d not to the final question on each article of
impeachment.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1868.

THE UNITED STATES _vs_. ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT.

Mr. Henry Stanbery, in behalf of Andrew Johnson, the respondent, read
the following paper:

In the matter of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE: I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
having been served with a summons to appear before this honorable court,
sitting as a court of impeachment, to answer certain articles of
impeachment found and presented against me by the honorable the House
of Representatives of the United States, do hereby enter my appearance
by my counsel, Henry Stanbery, Benjamin R. Curtis, Jeremiah S. Black,
William M. Evarts, and Thomas A.R. Nelson, who have my warrant and
authority therefor, and who are instructed by me to ask of this
honorable court a reasonable time for the preparation of my answer
to said articles. After a careful examination of the articles of
impeachment and consultation with my counsel, I am satisfied that at
least forty days will be necessary for the preparation of my answer,
and I respectfully ask that it be allowed.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

Mr. Stanbery then submitted the following motion:

In the matter of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States.

Henry Stanbery, Benjamin R. Curtis, Jeremiah S. Black, William M.
Evarts, and Thomas A.R. Nelson, of counsel for the respondent, move the
court for the allowance of forty days for the preparation of the answer
to the articles of impeachment, and in support of the motion make the
following professional statement:

The articles are eleven in number, involving many questions of law
and fact. We have during the limited time and opportunity afforded us
considered as far as possible the field of investigation which must be
explored in the preparation of the answer, and the conclusion at which
we have arrived is that with the utmost diligence the time we have asked
is reasonable and necessary.

The precedents as to time for answer upon impeachments before the Senate
to which we have had opportunity to refer are those of Judge Chase and
Judge Peck.

In the case of Judge Chase time was allowed from the 3d of January until
the 4th of February next succeeding to put in his answer--a period of
thirty-two days; but in this case there were only eight articles, and
Judge Chase had been for a year cogniza