Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-14
SyNafUReY, PA.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER IA, 1867.

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e{s@ INrrAciiMENT OF THE PRESIDENT
DEFEATED.-1he action of the House Of
Representatives on this subject has been set
tied by decided vote against impeachment
That the President deserved impeachment,
Tor NAL administration and conduct unbe-
coming the Chief Magistrate of this great
nation, is hardly questionable by any one not
blinded by party zeal. But whether it was
policy to resort to extreme measures, to ac-
complish results that little more time would
certainly bring about, was question that
caused many to hesitate in urging impcach-
mcnt as a remedy against present temporary
evils. The difference of opinion between
Mr. Wilson und Gov. Boutwell,, in the ma
jority and minority reports on this subject,
is merely legal, whether, according TO
precedents in this country and England, the
acts of the President, though criminal, are
impeachable. Happily, in this country where
every mar is a sovereign, and generally ca
pable of judging between right and wrong
the President, however corrupt, headstropS
and reckless, is powcrlcss, and incapable OF
stopping the wheels of government or over
turning our institutions. The people Will
have to suffer some Inconvenience until they
can oust an incumbent who has betrayed
his trust, and hereafter will elect no one
whose life has not always been in the right
On Saturday, the 7th inst, the Speaker
stated the next business in order to 5e the
reso,u,;or for impeachmep, of The President,
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tue pehulhS question peliis vi 'iie u'o'A0n Vi
Mr.. Wilson, oi Iowa, to lay the sungcct on
.he table.
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