New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-24

MI M1ERS crop. Pcitnl-A like resolution; alNo' lV
buttons OF The rcausylvania Legislature urging sueu
change IN the TalG laws will promote aud enconraSe
American art American artists Ways ana hedi1s'
lENslOS APPROPRIATIONS 49,. ., - ~,
The House Vcu. nio Commec OF The Whole ON the
slaio on the Union. MI sChEN1h tss,P' m Ina 10
chair on the Pension Appropriation Dill Tue i'einS ol
the bill are rs follows; o,,eoo
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for assy peasoas 'si' aaoo Se.....'''.''.' @S0O
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belonging 20 the Naval Pension Fund to be covered n'o
Tis section gave rse to discussion between slessrs
BUTLER rep. Mas- and PIKE (scp. Mel. the former
supporting tie rc1n and the latter opposing It, ih7
The Committee ross and reported the bill to the House.
and il was thrfculUp passed
IMPEACHMENT OF TIE PRESIDENT.
Mr. STEVENS licp. Penny at 2lO p m, rose to make
y report from ,hc Committee Reconstruction. Inc
SPEAKER gave an admonitiou TO spectators IN the ~"
lc aud 10 Oh the floor TO preserve order "u"s
ihc proceedings about to take place, ana 10 manifest
neither appreciation nor disapprobiion
MI STEVENS incn sail From the Committee on nc
construction beg ve 10 make the following report
That An addition % the papers referred TO- the Commit
tee ind te President. on the 2't day OF teolH'Ig'
ls6s signed and ordered commission OF letIeS OF au
thortg 10 Lorenzo Thomas, directing ana autaOrlhg
dThonas 10 act - seeetarS oil III "a 'tf", ' g,,%
public property the War Department, OF Which the iol
fTrcrrsr Naxsov wasuiSeroV n. G.. Peh q. 1861
The Hon b. b. stanton hayHg been removed from Ola as
,osed 70 act as $50 ,sr AMI immediately
Ter rPon ae Of ,hs ss',,' ps'liAss nan r,p
AL osaer publ. pc atrusei to bis charge -. ,....
20 Bteys. Slijoi oe torrnO Thomas Aql'utGenera 5
'' j. Taonss Se,reisry Of Var il,eria.
Upon the evidence collected by the Committee. Which
il hereafter pic-ced and virtue OF the powers VIII
which they have Invested by the House they are OF
me opinion ih AdreW Johnson @ "a ,no
States be iape'A"d Of high crimes ana 81
They, therefore romneld to the House the adoption oi
5S$SSS%@Scs rssSir }5Ty FpE EgEE9 WORTH
gSGEG q b a 90 hLI pi y FiSs
gesorSd ina andrew Johnson President Of the United
States, be Hpcac,d Of high crimes aud msdemeanors
The report having teen read, Mr.. STEVENS said Mt
Speaker-It is my intention III the first instance
80 discuss tn question, and If there be no desire
on the other discuss II, willing that the
question shan hs n OH the knowledge which the House
already has Id-.d. the fact Of removing man from
office while ID. senate ia session, without the consent
OF the Senate. ITSELF II there nothing else and al
ways has considered high crime and misdemeanor'
and was before practced. But VIII not discuss
this question: gentlemen on the other side de-
sire TO discuss it, II they do shall for the present give
way 20 them and say what have to say myself In CON
illusion.
Mr.. BROOKS rep. n " took the floor to resist this
Why the ghost of impeachment had appeared III new
form Il had been laid hitherto in the House, but
minority Of members On the other sloe forcing us "a
duenee power the majority had at last succeeded
Iu compelling party 10 attempt the npeachueht inc
president We have been said he long IN the inas OF
revolution: long mas the country been aated ~ ING
IhTocs of revolutions but we are now Tue IS S
and final stage of that revolution There nothing now
in what doing for but repeat the history OF the
fromwen and OF Charles l. and Charles H., and We are
frsveTspg and over again all the scenes OF inc
that the President should be mpeached because lie was an
obstruction IN the way of restoring certain states mo the
IpOn or rather a obstacle 10 the party which would De,
hut Is not directly In power Sir we are all oDstruelons
Iothat party my associates myself we All nave oee,
can pary's hghhanded proceedings; anu II he Ires
dent Is 20 be removed obstacle IN the way OF the
equally within thcG power, by c1el
else OF tyrannca majority TO remove every obstacle
bid them beware in spirit of defiance. but from de
voted love to my country aud It's Institutions solemny
bid them beware and to proceed no Iurser III the IeNo
tnOnary steps yOu dep0se the President by violence
II you suspend him. you throw nm 1Hs S0 Oh o h cf
III thousands aud tens Of thousands aud hundreds OI
thousands and millions OF the people that we T Ss
the Republican sidei sir we have the phy seal
Of 4, S sSs AND with muscle t o e S0 co tnS
try The herosm OF the country is ours Four
Democracy Of the oOuntry and you proceed TO intro
dace politics into the army the Democratic soiuier VII
Constitution and laws therefore Mt Speaker, bd you
beware Of Unconstitutional OF hsgai vf M m na1
how President of the United States; he without
"nScsS him as almost 70 overthrow the Executive
power and II they dd not succeed IN h name
the pages Of history the most OIL
S snt x ISss SSer IpeTe auSEter
Mr. sPALDING rep, ohiol said: feel myself TO DO
cal display this occasion can appreciate the senti
IneHt Of the gentlemen from New:York tir Brooks
eOemnityi but when he with his usual eloqnenee ~,
from conscientious discharge duty, say to friend
that he has mistaken his calling s no more important
that Of considering the question whether articles OF i'm
parchment shall Do preferred against the Chief Mags
fae OF the nation and for long months yea for years
have resisted with al my personal influence the approach
90 the crisis which before The President has
I'M 4 would
any conscience say that the President should be held to
answer the charge OF the commission OF high crimes
and misdemeanors, until something could be made
tangible whereby he had brought himself III eoDflcs
with the laws Of the nation. 1t has seemed to for
weeks that that high officer counting the very hour
aud very occasion which now upon us and tho
qaones Of which will be upon him. He has thrown
himself violently IN contact with tho act Of Congress
passed the I'd Of March last by the vote Of the cOns
tutiOna number Of twOhirds Of the Senate and two
thirds of the House Of Representatives his veto. 1t
matters not how many acts can be found upon the
statute books years gone by contrary the principles
AZ that act The gentleman from New York (BrOOks)
numbered three aud he might have numbered 30 or
300 bat stil H. within the past six nine months Con
gress has in constitutional manner made enactment
against which the Chief Executive Of the nation throws
himself and commits the act for which he should be I'M
reached lust "a clear and cOneusvey II there
had legislation to the contrary this enactment it
De legal and constitutional enactment repeas by its
own force all those prior enactments 20 which
The gentleman from New-York alluded. And IN
nothing is that clear than In this,
that the President shall remove any civil
officer who has been appointed with the OF
the Senate Of the United states without the
ot that body when II 10 In II Is true that the
right OF suspension given to the Executive during
the OF the Senate but that right Of suspension
ceased as the Senate convened; and now, not
only in the face OF the decision OF the Senate Saying that
the suspension Of the Secretary OF War made dlng the