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Show THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON. J. B. McCulloLigh contrihulca to ihe St. Louia Glo'jc-Democm some exceedingly interesting personal reminiscences of the late Andrew Johnson during the p;irt s in impeachment im-peachment trial to which he was subjected. It appears that the president pre-sident pmplnyii'l "lUanlc" to vet before be-fore the public various matters pertaining per-taining to the trial, he being a strong friend of the persecuted president. "Mack" says that both political parties were really against him, the demucrata only making ft show of1 supyort. They feared that the blood of tho republican martyr might become be-come the seed of the democratic church. The president fought his battle with dogged earnestness. He didn't aak anybody to take hia side, and said, "I can fight these fellows single-handed." It will be recollect ed that the immediate cause of the impeachment trial was the appointment appoint-ment of General Thomas as secretary of war ad interim in March, 186S, when General Grant had surrendered that office to Secretary Stanton, after promising the president that he would hold it at his (Grant's) pleas ure, but would never surrender it to Stanton. Johnson's abuse of Grant was most bitter, and the quarrel between be-tween these two men lasted while they both lived. Johnson told the writer of a cabinet meeting, in which he confronted General Grant with the question of veracity, and said he, "I pinned hiui down 10 it, and he looked as if the floor would open under him and let him through." "Mack" thinkd that the opposition opposi-tion to Ben Wade by Senators Feesen-den, Feesen-den, Grimes and Trumbull. Wade, president pro tern of the senate, would have succeeded to the presidency presi-dency in casa of tho conviction of Johnson. "If the succession to Andrew An-drew Johnson had devolved upon Buiue man entirely unmixed with the personal wrangles oi the United States nenate in 1808, conviction woulu have been almost certain." The president never lost heart or spirit during the trial, and acted as if he seemed to court the martyrdom o1 conviction, feeling confident of his ability to appeal trom the verdict of the senate to the verdict ol the people. As to the use of money to secure his acquittal, "Mack" states as a fact that J Mr. Mr. Johnson, not 'only never co.i9t'Dled t" the use of njonoy, but often la din ruy hearing thHt if hecoul.t fa-acquitted fa-acquitted lor five dollars be wo'ild n.t paylhatiura nor Irt anybody els pay it for him. 1 am borno ut in thia aasor-ti"n aasor-ti"n by the well-known fuel ibat he allowed Jere BLftk to withdraw fmm hn dofanso rath rtnangiv his official l-meuoo to a corrupt land trado in whicli Blm k wh intr-8ted. tie told black he would rather be convirteJ ten times over than purchae not only defunso, but even acquittal ai such a price. TheBtoriesol Johnson's dissipated habits are denied, lie rarely used liquor while president. "He could get drunk on his own bottlo quicker than the oldesi Uiper can get drunk on whisky, and during his excited private conversations conversa-tions he leit the impression upon the listeners that he had been drinking. He wrote all of his own messages, rarely submitting them to his cabinet mil they were finished. The article concludes aa follows : A ftr all thit can bo ritten of John-ion'life John-ion'life and care-r, 1 atill think tat the Bi-ve'cst w h as tba ju iteat criti- , Cir-tn i f his administration wns mud 9 by an old Vi g'nia farmer, in u bijjh state of f'rrm nttti' n. whom I met in the g-,1-Urv "f ihn hnu-e 0"0 day 8ud hf, "He dow (hi'0 h rijht (hicj-est (hic)-et (hic)-et ibi"g in th ' liiicj wfonget (hio)-est time of any man I ever saw." |