The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-06-19
TIE HIGH COURT OF 1MPEAcHMENr.

| GUILTY.
BY the Conserrotire's reporter We learn
that on the ninth and tenth days the Sen
ate met in secret session. At O'Clock
P. N. of the eleventh day, June 13, the
President arose and declared-That the
hour of three having arrived, the Senate
will now pronounce judgment in the case
of John W. Robinson, Secretary of State
for the State of Kansas.
The frs. article Of impeachment was ther
read by the Secretary. Each Senator wa:
then addressed by the President: Mr.
-, how say you? Is the Respondent
John W. Robinson guilty or not guilty Of
high misdemeanor, as charged in this
Article Of Impeachment
The vote stood as follows:
Guay-Messrs. Bayless, Cobb, Connell,
Curtis, Esseck, Holiday, Hubbard, Keller,
Knowles, Lambdin, Mcdowell, Osborn,
Rankin, Rees, Roberts, Sleeper and Spriggs
IL.
Not Guiny-Mcssrs. Barnett, Ingalls,,
Denman and Lappin.-4.
Mr.. Stevens was excused, and Messrs.
Hoffman, Lynde, and Morrow, absent.
Whereu2on the President declared, That
Seventeen gentlemen having voted Gui7ty,
and Four Not Guilty, John w. Robinson,
Secretary Of State for the State of Kansas,
is pronounced GUILTY of the charges con.
tanned in the first article of impeachment
exhibited against him by the House Of
Representatives.
The Second Article was read by the Sec.
retary, and the vote taken in the preceding
form by the President. 1t resulted, Guilty,
10, Not Guilty IL; Third Article, Guilty,
8, Not Guilty, l3; Fourth, Guilty. 5, Not
Guilty, l6; Fifth, Guilty, :, Not Guilty,
IA; Sixth, Not Guilty, entire vote 21; the
same vote on the Seventh and Eighth Ar
ticles. At the close of each vote tue Pres
ident declared the Respondent acquitted of
the charges contained in the other Articles
of Impeachment.
The President then proceeded: That the
Senate of the State of Kansas, sitting as q
High Court of Impeachment, having found
the Respondent guilty of high misdemeanor,
is it the opinion of the Court that John W.
Robinson should be removed from Office?
The Senate proceeded to vote on the
question of removal from Office. Messrs.
Denmau, Hoffman, Ingalls, voted no; eight
cen voted aye. The President declared,
That 1t as the judgment ofMe Senate that
John ". Robinson be and IS no,c removed
from the office Of Secretary Of State that he
nom holds. He then proceeded to put in
the same form the question whether John
W. Robinson should be disqualified from
holding Office under the Constitution of the
State of Kansas? The vote resulted in
20 nays and On, aye-Mr. Knowles. Thus
ended the case of John W. Robinson.
The scene in the Senate Chamber, con-
tinues the Conservative, during these mo-
wentous proceedings was in every way
worthy Of the solemnity and magnitude of
the occasion. Though the accessories we're
not calculated to awe and impress, as in the
cases Of the great historic trials in the Brit.
ish House Of Lords, and the Federal Senate,
yet the deep earnestness on the face of
every Senator, and the evident conviction
on their minds of the sad responsibility
placed on their hands, impressed on the
hearts and minds of all present the great
importance of the events transpiring. How
ever just the verdict was felt to be, yet the
deep sympathy Of all was expressed for the
family Of the officer who stands thus dis.
graced before the State that trusted him.
and has now SO solemnly deprived him of the
position it has adjudged him unworthy to
fill.
The case of Mr.. Hillyer's was then called.
The testimony already taken, except Mr..
Hiliyer's, was allowed to 60 in as evidence.
STILL LATER.
AS We 60 to press gentleman arrived in
town, bringing the news of the adjournment
Of the High Court of Impeachment. Geo.
S. Hillyer, Auditor of State, was found
Guilty, aud removed from Office Charles
Robinson, Governor, was acquitted, there
being no evidence against him. John W.
Robinson. when he learned the result,
tainted, and the scene is said to have been
heart-rending.
Kansas Ahead.
On the 21st of May. Adjutant- General