Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-24
IlPEACHMEHq
What II Il, Gai What Will Come

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psashment Of ihs President with q ,lew 10
he removal FROM office hsa been 10 con-
temptation among The a..gslfs IN Con.
grrss, 10 tho event that he should be found |
an obstruction TO thcr schemes, not other |
wise 20 DO aurmonnlci. sluce his ,eio on |
the freednlehs hureau aci, aud especially |
from the constitutional gronndl set forth 10 /
ihAl veto la relation 10 the rights Of repre-. |
seniauon, possersei, III fact by Tho South
eru States Tie more Inpatient aming them |
believe that the time hos conc iasthe cSpe- |
rlmeni. This temper ha, broken ont In
several qrarlera, bat nowhele more boisle' |
roasly Than Ia Clleigo, At mass meeling |
Of Republicans called 10 condemn the veto
The lfst speaker 81 the meeting was Lieut..
Gov. uross, who lenouncing tue Presidents
acts aud wiihcsp clal bitterness his speech I
u the people 81 Washington Guy, warned ,
his bearers Of a new tgstio which the pow
ers OF the constitution may soon be sGijec,- |
cd. In bis own goFds, that is, "whciher |
the Chief Executive OF tho United States
can BE- impeached, aud depossi bJ an
American Congress
lie was followed b. others, Speaking in
the same train. The rsoluuons they
passed were all very v'1leut, anl Que Of
them men.cei the .siJent with something
more than 'm' .1chmeni, Inning AZ pub
lie exeenl'la vs. traitor IN the following
rilnher which reads curiously Attic cni OF
r,ceccdnSa Wherein tho Prer,dent was b.
lerly ccnsnrsd los want Of decorum IN thu
selection Of terms in rhca he speaks Of
mon who are toward him al IT,, same time
poluieal assaihiSs and periInal revllers:
"We warn the President that while exec
u,iye usurpa.ions ard eogps d'sidi have Of
ten been successful among the people Of
the Latin race they have always eudcd In
dissraceful diseo'sithrc unl sometimes de-
eopitdtioa among Anglo Saxons,'
This isa ia;r average spceimenrof the
raroSysrs of rngo with which The Presi-
dents attitude Of obstruction to the plans
Of the Radicals in Congress is denounced
by their organs aud parlisans elsewhere
On the subject of irpeaehiuga President
the power OF tho House Of Representatives
is absolute. II is conferred Ky the fifth
clause of the second section Of the first ar
ticle Of tie constitution, in tho following
unlimited terms: 'Thc House Of Represen-
tatives shall choose Speaker aud other oii'
cers; and shall have the sole power of i'm
parchment There is no enumeration, in
any part Of the instrument Of causes for
impeachment to which the use Of the pow
or shall be restricted Nor is there any
provision, as is commonly supposed, that
iwo-thirds of the House are required 10
prefer articles. In practice, heretofore, in
the few cases in which the House has pre-
ierrcd articles, the course Of proceeding has
been to appoin. a committee to inquire and
make report, whether an Impeachment
should be Instituted. When their report
:. I. r..
OF imp.nchine. the House sends commit
tee to the bar of the Senate 10 announce the
faet. md 10 give nntice that articles will be
prepared in due time, and request the Sem
Alto 10 give order for the appearance Of the
accused TO answer. A committee Of the
House is then npnoiute,l 20 prepare and re-
portarticles of Impeachment for the appro-
val of the House. and a minority OF tho
House only is needed to agree to The arti-
Giles.
II would he very embarrassing thing
for n committee Of Congress to specify any-
thing in the acts Of President johnson
which 90 beyond The rishtFul powers which
the constitution investa him, or anything
in which the uprgIitness Of his motives can
be successfully impugned But iu.a House
SO constituted as the prescn, House. is, no
any partisan measure, however arbitrary,
unreasonable or unjust. 1t was chosen be-
fore their dis.nrbing questions became
practical, or had become discussed at all
before the people, n, "A at 4 time when bitter
sectional passions Ind sway, which are
now. in The new aspcca OF the country, the
dcadlcst enemies Of the peacc for which
The pairiois Of all sections arc warming 81
oT MI la
Uouse if IL continues under the influences
which have hitherto controlled II with such
despotic discipline. may succeed ia i'm
rcaching the President. What follows2
We assume as certain that the impcach-
mspt will fail In the Senate BY tn con-
s,itution il requires two-tlirds Of the Sen.
nters prcsent 10 convict III practice every
charge ind speeiiication to be adopted must
have two-thiids of the Senator's present"
There l. no requirement thu, there mus he
two tliids Of n full Senate, and therefore
the absence Of lhe twe6iy-two Senators
from eleven of the Siaies affected by re-
solye 10 which the court itself was a party,
cam OF Otherwise affect tie proceedings, but
in lie possible hut MOI likely cage. that a
Question may be raised on a legal suficien-
cv of n quorum. The constitution is very
explicit In prescribing n majority in each
Uouse n 8 necessary for Tie transaction of
business. If majority OF seyenty-t,yo
sena,ors--tl,at is a full Senhtc-appears
ON trial. no question can arise ahoutihe SUI
sciercy of n quorum. and two thirds Of
lLese DleseAI may e8aS.et. pui II f.onl .
nnv cause the members nrcsent should he
less than ,hirty.six, which II might easily
he If The adyeisarics of Radical rule should
decide. ms The last means Of snxing the
Goyernment from The contamination OF
greyious wrong and outrage, to absent
Themselves the lawrulness Of any trial
njoI,t be dispu,el under circumstances