Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-12-04
Another Radical Bubble.

That Of impeaching the President of the United
States for doing his sworn duty to his country {!
Since the past summer, the etatus of the impeach-
ment scheme has undergone a material change.
Of the Judiciary Committee, FIVE (instead of four,
as heretofore) are now in favor of impeaching
ANDREW JOHNSON, and have reported q bill ac-
cordingly. Whether the House will come to any
final vote on the question of presenting articles
of impeachment to the Senate, however, is still
to be revealed by the future. The summary of
the Majority Report-yile, falae and empty-is as
follows:
ain accordance with the testimony herewith
submitted, and the view Of the law herewith pre-
aented, the Committee is of the opinion that An
drew johnson, President of the United States, is
guilty of crimes aud misdcmeanors, in that, &c.
It closes with the resolution:
"Reso,red, That Andrew johnson be impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors."
Tho report was followed by mingled express
sions of applause and disapprobation, tho Speaker
meantime using his gsvel to enforce silence. .
Wilson, Chairman, for himself, and Woodbridge,
presented their report, which concludes:
ave therefore declare that the case before US,
presented by the testimony and measured by the
law, does not disclose such high crimes and mis-
demeanors within the meaning of the Constitu-
ton, as require the Constitutional intsrpostion of
the power of the House, and VIC recommend the
adoption of the following:
"Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee bo
discharged from the further consideration Of the
proposed impeachment of the President of the
United States and that the subject be laid on the
table,"
Marshall on behalf of himself and Eldridge,
stated that they fully concurred in the resolution
offered by Chairman Wilson, and also concurred
entirely with his argument regardiug the law of
the case and the application Of theevidence thero
to- but thcro were differences ON some points which
induced bim and Mr.. Eldridge to submit q third
report.
The reports were all laid on the table, ordered
printed, and made special order for Wednesday
of next week.
The majority of the Impeachment Committee,
in their report recommending impeachment, lay
great stress upon tho al1edged usurpation by the
President of the pardoning and veto powers /;
also, tho authority to make removals and appoint
ments and particularly refer to what is termed
b" Hagrant violation of the constitutional powers
Of the executive by organizing Governments in
tho Southern States at the end Of the war without
asking the advice of Congress, Us they assert for
personal purposes. They refer to the pardoning
of hundred and ninety-thrcc persons in West
Virginia for dcsortion from the army during the
WAT, which they state was in behalf of private
and interested parties, and in order that they
might vote ir accordance with the Presidents
opinion, their restoration causing great depletion
OF treasury. The tcnor of the executive offences
throughout the entire report consists in alleged
u,urpat9ons of the powers above mentioned. Tho
majority assert also, chat by official and other
public declarations, the President has sought to
obstruct the laws of Congress FIR pacifcation Of
the States with particular reference to the Con-
stitutiunal Amendments, approved by Congress.
This report is very lcnghthy and signed by Bout
we'll, Williams, Churchill, Thomas and Lawrence