Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-02-14

| cned Counties Of the state, and its oirculailon
Is steadily Interesting.
MIR. BINGHAM AND IMPEACHMENT
A Statement by 81. cla,rsvnps Conner
hesds-A Cry for the "Post-Orncsss--
Counter Statement by Mr. Bingham. /,
from the Daily Globe, Jan. .2sj ls..,
Mr.. LIE BLOND. If / understand the
proposition that Is now pending certain
ly am In favor of the motion made by the
gentleman from Missouri, to refer this
whole subject to select committee that
will give 1t immediate and prompt atten.
ton. From what has been said by mem-
bers of the judiciary Committee thew
have already upon their hands an amount
Of business greater than they are able tn
dispose Of during this session. am in
favor of q select committee for several
reasons; one is the fact that certain mem-
bers have been charging, both here and
elsewhere, that the Executive of the
United States has been guilty of usurpa-
tion OF power. Some have even gone so
far as to say--at all events one Of my coll
leagues said during the late election cam
paign that heswould neither give sleep
to his eyes nor slumberto his eyelids untfi
articles of impeachment were preferred
against the President of the United
States. Now, sir, we have heard enough
of this.
Mr.. BINGHAM. would like to know
to whom the gentleman refers?
Mr.sLE BLOND. Why, sir, frbmythe
public press understand the gentleman
himself so said.
Mr.. BINGHAM. am glad to have an
opportunity in this place to correct what
the public press has done. The gentle-
man might with equal propriety say that
the public press had announced that I
was engaged in drawing upa article Of
impeachment charging the President
with completely in the assassination Of
Abraham Lincoln, than which nothing
was ever published i'm the public press OF
America further from the truth.
Now, sir, in regard to the other state
ment, beg leave to say that the public
press played off the same trick upon me
that certain man did once in Scotland
upon man who had gone before him.
by stealing his thunder and using 1t for
his own benefit. There was no part OF
the speech attributed to me as recited by
the gentleman which was in fact made by
me, except the words which are familiar
to us all. If the people shall vote down
the President and condemn him in the
coming elections II will give neither
sleep to my eyes nor slumber to my eye
lids until move the Impeachment of the
President if he officially declare what he
has unofficially proclaimed, that the
Thirty-Ninth Congress is an illegal body,
assuming to be the Congress hanging on
the verge of the Government. These
words were uttered in view of the pub
lished and unofficial language of the
President, that 1.-THE body of men who [
legislate in the Congress of the United
states since the opening of the Thirty
Ninth Congress was not the Congress of
the United States, but was an assumed
Congress hanging upon the verge of the
Government. / did say then and re-
peat now, that if the President of the
United States should officially andin any
formal manner utter what he said unofi-
cially, as reported in the press, of an ille-
gal Congress, Dc, sich official utteranee
would be an impeaehable ofiense, and
that would make motion to impeach
him; and added then that there was no
representative of the people would vote
against such impeachment after the peo-
ple's public and swift condemnation Of
the Presidents gross betrayal of their in
terests.
Mr.. lie BLOND. My colleague insists
upon taking up my time. L referred to
this matter not only from what appeared
in the public press, but Il have here, and
will have read at the Clerk 8 desk, state
ment of men VINO were present and heard
the gentleman's speech. If the Clerk
will read it will then make few addi<
tionaf remarks. ..a
The Clerk read as follows: 1y o..
49, sT. CLAIRsyILLE, OHIO, Decepeber I, 1906
This Is TO certify that Hon. John l. Bingham,
vile, Ohio, In the month of September, 1896 in
speaking of the President of the United States,
" He the President) was engaged in a conspir-
acy for the overthrow of the Government, and
with traitors and had Struck hands with treason:
and II nm endorsed by reelection, SO help me
win n neither ssss Eiss s sssP 70
Of Impeachment against Andy Johnson.
ba he sS Re Psesdsnt as
and heard this speech. N
GEORGE II; gyMasTTEE,AADI,
recoliect the above substantially as stated.
which was uttered by the speaker without quail,
and heartily applauded by many Of his
RE. CtIAMBERs
5. 5. j. J. sWANK'Y, ssWNAASK'
r. NJ. CLARK. Afc
Mr.. lie BLOND. Mr.. Speaker, the men
who signed that paper are officers of that
county, and men of the strietest integ-
'ity. But after the explanation that my,
colleague has given here have nothing
nrther to add in reference to this matter.
presume my colleague remembers the
manner in which he made this remark, +.
md shall not gainsay his statement.
Mr.. BINGHAM. beg leayesto say
low, and am glad to have this oppor-
unity of making this statement, THAT
according to my recollection these gentlea.
men have greatly enlarged the accusation
harged against me by the gentleman in
lis opening remarks. beg leave to
make the further statement that as soon
s the report of what said appeared in
he st. Clairsville Gazette, which is pub
shed in the adjoining County to mine,
took occasion then, as do now, to de-
ounce its garbled and unfair report OF
iy remarks, SO that my contradictions
night go throughout the district, and as,
of that I call as a witness the
of one of their own organs
in my own town-tlIe Cadiz
entinel-which substantially admitted
nat In my speech made in that place be-
IRE the election I had corrected apd
ualitied the statement touching I'M
eachfnent. have nothing to do with
ne character OF the gentlemen whosign-
the paper just read. am not going
} cast reproach upon them; but II is
cry easy for the House and for the
,untry to understand that these gentle
len who have sent their f1eaeer reDort