Impeached: The Trial Of President Andrew Johnson And The Fight For Lincoln's Legacy - Plot & Excerpts
But the evidence shows that he only oppressed the Negro; that he only conspired with the rebel; that he only betrayed the Union party; that he only attempted to overthrow the Republic—of course he goes unwhipped of justice. NEW YORK INDEPENDENT, DECEMBER 12, 1867 IMPEACHMENT WAS DEAD. So said Thaddeus Stevens in mid-November 1867, as he planned for the session of Congress that would begin in two weeks. A few days earlier, the House Judiciary Committee had resumed its impeachment hearings, but the witnesses covered old ground: the pardoning of Union Army deserters in West Virginia; the supposed conspiracy between Johnson and Confederates during the war; and government printing contracts awarded to local printers (a rich source of patronage). Newspapers were more interested in the meteor displays that lit East Coast skies in early morning hours. “They swept through the air,” one report enthused, “with almost the speed of thought and left long luminous trains in their wake.” Impeachment advocates had to choose between two approaches, neither very appealing.
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