Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-11
IMPEACHMENT.
Proceedings an the House of Repre-
sentnaivcs on AshIey's Resolution.

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on Monday, the 9th instant
Mr.. Ashley, Of Ohio, rose to a question |
Of privilege, and said ! rise, sir, to per
form 4 painful duty, but duty, neverthe- |
less, which deem imperative upon me-a
daty which ] think cannot be further post
poned, aud which cannot, without cFimI-
naliiy on our part, be longer neglected. i
had hoped, sir, that this duty would have
deIolyed upon an older and more expert
enced member Of the House than myself
Prior 10 our adjournment | asked a num-
Der Of gentleman to introduce a resolution,
which ! Afterwards offered, and on which /
failed to obtain a suspension of the rules.
Confident that the loyal people Of this
country demand at our hands the action
provided for in the proposition that ! am
now about 70 submit
Mr. Finck, OF Ohio, rose to a question of
order-that there was no question before
the House
The Speaker decided the point of order
TO be well taken, and said that if it were
insisted upon the gentleman from Ohio OR
Ashley could not be permitted to proceed.
Mr.. Finck insisted upon the point Of
order.
bility as a Representative Of this House,
and in its presence and before the Ameri
can people, ! charge Andrew johnson,
Vice President, and acting President of the
United States with the commission of high
crimes and misdemeanOrs; and l now pro-
pose resolution. applause in the gal
lerv.)
Mr. Finck rose 10 another point Of order
whether the question raised by Mr.. Ash
ley was properly a question Of privilege.
The Speaker decided that it was; that it
had been so decided upon a point Of order
raised by Hon. Horace Everett, of Vermont,
in the twenty-seventh Congress.
Mr. Ashley then presented a preamble
and resolution, as follows, and demanded
the previous question upon its passage:
/ do impeach Andrew johnson, Vice
President and acting President of the Uni
ted States, of high crimes and misdemean-
ors. ! charge him with the usurpation Of
power in violation of law, in that he has
corruptly used the appointing power in
that he has corruptly used the pardOning
power; in that he has corruptly used the
veto power in that he has corruptly dis
posed Of the public property Of the United
States in that he has corruptly interfeTed
in elections and committed acts and con-
spired with others to commit acts which,
in contemplation Of the constitution, are
high crimes and misdemeanors therefore
be IL
Resolved, That the Committee on theJu-
dietary be, and they are hereby Authorized
TO inquire into the official conduct Of An
drew johnson, Vice President of the
United States, discharging the powers and
duties Of the Office of President of the
United States, and to report to this House
whether, in their opinion, the said Andrew
johnson, while in said Office, has been
guilty Of acts which were designed or cal
Cul2tel to overthrow, subvert or corrupt
the Government Of the United States, or
/ any department or any officer thereof; and
whether the said Andrew Johnson has
| been guilty of any act or has conspired
with others to do acts which, in contem-
plation of the constitution, are high crimes
and misdemeanors, requiring the interpo-
sition Of the constitutional power of this
| House and that the said committee have
power to send for persons and papers, and
/ TO administer the customary oath to wit
nesses.
Mr.. Spalding, of Ohio, moved to lay the
resolution upon the table; and on that
motion
Mr. Finck, of Ohio, demanded the yeas
and nays. The motion was lost-yeas 80,
nays lO5.
The Speaker then stated the question to
be upon seconding the demand for the pre-
yious question.
Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, inquired whether,
if that demand were not seconded, it would
| be in order to move TO refer the resolution
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
J The Speaker said that it would
Mr. Bingham. Then | hope the demand
| will not be seconded.
Mr.. Ashley. And l hope il will
On motion of Mr.. Bingham, tellers were
ordered, and the demand for the previous
| question was seconded by vote offs to 4G
Mr.. Hubbell, of Ohio, inquired whether
a motion to refor the matter to the Ju-
dietary Committe would be in order.
The Speaker decided that it would not,
unless the vote seconding the demand for
the previous question should be reconsid-
| cred
NJ. Hubbell, of Ohio, moved to recon
! sidered that vote
Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, hoped that
would be done, as he wanted to make a
| speech on the subject Laughter.
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania, moved
TO lay the motion to reconsider upon
the table, which was done by the following
vote: Ayes IS, nays AZ.
The Speaker then declared the question
| TO be upon agreeing to the resolution.
! Mr.. Niblack, of Indiana, raised a point
of order-that the motion to reconsider be-
ing laid on the table, carried the resolution
! with il.
The Speaker overruled the point of or
! der, and the preamble and resolution We're
then adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames,
Arnell, D. r. Ashley, J. NJ. Ashley, Baker,
Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman,
Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Bout
well, Brandegee, BromwelI Broomall
auckland, Bundy, Chandler, r. w. Clarke
Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, Culver,
Darling, Defrees, DelaHO, Deming, Dixon
Donnelly, briggs, Eckley, Farnsworth, Far
quhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, A. c.
Harding, Hart, HAYS, Henderson, Highly,
Hill, Holmes, Hooper, c. d. Hubbard, j.
| H. Hubbard, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian,
Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Kuyken-
dali, q. V. Lawrence, Vim. Lawrence
| Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marston, Marvin,
Maynard, McClurg, Mckee, McRuer, Mer-
| Ger, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill,, Moulton,
Myers, ONeill, Orth, Paine, Patter-
son, Perham, Pike, Price, William H.
Randall, A II Rice, H Rice, Sawyer,
Schenck Scofeld, Starr, Stevens, Stokes,
| Thayer, John L Thomas, TreWbridge,
| Epson, Van Aernam, II Ward, Warner, +
! b Washburne, II d WasEburn, Welker,
! Wentworth, Williams, + Wilson, S +
Wilson, and Windom-lOS.
Nays-Messrs Ancona, Bergen, Camp
bell, Cooper, Davis, Dawson, Dodge Ed
ridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, A Harding,
Hawkins, Hise, Hogan, Hubbell, Hum
| phrey, Hunter, Kerr, Latham, Leftwitch,
Mccullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Noel,
| Phelps, 5 J Randall, Raymond, Ritter
Ross, Spalding, Slrouse. Taber, n G
Taylor, Nelson Taylor, Trimble, A II
| Ward, Whaley, and Winfeld-SS.
Absent and not voting:
Anderson, Blow, Boyer, Conkling,
Dawes, Denison, Damont, Eggleston, Eliot,
| Goodyear, Griswood, Hale, Harris, Hotch-
kiss, A w Hubbard, d Hubbard, Z n
/ Hubbed, Hulburd, johnson, Jones, X oontz,
| Latin, lie Blond, Marshall, McIndoe,
! Morris. Newell, Plants, Pomeroy, Radford,
/ Rogers, Rollins, Rousseau, Shanklin,
Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Stillwell,
| Francis Thomas, Thornton, Burt Van
/ Horn, r 7 Van Horn, w Washburne,
| Woodbridge, and Wright--45
PLEASANT OVATION To MAYOR
LTTTREI.Ii.
On Saturday last we had lively contest
| between Col. J. c. Luttrell and Sheriff