The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-08

assume shat the action Of the Thry-npth Congress nm
the renee OF the judiciary Committee there reasons
Ole Tor investigation OF The grave chaTres mad
against the President Of the United States by the gentle
man from vno lorN'ose the question. and that thi
Congress woald De false 10 the nv and false 10 IN
| principle OF the American government should
shrink from tne Investigation. I would no
have troubled the House with single ooserva
ton il il had not been that new points have beer
thrown into the caso by the condition OF public asira
The rst Is the point mat was made by the memer from
New York tsir brooasl wnea the House was being or
gained that this House not consntionaI hdS n,
the purpose OF Legislation because portion the states
that have not destroyed themselves are not
wish TO tLa hat the Arst Congress- or the
United States which the votes and declared
George Washington President Of the United States ma
not when it assembled majority OF meml.srs IN cab
house, there being then but nine States IN the Inion
It adjourned from day TO day until got thai majority
and the moment II got it, 1t proceeded to the grave
business OF organizing thus government by making
George Washington President and going into
members Of States then composing The Union coaiS
make George Washington President cannot this House
unmske Andrew Johnson, grand jury consists Of
that OF inquest Thirteen only need he present
when bill IS presented. IL twelve will vote for il, and
assume II the report OF the learned Judiciary Com
Of the last House is be trusted and who doubts
it that whenever this House does vote on the final
report there will be absolute majority of the House
voting favor OF impeaching Andrew johnson for high
crimes aud misdemeanors Another point to which
wish TO call the attention OF the House d the msconcan
ton with which think the report Of the committee Of the
last House has been received That committee reported
that there were grave charges and evidence sustain
toe took months TO find that out and why il did mot
report progress think we may that the COM
not Of therefore the COMMITTEES did not desire TO make
full report although II might well have reported on
grave charges which all men knew-usu rpaton of
ecutive power misuse Of the pardoning and appointing
power, usurpaon Of legislative power the returning Of
immense amounts OF material which belonged to rebel
communities to the men composing the same rebel or
CARNATIONS without authority OF law Those are omen
and known to all men. Even the gentleman from Ohio
tir spading) must have heard OF them however much
"a NAV hnrA LIANT IN ~
IN my Judgment sufficient indictment and
charges might be made on them, and they
are the great mat which the House will be called
to vote. The custom Of Parliament has ever been to
find impeachments ON common fame and common re.
port the current history which Is the evidence on which
all governmental action IL based, Is the evidence on
which this impeachment shall be based SO far as the
facts are spread on the judicial legislation OF executive
records Of the country think II of very little conse
quence whether there be any secret crimes charged
against the resident because willing TO take up
the gauntlet thrown down by the gentleman from Ohio
tMr Spaldins1 and say that II any stands in the
ws the great march Of this country honor glory
10 peace TO unity to happiness to liberty and TO law he
must De taken ~ ,se n
termination OF Mr. Buffers eight minutes, and Mr.
Brooks took the floor.
The SPEAKER asked Mr. Ashley how much of his time
Mr. ASHLEY asked Mr. Brooks how many minutes he
wanted?
Mr. Brooks said no did not want to speak on Mr. Ash
leys time He would claim the door Tor himself
as Mr. Ashley concluded.
vious question, but said Mr. Brooks might have the
fifteen minutes left
Mr. BROOKS declined to be limited to quarter Of an
hour and said thai silence was the most eloquent
syer to Mr. Ashley If he moved the previous question
after the charges he had made against the President
Mr. ASHLEY then yielded five minutes to
Mr. MILLER, rep OF Pa. who spoke in favor of mod
Grafton camness and regularity in such grave matter
the impeachment Of the President; he was opposed
preiudging the case, pronouncing this floor
TO whether the President guilty of the charges
before the evidence was laid before the House; the
President shoald be tried fairly and mparaly and the
House should not be hasty in declaring him guilty Of
high crimes and misdemeanors
Mr. ASHLEY then moved the previous question.
