The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-12-04
.sg9ulnital.
The Impeachment Question.


.lPhrree, several reports from. the Judicia:
s,,ryC Comniitt shave been presented to the
sHonse of sRepfesen YES on:the proposed
ssiInpeesac hinent of the President. The ma
: ifority report, concludin with a resolution
:. recon uending- g-impeachment, is signed by
.sSLessrs. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, Law
!. renee Of Ohio, Williams, of .Pennsylya-
.sni,aeT Thomas;5of Maryland, and Churchill,
:;snfesS:Ne York. Itsiss extre emely lengthy,
anverine several hundred pages of closely
:i;y;r,tf elscap. The chairman OF the
sesiimoii so ttee,. Mr. iilson, of iowa, present.
ecd:;as;;mn7inority ;s;n repora, signed by himself
and Mrs. Wood abridgs,l Vermont, taking
.-tbe~ ground that. in view OF all the s,evl-
which; has been presented, >tl!ere Is
< niothin to require the nterposltlon oft ;,t
sstie House, aud recommending that the
subject bes laid. :ons.t thestable. The only
-sDIroa acrats on thest Committee, .Messrs.
ridee, of isconsin; and Marshall, OF
illinois also z, present satl,ninority report
!. .:,ar,eeeine N tb edmain with the conclusions
ssarrissd sat=by Messrs. Wilson and Wood
!. ..1ss .:.sT< MAJORITY REPORT. -
:S.ss1r IL. committee onssthe Judiciary, to
b;on .w,is referred the esresolution ofthe
g.1fH Of March lust tliorlzing them to IN
auire into the official conduct OF Andrew ire,
.ssJohnson, ice: President OF the ~ nlted =
..ssSfatss, discharging the present duties OF
INA he' Office :of President: of the United
xSfdtes and to report to, this House whelh-
:as:in fi,eir :opinio The said Andrew Ohm
;I,ss ii,i said been guilty
,ofs acts ioh:Were designed or calculated
ssfa.nysr5h corrlp ptethe Government
s,df:tha United States; or an y department.
z :(ar ofiii hereof; and whether the. said
e nareWsJ ohnsol has been guilty of any
= 81. .ssor has eonspired with-others to dc
J: sseis which. in. the contemplation OF the
constitution, are.high crimes and m.sde.
.5sneanor requiring the lnterposltlon Oh Inc
Sonstitusiopal power OF TINS .aaoese, re
repor
That 10: the performance OF the lmPor- ., le2s;
..s,ta,aE task ASST gned :to Them they ltaye
:spared. no pains to nuke their
: ION l1l oniplete as possbteSnot only.oy
sIIasasxS,ploration 5, of th0public archives, but
iis every in dication that seemed
Ia: ndrors5ise any additional light upon the
eatssHbiect Of inquiry and they submit
> > herewith stlic .reslA t@of &that portion OF
4Eia,irs labors In thta luminous exhibit
.f,,st aesom , panic report. In order:
:t,nawaEsE to direct attention OF the
Hdgssst osdch 81 ct the some Wnat . !
heteta!;ene eoas mass ct testHnon Mn!Sl =!
:they peled toPresent With VI,
out TIA order:er ei iran sssn,ent I hat night
:, kaye2 facii ted its exaniination, as are
!. Tsa.. r,iea 6E thensss most material to the
ii4;'ase thew Nil Emo proceed to state, as
briefi 8 ss:possiblc, ;the;leading facts which
they supposesthe he;inquiry to have develop
aa if asbeT5nd5 disp1te;; along with their own
:, fsis;ncI tilere from and thereasons by
which they hag been influenced in reach-
mo them. =: InssoS doing :.bey; must be.al-
:1oGed the indnl lgeace which q comprelien..
.sgsiiS9Sserutiny, running over two years
on. OF th affairs OF great gov
s-eEHments thron s 1nexamp dscrisis of
TIE state, AMI dsiaves Inc, the Very highest
atters that can5eI!gagc theattentioh OF
: :fee. people, would seem-to necessitatc nee
and must atgaalle events excuse.
The charges mads and to which tue y IN
:Yiassii cations Of the committee have been
especial directed frare usurpatlons OF
: -.r,S1ws,irand violation of. LAW in the corrupt
$ sbasse7 Of the. appointing, pardoning and
..gatas powcrs; ii n the corrupt interference
,iin,eiections, and general the cominis; U.
aiion :of acts amounting tossh1 gu GRIMES
and; misdemeanors under:t r:thcconstltution;
and i non this recitalsit was charged with
t3,es more ore general duty oi inquiring into
.fha Sfiiciii 1iI conduct of thcsP Presidcntot OF Che
United sStstes, and Of reporting whether
he had been guilty OF any acts winch
( were designed or calculated to overthrow
s.subyert orscorrnpt the government OF the
5.United States; or. which, IN contempla-
.tioni tii3of of. the eonsti tuition, would constitute
!: q high crime or inisdemeanor requiring
the ipterposition Eof Sthe constitutional
) 'powersofs the: House. ~ .,;
3.It viii be observed that the greatigss:a-
lent boint of accusation standing out IN n
tie, foreground and challenglngthe attcil-
: ZION Of the countryis stsurpatton OF poacer,
which involves, of course, u violation o. OF
laW..S,And hereitsmay bc remarked = that Ela.
perhaps every greatS abuse. every b. grant
departure from theswell- ll-settledsprlnclples
sofa.the government, which has been
brought home TO its present .admnlstla-
ton, whother discerning itself in special
'infractions of the statutes or in the protll-
rate ,tEs: use of the high powers conferred by
fhe:copstitutionso the President, or re-
s-yeaiine itself more ,naniiestly in the sys-
tematic attempt to seize upon its sover-
,eignty. and sdisparage and supcrccde the
ereat council, to which that sovereignty,
Ras been entrustedsin.reference to the ono
great purpose of reconstruct'ng the shat
fared; governments Of the rebel States in
= accordance with his own wish, in the IN.
9tesrest Of the great criminals who carried
= tbesm,into the rebellion, and in such q way