The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-11

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II was the most painful act he had undertaken
| To perform and he must reluctantly yield TO what
his senss Of constitutional duty required
MIR. EVERETT urged that he had taken an appeal
| from the decision Of the Chair.
| Mr.. BOLTS, with all respect for the gentleman
from Vermont and the Chair, suggested whether il
was not now too late to take appeal
Mr.. EVERETT said that the gentleman from Vir-
GINA could bring forward his motion at the proper
time. lie MIR. II. was not willing that the bill To
repeal the Bankrupt law should be delayed by col
lateral questions, and he anxious TO bring the
debate on the subject to determination.
MIR. GlLMER inquired what was the question
The SPEAKER informed the honorable gentle
man.
| MIR. WISE asked if the motion of his colleague
was made In writing. II so, he would ask that II be
read tina he might judge for himself
| The SPEAKER requested the gentleman from
Virginia Mr. Botts) to send his specifications TO the
Chair.
MIR. BOLTS said that he would read them him
self.
| MIR. WISE would prefer that they be read by the
Clerk.
Mr.. Bolts commenced reading as follows !" ]
Mr.. COOPER, of Geogia, said, lei the gentleman
stand up at the Clerks table--we can't hear him.
MIR. BOTTS remarked that he would make him
self heard and he then read bis charges, viz;
do impesch John Tyler, Vice President, acting as
President Of the United States, of the following
high crimes and misdemeanors
!. charge him with gross usurpation pow
err and violation Of law in attempting TO exercise
controlling influence the accounting officers OF the
Treasury Department by ordering the payment oil
accounts Of long standing that had been by them
jected for want of legal authority to pay and threat
oning them with expulsion from Office unless his Or
ders were obeyed, by virtue of which threat, thou
sands were drawn from the public Treasury without
the authority of law.
9. charge him with wicked and corrupt abuse
Of the power of appointment to, and removal FROM
office /; first, in dspacing those who were
competent and faithful in the discharge oil
their public duties, only because they were
supposed to entertain a political preference for
another, and, secondly, in bestowng them on crea-
lures Of his will alike disregardless Of the public
welfare and his duty TO The country
3. l charge him with the high crime and misde-
meanor of aiding TO excite disorganizng spirit in
the country, by placing the records of the State
Department his objections to a law carrying no
constitutional obligations with it, whereby the seve-
raj States of this Union invited to disregard and
disobey law OF Congress which he himself had
sanctioned and sworn to faithfully executed from
which nothing but disorder, confusion and anarchy,
| can follow.
! a. charge him with being guilty of high INSIDE
meanor in retaining men in Office for months after
they have been rejected by the Senate, as unworthy
incompetent, and unaithful with utter defiance OF
the public will and total Indifference to the public in
terests
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meanor withholding his assent to laws mdispensa-
BILE TO the Just operations of Government which in
volved constitutional difficulty on his part, Of de-
prving the Government Of all legal sources OF reve
nue., and of assuming to himself the whole power OF
taxation, and of collecting duties Of the people with
out the authority or sanction of law
| G. charge him with arbitrary, despotic, and
corrupt abuse of the veto power to crafty his per-
sOnal and political resentnaents against the Senate OF
the United States fo constitutional exercise OF their
4 N he re of once
with such evident marks of inconsistency and dupl-
city as leave room to doubt his disregard OF the
interests of the people and his duty to his country.
T. charge him with gross official misconduct, in
having been guilty of shameless duplicity, equvo-
cation, and fasehood with his late Cabinet and Con-
gress which led to idle legislation and useless public
expense, and by which he has brought such dishonor
on himself as to dsqualify him from administering
| the Government with advantage, honor, or virtue,
and for which alone he would deserve to be removed
| from Office.
8. charge him with an illegal and unconsttution-
al exercise of power in instituting commission to
investigate the past transactions under former ad-
mnisraton Of the custom-house in New York, un-
der the pretence of seeing the laws faithfully exc
cuted with having arrested the investigation at mo-
ment when the inquiry was to be made as to the
manner in which those laws were executed under his
| own administration, with having directed or sane
toned the appropriation of large sums oil the
public revenue to the compensation Of OH
| GERS OF his creation without the au-
thority of law, which, if sanctioned, would place the
entire revenues of the country at his disposal.
.. i charge him with the high misdemeanor OF hay-
ing withheld from the representatives Of the people
information called for and declared to be, necessary
to the investigation Of stupendous frauds and abuses
alleged 10 have been committed by agents of the Co
vernmeDt both upon individuals and Il e Government
ITSELF whereby he himself becomes accessory to those
frauds.
MIR. BOLTS said he wished to connect no man or
set Of men with his fate on the resolution.
Mr.. WISE called for the reading Of the resolution;
and it sent to the Clerks table, and, after being
modified by the mover, was read as follows:
Resolved, That committee Of nine members be
appointed, with instructions diligently to inquire into
the truth Of the preceding charges preferred against
John Tyler, and to report TO the House the testmo-
ny taken To establish said charges together with
their opinion whether the said John Tyler hath so
acted in his official capacity as to require the nerpo-
stion Of the constitutional power Of this House, and
that the committee have power to send for persons
and papers.
After some remarks by several gentlemen,
Mr.. EVERETT withdrew his appeal from the de-
cisiop Of the Chair.
The question then required on the adoption Of the
resolution when
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Tennessee, moved to lay the
whole subject the table.
MIR. BOLTS called for the yeas and nays.
(Cries Of "Oh, withdraw the motion, Johnson,
) let's have vote" ayes, withdraw itrl
The question then taken, and it was decided In
the negative-yeas lOl, nays l19.
So the whole subject was NOT laid upon the table.
A motion for the previous question was then Sc
conded.
And on the question, Shall the main question be
, now puR
Mr.. UNDERWOOD asked for the yeas and nays
which ordered, and being taken, the question
was decided in the afirmative-yeas 100, nays 80.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD moved to reconsider the
c vote ordering the main question to be put, but the
motion did not prevail.
The question was then stated on the adoption Of
! the resolution, when
! MIR. GRANGER said that among the articles was
one which charged the crime against the President