The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-10-18
IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRES.
WDENT.

johnson should be lmpeached. we
hope no necessity may arise for the i'm
peachment of President johnson; but
if he should be impeached, these fellows
who howl so loudly about the constitu-
ton, may as we'll understand that the
thing will be carried through.
Gen. Butler, in his great speech at
Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, on the 9th OF
this month, in closing speech upon
this subject, said:
THE PROCESS OF IMPEACHMENT.
"Without, then, waiting until the
President of the United States shall COM
init any other overt act of mischief to
the Government of the United States,
has there not been stated here, sufi-
cient number of violations, plain, palpa-
bic and direct in the judgment Of the
people, for which he can be impeached7 7
| IA voice e--'Yes'] The difficulty is this:
A court of impeachment sets only when
the true sense OF the people is outraged.
The question must, first of all, be sub
mitted to the people, and, last of all, it
must be submitted to the people, 1t is
for the people to demand Of their Con
gress that justice shall be administered
to the President of the United States,
or it cannot be done.
II have been asked this question:
How can the President be impeached7 2
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 impeached Therefore, if you
commence an impeachment he will Or
der the army and navy to disperse Con-
gress, and will seize the reins of Gov
ernment. How is the remedy to be ap-
plied4 The House of Representatives
under the Constitution, is the grand in
quest of the nation--perhaps | might
say, for illustration, the grand jury of the
nation. 1t prepares bill Of impeach-
ment against the President, if it sees
cause, and presents that 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
presiding officer 1t is thus no longer
for that purpose the Senate of the Uni
ted States, but is the High Court of I'm
Q peachment of the United States. What
may it do? When the bill is found
the Senate sends out its messenger OF
sergeant -at-arm to bring in the crimi'
nal, be he high or low. Applause.
) They set him at the bar and read the
a bill to him. If he plead guilty, ther
e they proceed to sentence him, which
sentence is, deposition and deprivation
of office. When he is brought before
. the bar and pleads not guilty, the Sen
ate of the United States may order hin
to be imprisoned, or to find bail, OF
make any other proper order that
court might adopt in criminal case
When the Constitution provided thi
x mode of tria, did its trainers mean tina
al man who is before the Court of I'm
q peachment as a criminal shall be at thC
i same time chief executive officer of th'
Government by no means. From
that moment he ceases to be able to ex
II ercise the duties of that Office until he i
acquitted. And thus comes one cas-
% of inability of the President of the Uni
% ted States to exercise the office of Presi
. dent; so the Vice President must tax
- the office, and, there being now no Vic
~ President, it must devolve on the Presi
o dent of the Senate for the time being
IS Applause If, in any of these steps s.
= taken, according to the Constitution, tn
2 President does not obey, as good citi
10 zen, the behests of the high Court Q
- Impeachment, then that court, like an
|" other court in the land, can call upo
"a the whole power of the body Of the pee
~ ~ pie to aid it in enforcing its rightful au
y thority. Applause. And now serv
. potice on Andrew Johnson, that whe
- rightful, constitutional court Of tn
] Senate of the United States calls for ali
II in their behalf on the people of the Uni
o ted States, the Boys in Blue will answer
= [Great applause.
Il awe are told that if Congress sha
4 proceed to exercise this their righttu
% authority that there will be tried tn
strength of this Government; that tn
70 President will call upon the army an
% navy, and the army and navy will ODE
% him. Let there be no fear about that
u because the army and the navy Of tn
= United States are not those few me
10 that are in the regular service. Ap
"A plause,]
" 81 have no desire to disparage eithe
= the patriotism or the integrity of tn
u army of the United States, but if tn
- army, as such, or any portion Of it, @
u any officer of it, shall so far forget tn
duties he owes to his flag, and to hi
70 profession as u soldier, as to answer an
20 but the legal call OF his country, ths
70 small body of men will be swept frol
~ the face of the country as a cobweb
=. swept away before the rising Of th
10 morning sun. [Applause'l
~ "More than that. We are told thi
"a this will bring on a struggle. VeI
- well. ! am convinced of one OF tw
l6 things. Either that the struggle, if
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