The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-04-01

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rhai his answer WAS. in substance. thar he |
| was n,t g,,ilv: thrref,ire the farm 0f r-pli. |
cation wa- dff .rrnr from that usually usaA |
ir ,iiailar cases The answer to some Of
IN, articles amAnnt.d 10 a lamurer met " |
hnt IN the whols the managers mad chns. %
~ trat the answer ~ nlea of not guilty..
The managers we're ri opinion that no ad-
ysutsge cnul1br tak-n as against he Hnuse
| nf r preventative 10 the form oi reI liza
i'm now reported; he was williog 10 s'lnw
an hour for criticism an to the form OF re-
pliraiion.
| Mr.. Woodward wished To call the at.en>
tinp nf the managers 10 the fact that the
Pre-ilent's answer 10 the eleventh articl
am m,nntad to demurrer His own opinion
vas that the demurrer was very conclusive.
! He did not turk there was any impeacha>
| bl,. of nses charged in the eleventh article.
As the answer was put to that point IN H.
sue. which was legal question and amount
~ 10 n drmYrrer. he thought there shntl'd
he snnciai replication 10 that part of the
answer. or niuing OF demurrer. TINS RI
nGcatinn lid not iain anr iSSu 5 on that ar
| iicle at all. and was what n ieht be called
denarturn in pleading
Mr.. Bingham sail the gentleman rom
P,nnSylvania tMr. Wooiward) would md
thar the eleventh article, like every other
article exhibited against the Preslient.
charged him with mishemeanor or h'gh
crime in Office; so thnre was no deTarfnr'
whatever in the replication. He desired to
call attention Of the gentleman tn the fa"'
that while the answer does contain much
that j. srgu,nentative. and much that might
he called a demurrer such thing was never
allowed at all in N Impeachment There
never had hrpn demurrer entertained III
the Synate f tho Untrd States or in the
Peers oi England Therr was nothing on
record. A demurrer Hid NOT lie in snrh CT
ses. assert that pleading was unknown
in the whole proceedings t. til, President
The answer to the eleventh article express
" denied thar he committed a crime, and
was therefore = plea of not guilty. II"
refers to the clan which contained the
gen raj denial. aud thi. Respondent further
answering the said articles, denies that hy
means mr. reason of an thing in sail article
alleged this resp .n,lent, "a Pre~i lent of
the United States, did. on the 2l>t dav ut
February, 1868. or ar any other day nr time
commit. or that he wis guilty If a high
misdemeannr in nfi ,e. lie caimel that hy
Parliamentary law that Amounted to tue
same thing as it he had said he was nor
) guilty of the crimes alleged against him in
he manner and form aS charged. F"rm-
' we're nothing in these matters; snhstlnce
was everything The replication was Il
sub tancp. and was not q 'npar'nrer lie
wonil like to s'e A,lrew Johnson 90 intn
the Senate of the United States and by
pre- e-enting d murrer confess the avert>
: ment in the articles. No such rule obtain
ed because demurrer admitted every
/, thing that Is well plraded.
0 Mr.. Wool, of New York presumed thai
i. the Objection taken hy the gentleman from
It P.nnS, lvania has reference to making the
a replication what it really ought to be. Fl
(Wondl thonght this W .s question which
+ the court might determine. Ii was d"sira
hle however, that whatever course thi
: House might fake. it should exercise TIN
d almost care and should reserve to its ]
the right TO instruct and direct the mana
= gers. H. would take exception to IT,
phraseolngv oi The rerlicslion which d "
o clare. it TO be IN the uamr Of all th rc"n'
of the Unite States. We know said he
n that is not a fact There not man her
whn can rise in his rlace and candidly de
II clare that the people of the United State
have authorized the House 10 act on thi
!. question, nr thar any m"mser Of the HHus
~ | was ever IlptIhl bH SUCH dtl lNNut'. tiltlc
N fore. il j. false in fact that The fInu.e 4
r" Renresaptativps IS acting for. and in repre-
scn,ing all the people of the Unitel States
r. We have had no representations made !
this tIanSe from any portion of The pconl
of the United Safe IN favor OF this pro
I'd catIure except by haniin q oiIica seeker
who expect to drive personal advah'ag
r. from h result The managers rcpreS Il
Is. the House ot r pr4Ser tat,ves, AMI r"pr
's, renting this Hons they are its agents
II. o a.. # the nttttarers, tir. gantl"ma
OF from Oaia. Air .Bnghtln. took rpoh hi,
ot self 10 bully the Senate. he told the SCI
n ate to say whether /, would obs rye its rule
and Yesterday. the same honorable manag'
le, undertook tn critieise severely, and ~ u
" ind nrnr, improperly, the d. ci>ionS Of It
" Cbiet,iu,t If the United States, whi
=, sitting as presiding officer in thlt Court
.3 II will not do to to say that rh,t gentl-na
AT Is alone responsible tar these things. III
managers are ac'ing in hehalf Of 'ha Hon
Fe, aud therefore it is that |, as one member
nd the House desire TO enter my prntc
nr> against any conduct ou III" part nf either
- those managers that il not sufficiently d
ct, cnrous and COMMENSURATE with the diani
on aud gravity nf such OCCASION. VINO /
ee inrtancp, antharizd the managers to s.
III Yesterday that they would present tht
ate ,epljcatiou 10 the Senate at one clock
ID, day. a. the replication of the managers,
t" House of representative? | contend tn
I'VE in The ahsenc OF any action on thst Que
ip~ tion by the House Of Rrpr sentativrs.
was an assumption vt duty, an arrogance
nee power, un the part ot the managers to {
lies care to III. Senate that they would, at n
IN o'clock to- lay present th rerlication u
rn> fird il the Baltimore papers OF tu> i
the thi, rrplicatinn sir: are we nobody?
| lOf the gentlemen who have been select
This Hnnse TO represent il in the s 'lr
jus cnnStitut themselves the Houe Of Rep
en' sentatives?'
NV Mr.. Woo. said he had stated that
portion Of the people of the Uni,ei Sta
aid hal authoriz i this action, and that, the
no tore. it did not represent all the people
on the United States, and indeed, did
rerres. MT any of the people.
'urt Twelve clock having arrived the sesS
i2l cf MONDAY closed, ani rhe session of I'u
tied day commenced.
\, d Mr.. Ellridge said it ,ud seem fr m
the remarks nf The gentleman from Ma>sac
etts, Batter, that the matter is never
i've e,, Sc being the >uhject Of leyity. Fhs i
slr. neac, ,tlnent Of the President, from
ms seg;rn, ug OF the proceedings, b Is nor .
'ate h. On trea, ed as mere matter OF foi
but as sui, iect Tor trifng. The gentIer
,rm from Nassaeh, ,1settS tells Is when the a.
YER, ,;nu was raised II, England, whether impe
ment WIS in the na me- OF the people, 5,
one excl iimed it was nor; aud he said .
'ires The person was nndvrst, 'od to be a ran
An ola women. Wen, sir, i.t's NOT neces>
itM Tor old women to come hers and renr,
en-. we have plenty OF ranters in .'he House