one wei the other. In
both there were corruption perjury and fraud;
and both the taking OF Fort Fisher and the convic
ton OF the President were necessary for the security
of the country This Wooley expressly declared teat
night Of the l4th OF May meeting held at
house Of the Chief Justice for the purpose OF found
ing new party. He supposed that for purposes Of
corruption party bribes are as powerful as money
bri0caL He had supposed that Senator could be
offered the pes1ok0a or Q secretary easily as q
promise Of money coxM - made by A0oley.
Either might he bribe to swerve Non 3uBest pur.
poses. lie desired, like the gentleman from New
York, that the investigation should be ample and
complete No telegram that did not relate TO tnis
impeachment was procured by the Managers either
directly or indirectly.


Mr. BROOKS inquired why the gentleman has not
brought forward the telegrams N 9eorge Wilkes and
Theodore Tilton Had he got themS


Mr.. BUTLER In reply to this question said he knew
Of acts vi disoyaity the part OF Tlton or Wilkes
which led him 10 investigate their aairs IN any FORM
Every man was known by the company he kept
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