Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-06

tional government of the fathers of the Republic,
and that, standing where most OF his party pro-
fessed to stand when they elevated him to his
present exalted position, he has dared to differ with
the majority of Congress upon great and vital
questions He has believed in the continuing and
binding obligations OF the Constitution; that the
suppression of rebellion against the Union was
thepreservation of the Union and the States COM
prislng it; and that when the rebellion was put
down, the States were all and equally entitled to
representation in the Congress of the United
States. Planting himself firmly and immovably
upon this position, he has incurred the fierce and
malignant hatred and opposition of all those who
claim, by virtue OF the alleged conquest of the
territory and the subiugation of the people of the
lately beious States, the power and right to die
tate to them the constitution and laws they shall
live under and the liberties they shall be permit
ted to enjoy. In this difference between Congress
and the President and the desire of each for the
is, we suspect, to be found not only the cause for
the movement to impeach the President but for
his censure and condemnation. Out OF 1t has
grown the embittered feelings and virulent hatred
Of the President by his former friends, the MAORI
ty of Congress-. The COMMITTEES have entertained,
and been prepared to declare at all times, IN Con-
and out Of IT. more s,a strongly than Is
and condemnation. This opinion was not
formed upon testimony taken before the
commlttee, or upon any facts elected by It's
ing out of the difference OF views upon political
questions. 1t was the opinion with which the ma
Jority OF the committee entered upon the inyesti,
cation. 1t was that which inspired and stimulated
all its inquiries and examinations. But notwith-
standing these preceding opinions ana predJudicess
the minority of. the committee have been com1
PEELED to find, after the fullest consideration and
great protracted deliberation, that the President
had committed no ofense fer which under our
laws he can or ought to be impeached, and hence
none, as we insist, subjecting him to the Official
jurisdiction of the House. The censure and con-
denatlon OF the PRESIDENT 6y the majority OF
by the facts, unbecoming one department OF the
government toward the other and calculated to
bring eproach3, upon TIE tb the
to the majority of the committee, we
cannot regard o the charges made against
the President as serious attempt to procure hls
impeachment, without dwelling upon their utter
failure to point to the commission OF single act
that is recognized by the laws OF our country as
high crime and misdemeanor. The PRESIDENT haa
the sanction of his Cabinet for every act for which
he has been arraigned, yet they are recognized as
the especial fayorites OF the party or lmpeach-
me MI stanton g gaze ms empnac aRproTya an 10
yet the exSecretary Ia favorite and popular mar
tyr and the whole country Is vexed with the clam
President has used every means within his power
to bring Jefferson Davis to speedy trial, and yet
he has been denounced throughout the land for
procrastination and preventing the trial, while the
judges and prosecuting officers having the entire
control OF the matter have been deemed worthy of
the most honored paudits. Were ever inconsist.
encies more glazing and inexplicable than these?,
and can we possibly be mistaken when we assert
that, however honest may be the majority OF the
committee, the VerQlCt OF tne country ana OF pos
erity will be that the crime Of the President con-
siss not in violations, but refusals to violate the
laws; in being unable to keep pace with the party
of progress In their rapidly advancing movements.
or to step outside and above the constitution in
the administration of the government; in prefer
ring the constitution of his country to the diCta
ton of an INSCRIPTIONS partisan cabal In bravely
daring to meet the maledictions of those who have
aimed at the accomplishment Of most wicked
and dangerous revolution, rather than to enconn-
ter the reproach of his own conscience. and the
curses of posterity through all time. Jt,s- e.