Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-12-05

deslre OF each Tor the adoption by th,
country Of their respective views, 4
we suppose. 70 be found not only III
cause for the movement toilnpeach th
President, but of his cepsure and cor
demnation. Out Of il has grown tn
emblttered feeling and violent hatre
OF the President by his former friends
The majority Of Congress and @
the committee have entertained, AM
been prepared to declare at all times
IN Congress and out of it, even NOR
strongly than is expressed in their re
port, the same censure and condem
nation. This opinion was not forme,
upon any testimony taken before Oh,
committee, or upon any facts elicitet
by Its investigation. 1t was politi
cal opinion growing out of diffierenc,
OF views upon political questions L
was the opinion with which the ma
Jority of the committee entered upor
the Investigation. 1t was that which
inspired and stimulated all its inqui
rles and examinations. But notwith
standing these existing opinion.
and prejudices, the minority of the
committee have been compelled 20
find, after the fullest examination and
the most protracted deliberation, that
the President bad committed no of
fehse for which, under our laws, he
can or ought 10 be impeached, and
hence none, as we insist, subiecting
him to the official jurisdiction of the
committee of the House.
The censure and condemnation OF
the President, either by the majority
is without our jurisdiction, not justi
fed by the facts or becoming one part
of the government toward the other,
and calculated to bring reproaeh upon
the committee, the House ard the ma.
ton. We cannot ignore the fact that
time has been spent, and testimony
taken by the committee, endeavoring
TO ascertain if the President, in his OF.
fetal capacity, censurously or condcm.
natory of Congress, with a view To
his impeachment. Therefore, can il
be more becoming in a committee OF
this House, or in the House itself 70
90 beyond its jurisdiction and censure
and condemn the President, than Tor
him TO censure and condemn Congress
Is not the impropriety of one as ap
parent as the otherg If one is i'm
peachable, is not the other wrong
What would be thought Of the Su-
preme Court if, after having been com
PEELED, in case properly pending be-
fore IL, TO decide an act of Congress
constitutional, il should, because It
did not agree 10 the propriety or poll
cy of the enactment, declare its severe
censure and condemnation of Congress
for having passed itl Who would
hesitate to pronounce this an uniusti-
fable and even an unwarrantable in
reference with the rights and duties
Of Congress by the Supreme Court, cal
culated to disturb the harmony of
our governmental system, and bring in
to unhappy, If not fatal, collision, the
coordinate departmental Like this
attempt TO reprove or censure the
President for acts or wrongs not
amounting TO ofienses, subjecting him
to the legal jurisdiction of the House
Of Representatives, such an act would,
it seems TO US, be sheer impudence /;
an act on the part of the court Justly
meriting obloquy'and reproach, Such
interfcrences by one department Of
the government with the others, with
out authority of law, must and will
most assuredly break of that courte-
sy which should at all times charac-
terize their relations and intercourse.
The end cannot but be foreseen the
will ultimately produce
enmity, open hostility and aggression,
which must result in the destruction
Of one or more departments, and, as
h consequence, destroy our system OF
government Altogether, with all due
respect to the majority Of the commit
Tee, we cannot regard the charges
made against the President as n Sc
-ious attempt to procure bis impeach-
nent, without dwelling upon their ut
Ter failure to point to the commission
1f single act :hat is recognized by
he laws Of our country as high crime
or misdcmoanor
The Inconsistency Of the majority
,annot fail to challenge the attention
If the country. Acts for which Mr.
Lincoln was unanimously applauded
ire deemed high crimes in Mr.. John
ion. For every act so gravely con
iemncd the President had the sane
ion and approval Of his Cabinet, and
yet while he is arraigned before the
world rs a criminal Of the deepest dye,
hey are not only not impeached, but
ire recognized as especial favorites of
he party of impeachment. The lat
er have even gone SO far as 10 unite
n the passage Of an extraordinary
md unprecedented law 10 prevent
he President from removing these Of
icers from theplaces which they hold.
Mr.. Stanton, the late Secretary Of
War, gave his emphatic approval Of
he acts for which the President is
lrraigneds and yet the ex-Secretary
S a favorito and popular martyr, and
he whole country is voXed with clam
,rs for bis restoration to power and
,laco. The President is held crimi-
ially responsible for the acts of sub.
,rdinates of which he did not even
ave the slightest notice or knowledge
#; and yet those bringing him to
rial enasl a statute depriving him Of
III control over these same subordi-
lates, aud they are doomed worthy
If the especial protection Of Congress.
The President has used every means
within his power TO bring the great
state prisoner, jefferson Davis, to a
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