Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-03
WASHINGTON.

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| In the Senate, the Chair presented
memorial from members of the Gran
Army of the Republic, setting forth tina
their services were not sufficiently recog
missed and praying for department Offices
| On motion of Mr.. Howard the Senat,
proceeded to the consideration of the i'm
peachment rules. .e1sd s4ii 9to
In the House, discussion of the i'm
parchment articles was resumed, and
the following additional introduced by
Butler: fssatul stha $500 ss 1853
The said Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, unmindful of the
high duties of his office and the dignity
and proprieties thereof, and of the hsr-
mony and courtesies which ought to. ex-
ist and be maintained, between the ex-
ecutive and legislative branches of the
Government Of the United States, de-
signing and intending to set aside the
rightful authority and powers of Con.
ridicule, contempt and reproach the
Congress of the United States and the
several branches thereof, to impair and
destroy the regard and respect of all
the good people of the United States
and the Congress and legislative
power thereof, which all officers of the
Government ought inviolately to pre-
serve and maintain, and to excite the re-
sentiment of all good people of the United
States against Congress and the laws by
it duly and constitutionally enacted, and
in pursuance of his said design and
intent, openly and publicly, and before
divers assemblages of the citizens of the
United States, convened in divers parts
thereof, to meet and receive Andrew
johnson as the chief magistrate of
the United States, did, ON the 18th
day of August, in the year of our Lord
1866, and on divers other days and times,
as well before as afterwards, make
and deliver with loud voice certain in
temperate and scandalous harangues,
and did therein utter loud threats and
bitter menaces, as well against Congress
as the laws of the United States, duly
enacted thereby, amid the cries, jeers
and laughter of the multitude then
assembled and in hearing, which are set
forth in the several specifications here
matter written, in substance and effect,
that is to say. !alna 10 htf
The article is supported by three
specifications, giving extracts from the
speeches of Andrew johnson in Wash
ingtsn, August 49, at Cleveland, Ohio,
September 3; at ST. Louis, Mo-, Septem-
Der 8, 1866. The specifications con-
clude: .Ttan,ai fl
Which said utterances, declarations,
threats and harangues, highly censura-
BILE in any one, peculiarly indecent and
disgrscing in the Chief Magistrate of the
United States, by means, and whereof
said Andrew Johnson has brought the
high Office of President of the United
States into contempt, ridicule and dis
grace, to the great scandal of good citl-
zens, whereby Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States, did commit,
and was then and there guilty of high
misd emearer in Office.
Mr.. Stevens explained the report from
the Committee and concluded as fol-
lows:
BY some unaccountable misunder-
standing this article which hold in my
hand, which we may call one and a half,
has been dropped out, for / do not find
it in articles in distinct language.
propose it as an amendment THAT on
the 18th Of August, during the recess Of
Congress, Andrew johnson, President Of
the United States, did suspend from
Office Edwin NJ. Stanton, and that while
the Senate was considering the suffi
cheney Of the reasons reported, Andrew
johnson formed deliberate design and
determined to prevent said EdwinSM
Stanton from forthwith reasoning the
duties Of bis Office, thereby committing a
high misdemeanor and offense, and that
when be was defeated in accomplish
ing his design by the integrity and
fidelity of the Secretary Gd interim,
he sought to arrive at the same end by
giving authority to Lorenzo Thomas,
Adjutant General Of the army, To act az
Secretary Of War ad interim, and severely
censuring the former Secretary Of War
dd interim for not yielding TO his efforts
TO make him betray bis trust" This
charge is nowhere contained in the sTti
cles reported by the committee, and IN.
less it is inserted there can be no trial or
il, IL there be shrewd lawyers, as know
there will he eaviling judges; aud If
without that article, they do not acqui
him, they are greener than ever | wa
when 1 CON menced 10 practice ct tbs
Court Of Quarter Sessions
Mr.. Eldridge sought to present The FOL
D
lowing protest, but failed
Tha undsrsigned, members Of the For
tieth Congress Of the United States, rep
resenting directly or in principle NOR
than one. half Of the whole people Of thl
Uniied States, do hereby, 10 the name o
, las and justice, and in behalf Of thos'
they represent, most soleunly pfoies
. against the tyranny sud injustice prae
: ticed hy tss majority Of the House II
violating the sacred rights. free debau
and uurestrained deliberaiion upoa thl
: greatest question ever br0ught befor'