The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-23

| IL. ~. a.j nPpoIcu 70 MT. stevens TO allow cncL Z
tholn soiro timo to address the House, :
Mr. Stoyons consented. to do So md Welded f,s
to MIR. Pruyn, who said: I agrco with tho Rcntlo
man man from from tonnsyiyania M ns to those first prnci
law to which ho has referred, aGd that tho author
ho las named nrc authorities which cannot Lo dis
conclusive OIL tho question before tho House. Th'
difficulty is In applying that law to tho so boFnr,
It. Tho gentleman from Pennsylvania in tho Thir
no, and what tho country considered 10 be. Start
| Ling proposition: that by reason OF tho proclama
tion Of blockade. so-callcd, tho war had boconl,
struggle between two great parties, md that ilt
conquering party had u right TO do with tho con
1ucrcd What it pleased. That va. in tho faeo O
grcss, passed unanimously after tho struggle lad
reachedts height, after the first baltic of Bill In
that IL was not war bctw"en nations, but it was q
acknowledging al tho rights of tho States, and do.
c!arlnG that as soon aB tho struggle Terminated.
terminate how it might those Stntcs wcrc to bo re-
stored to thoir rontions to tho Union. Tho facts
OF tho caso heretofore do not bear out tho infer.
cnco which tho gentleman from Pennsylvania OIL
deavors TO give, tho very sound lazy to which lie
position In which wo hayo said 10 the world flat
those principles Of law do not apply, and did not
apply, TO tho struggle in which tho North wns On
Mnssachusotts who first spoke Mr.. Boutwoil). wo
oil know TINT this subject OF Impeachment has bo-
como 30 thoroughly imbedded'in his mind that
House. We are l.cio, called upon to discharge n
solemn duty undor tho Constitution, and de-
clare clare, Tholhcr. notwithstanding tho rcasous
tho passage OF the bill, il slfalI become law In
stead Of discussing that question, tho gentleman
from SassaChnsetts Inns honorod as will tho roa-
Sofno Of thcm, 1 bcliovo, ho attempted to draw
from lilo language OF tho message. but how does
you after Go has declared that this net is nj out.
rago OH tho Constitution, and q violation of tho
grGat principles OF English lbortyp What docs iio
peas tS tSa igI SGs o "Rpoa he
Massachusetts afraid of thata Ho we'll may bo, as as
it will soon tell story that will lie utterly ut yar-
lance with tho tT, yoWs ho peae
Part Of The speech OF the gentleman would bo very
well I'm political clcotionGering room, and part Of
i ,%So would nayO been very we'll in The of the
our tmos II there bo anything OF constitutional
liberty LETT, That gentleman occupying the nosi-
tlon he does and under such circumstances, pro-
mulgato aud urge such riows-- Et 'rH
Tho fnll OF tho Speakers hammer horo indicated
Tho close OF tho fiSo minutes allowed to MIR.
Mr. Wilson (of Ohiol said-I did not iptoud In
occupy ono moment OF the timo of tho House on
this question, until IL seemed TO DO rendered lice.
essary 5y NC IRREGULAR course which has been
Committee tButor AMI Williamy), and so1ne ri
tho words which havo Iallcn from tho lips OF tho
gentlemen S nGn,Un iron, 70 ~ ponnsyyania tsSrens Will
all tho history oil England, and IL may bo that I
do nut understand tio question rs fully M my
learned lear colleague (Willams). no has asserted
that ho knows II nll nnu when man knows that
ne Knows all that ho can know. He has given us
his opinion III this case. tlo not intend 10 enter
upon tho discussion OF tho case Mt ail 1t is no!
tho proper time nor can It bo properly entered mn
on unll presented to the House In due form. When
tho House OF Representatives charged Tho Judicia-
y Committee with tho investigation Of this case,
ulu not understand that q majority OF the JIousS
sont tho case to tho Commttee Tor that Committee
TO net upon it wholly as partisnis. I understood
inat 30 lar as IT ,mnosod an obih alton upon mo- IL
saso, not as Republican. but Ms a mombor of tho
law committee OF tho Honse Got Representatives
OF The United ,t States; and let mo have
hero to-day that no amount OF .po)iticd pressure
shall turn! mo aside from tho considerations dis
efaarGo qua OF my duty, as find tho casc controlled by
ocralio sido OF tho House. / hayo no sVm-
haehiT viii tho course or political conduct OF
Ho a onsed o. ao United States but cir
him Investigated according TO-, law, and to
haye the clso returned to tho House
r. ..e isots and tho aw VIII wsEsSRt e Eon
any man 10 cast suspicion upon oil nther Mon,
when It is necessary to carry by forvo Of party Or
ganization anything which no may desire to provo
! do not know to what influences tito
gentleman rciors, not only controlling as ho snys
tho action Of tho inenlbors OF the House, which
will prevent articles, Of impeachment bel * pre-.
Of the Senate who arc to sit high court Of n-
peachincnt, under, tho sololnnty uf their oath.
Sir, is every man to b, run down bcca.Ise ho can
not look upon questions just as some other men
Wow thcmi is every man to bo hounIed down in
this country because ho will not surrender tho
right OF private judgment. Havo We come to
thatp
Ilero the fall of tho Speakers hammer indi-
Gated tho termination OF the gcntemans flvo min
utss y
Iho House then proceeded to vote upon the pas
sago Of tho bill by Yeas and Nays.
Thovo;o resulted in-feas, 100; Nays, %; as
NAYs-Ailams, Archer, Darncs, Boyer Brooks.
Eldridgc, Geiz, Glossbrcnncr, Haight, Holman,
Kerr, Marshall Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, NOEL,
prayn, Robinson, Ross, Stone, Van Aukon, Van
Trump "a.
Tho Speaker announced that two-thirds having
voted In tho Affirmative, tho bill had again passed
the liouso, md with tho objections OF tho prosi-
ike consideration. ~. .l