The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-12-14
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The PROTEST Of impeaching the President Of the
United States Of high crimes and mlsdsmean-
" OTIS, and having him tried before the UnI,sd
States Senate, has ALLEN through. We have
heretofore given the charges prelsrred aRAius,
'lir President by the Judiciary Commitsss Of the
House Of Representatives, aud on Friday Of last
week the subject came up for action in the HOUSE.
\ vote was taken on Saturday when the resOlu-
ton impcaching the President was defeated, ayes
- nays los The following Is tho vote In de
TAFT;
Yeas -Acssgs Anderson, Arnell, Ashley Of
Ohio, boutwell,, Cromwell, Broomall, Basler
Churchill, Clarke Of Ohio, Clarke Of KAnsAs Cobb,
Coburn, Covode, Cnllom, Donnelly, Eckley, Ella.
tarnswoEih, Gravelly, Harding, ::lllghy, ncpklns,
Hunter, Judd Julian, Kelley, Kelsey, Lawrence
Of ohio, Loan, Logan, LoughbrldRe, Lynch.
Maynard, MeClurg, Mcrcur, Mullins, Myers, New.
comb, Mum, Neill, Orih, Paine, Pile, Price.
Schenck, Shanks, Stevens Of New HampshEte,
Stevens Of Pennsylvania, Stokes, Thomas. Trim.
be rrowbridgc, Van Horn Of Missouri. Ward.
Williams Of Pennsylvania, Williams Of Indiana
AMI " ilson OfPcnnsylvania--57.
Nays-slessrs, Adams, Allison, Amcs. Archer.
Nshlcy ofNevada, Ax,ell, Bailey, baker, baldwin
TANKS Barnun, llieanan, Beck, benjamin, Ilenlon, ,
lineham blaine, Boyer, brooks, Backland, Barr,
N'i c""ne'i Oooh DaMee, DIXON, Dodge
briggs EgglOsion, Edridgc, Elliot Ferris, Perry,
Fields, Garfield, Getz, Glossbrenner, Gclladay,
,ir'swold, Grover, iiaight, llalsoy, llamilton,
Hawkins, Ill., Holman, Hooper, Holchkiss, Hub.
bard Of Iowa, Hubbard Of West Virginia, Hnb-
haid Of Connecticut, llulburd, Humphrey, Inger.
,,oll, johnson, Jones, Kerr, Ke,cham, Knott,
koon,@, l.ailiin, Lawrence Of Penn, Lincoln,
Marshall, Marvin, Mccarthy, Mccullough, Miller.
Morchcad, Morgan, Nungum, Niblack, Michel.
sou, Pcrilan Peters, Phelps, Pike Plants, Poland.
lOlslcy, Ptuyn, Randall, Robertson, Robinson.
Ross, Sawyer, Sitgreaves, Smith, Spalding, Stark
Weather, Stewart, Stone Taber, Taylor, Upon,
Van Acrnam, Van Anker, Van Trump, Van
Indiana, Washbarn Of MASSACHUSETTS,. welksr,
- % :. 80, Wilson OF Ohio, Woodbridke
| aul WoodwMd-lOs.
.lhsen, or not vOling-Messrs, Barnes, Blair,
Cake Cornell, finney, Fox, Jenckes, Kitchen,
Mallory, Moore, Morrcll, Morrissey, Poneroy
liaum, Schohcld Sclvc, Shellabarger, Sage,
rwichcll Van Horn OF New York, Window and
| WOod-2l
Politically, the above vote is divided as follows
The ayes are all Republicans; of,hs nays, sixty.
cish, are Republicans and for,y-eigh, democrats
Among those voting in the negative are members
Of grca, prominence In the Republican party, In
GLIDING Mcssrs. Banks. Baldwin, Bingham, Blaine.
Dawes, Elliott, LaiIlin lngersoil. Garfield, Po-
land, SrAulding, Van wyck. the washhurnss,
welker, Woodbridge and James r. Wilson.
81 this question is settled, aud President John.
On will remain in Office until the 9Th Of March,
ST.. This has always been divided question
10 the Republican party. While portion Of 1,
eoni"nd,i that II WAS best for the interests Of ths
c0uutfy that Mr.. johnson should be turned out.
others thought he could do no harm as the Sen.
ate AM House were so largely against him--thal
liis Impeachment aud trial would produce excite
inent that might he dangerous To the country
and That IL would bc better To endure the in
", have than ny To others that We know not
OF. Men u this vsw, in conjunction vith
N" democrats have conquered. Perhaps Il is
best -. We would rather have seen NJ. John.
son dissraeed from his position we hold thai
hls shortcomings aud crimes have warranted Il,
hai 'ac Congress Of ihr unilcu States, composed
Of nou better qualified than we are 10 Judge o.
h.s r,tiun.. aRd how far they should be punish
ID. having decided no, to impeach him, vs mus
accept ~ verdict, with wha, degree Of phosoph,
Nc oan. We presume that Congress will nos
liel1r' well tot anything Against its plan Of 70
ron''ruc,ion Ma, tho President might do-vil
'hclce lin ahou, with Congressional enao,
meets so that hsa assent to nr dsappr0val Of an,
measure % importance will not effect IT, Il Ger
Ninly should nc 80. lie has shown that bis sym
Ptfaios arc cnitcly with the people who yer
lately IA rebellion against the government, ant
d. .oo?holc ,lionj bc cfi whereby he can Civ,
ANY unwarrlniahlc aid or countsuAnce TO tia
| people. The seeded States, under the wise and
just POLICY OF Congress are now far on the road
towards complete reconstruction aud restoration
and No man. even though he be President, SHOULD
be- allowed TO throw a stumbling block In Oh,
%AY Of tina, Contamination 80 devoutly, TO b.
wished, OF 10 promulgA,e fire-brand whicl
mghi be destructive OF the nation and again in
vo.'e Us in iFa'reidal strife II Congress lack
"b1e" -bone enough 10 imreaeh Prssidsn, John
son, wc hope, a; least, they have iirmness enough
. gnafi Agains; his reasonable proclivi,ies.