. Civil War echoes: character sketches and state secrets . ber had, therefore, at once preparedarticles of impeachment against Chief Justice Chase andwas ready to present them before the House if he stillpersisted in such refusal; whereupon a special committeewas appointed by President pro tempore, Wade, as will beseen from the above record, to notify Chief Justice Chasethat the Senate was organized as a court of impeachmentand was ready to receive him as its presiding officer accord-ing to the provisions of the Constitution. My father quietlyinformed Senator Pomeroy, the chairman, of the fore
. Civil War echoes: character sketches and state secrets . ber had, therefore, at once preparedarticles of impeachment against Chief Justice Chase andwas ready to present them before the House if he stillpersisted in such refusal; whereupon a special committeewas appointed by President pro tempore, Wade, as will beseen from the above record, to notify Chief Justice Chasethat the Senate was organized as a court of impeachmentand was ready to receive him as its presiding officer accord-ing to the provisions of the Constitution. My father quietlyinformed Senator Pomeroy, the chairman, of the foregoingfacts and suggested that he so inform Chief Justice Chaseprivately. This course was purused, and Chase came intothe Senate chamber with a decided frown upon his faceand exhibited considerable petulance in his manner. Hisdisinclination to act in accordance with the requirementsof the Constitution, doubtless arose primarily from the factthat if the President should be convicted and so removedfrom office, the place would be filled temporarily at least,. U. S. SENATOR CHARLES R. BUCKALEW, PENNSYLVAI Civil-WAR Echoes — Character by that intense radical, Benjamin F. Wade, also of Ohio,the then President pro tempore of the Senate, by virtue ofthat office, and so Chases presidential aspirations wouldsuffer defeat. Such was the surmise of the knowing ones. The earliest dramatic scene in the trial I recall wasshortly after it had begun. A motion to retire for consulta-tion on the question of the right of the Chief Justice to pri-marily decide all interlocutory questions of law and evi-dence had been tied by receiving the same number of sena-tors votes—25 to 25—when Chief Justice Chase abruptlyand haughtily, without explanation, assumed for himselfthe undelegated right to cast the deciding vote as presidingofficer. In an instant a dozen or more leading Senatorswere on their feet, shouting and gesticulating, some goingso far as to mount their chairs. Threats and denunciationsfil
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