, 1866-10-18

pciDr The ean1c man 10 o:cc. He has done tllat In
most remarkable instance In ahe ncishsnting
ciiy OF st. Louis thcte was man who's: term Of
offiec lad expired. lie was appointed by Jo!,uson
and rejected by The Senate. rcAp2o1n:ed By
nionsls Or nearly %. aud 1irn, - soon rs ,he
Senate adjourned. rcappointed aud put iuio Office
third tfn1c-n thing never done before and
ssyeF .ns ,s s es1c 'sxsd again Tss'0r
Is an attempt on lis part to deprive tic Senate Q!
the Constitutional right to advise and consent 10
aRh1cn,msns 11 r r. moee Gen;e soa see bow i
comes ino oillcc, nnl having appointed that man,
he can serd his nsnlc 10 the Senate. The Senate
could keep lses the appoin,,nen, null that day.
The nc1t day kc rcappoi.t. him. He holds over
cnil tie senate agsp rejects him on tie last dsy
once more, he can reaprolnt him. and SO he may
do ne long as lie ssts IN Office. II IL said that he
hss sishtfql md ;on;t!ta,op2l power 8 ap
reintmsnl for good purpose. wHea he - c1es- ss
sless Sesn mat pos! 10, The pn1pose q breaking
and dctrivine 1t Of its r:hfal power, in my jnds-
ment u y gieat c,1mc ind high u,isdemcanos,
The scnatc and made 10 an.weT, iGrcat snn,a1se s
can give yon a. illustration. 4 Jury, foT i'.stanee
nns ths hs, eossTtaona power to man and
at jnry rhoa1l ~ him and aeqait him, apdDfia aud Il
could be proved that the jury, c:eIy man Of them
doing it,. That man nnst stand acnujltei for
ever, ard so standing acquitted he never eunid he
Intcsfc,ed with nsa{f. The scqulftal was An c1cr-
else OF power which tl.cy had right 10 exercise.
but Us they exercised II wrongfuly, every iury.
man could be brought before a court acd punish.
cd sevcrt1 u for such at exercise Of power. And
precisely Is this case, his appointment may be
within his power, but II ls a wrongful exercise oi
that power Nor arc VIC len without instruction or
that point: Ar. Madison, who drew this pfovis
ion as to the appoinltng power In The Constitution
Of The United staice, IN tho debate in the Firrt
Congress. snys, expressly, Tint Il was understood
that the President should haye this powoF. hui
thai ii he exercised 1t Tor the purpose pt scfzna
upon the liberties Of The people, or for any i'm,
n!oocr nurposc, that then he should be impeach
Cd. The very condition which our hthc RI
| foresov u when they passed the Constitution. hat
| i,anuencd, The President OF the United Slate,
has undertaken urongfn11y, for his own purposes
to dierosc Of The Offices OF tho Untted S.n1es II
order to corrupt and oscrawe the peop:e Of tht
United Stntca, aud be has done II against the rSh
| Of the Senate OF the United States.
EXERCISE OF TIE FAKDoS1E0 rowEH.
Hut he has not stopped there. He has exercised
The pardoning power In desoeanon ofthc Constilu
ton and the rights Of the people Of the Uni:cs
SiAtes. let MS Try that. That Illustrates the tas
proposition. I agree TINT tho President of III
United States has the right 10 pardon whomsoeve
be p1caEee, Int go has every Governor Of ever.
State in The United States. Suppose your Cover
nor should to-day write pardon for every convlc
| in the Penitenlinry, and let them nil ont. Al
( though he would Larc the right to do It, and
suppose the convict would have tho right to &