The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-17
1lSFPEACWMEN'P.

.1f1Do process OF 1lnpeachtuent Bas peen
fully GOnmeDCed against Ahdrew'J JObn-
son. The Consultation Of the United
States provides that the President may
be impeachsd for "trsason, bribery, o.
other high csimes and, misdemeanors,s
TO the Honse OF Representatives be-
longs the sole power Of Impeachment,
and the case is then tried BY the Sspste,
aud aGoncurenee oftwo1thirds Is nec-
essary to aiconMctionsn The Chief JUS
tlce Of the Supreme Ccurtpresidesl A
copvictiono only worksa forfeiture oEoE
fce, and future diasualifca ion to n hold h.old
office. III mo oq hool9qTsq c.
What are the 'sother high crimes and
misdemeanOrsH for whichraqP President
may .beimpsached, ,iis not settled by the
Constitution, or any act Of Congress
That. Andrew johnson III sufficiently
guilty to warrant imPeachmspt, eau
icarcsIyibe doubted .yoHis turning, out
faithful officers for noicauses sand putting
men in office solely because they agree
to support what he terms his :s.policy,Tg
is bribery, He issworn TO see that the
laws bare faithfully executed Tho APP
pointment Of men in the South who
could not take the, oath prescribed BY
act Of Congress- the payment Of sala-
ties TO such officers the disregard Of
the CivitRights iawaby selling negroes
into bondage, and adosen more charges
that could be preferred, clearly render
Mr.. Johnson tablet Impeachment
One Ofthe charges ageiDst 1.-The King
Of Great Britain, made bypur fathersin
the Declaration Of Independence, and
for which they felt justified il reyolu-
tiOnizing the Goverpment, was as fol-
lows:G f'Hechas refused his assentto
laws The most wholesome and necessary
for thS public good. "'e Now il the veto
of ths Freedmep's Bureau BIZ the Ciyil
Rights BILL and the District Suffrage
bin, does not reader JOhnsOnaliablei to
Impeachment, then were our revolutions
airy fathers wrong. 9as XII q ,.l'i,.
In the year 1904, John Pickering,
one ofthe Judges Ofthe District Court
Of New Hampshire, was removed by
impeachment, and one of The charges
was thls ~. For appearing drunk,
and frequently, IN a ptofaus and ipder.
cent manner, invoking the name Of the
Supreme Bsing.H Now compare this
charge With the conduct Of Andrew
johnson, when he appeared drunk a
bis inauguration. before the Representa-,
tivsa of the .nationG Of thsmorld 1 and
on the 22d February last, when 10
Washington CITY he spclke \, vi 4 crowd
OF rebels, abusing members n Congress
by namsi and his conduct during his
tour last fall, where be denied the legali-
ty Of Congress-, and more than once
Oompated himself 70 Jesus Christ n, I,
-WshAys NOT been In fAvor Cfa i'm,
psaching Andrew Johnson II Is gem
orally better tobeaf the ills we have
than TO aytO Others There Il not time
! for the present Congress TO get through
with aCase Of impeachment The trial
ofWarenm Hastings, in England, took
eight years, end the impeachment Of
Andrew johnson would require at least
many nymouths, ,aas - bs,@la,..s
4 But an investigation by this Congress
can dono harm, aud may do much good.
!, Impeachment, II found necessary, can
then be- perfected byths next Congress,
ad RHR. BUrDV's sPEECM. l'ul
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