The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-12-04


ed Us, from the Beginning ,wllh most solemn
awe. We endeasored. in the inxestigsf
tlon, to excludc from our minds every qles.
tion ni mere polIlics. and, as far as. .pvssl-
bile, TO be.uninhurnced by party bias, Ws
@efe admonshed that, in some sense, the
aation. The people, in the person ai their
executive head. were on trial before, the
world, an'i that personal anlana,ity and par
" politics sh uid be infiexibly and scrapai
lou'iy to'gaiteu and igDore,i. For any
eau 10 have shrunk from full and care.
tui investigation OF The great question ol
mpeAch meut was cowar,lice !; to have pur :
spedalt "a the spirit OF parly-io have de-
sradesl.lt ln.a a mere investigation Of poll
Iicalipoliiy villa referrn.e 10 par,isan sue
cess. would have been meanness, and woold
have iiegraced the nation itseliby scan6a-
lizing the nations constitutional head. We
repeat. therefore. that the investigation ai
The cOminitiee was, 80 lar as we tDnk part
N u. with tI.e sole view Ia ascertain wheth.
sr the Presnlent. ander ihe charge pi eirr-
red agsinsthlm, was guilty ot an, impesch.
able offence. Not ous sn, bal Sniiaiae be-
liel that q ~ss,the only gursiinn ~ were
authorized or expected inquire Ins,
NOT witness was called or examined win
my sies u pesiag e..>r ~ merely cen
.nrihg or eabdsnti ~ gtae puaiical acIna
u ,he Pre.lIent. NJ ug.:es,ion ~ i made,
ar lniimdlioa = ven, b, tue msjortt of tie
committee tlli the re, ,ohltnnn al censure vas
oHerea. that there wa. ~ purpose u can
sitieTins asa cnnmit.ec snt bat the qaes
tinn 1T pmparhmgnt Nnr aa, ,hsre then.
a. We uaJsr.food II. tat purpose ni report-
lng snclire,ulution - t',r Huusr ior ii. oI.
ic,al action. We thiax, therefore, thar
We are -arran,rd ~ ~ayiug. that although
nugh trsiimpny, irrelevant. illegal. aud
experimental. Wa, taken. much tha, had nu
oar ~ upon The qae.tiun u Impeachment.
and much mste thai MAS not testimony IN
auy Gaze Y Tor any purpose, that nane wa,
lkn with any Nen yllrpt The impeach
nent. lience Nc ilsisI TIA II The cnmmit
ice rs tic glt Aud Junsl elton (Which we
denv) 10 inquire into the pili;cal and dis
creuonary acts Of The President. with 4
yes IL his condemnation. ina i has MT
IN any legitinate aud proper mipner lnyes
tgatcd or attempted 10 consider tia, SUI.
Jec,.
We do not lnpugn te personal npliscs
II any mcmber 81 the cnmmitiee ~ho difgrr
Nth u. Oar inifrCourse upnn the com
mttee has berp peasant, aid Inc cnurtrsY
with which we have been treated uniform
and uninterrupted
We entett,in none hut the most kiadly
personal feelings towards every me nher !:
bat canlcr, anil sense Df duty. compel u
tn declare thai we caa had no warrant or
excuse Tor this travelling outside 81 beyond
the subject with which the committee were
charged 70 censurr aud cnndcmn The Pres
silent, except IN The prejudice aud zeal of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The President needs and can ak no de-
fence irun Us upon party grounds, or upon
any other than those which spring from ol
d,lal obligation ard duty. lie was not the
President Of our ehnlce, and was not elect
cd by uur votes; nor is IL necessary ;hatI
We should agree with him. or justly or ap
prove all Ne has done. Neither do We feel
called upon 10 review all the great mass OF
testimony lusen by the committee t. show
thai his censure and condemnation are not
warranted by il. tiuugh taken a. il has been.
and unchaIenged - il was 10 that regard.
We do not, however. believe the unbiased,
,he nnprrjuliced mlnd will be able in the
testimony TO discover any just or reasona-
bic cause for cDndemplns or impugning the
motives by which, he vas sc,uated. Indeed,
differing with him 10 opinion, as We have,
= to the policy and propr'ety Of many
things he has done, and msny mpre that he
has left undone. we lcrl compelled TO de-
clare that the proofs before Us will not
warrant a charge that he was in any IN
stance controlled by motives other than
those pure and patriotic.
Ills greatest oilense, We appreheni. will
be found TO be, tha, be has not been able or