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IMPEACHMENT OF THE PREsI-
DENT.

'relerance TO the proposed Impeachment
oG'Pres dent Tyle and our readers were
Uniformed that the House, by vote o.
j,l27 to So, refused 10 sustain Mr., Bolts
proposition. The specifications read by
Mr. Bolts, on presenting the subject tc
the Houss, were as follows:
- do impeach John Eyler. Vice Pre-
sident. acting as President ofthe United
States, OF the following high crimes and
misdemeanors:
lsI. 4 charge him with gross usurpa'
tion Of power and violation of law in at
tempting to exercise controlling infu-
ence over the accounting officers Of the
Treasury Department, by ordering the
payment Of accounts of long standing
that had been by them rejected for want
Of legal authority TO pay, and threaten
ing them with expulsion from Office un.
less his orders were obeyed; by virtue
OF which threat thousands were drawn
from The public Treasury without the
authority Of law.
I'd. charge him with a wicked and
corrupt abuse OF the power Of appoint
ment to a. removal from Office: First, 10
diSpacing those who were competent
and faithful in the discharge oil their
EpubIic duties, only because they were
scpposed to entertain political prefer
ence for anotheri and, secondly, Of be-
slowing them on creatures of his own
will, alike regardless Of the public well
fare and his duty 10 the country.
Sd. | charge HIM with the high crime
and misdemeanor Of aiding 10 excite a
dsorg ganizlng and revolutionary spirit
in the country, by placing on the rec.
ord Of the Stale Department his objec,
tIons to law as carrying no constitution
al objection with it; whereby the sever
al States Of the UnioO were invited TO
disregard and disobey law of Congress
which he himself had sanctioned and
sworn to see faithfully executed; from
; which nothing but disorder, confusion
and anarchy can follow.
4th. charge him with being guilty oI
the high misdemeenor in retaining men
in Office Tor months after they have been
rejected by the Senate as unworthy, 10
, competent, and un(aithIul, with an utter
defiance Of the public will, and total in.
difference to the public interests.
9th. | charge him with tho high crime
and misdemeanor Of withholding his as
sent TO laws indispensable 10 the lusL op
erations Of Government which involved
no constitutional difficulty on his part,
OF deprlVng The Government of all Ie
gal means o. revenue, and assuming to
himself the whole power of taxation. and
of collecting duties of the people without
the authority or sanction of law.
Gin. ! charge him with an arbitrary,
despoIic, and corrupt abuse of the velo
power, 10 crafty bis personal and po
lIcaI reseDtments against The Senate OF
tho United States for constitutional
exercise Of their prerogative in the re
lection Of his nominees TO Office, with
such evident marks of dUpIicily as leave
no room to doubt his regard of The in
teresis OF the people and his duty to the
country.
9TH. ] charge him with gross Official
misconduct, in having been guilty of a
shameless duplicily, equivocalion, and
iasehood with his late Cabinet and Con
greas, which led to idle legislation and
useless public expense, and by which
he has brought such dishonor on himself
as to dsQuai(y him from administering
the Government with advantage, honor,
or virtue, and for which alone he would
deserve TO be removed from office.
Sth, | charge him With an illegal and
Unconstitutional exercise Of power in
lnstltutng commission TO investigate
past transactions under former admin.
sration Of the custom house in Now
York, under the preIence Of seeing the
laws faithfully executed; with having
arrested the investigation al a moment
when an inquiry ives 10 be made as TO
the manner in which those laws were
executed under his own administration;
with having directed or sanctioned the
appropriation Of largo sums Of the pub
lie revenue to tho compensation of off
GERS Of his own creation, without the au
thOrity of law; which, if sanctioned,
would place the entire revenues of the
couGtry at hisdisposaI.
9th. | charge him with the high mis-
demeanor Of having withheld from The
Representatives Of the people inlorma-
ton called for and declared to be- neces.
sary 10 the investigation Of slGpendous
frauds and abuses alleged to have been
committed by agents OF the Government
both upon individuals and the Govern.
ment itself, whereby he himself becomes
accessory 10 these frauds"
The resolution proposed by Mr.. Bolts
In connection with this proceeding, was
as follows:
"ResOtoed, That committee Of -
members be appointed. with Instructions
diligently TO inquire into the truth Of the