Mr. HOLMAN moved to lay the resolutions on the table
The vote was taken by yeas and nays and resulted
yeas SO, nays 49, so the resolutions not laid
the table.
Mr. ASHLEY said at the request Of gentlemen on his
side OF the house. he would yield the gentleman from
New York and his friends fifty minutes Of his time II he
were permitted first 10 move the previous question.
Mr. FARSswoETH, (rep.) of H.. said IL most
usual Tor resolution OF reference thus TO be debated
Ohio could only be made by suspension Of the rules
Mr. ASHLEY then moved TO suspend them, and the
question decided in the Affirmative He then moved
the previous question
Mr.. BROOKS remarked that he understood fifty
minutes allowed this SIDE Of the House. When he
heard the gentleman from Ohio Mr Ashley indulge in
adecves and epithets Of uncommon magnitude, while
denouncing the President OF the United states seemed
70 him TO recall the revountary scenes or French his
tory whom Mara Danton and Robesperre on an
similar this conducted their revolutionary proceed
ings In the halls OF the French Convention Never
before an American Congress had he heard such Ian
guage used towards the Executive branchof the govern
mcnt, and Therefore he was not surprised that the
without precedent but unparliamenary The gentleman
had spoken Of body Of consprators but he went still
conspiracy for the assassination of President Lin
coin. II not within his (Mr. BrooksD
power as Reprsssnasivs on the floor Of
Of this character when applied TO the Executive branch
Of the government What proof was there Of the
charge excepting the declaration OF the gentleman from
Ohio hmself2 The gentleman denounced the White
House den Of thieves and pardon brokers and
the President q great criminal, and he spoke
ingly Of the and moral cabre OF the President
but this not to be'dwelt upon /. quite salts.
factory 10 look at the veto OF the Reconstruction bill
among the abiest Of State documents produced.
The gentleman too, spoke OF those connected with
the President rebel allies and satraps All this
language unbecoming and uuparliameniarv. II the
President chief OF consprators and the White House
den of thieves and pardon brokers' why the delay then
Of going on with the Investigation Of the committee
President guilty Of high crimes and mis- ,
demeanors why adjourn for two or three months ?
Why abandon the government for that length Of time
to thieves and pardon brokers? Now the time for
action. II there one word OF truth in what the
gentleman said this House ought adjourn without
proceeding to impeachment. II he was guilty OF high
crimes and misdcmeanors now was the time, without
further delay, to try him He thought the gentleman
only indulgcd in defamation for the purpose OF pro-
ducng and preparing the public mind for the revolution
he had in contemplation He did not imagine the gen.
tleman believed that he could sustain any Of the
charges The gentleman had asserted that five thou
sand Union men had been killed and wounded in the
South Now he INF. brOoksl was an attentive reader
OF the newspapers, and knew what going on, and
be pronounced the declaration as mere fiction, fg
mcnt Of the gentlemans own brain. There was no
more crime in the southern country, in proportion TO
its population, than in New York, and crimes
had been committed extensively atrocious In the
northwest OF Missouri during the past year and half
There had been more crime committed 10 ten South
States than In ten Northern States Of like popua
ton. Crime existed everywhere and in every form,
murder arson, &c and yet assertions Of crimes com.
United the southern country mentioned here TO
arouse the public to the impeachment Of the President
Five thousand killed and wounded There was NO such
proof record ut ALL before any committee, that
In Texas three hundred Union men have been killed.
II the opinion Of General Sheridan there command
Ing that martial law unnecessary where the civil
Law be maintained and properly executed. He
would saw to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr Spalding)
who stood here Giroud against the Jacobns, that
the history Of the Girondsts In this place 70 be
written and although such az he attempt TO arrest
the revolution, he Mr. Brooks) did not think this
luton here 70 stop. He did not believe II was
half written half acted out unless all history
was 1t fault We repeating the Roman
history or Augustus and julius Caesar, and
the government 10 passing from . republic TO des-
Rovo paya dafc- -th IN