The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-27
Washington News.
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July f9.--In- the House the reading Of the
veto smcssage hayins been ,concludcd, the
Speaker stated that the objections Of thesPresi-
dent would be entered at length on the journal
in compliance with the Constitution.oe1g- eds
y, Mr.. Stevens (Rep;, Pa,9 roso and said chat
he was disposed to,have theo vote ont thc.ques7
tion at once.nastl ssd: ab:,a uloitn,8 "a. bes
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i,aNIr.; Boutwell, (Rep.,' Mass.) asked Mr.. Stey.
chs TO- yield the floor to him. Mr. Stevens
complied, and Mr. Boutwell, addressed the
House, closing us follows 1oli sntora1 yuiyot
Sour duty as We represent history and an
cestry -ouEi duty as we contemplate I. the
demands, which sposterty will mako US, in
my Judgment spherca ,td Investigate fair
ly,ilfplly,,o faithfully, d,4,withoutuo delay,
the charges that are made against. the
Executive Of the country, and if, founded, to-
srraign 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 the
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 great war, to
demand justice, to preserve the Constitution, I'd
protect liberty, and to transmit popular rights
to other nations"
Mr.. Randall Dem., pa.). WOULD like the
chahce TO meet ,,le impcachers before the peol
l.plc. lie snould like to meet them faco to
| face, right in the enemy's camp. He asserted
that they did not mean to impeach tho Tresi-
dent; they did not dare to do it's w Init had
the President done that he should >bo i'm
pcachcd Had hc not been honest. faithful,
diigent and correct i'll cvcry particular? Let
thcm, then, if they dare, attempt to impcach
| the President. 4a.lr atfJ r sssr+.}
Mr.. Butler (Rep.. Mass. )-I admit that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (NIr. 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, i,
| for one, bow to the truth of that remark And
the question is: How soon will VIC be ready to
do orr duty? No -
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The President declares that no particle of
| the land in the Southern States has become the
property Of the United States by conquest. l
cannot Tor an Instant, allow that statement to
80 unchallcngcd. Every foot of land that was
occupied BY tho enemy Of the United States,
and was by the valur of its soldiers, rcposscsscd
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 in conqucrng nations to appropriate the
proprietary title of the land from motiycs of
public policy. yet think 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 RIG hit to appropriate land thus ac-
quircd / shall, therefore, ask the consdcra-
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
rght-prccisely as We plcase-aud not other
wise. Having thus brought before the House
| these m:sstatemcnts of facts and wrong concu-
sions of law, I, for one, am ready to vote that
this shall become n law, Notwithstanding the
veto of the President, and then see whether he
will execute it, or whether the House of Rep
resontatiycs will bring him, for his former vio-
lations 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 Ocm Pa.) took the floor for Eve
minutes
Mr.. Williams {Rcp., pa.) said ho synpa.
thzcd very deeply with the eloquent uttcranccs
of his friend from Massachusetts (Boutwcll).
There was time whom forbcarancc ceased to
be virtue, and he thought that time had come.
For tho first time in the history of the country
the Chief Executive Magistrate of the country
strobe into the halls Of Congress- into the Con-
stitutiona Chamber of the nation, and flung
his mace i'll the way Of defiance at the feet Of
Congress. Wien was this controversy to end :?