Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-12-19

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r The Counts of the Indictment
Divested of its verbiage, the Ma.
jority Report of the House Judici-
ary Committee presents the follow,
, ing as substantially the grounds on
which an impeachment of the Pres
ident is asked.
: On the close of the rebellion he
neglected to convene Congress for
} the purpose of devising a plan Of
reconstruction.
BY proclamation of May 80, 1865,
he assumed the power of deciding
whether the so called government
of North Carolina was republican
in form, contrary to the provisions
of the Constitution and decisions
of the Supreme Court, vesting such
power exclusively in Congress.
The so-called government of
North Carolina, having been set up
according to advice, he recognized
it as lawful, in spite of the refusal
of Congress to recognize such gov
eminent.
In public proclamation and 9th
erwise, he invited other States lately
in rebellion to call conventions and
frame governments; and though
such conventions were participated
in by traitors, and the constitutions
adopted were neither submitted to
the people nor confirmed by the
United States, he assumed the pow
er to accept and ratify them.
He pardoned large numbers of
public and notorious traitors, for
the purpose Of securing their aid in
setting up illegal governments in
the South, prior to their meeting in
Congress. He created the office
of Provisional Governor for the
Southern States, an office unknown
to the Constitution or the laws; he
appointed known traitors to such
offices, and directed the payment of
their salaries, contraryt o the pro-
visions of the appropriation acts.
He appointed to Office men who
could not, without perjury, take the
official oath prescribed by law.
He used property taken from the
enemy for the support of illegal
governments in the South, contrary
to law.
He authorized the levy of taxes
on the people of the Southern
States, thus usurplng the constitu-
tional power of Congress.
He has in his message substan-
TALLY denied the right of Congress
to provide for the reconstruction of
the Southern States, and claimed for
himself exclusive power in the pre-
misses.
In pursuance of this claim he We
toed the several Reconstruction
Bills.
In support ofsuch unlawful claim,
he has exercised his power of re-
moval from and appointed to office.
He pardoned one hundred and s
ninety-three West Virginia desert '
ers, with the expectation that they
would so vote as to practically sup. !
port his assumptions. |
He used his influence to prevent t
,he ratification of the Constitutional
Amendment, which asserted the va !
idity of the public debt and pro- T
libited the payment of the rebel P
lebt, or of claims for emancipated $
laves. h
He has made official and other v
'ublic declarations calculated to i'm L
'air the credit of the United States, m
o obstruct the reconstruction of p
he Union, and to deprive Congress Il
f the confidence of the people.
He transferred the railroads of W
he South, captured by the military hi
rm, to their rebel owners, without fir
compensation; sold to them the 81
bling stock of roads without Sc &C
nrity; and postponed the collec- re
on of the amounts when they be-
lme due. Ell
He ordered the restoration of bi
otton and other property aban- vi
oned by rebel owners, and seized q
Y Government agents, and caused liz
lyment for such property sold by W
overnment agents, without the pl
terposition of the Courts, as pre- hi
ribbed by law. an
He authorized the use of United
.ates troops to dispose Of the New Sc
rleans Convention. - Ueceyand be
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