Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-12-04
cLEARFIELD. PA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1867
ION the basis of the laws passed by

4 Union upon the basis Of the laws passed b,
Congress. @ as5Z
And further, that the said Andrew ohm
son, President of the United States, trans
ferred and surrendered, and authorized and
/ directed the transfer and surrender OF rail
way property of the value of many millions
of dollars to persons who had been engaged
In the rebellion, or to corporations owned
wholly or in part by such persons, he well
knowing that In some instances the railways
had been constructed by the United States,
and that in others that such railways and
railway property had been captured from the
enemy in war, and afterwards repaired at
great cost by the United States, such trans
fers and surrenders being made without au-
thority of law and in violation of law.
In that, he directed and authorized the
sale OF large quantities of railway rolling stock
and other railway property, of the value of
many millions of dollars, the property OF the
United States, by purchase and construction,
to corporations and parties then known to
him to be unable tc pay their debts then ma
tured and due, and this without eAactiDg
/ from said corporations and parties any secu-
rites whatever
In that, he directed and ordered subordi-
nate officers of the government to postpone
and delay the collection of moneys due and
/ payable to the United States on account of
such sales In apparent conformity TO All order
/ previously made by him; that the interest
upon certain bonds issued or guaranteed by
| the Stat of Tennessee in aid OF certain rail-
ways, then due and unpaid for period OF
four years and more. should be first paid out
of the earnings OF the roads In whose behalf
said bonds were SO issued or guaranteed, In
| tlat INV tn S,ch nrlar and dlrao-
ton, the collection of moneys payable, and
| then due to the United States was delayed
and postponed, and the interest on such
| bonds OF which he, himself, was a large hold
er, was paid according to the terms OF his
own order, thus corruptly using his office to
defraud and wrong the people of the United
States for his own personal advantages.
In that he has not only returned to claim
ants thereof, large amounts OF cotton and
other abandoned property that had been selz
ed and taken by the agents of the Treasury,
in conformity to law, but has paid and dl-
rected the payment of actual proceeds of
sales made thereof, f,and this in violation OF
law of the United States, which orders and
requires the payment into the Treasury OF
the United States of all moneys received
from such sales, and provides for loyal claim
ants sufficient and easy remedy in the
Court of Claims, and In manifest violation
also, of the spirit and meaning OF the Con-
stitution, wherein it is declared that no mon
ey shall be drawn from this Treasury, but in
consequence OF appropriations made by law.
And further, in that the said Andrew
johnson, President of the United States, au-
thorized the use of the army of the United
States for the dispersion of peaceful and
lawful assembly OF citizens of Louisiana );
and this by virtue of a dispatch addressed
to a person who was not an officer OF the ar
my, but was public and notorious traitor.
and all with the intent to deprive the loyal
people of Louisiana of every opportunity to
frame State Government, republican IN
form and with the intent further, to con-
tinue in places OF trust and emolunent per
SONS who had been engaged In an attempt
to overthrow the government OF the United
States, expecting thus to concillate such
persons to himself and secure their aid In
support OF his aforesaid unconstitutional de-
signs.
All of which omissions of duty, usurpa-
tions of power violations of his oath of of
flee, of TIE laws and of the Constitution OF
the United States, bv the said Andrew John
sou, President of the United States, have
retarded the public prosperity, lessened the
public revenues, ,disordered the business and
finances of the country, encouraged insubor-
dination in the people of the States recently
in rebellion, fostered sentiments of hostility
between different classes of citizens, revived
and kept alive the spirit of the Rebellion,
humiiated the nation. .dishonored republican
institutions, obstructed the restoration OF
said States to the Union, and delayed and
postponed the peaceful and fraterna reor-
ganization of the Government of the United
States. ..7~. .....-l sa. ..-
This committee therefore repor.. the ac-
companying resolution and recommend Its
passage. ,r.-
(Signed. s = -. .-..- f.....,
GEO. S. boutwell,, WM- LAWRENCE,
FRANCIS THOMAS, JNo. C. CHURCHILL.
THOMAS WILLIAMS, g ,sl.-.-
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE IMPEACH-
MENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES. --sg. ef f
Resolued, That Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States, be impeached of
high crimes and misdemeanors.
A minority report was also presented by
Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge, dissenting
from the conclusions arrived at by lhe ma
iority of the Committee. And Messrs. Mar
shall and EldrIdge (Democrats) also present
ed statement, giving it as their opinion
that the evidence before the Committee
presents no case for the impeachment of the 4
President. sa 81 l&ez
COLDIERS' BOUNTIES. "A recent bill
- has passed both Houses of Congress, and
signed by the President, giving three years SOL
diers 500 and two years soldiers $50 bounty
70 Soldiers wounded in line of duty, who did not
serve two or three years entitled to the bounty
~ Bounties and Pensions collected by me for
those entitled to them. -
WALTER BARRETT, Atty at Law.
Aug. 18th, 1865. Clearield, Pa.
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