The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-27

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July 19.--In the House the reading of the
veto smcssqge having been ,conclndcd, the
Speaker stated that the objections Of hefPresi-
dent would be entered at length on the journal
in compliance with the Constitution. s4g sdi
Mr.. Stevens (Rep:, Pap rosc and said chat
he was disposed to,have the vote on the .ques-
tion at once.u.sd sd: ob:,I usaiisr2 so taa
Z Il ~ A,.,i -! = III
Or. Boutwell, (Rcp., Mass.) asked Mr.. Stev.
chs to yield the floor to him. Mr. Stevens
complied, and Mr.. Boutwell, addressed the
House, closing us follows: n 9.oy1 em5,l
Sour duty as we represent history and an
ccstry-our Duty as VIC contemplate = the
demands, which gposterity will make MS, in
my judgment, is here td investigate fair
ly, fully, faithfully, and without delay,
the charges that arc made against the
Executive Of. the. country, and if founded, to
arraign him deliberately, but promptly, prose
cuto the trial according to The forms of pro-
cccding, and if but one day his constitutional
term be shortened by the Judgment of tic
Senate, liberty will be preserved, and the
country through coming ages, and mankind
through centuries, will bless that people and
the representatives of that people who had tho
courage, as they merged from a great war; to
demand justice to preserve the Constitution. "a
protect liberty, aud to transmit popular rights
to other nations"
MIR. Randall (Dem.. Pa.) would like the
chance to moe. ,.e impcachcrs before the peo-
iplc II: snould like to meet them faco to
| face, right in the cncnlys camp He asserted
| that they did not mean to iinpcach tho Presi-
dent; they did not dare to do it. What had
the President done that he should DO i'm
pcachcd? Had he not been honest faithful
diigcnt and correct in every particular Let
them, then, if they dare, attempt to impcach
the President. 1.t st,s
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Mr.. Butler (Rep., Mass. )-I admit that the
gentleman from lcnnsylvania (Ar. Randall)
uttered one truth i'll his remarks, and that WAS
that VIC dare not do our duty here in that re-
spcct With shame and confusion of face, /
| for one, bow to the truth of that remark And
| the question is: How soon will We be ready to
do our duty
| The President declares that no particle of
the land in the Southern States has become the
property OF the United States BY conquest.
cannot Tor an instant, allow that statement to
30 unchallcngcd. Every foot of land that was
occupied By the enemy Of the United Stntcs
and was by the valor of its soldiers rcposscssc,l
by the United States, became thcrcupon the
property of the United States TO say that a
title by conquest pertains only to personal
property and movcablc things, is to ignore the
entire law of nations for while it has not been
usual i'll conqncring nations to appropriate the
proprietary title of the land from motives OF
public policy. yet think 7 may challenge the
entire body of writer's of the rights Of war,
and ask if there can be found any one line in
denial of the right to appropriate land thus ac-
quircd / Shall therefore, ask the considcra-
ton Of the House to the fact whether or not
the right by conquest is not perfect one, to be
exercised in our judgment as may seem best
either in mercy, in clcmcncy, in justice, or in
right-prccisely as VIC plcasc--and not other
wise. Having thus brought before the House
these in:sstatemcnts of facts and wrong conclu-
sions Of law, !, to: enc, am ready to vote that
this shall become law, notwithstanding the
veto of the President, and then see whether he
will execute it, or whether the House of Rep
rescntativcs will bring him, for his former vio-
latons OF the Constitution, before the Senate
for trial, according to the mode, and the only
mode, pointed out by the Constitution to re-
lieve the country from the expressions Of bad
ruler.
Mr.. Boyer (Dcm Pa.) took the floor for FIVE
minutes
MIR. Williams (Rcp., Pa.) said he sympa-
thizcd very deeply with the eloquent uttcranccs
Of his friend from Massachusetts (Boutwoll(.
There was time when forbcarancc ceased to
be virtue, and he thought that time lad come
For the first time in the history of the country
the Chief Executive Magistrate of the country
strobe into the halls of Congress, into the Con
| stitutional Chamber Of the nation, and flung
his mace in the way Of defiance at the feet of
Congress Wien was this controversy to end ?