The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-10

Meht oil the President, because he sought
to bring Congress into public hatred, ridi-
cule, and contempt because he had cor
ruptiy used the power Of removal and ap-
pointments because he had neglected to
execute those laws of Congress which were
passed over his veto, and other laws; be-
cause he had deled the constitutional
right Of the Senate to confirm appoint
ments by placing in power officers whom it
had rejected; because he had corrnptly
used the pardoning power and unlawfully
restored property belonging by right of
capture to the United States, and because
he usurped the power Of Congress- by ter
minating the war by proclamations instead
Of by treaty, by the advice Of the Senate or
q law of Congress. Each of these offences
are high crimes and misdemeanors in the
! meaning OF the Constitution. 49,
The speech concluded as follows:
We have been asked the question, how
can the President be impeached? He is
Commander-in-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 inn
peached. Therefore, ifyou begin the i'm
parchment, he will order the army and
navy to dispense Congress, and he will
seize the reins of government. 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 illustration, the grand jury
of the nation. Itprepares the bill Of i'm
parchment against the President if it sees
cause, and it presents the bill of impeach-
ment to the Senate Of the United States,
which then becomes high court Of i'm.
parchment, and the Chief Justice of the
United States sits in that court as its pre-
siding officer. 1t is thus no. longer,
for that purpose, the Senate Of the
United States, but ii is the court Of
impeachment Of the United States. What
shall they doS When the Impeachment is
ready the Senate sends out its messenger
or sergeant-at-arms to bring in the crimi-
nal, be he high or low; lApplan,see;;l 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 deposit
ton and deprivation Of office. When he is
brought before the bar, the Senate of the
United States may order him to be i'm
prisoned, or to find bail, or any other pro-
per order that court may adopt in a
criminal case and when the Constitution
provided this mode of trial, did its trainers
mean that man who is before the Court
of Impeachment as 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 ieXer-
else the duties Of that Office until he is
acquitted. And then comes the case Of
the inability Of the President of the United
States to exercise the Office Of President,
so the Vice. President must take the Office,
and there being no Vice President, it must
dcvolve on the President of the Senate for
the time being. [Applause.l If in any Of
these steps, so taken, according to the
Constitution, the President does not obey
as good citizen the bchcsts 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 enforcing
its rigltful authority. [Applausc.l And
now ! serve notice on Andy Johnson that
when rightful court Of the Senate Of the
United States calls for aid In their behalf
and the people of the United States, the
BOYS in blue " will answer. We arc told
that if Congress shall proceed to exercise
their rightful authority then there will he
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, be-
cause the army and the navy of the United
States are not those few men that arc i'll
the regular service. [Applause.I have
no desire to disparage either the patriotism
or the integrity of the army Of the United
States, but if the army, as such, or if any
portion of it, or if any officer of it, shall
SO far forget the duties he owes to his flag
and to his profession as soldier, as to an
swer any but the legal call Of his country,
that small body of men shall be swept from
the face of the earth as cabinet is swept
away before the rising Of the morning sun.
prolonged cheers. .. F..
At Hamilton, Butler, in reply to 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
order OF the lieutenant-gcneral. ..