The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-11-28
lMPRACHMEN

Impeachment, MInOrityAgainst
II--The Democratic Members
Charge that It Is a Political
Move and Give Their Reasons
for the Charge.
SYNOPSIS OF THE MAJORITY P
The charges made, and 70 which the
investigations Of the committee have
been especially directed, are the usur-
patton Of power and violation Of laws
in the corrupt abuse Of appointing,
pardoning and the veto power in the
corrupt interference in elections, and
generally in the commission Of acts
amounting to high crimes and INSIDE
meanors under the Constitution, and
upon the recital it was charged with
the most general duty Of ing uiry into
the official conduct Of the President of
the United States, and Of reporting
whether he had been guilty of any
acts which were designed or calculated
TO overthrow. subvert or corrupt the
Government Of the United States, or
which, IN contemplation Of the Consti-
tuition, would constitute q high crime
or misdemcanor requiring the Inttrpo-
sitioD of the constitutional power Of
the House. 1t will be observed that
the great salient point of accusation
standing out in the foreground and
challenging the attention Of the coun-
try is the usurpation Of power which
involves, of course, q violation the law:
and here it may be remarked that
perhaps every great abuse, every fla
grant departure from the well settled
principles OF the Government, which
has been brought home to its present
administration, whether discovering
itself in the special infraction Of the
statutes or in the prohig0te use Of the
powers conferred by the Constitution
on the President, or revealing itself
more manifestly in the systematic at
tempt TO seize upon it's sovereignty,
and disparage and supercede the great
council to which that sovereignty has
been entrusted, in reference TO the one
great purpose Of reconstruction Of the
shattered governments o. the rebel
States, in accordance with his own
wishes, in the interest Of the great
criminal who carried them into the
rebellion, and IN such a way as to dc
prive the people Of loyal States of all
chances OF indemnity for the past and
security for the future by pardonIng
their officers, and restoring their lands
and bringing them back to then
hearths unrepentant, and their haEd'
yet red with the blood of our people
into a condition whore they could one,
more embarrass and defy, if not abso
lutely rule the Government which
they had vainly %endeavored to destroy
II is around this point, and as auxiliary
to that central idea, that all the specia
acts Of Observation-Disclosures we hav
witnessed will be found to gravitat
and rcvolve, and it is to this point
therefore, as the great masters e,
which unlocks and i~nterprcts all 0
them, that the attention Of the Hous,
will first be directed.
The report then goes into n recita
Of events since thG Inauguration O
President Johnson, aud concludes a
follows:
In accordance with the tostimoa'
herewith submitted, and The view ,
the law herein presented, the commit
tee are of opinion that Andrew JOIN
son, President Of the United States,
guilty of high crimes and misdomear
ors, requiring the i~nterposition of Il
constitutional powers of this House,
that upon the final surrender of II
rebel government, the said Andre
Johnson, President of the Unite
States, neglected to Y the Con
Gress of the United States, that by i
aid and authority legal and c~1nstitl
tional measures might have bee
adopted for tho organization Of 10y
and constitutional governments IN tn
States recently in rebellion, and that
his proclamation to the people {
North Carolina, OF the 29tt day
May, 1865, he assured them that /
had tho authority to decide whethe
the government Of North CarolIni
and whether any other governmer
that might be set up therein, was Re
publican in form.