Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-10-18
INEPEACHITE

10. r. Butler Develops the Radical Plan
How the Work is o be Done-EHorce to be
| Teesorted O by the Radicals Der. John.
Refuses to Obey the Behests of the
Rump Congress.
CINCINNArI, Oct. 7.
I Gen Butler addressed an immense audi
ence at Xenia, Dayton and Springfield on
Friday, and at Hamilton and Cincinnati
| yesterday.
i Gen. Butler advocated the impeachment
| of the President, because he sought to bring
Congress into public hatred, ridicule and
| contempt; because he had corruptly used
the power of removal and appointments
| because he had neglected to execute those
laws of Congress which were passed over
his veto, and other laws because he had
defied the constitutional right of the Sen
ate to confirm appointments by placing in
power officers whom it had rejected: because
he had corruptly used the pardoning pow
er and unlawfully restored property be-
longing by right of capture to the United
! States, and because he usurped the power
! of Congress by terminating the war by
proclamations instead of by treaty by the al
vice of the Senate or a law of Congress-
Each of these offences are high crimes and
misdemeanors in the meaning of the Con-
| stitution.
| Ine speech cOncluQeS as 1OllOWS:
We have been asked the question, how
can the President be impeached ? He is
| Commander-in-Ch Chief of the army and navy,
and the Constitution of the United States
says nothing whatever about who shall hold
the Office while he is being impeached.-
Therefore, if you begin the impeachment
he will order the army and navy to disperse
Congress, and be will seize the reins of gov
eminent Where is the remedy? Here it
is The House of Representatives, under
the Constitution, is the grand inquest of
the nation-perhaps [ might say, for illus
tration, the Grand Jury Of the nation. 1t
prepares the bill of impeachment against
the President If it sees cause, and it presents
the bill of impeachment to the Senate of
| the United States, which then becomes q
high court Of impeachment, aud the Chief
Justice of the United States sits in that
court as its presiding officer 1t is thus no
longer, for that purpose, the Senate OF the
United States, but is the court Of in.peach-
ment Of the United States. What shall
they do? When the Impeachment is ready
the Senate sends out its messenger or ser
geantat arms to bring i'll the criminal be he
high or low. Applause. They set him
at the bar and read the bill to him. If he
plead guilty, then they proceed to sentence
| him, which sentence is Il deposition and de-
prIvation of Office.
! When he is brought before the bar the
Senate of the United States may order him
! to be imprisoned, or to find bail, OF any
other proper order that a court may adopt
| in a criminal case, aud when the COnstitiI-
ton provided this mode Of trial, did its
| trainers mean that II man who is before the
| Court of impeachment u criminal shall
| be at the same time chief executive officer
| Of the government? BY no means. From
| that moment he ceases to be able to exer-
else the duties of that Office until he is ac-
/ quilted. And then comes the case of the
| inability of the President Of the United
| States to exercise the office of President,
so the Vice-Presidcnt must take the office,
and there being no Eicc-P President, it must
devolTe on the President of the Senate for
the time being Applause If i'll any Of
| these steps, SO taken, according to the Con-
| stitution, the President does not obey as
good citizen the behests Of the High Court
of Impeachment, then that court, like any
other court in the land, can call upon the
whole body of the people to aid it in en-
forcing its rightful authority. Applause
And now I serve a notice on Andy johnson
that when riglltful court OF the Senate of
| the United States calls for aid in their be-
half, and the people of the United States,
the boys in blue" it will answer.
| We are told that if Congress shall pro-
ceed to exercise their rightful authority,
| then there will be tried the strength of the
| Government, that the President will call
| upon the army and navy, and the army and
navy will obey him. Let there be no fear
| about that, because the army and navy of
| the United States are not those few men
| that are in the regular service. Applause.
[ have no desire to disparage either the
patriotism OF the integrity of the army of
the United States but if the Amy, as such
or if any portion of it, or of any officer Of
| it shall SO far forget the duties he owes to
his flag and to his profession as soldier,
as to answer any but the legal call Of his
country, that small body of men shall be
swept from the face of the earth as a cabi-
| net is swept away before the rising of tbs
morning sun. Prolonged cheers.
At Hamilton, Butler in reply to Il charge
that he was responsible for stopping the
exchange of prisoners, gave his history of
| the transaction, and stated that he stopped
the exchange under the express written Or
der of the Lieutenant General
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer states in relation to
to the trial of Mr.. Davis, that, so far as the
Administration is concerned, it is under
stood that an order will be made that Chief
Justice Chase, Judge Underwood and
others be notified that Mr.. Davis is held
subject to the Indictment found in the
United States Circuit Court, and that these
officials be requested to have the proper
writ issued to take the prisoner into custo-
dy under the indictment for treason.
We find this in exchange: l once met man
| who had nerve-and-bone all healing salve ; he was
an enterprising sort of fellow, so he thought he
would experiment with 1t. He first cut off dogs
tail, and applied some to the stump-a tail
grew out immediately. He then applied some to
the piece of tail which he cut Off, and new dog
grew out. He did not know which dog was which,
The Indians On the plains call our breech-loaders
"heap shoot guns.
Resignation is a virtue that is often made q ne
cessity OF in the political world
Loving times-when everything is about as dear
as can be.
A saloon keeper in Connecticut has been
convicted on a charge of refusing to allow
a colored person to play billiards at his ia
bles.