The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-27

Dsagln.) Da NH N y
y IL. Schenck proceeded hosks the
remark. Congress had passed one law after
another in its effort to carry out system of
restoration of the rebel States, and those laws.
had been rendered 9uggqtory, bqad been, ip sfect
stricken tlo&$n' and made imperative by the K6s-
Ftilsy to them, TO Congress, and TO the policyof
Congress on the part of the Executive. The
President stood now as an obstacle in the path
way. .rf-=z,. y y y - A5sas=
Mr.. stevepY (KepAl; 81, H. II 1))saM: agree pre-
ciscly with the eloquent speech of my anaiable
colleague across tho way tRandall) that we cant
not impcach the President Of the United
States. But Isay to ourtfriends on this side
who are urging that measure that they are urgl
ing it hin vain. :" The result of my motion the
other day clearly disclosed that, and, without
attempting to mako disclosures, T undertake to-
say that there are unseen agencies at work
there arc invisible powers ut work in this coun1
try which will prevent the impeachment of the
President. I have taken Sonic pains to tnder1
stand the composition Soof tn. house and the
composition of the SENATE, and + nm quite cer5
tain that there arc enough of persons in the
House 'frsst tS pfevsai the presentation Of arr
ticlcs of Impeachment; and secondly that
there are enough persons in the Senate if arr
sticles Of. .impeachmentw voted, to .preyent
the conviction of the President, So that rel
peat any attcnipt 70 iipeaacll the President will
be vain and futile. It is imncs;,.,i to pierce
the pahophy. Enich hsurroundsthe White House,
TIE rrcsiaeht Starts by assdrtihgg in his mes
sage what, if true, would support all the rest
Of his argunent rii He says the Constitution Of
the United sstatesis theoretically operative Sitf fn
the conquered provinces of dthc South off
that wastrae tkon i'll we have done here5ia
rank usurpation. II deny thatltlte Constitution
is! either Theoretically actually ip operation
in any Of these States. am sorry to say that
not all our statesmen, profound as they are, and
That not all Of our judges, learned as they arc,
not even n'the highest ainoig them, seem to have
looked sdfficicntlyatos the bottom.of the law Of
bnationsi to understand the true condition of j
conquered people. "a And yet q slight examippa-
tion Of one page Of, Froftius, Of half a page or
half lecture Of Rutherford, one page Of Vat.
tel, and even less than tf.. of thc-last, and
best, and tcrsct Of publtista seant Wild
mnn-wi:l convince every min atliaethe true
position Of the late Confederate States isthnss
of, n conq9crcd territory Of the United States.
That being admitted, all the rest Of rcconstruc-
ton is as easy. us any, of the problems Of
Euclid. sInny ofSour people have relied on
Blackstone mud " hcatoh and other aiciel,ti and
modern ipublicists, and ,havcibctomc familiar
with athem, while thea,oceupant of the ANliito
House Was engaged in n very laud.hle business,
but one mot much calculated to instruct and
adorn that end Of the human frame, There
fore. sir, make allowance and inlul lgcnco on on
the errors of that honorable gentleman. nov
movasthe previous question. ,.,s4. .5,l.
Mcssrs. Wilson (isep, Iowaa) and pruyn
(Deml, N. iH.)appealed to Mr., Stevens to allow
each Of them some time to address the House.
| ., Mr.. Stevens consented, to do So and yielded
first to AIr. Pruyn, who said agree with the
gentleman from Pennsylvania as to these first
principles which he at the foundation of, the
national law to which he has referred, and that
the authors he has named are authorities which
cannot be disrcgarded here, but whose opinions
and views are conclusive on, the question be-
fore the House. The difficulty is in,applying
that law to the case, before it, The gentleman
from Pennsylvania in the qThirtieth Congress
announced whatI considered to b, ard whet
the country considered to bo, a startlilg spropo-
| sition; that by reason of the proclama-
tion of, blockade so-called dthe; war had
become war between nations, and hence
forth twas q struggle between two great par
ties, and that the conquering party had right
to do with tho conquered what it pleased
That; was in the face Of tho solemn proclama,
ton of both Houses of Congress, passed un-
| animously after the struggle had reached it's
height, after the first battle Of Bull Run, that
| it was not aawar between nations but it. was
o war to enforce the provisions of the Con-
stitution, acknowledging all the rights Of the
States, md declaring that as soon as the strpg-
glc terminated, terminate how it might, these
States were to be restored to their relations to
the Union, Tho facts of the case heretofore