The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-12-01
IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRES
IDENI.
What are Official Oaths Good For:

Radical Kcpuhlcah Telorlhc''' /"
rists and o%ptimists, are famous iorI
novel programmes, which are ap"''-
dainty cdifying to the country Inc
rroa, want Of the United States, after
an exhaustive war, was rest and recu
peration. But Republicans in Con-
Dress. after having made everybody
rich by the accumulation OF mountains
Of deprecated paper Notwithstanding
Il paper dollar worth from sixty 10 Sc''
euty cents, and no more after accom-
plishing this financial victory--theheNi
business in order is to impcach ana SCI
aside President Johnson, and place
some Congressional pnppet in the
I Presidential chair.
This impeachment business seems 10
he entrusted to three managers. By
name, John 4. Bingham, OF Ohio, M
tonic Attorney, and NJ. C.; Major
Genera! Benjamin franklin Batter,
l.. l.. d., and Thaddeus Stevens, q
PENNSYLVANIA ironrmonGcr, and also an
honorable NJ. {.
Bingham is in Washington, busliy
engaged in scraping together old forms
aud black letter learning, indeed every
thing :rcating on the subject OF i'm
pcachments.
The trial of Lord Bacon for taking
brides while j~udgc-thc trial Of War
rem Hastings for rohbiug Princes in In
dia, as a Military Governor robbed
bankers in New Orleans-the trial of
Judge Chase, relative of'thc present
Chief Justice, and the trial of Judge
Peck will be chief guides for the pres
ent i%mpcachcrs, i'll their proceedings to
get rid Of IL President elected 10y the
nation.
The New York Express says that the
form Of trial will probably be that OBJ
served on the impeachment Of Warrcn
Hastings before the House of Lords in
England. The array Of Managers in
the two cases may be stated thus:
I~MrEACrMENT OF IMPEACHMENT OF AN
HASTINGS. DY JOHNSON.
F,st Chict N0nogcr, First chief M1Hager,
Edmund Burke. john A.. Bingham.
AsSDrine Wonogers. AssOcidte NaaogcrS.
Richard i. sheridan. benjamin +. Butler.
Charles j. Fox. Thaddetls stevens.
The triN! Of Warren Hastings lasted
seven years. Whether the pondcrous
and massive understandings of Bing-
ham, Butler and Stevens will sirpass
the cIoQucnce Of Burke, Sheridan and
Fox, il is impossible to know. Butler
is Il veteran police court lawyer, very
distinguished in Boston. Possibly he
may throw Shcridan's rcnown into Oh
security. AS for bingham, he may sur
pass Burke. Stevens will exhibit con
siderable Of his "Pandemonium of
Hen" 10 use his own classic figure.
All this impeachment business reads
very fine in print. But what will be
the character Of the Court that is to
try the President? There will be jnd-
gcs guilty Of Iorsworn legislation.
That is, Senator'S will be Judges,
These grave, potent and reverend
Seiynor$, before taking their seats As
Senators in Congress, on the Bible,
or with uplitted hand s~olamnly made
oath promising TO Support the Con
stitution Of the United States.' This
is the language Of the oath. (Sec
Constitution, Article VI. Sec. b.
The same Constitution positively re
orires that "thc Senate of the United
States shall be composed Of two Scna-
tors from each State, chosen by the
Legislature thereof, for six years; and
each Senator shall have II vote"
Now, in spite Of their Official oaths,
United States Senators Illegally refuse
to admit twenty Senators, representing
ten States, and are guilty Of llagrant
violation of the Constitution and their
oatl'5.