Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-10-25

supposed OiItndcr IL .aIliuEneu Ol Il Di,l Ol
inpeaehment, he has not been allowed to
exercise any office, for malicasanccs in
which he was impcachcd. You will find
that the Constitution precisely the
same -phrases about the President that IL
does for other officers; it says, THE Prcsi-
dent. the Vice President, and all other civ
ii officers, may be removed on impeach-
ment or conviction for treason, bribery and
other high crimes and misdemcanors," and
j SAY. you will see at once that no officer
Medld be allowed fora moment to carry
on his Office when he had behaved badly in
il. So, being before that body who have
the right to try him. the President at once
ceases to be that high functonary, and he
becomes simply the defendant at the bar.
G,r his. suIposeiscfines III he
is acquitted. restored TO his Office: and If he
is convicted, sent to his home, there to be
dealt with by the law for the crime he may
have committed against the law. And this
leads me To another consideration. The
Constitution. provides that impeachment
shall ohly extend to- disquaffcation from
c'lice. teaving the criminal after impeach-
meni to be treated by any common court
for any crime he has committed against the
law. Fhefcfore you viii observe that the
Constitution provides that a man may be
disqualified from Office for mlSdcmcanorS
against the Government not provided for
Nv cNisting laws:lhut we lave been told 10y
our opponents. and since made this sug-
gcsiIon ON Il former occasion. that ii we at
tempt to- impcach the President they will
fight. That business Is il Of theirs: Is he
not our President? Did not we elect him:
Did tirvrvetc for him? Have they any in
rest, Imrau-anv honest interest. in him:
Have they any right to complain? Isn't he
our man, and can't we treat him rs we
choose laughter and applause. We
won't treat him half as bad rs they did
while we were cleciing him; therefore it is
not fof thenE to scomplain. And this an
SwcrS cflciOf the Suggest, n have heard.
that the President mus; not he impcachcd
on partisan charges. | have brought 10
partisan charges: have said nowor,l about
his treason To the party which elected him:
have said no word about his cheating Us
who voted for him; have said no word
about his declaration that he was or Our
side when he must have been IT heart
against uS;fl have said no word upon that
u have only shown his Grcat uSUrpatiOnS
ofpovcr aeainSt the Constitution of the
United States. ahl this IS partisan. then
The Constitution is partisan. | would never
h9yc man impeached ii il could lie avoid
,d, anl If President Johnson Gan find any
frSnettalle and considerable number Of the
party that elected him. who will stand by
him. | shall very much doubt the policy or
cNptGiCncy impeachin~ him. II il is a
question whether those stand bv him that
did not elect him. and took ADVANTAGE OF
his treason although they disapprove Of the
traitor | say To them. - 10 the question of
cxpclioncv and advantage. | would not
take their a'lyice any more than | would,
in the latc war. take the advice Of a rank
Coppcrhcad ] look upon this proceeding
as a til termination ofihe war.
ARMY AND NAVY.
7 an toni iNat he will arm the army and
, he navy agains; US-ihat lie will call to his
cnunSa!s. rs Secretary of War. Ii,utcnani
G. neral sherman, and bv making him Sec
letary of War he win virtually supersedC
/ General Grant. Therefore, we are to be
| threatened hv tic army ard navy. | nm
not specially ;fiaid of that. For this reaS
| en-: 7 tcll voll at the beginning of my re-
marks where thc army ofihe United state.
IwcnttO. They weft intothc good citizen,
| see around me. And when the army and
navy are callcd forth for the purpose o
ISuhv,riing the liberties of the people, thai
army and thai navy viii again spring ford
from the people. and wOc unto him whC
lcallS them forth, for BIZ them lac shall bC
tciu he'd into powder Cheers. and a voice
k'That'S what il will come to"
\. ! am told. further. fellow w-citizcrs. that il
l;l is matter we had better wait and see wha
he will do next IA voice I'VE have waiict
enough. 7: that weyhad better wait and SCI
If he will do ahytling else. think. Will
the majority of two-thirds Of both house
of Congress, lac will not do much harm Will
the law, but am dealing with what he ha
tlcnn against the law.
+ Now how much LONGER shall we witt
Shall we wait until the South has armed
ana reconstructed and reorganizcd. not on
Is fIasrss Arigade, and the Twcnty-niutl
South Carolina regiment. but regiments ant
ba;tiliOnS all over the South for the pur
pose Of bringing on a civil war? On shal
we. According to tlYe form Of the Constiiu
tiOn made bv our fathers in matter wher
there is no question: where there Is m
doubt, where no man can say that thcr
can bc any division ofopinion as TO the con
stiutiunality of the course we pursue
sliaU we examine these acts Of his by tn
! STANDARD appointed by our fathers to dc
torinine bis guilt or. innocence? Has
come TO this. that this great reuedial meas
ure, constittiionally- enacted, proposed b,
our fathers, The only safeguard we hay
AGAINST the acts of vicious President, tina
we cannot invoke il without threat O
civil war? If we are to have that sort @
threat. the sooner we settle tlie question: th
better. TGrcat applause Because thi
country, I'm my Judgment, Gfwe can't in
pcachr;nd frv for crimes or examine an
: -ce whether he has committed n crime, &C
co~t.ins 10 the form of the ConstitutiUn.)
not worth living in and not worth prescI
wing; because, as l say again, and mean t
= say, IWould rather, if we are to have cor
FEST; if,as they tell us. we are to have a cor
: test in the future, which God forbid, let Il
have hrat once.
, DELAY Is DANGEROUS.
Don't let any man 60 away and say, Z
= has ieen said before that want nj contes
: God forbid there should he one But. if
: is to come, want II TO come now, Will
= wesre prepared for II: before we get Sc
tied down to other business. Much az
= plause. I-wapt this country taken out {
this state of.turmoil and uncertainty thI
| plause- Iwsnt the business of the couI
| try settled. Iwant the national crrrenc
e settled. / want the national debt mad
s1frm as soon as it can be, so that busine'
e3can go on. Idont want to wait until lsf
rfapd then have to settle this question wit
e the great disturbing element of anoth'
+ Presidential election coming on. We kno
! what Congress we have TO rely upon uni
e 1867. What viii be the Congress aft
+ that 7 don't know, but I do know the con
t inc Congress is q loyal one mean II
# incoming Congress. fApplause.l Hthel
n is to be any trouble they will have tv
: years to lay it up in. Now again, let II
5 repeat, because / am anxious. if / can,
: stop the dreadful stream of lies that alwal
V follows such a statement; we don't wal
e any contest, we hope there won't be an