The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-01-17
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-wasT1NeToY NEWS AND GOSSIP.


day, 9TH instant: ;,
The Senate galleries were not more than nai'
filed OF the opening Of the session to-oay' nO',
understanding 1t was well known that tne rres'uen'
would send in to that body his veto OF the hee'0
,,tfrooe hill for the District of Columbia Inc
Presidents son and and private Secretary Colone
Robert johnson, appeared few minutes pe,uis
:. ore o'clock and announced the document. line
morning hour expiring almost Immediately 'here'
after. Vice President Foster ordered the message
N be read. without waiting for any motion on the
snb;ect. It was then read by the Secretary o.
,.the Senate, Col John W. Forney, amid perfect 81
,ence, the Senators having been simultaneously
supplied with printed copies.
The reading occupied thirty-fve minutes "nen
debate was opened by Mr. Morrill, as chairman u
the District Committee and father OF 'ne DILL
His sremarks were brief, consisting OF mere ueni-
.als Of the positions assumed by the President. In
short time the galleries were largely reinforced
> and much interest was manifested IN the oeoate'
T. Noticeable that not over half dozen blacks
80. ,rssent Mr.. Sherman followed Mr.. Morrill,,
and announced his readiness to take up the gaune-
LET thrown down by the Democratic party In ohio'
$ and4to fly the banner of universal suffrage
The debate which followed was animated py
Messrs. ,Cowan and Williams, the latter IN 1"Vor
Of enfranchising the negroes, though IN the con-
vent;on to form State Constitution for Oregon ne
voted against colored suffrage, when lhere "eie
rrobably not dozen negroes in the territory
Mr. Salisbury frequently pressed Mr.. Williams
With nointed questions until he declined TO an
sver. . Mr.. Johnson of Maryland, also spoke at
elenrth against the measure, and the debate
VAS concluded by Mr.. Doolittle, when the question
WAS mt twenty-nine votes being recorded in the
Affirmative and ten in the negative, thirteen Sena-
tors being absent. -,
The chair announced the passage Of the Dill
amid nrofound silence, when the crowded galleries
rapidly dispersed without the slightest manifesto
, ton of feeling.
gThe impeachment resolution of Mr.. Ashley, If
diyested of the Importance that has been given 1t
by kilograms sent off by excited correspondents
whilst the matter was under consideration in the
House to-day does net amount to anything more
than simple resolution authorizing, not directing
the judiciary committee to investigate the general
charges made by Mr.. Ashley, and the vote, when
understood, does not indicate that the House Wlli
sustain the charges. Many Of those who voted
for the resolution did SO to get it out OF the way
or into the hands of the committee, where 1t Is ne
eyed the thing will die for want of proof to sus-
tain the charges of commission of high crimes anu
: u;sdemeanors, as those terms are defined by law
and understood by jurists.
No one has yet named single case IN when
the proofs are of the character to sustain the legal
Interpretation of the terms above mentioned. The
author of the resolution is not regarded as law
yer, and believe does not profess to be one, ana
diseases suggested to sustain the charges merely
embraces acts of political or partisan character
not criminal in the legal sense.
The scene during the consideration OF this res
.olution was very exciting. For some time after
its introduction the general impression was that
Mr.. Ashley had introduced bill of impeachment.
Under this impression over one hundred private
dispatches we're sent North. The opinions of sew
eral leading republican lawyers of the House have
been freely given tonight that articles OF i'm
peachment will not be preferred by the judiciary
committee.
'ss-, WASHINGTON, January IA.
- Adyices received here from Europe state that
large quantity of Government securities will be re-
turned to this country by the next steamers. The
business community there is becoming weary Of
such investments since the threatened impeachment
question takes tangible shape.
Stanton, it is said, has been sup@naed as wit
ness before the House Judiciary Committee in the
matter of impeachment of the President.
The President has nominated Senator Cowan, OF
Pennsylvania, as Minister to Austria. His term in
the Senate expires in March next.
Associate Justice Field, to-day, delivered the
opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the
Missouri test oath case. John Cummins Roman
Catholic Priest, who was indicted for preaching
and teaching without taking the oath prescribed
bv the Constitution of that State being the plain
tiff in error The court decides that the test oath,
in this case, is unconstitutional being in the na-
ture of punishment without trial, and in its char
acter er post faco, and as bill of attainder The
Judgment of the court below is reversed, with dl-
rections that the plaintiff shall depart without de-
Law. Associate Justice Field also delivered an
opinion of the court in the er-parts cases OF
Garland and Mari, who, having taken part in
the rebellion, ask to be re-admittcd to practice
The court held that, as the statute imposes pun
ishment which may not have been punishable at
the time the offence was committed, 1t is N Its ma
ture an ez post tacto law. Attorneys are not ON
GERS of the United States-they are officers OF the
court, and hold their offices during good behavior
The court is not the register of the edicts Of any
other power The applicants obtained pardon
from the President, which relieves from the con-
sequences of offence and makes the citizen, in the
,eve of the law what he was before it was commit
ted. Congress cannot limit the prerogative of mer-