▁any ▁national ▁crisis ." ▁▁ ▁Julian ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁call ▁for ▁President ▁Andrew ▁Johnson ' s ▁im pe achment , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁chosen ▁for ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁man agers ▁assigned ▁to ▁pro sec ute ▁the ▁case ▁before ▁the ▁Senate . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁Julian ▁was ▁appointed ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁seven - person ▁House ▁committee ▁task ed ▁with ▁draft ing ▁articles ▁of ▁im pe achment ▁against ▁the ▁president , ▁but ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁failed ▁to ▁pass ▁the ▁last ▁im pe achment ▁article , ▁allowing ▁Johnson ▁to ▁complete ▁his ▁term ▁in ▁office . ▁Later , ▁Julian ▁considered ▁the ▁im pe achment ▁movement ▁as ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁" party ▁mad ness ." ▁In ▁his ▁mem oir s ▁Julian ▁was ▁careful ▁to ▁down play ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁recomm ending ▁Johnson ' s ▁im pe achment . ▁ ▁Although ▁Julian ' s ▁primary ▁political ▁goal ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 8 6 0 s ▁was ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁sla very ▁and ▁challeng ing ▁its ▁expansion ▁into ▁the ▁western ▁United ▁States , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁long time ▁supp orter ▁of ▁women ' s ▁enf ranch is ement . ▁Julian ▁had ▁esp oused ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁women ' s ▁suff rage ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 8 4 7 . ▁As ▁Julian ▁explained ▁in ▁his ▁mem oir s , ▁" the ▁subject ▁was ▁first ▁brought ▁to ▁my ▁attention ▁in ▁a ▁brief ▁chapter ▁on ▁' the ▁political ▁non - ex istence ▁of