The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-12-13
THE FINAL DEBATE AND VOTE ON I'M
PARCHMENT.


On Saturday, in the House of Repre-
sentatives, the regular order of bust
ness having been demanded, the Speaker
announced that to be the motion of Mr..
Wilson, of Iowa, TO lay the impeacll-
ment matter on the table.
Mr.. Logan, of Illinois, asked leave to
make proposition.
Mr.. SpalIlding objected.
Mr.. Ingersoll asked if the motion to
lay on the table did prevail, whether it
would be i'll order to move postpone
ment.
The Speaker replied aflirmatively.
Mr.. Logan moved a call of the House,
and upon that Mr.. Kelsey, of New
York, demanded the yeas and nays
upon the question of calling, upon
which tellers were demanded, and the
yeas and nays were ordered; but the
call of the House was refused-yeas,
As; nays, IS.
Mr.. Logan rose to a question of priv
ilege, and asked to have paragraph in
paper read.
The Speaker said there was now one
question before the House, and another
could not be entertained.
Mr.. Logan then asked unanimous
consent.
Objection was made on all sides.
Mr.. Logan Cunning to one of the OBJ
jectors) What's the matter with you?
The Speaker.-The gentleman has
right to object.
Mr.. Logan was then about to renew
the proposition made last night 10 allow
the -impeachers tive-minute speeches,
when Mr.. Spaulding, OF Ohio, objected,
saying he did not wish to hear the gem
tleman's proposition.
Mr.. Logan again moved that the
House adjourn; and upon that question
demanded the yeas and nays, and the
motion was not agreed to-yeas, As;
nays, lO3.
MIR. Logan said if the Chairman ofthe
Judiciary Committee would withdraw
| the motion to lay on the table and take
a vote Oh the direct resolution of ma
| jority Of the committee, further opposi-
| ton would be withdrawn, as all they
desired was a direct vote on the subject
of impeachment.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, agreed to accep
the proposition, provided vote could
be taken at once on the original propo-
sition, and without further delay.
Mr.. Logan agreed to that, and was
proceeding to explain his position, and
! that of the minority, when he was called
to order by several gentlemen, and Mr..
Wilson insisted upon his demand for
the previous question.
The demand for the previous question
was then seconded, and the years and
nays were demanded.
Before taking the vote, the Speaker
notified the galleries that if there was
any demonstration of approval or dis
approval, the galleries would be cleared.
The vote was then taken upon tie
resolution declaring that the President
should be impeached, and the resolu-
tion was disagreed to by vote of yeas
81 to 10S nays, as follows:
YEAS. -Messrs. Anderson, Arnell,
Ashley OF Ohio, Boutwell,, Bromwell.
Bromall, Butler, Churchill, Clark of
Covode, Cullum, Donnelly, Eckley,
Ella, Farnsworth, Gravelly, Harding,
Hgly, Hopkins, Hunter, Judd, Julian,
Kelley, Kelsey, Lawrence of Ohio, Loan,
Logan, Loughbridge, Lynch, Maynard,
McC lurg, Mercur, Mullins, Myers, ew-
comb, Mum, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Pile,
Price, Schenck, Shanks, Stevens OF
New Hampshire, Stevens of Pennsyl-
vania, Stokes. Thomas, Trimble, Trow-
bridge, Van Horn of Missouri, Ward
Williams of Pennsylvania, Williams Of
Indiana, and Wilson of Pennsylvania
NAYS. - essrs. Adams, Allison
Ames, Archer, Ashley of Nevada, AK
tell, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Banks
Barnum, Beaman, Beck, Benjamin
Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Boyer
Brooks, auckland, Burr, Carey, Chan
Ter, Cook, Dawes, Dixon, Dodge, briggs
Eggleston, Eldridge, Eliot, Ferris
Ferry, Fields, Garfield, Getz, Gloss.
brenner, Golladay, Griswold, Grover
Haight, Halsey, Hamilton, Hawkins
Hill, Holman, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Hub
bard Of Iowa, Hubbard of West Virgi-
MIA, Hubbard of Connecticut, Hulburd
Kerr, Ketcham, Knott, Koontz, Latin
: Lawrence of Pennsylvania, Lincoln
Marshall, Marvin, Mccarthy, McCul
: Tough, Miller, Morehead, Morgan, Mum
gum, Niblack, Nicholson, Perham, Pc
tiers, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Poland
7 Polsley, Pruyn, Randall, Robertson
! Robinson, Ross, Sawyer, Sitgreaves
Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Stew
. art, Stone, Taber, Taylor, Epson, Va
u Aernam, Van Anker, Van Trump, Va
\ Wick, Washburn of Wisconsin, Wash
burn of Illinois, Washburn of Indiana
S Washburn of Massachusetts, Welkel
T Wilson of Iowa, Wilson of Ohio, Wood
u bridge, and Woodward l08.
e ABSENT OR NOT voTING.-Messrs.B Bare!
II Blair, Cornell, Finney, Fox, Jencke'
e Kitchen, Mallory, Moore, Morrill,, MOI
0 rissey, Pomeroy, Raum, Schofielt
5 Selye, She,labarger, Taffe, Twichel
u Van Horn Of New York, Window, an
, Wood-21.
u During the roll-call it was stated tn;
e Mr.. Cornell, of New York, had paire
'e with Mr.. Lake, of Pennsylvania, an
u that the latter would vote in the affirm
'e alive and Mr.. Cornell in the negative
g Mr.. Broomall, of Pennsylvania, al
l. nounced that Mr.. Schotield was slcl
81 but if here he would vote - right
IL [Laughter.l
+ Mr.. Hooper made the same announces
ment as to Mr.. Twichell.
he Mr.. Myers, of Pennsylvania, said {
le he was refused permission to offer
ie resolution of censure, he would Vo
Le yea.
TO Mr.. Miller, of Pennsylvania, said |
70 voted no because the evidence was N
At sufficient to justify impeachment.
IL NJ. Eldridge Democrat said he W
es ted no for the same reason. Laughter
l. After the vote was announced, M
III tion to reconsider, and another motto
4 to lay the latter on the table prevaile
II thus preventing a resurrection OF Il
u subject.
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