Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-01-24

The Speaker then started the question;
and at the request of Mr.. Gilmer, repeated
his decision, and the point Of order and APP
peal OF the gentleman from Vermont.
Mr.. Wise asked if any motion was made
in writing. If SO, he should like to have it
read, in order that he might judge for hIm>
self when he came TO vote.
Mr.. Bolts said that he would read it HIM
self.
Mr. Wise wished the Clerk to read it.
Mr., Bolts replied that he would rather
read it himself, as he understood his own
writing better than anybody else did.
Mr.. B. than began reading. and had read
but a few passages. when
Mr.. Cooper Of Georgia expresssda wish
that the gentleman would read from the
Clerks table. We can't (said he) hear a
word in this part Of the House.
Mr.. Bolts. will take portion where
the gentleman can here me. going TO a spot
further back in the circle. Mr.. B. then
read the following charge:
Il do impeach John Tyler, Vice Pres
ident. acting as President of the United
States, Of the following high crimes and
| misdeneanors:
81. | charge him with gross usurpssion
Of power and violation of law, in attempt
ing to exercise a controlling influence over
the accounting officers Of The treasury de-
partment by ordering the amounts Of long
standing, that had by them been rejected
for want Of legal authority to pay, and
threatening them with expulsion from Of
fee unless his orders were obeyed; by v!r-
tue Of which threat, thousands were drawn
from the public treasury without the. au-
thority Of law.
90. charge him with a wicked aad
corrupt abuse Of the power Of appointment
to, and removal from, office; first, in dis
I placing those who were competent and
faithful in the discharge Of their public du-
ties, only because they were supposed to
entertain political preference to another
and, secondly, in bcstowing them on crea-
lures Of his own will, alike regardless OF
the public welfare nnd his dug 10 the coun-
try.
"3. l charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanor Of aiding TO excite dis
organizing and revolutionary spirit in the
country, by placing on the records Of the
State department his objections to aw,
as carrying no constitutional Obligation
with it; whereby the several States OF this
Union were invited TO disregard and DISC
| bey law Of Congress, which he himself
| had sanctioned and sworn to see faithfully
executed, from which nothing but disorder,
confusion and anarchy can follow.
90 charge him with being guilty of a
high misdemeanor, in retaining mon in Of
flee for months after they nave been re-
| jected by the Senate as unworthy, incom-
petent, and unfaithful, with an utter deh-
ance of the public will, and total indltier-
ence to the public interests.
"5. | charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanor Of Withholding his assent
to laws indispensable to The just operations
Of government, which involve no eonatl-
tutional dflic ulty on his part; Of deprlvlng
the government Of all legal sources OF re-
venue; and Of assuming 10 himself the
whole power Of taxation, and Of collecting
duties OF the people without the authority
or sanction Of law.
sc. charge him with an arbitrary.
despotjc, and corrupt abuse OF the veto
power, to crafty his personal and political
resentments against the Senate OF the Uni
that prerogative, in tie re ection OF his
nominees to office, with such evident marks
Of inconsistency and dupliciiy as to leave
no room to doubt his disregard of the 10
terests Of the people, and his duty TO his
country.
81. charge him with gross oficic mis-
conduct, in having been guilty of shame
less duplicity, equivocation, and falsehood,
with his late cabinet and congress, which
led to idle legislation, and useless public ez-
pense; and by which he has b7ou5 1t Guch
dishonor upon himself as to cis1ua!ify him
from administering the Government with
advantage, honor, or virtue, and Cor which
aiene he would deserve to DO removed from
office.
80. charge him with en- illegal and
unconstitutional exercise Of power, in in
shutting a commission to investigate the
past transactions under former admins
tralion Of the custom house in New York,
under the pretence Of seeing the laws faith
fully executed-with having arrested the
investigation at a moment when the lnqul-
nv was TO be made as 10 the manner in
which those laws were to be executed un-
der his own administration-with having
directed or sanctioned the appropriation of
large sums Of the public revenue to the
compensation Of officers Of his Own c.sa-
ton, without the authority Of law; which,
if sanctioned, would place the entire reve-
nues Of the country at his disposal.
80. charge him with the hrCheot mis-.
demeanor, Of having withheld frcn the
Representatives of the people information
called fo-. and declared to be necessary to
the investigation of stupendous frauds and
abuses alleged to have been committed by
agents Of the government, both upon indl-
viduals and the government itself, whereby
he himself becomes accessory to those
frauds"
Mr.. Bolts then said that he wished to
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