The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-16

in direct violation of the Constitution 49, JHu
his oath OF office, he reappointed tbesn ,,. VI
never having sent them to the Senate Of om'
know not whether it be true or false l,nt e
1t be true, say Andrew johnson should ha
lmpeached for this one act, and for it alone
Sir, II the Congress OF the United States No,
nit such violations of the Constitution td VI.
UNPUBLISHED, then the Congress of the Tn;ts9
States should never meet again. Tile Er;t: ~
Parliament watches the least encroocL,,,a'
OF the kingly powers upon the rights of Par
hament, and any King or Minister had hao,
guilty OF any one of the acts alleged apa;nat
Andrew johnson, he would have bcen i,'
peached forthwith. Mr. President mucL hn '
been said both in this body and before t tIS
people of the country about the Dian of ti,o
President. would like to ask any menh ta,e
of this body what right the President has -
have plan outside of the law of Con,rro. ~
The President has right to advise Con1res.
what plan it shall adopt; so has every in
dividual in the United States the same riobt
If Congress sees fit to adopt the plan of tLa
President, well and good-it becomes tba
plan of the Nation. If Congress sees fit ~
adopt the plan of John Jones, who by nett
ton advises Congress to adopt it. then Ioh,
Jones's plan becomes the plan OF the Nation.
but if Congress declines to adopt the nlan nt
John Jones or of Andrew johnson fand Il II
immaterial which), the plan falls 70 tho
ground. Sir, have heard enough abont tLo
Presidents plan. What right has Andrew
johnson to plan that has been rejected Inv
Congress. He has no more RICH than nv horse
His plan has been rejected, and it amounts to
nothing. l want to hear no more of the
Presidents plan. Let the President of the
United States obey the laws; and if he DOM
obey the laws, let him disobey them at his
peril-thats all.
But, Sir, there is dread that we. in eye-
cutting our Constitutional powers, will brine
some dreadful calamity upon this great
Nation. Mr.. President, this Nation has
come victorious out of the most terrible re-
bellion the world has ever seen. It has
fought jeff. Davis for four long years. sus-
tanned as he was by the inhabitants of the
Rebel States. 1t has conquered the Rebel
lion, and now see what fearful calamity could
be brought upon this nation by your exercis-
ing our Constitutional rights. Mr.. Presi-
dent, the removal of man who has viola
ted the Constitution of the United States.
and who ought to be removed I care NOT
whether he be President ofthe United States.
Or occupy the chair which you so ably fill
I care not what position he occupies the re-
moval of that individual by impe achment
would produce about the same amount of
excitement in the country that the removal
of the Custom-House officers in the City of
New York would produce, and no more.
Sir, the people have declared, and that degree
has been registered on high, that this nation
shall stand, and no man or set of men, and
no combination of men, I care not whether
headed by Jefferson Davis, or by Andrew
Johnson, or any other living man no man
or combination Of men can overthrow it, 1t
will stand any and every assault that can be
made upon it. hope my resolution will be
taken up.
Mr. Dixon johnson, Comm said it was,
true, as MIR. Chandler had said that it was
important to know whether the President of
the United States had exceeded his authori-
ty in appointing Provisional Governors He
agreed to that. Perhaps he should not agree
with Mr. Chandler as to the propriety of of
fering a resolution of this kind, and then
calling upon the House of Representatives to-
mpeach the President 1t struck him Dix
on J, while listening to Mr.. Chandler, that
he (Chandlcr WAS not adding very UGH
to his reputation an impartial Judge 1t
struck him that if the House. should draw
up articles and send them to the Senate, the
Senator from Michigan, after the speech he
had Just made, could hardly be an impartial
Judge of the merits of the case. Whether
such remarks were proper at this time, it was
for him Ne. Chandler to determine. lit
was desirable to know whether the Presi
dent had any right to appoint Provisional
Governments, it must be important also to-
know what were the presidents on the sub
iect Therefore, when the resolution was
before the Senate, he should offer an amend
ment to exclude the inquiry as to Mr.. Lin
coins Administration also.
The motion to take up the resolution was
put and agreed to.
Mr.. Conness Rep, Cal) moved to amend
by striking out the word 'Vice" before
President, and also the words acting Presi-
dent" so as to make read Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States" ETC.
Mfr. Chandler said he was informed that
Vice-President and Acting President was
the true, title By which Mr.. johnson should
be addressed it was immaterial, however:
Mr.. Fessen6fen Rep, Me.) agreed with
Mr.. Conness as to the proper language ofthe-
resolution. He had no. objection personally
to the resolution. All he had to say was,
that if he was a member of the Judiciary
Committee to which it was proposed to refer
this resolution he should hesitate to act at
all in the matter. He would not investigate,
and would not report for the simple reason
that an investigation was going on in the
House, looking to the impeachment of the
President and when this matter was under
investigation in the House, he would not in
vestigate it here.
Mr. PomeIoy (Rep., Kansas) spoke in a
strain similar to Mr.. Fessenden.
Mr. Grimes (Rep., Iowa) moved to lay the
resolution on the table, and the motion pre-
vailed withou. call of the Yeas and Nays.
Two LOVERS M1ssING.-The Sacramento.
California; Union relates the following:
The police are investigating a peculiar
case. Two well known citizens were paying
attentions to the same lady, and she finally
accepted and agreed to marry one of them
on Christmas day. After the. engagement,
the unfortunate sutton still continued his Wis
its as friend of the family until within a
day or swo of the time fixed for the we'd
ding, when the accepted sutton mentioned to
the lady that he did not like something in
the. conduct of his rival, and therefore did
not desire him to be invited to the wedding.
On Christmas the bridegroom did not APP
pear to be married, and it now turns out that
the rivals rode out together on the day pre-
vious, since which neither has been seen.-
1t is feared that there has been foul play III
the matter.
CONSIDERATION OF BISHOP FITZGERALD
On Saturday morning St. Patrick's church.
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