The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-03-11
IMPEACHMENT.
The Democratic Members Pro-
test Against the flasty Action
Of the House.
The Rump Refuse 20 Even Hear Il
Read or Haveit Printed I'm the
.sGlobe."

\ structfd oy |oisy i've mcn0erN OF the HOuEe
Of Representatives to present a communica.
tioD from them to the ii u.s.. aud that il
be read. 1t is respectful in terms aud is, in
my opinion, privileged.
The Speaker-The gentleman may con
sider that u protest is privileged, but Dis
| gest shows tits not 80 considered in parlia.
! mrntsrv law
MI Ehiridge-Then ask the unanimous
consent to present this communication from
forty fve members of the Hnuse, and on
that propose to submit a motion. Nu
merous objections made on the Republican
side
MI Eldridge Then ask consent to
have the communication printed in the
Globe. .rt
Numerous affections we're made.
Mr.. FarnSworth made it point of order
thar under the order nf the Hnus,. no prop
ositinn could Ire entertained, but that the
Hnu e should p7ocred to vote on the arti,
Ues o. impeachment
The Speaker sustained the point.
The following is COPY OF THE PROTEST
sought to be presented:
The undersigned, members Of the For
ticth Congress0f the United States, repre-
senting directly or in principle more than
one hall Of the whole people of the United
States, do hereby, in the name of law ard
justice, and in beha'i CT those they repre-
sent, must snle,nnly protest against the ty.
ranny and injustice pract,cHd By the maiori.
ty OF the House in violating the sacred
rights Of free debate and unrestrained de-
liberation upon the greatest questions ever
brought before an American Congress.
Tn, rules OF the House, made for pro.
lection of the minority, and by strict ad-
herence to which the weaker party can on
ly be protected from those Irregularities and
abuses VIII ch the wantonneSs of power is
but too often apt to suggest to large and
successful majorlties, have b, en-, during this
entire Congress, in violation Of their true
spirit and intent, wantonly and unprrccd
entity suspended and set aside, not upon
particular and pressing matter, but upon
all pending subjects Of legislation, so thar
by this reckless and arbitrary suspension OF
the rules, and the wantrn abuse OF the 9ra>
vious question the. rights of the. minority
have been utterly disrtgarded the House
of Representatives has ceased to he de
Lucrative body aud the minority have been
questions without any proper or reasonable
an extent has this dangerous and oppress
i've practic obtained, that measures aft CT.
ing vitality the whole country, and the dear
est interests Of our constituencies, tending
as we believe to the suhverSiUn of our re-
publican fornl of government, in their very
nature demanding of the people and their
Representatives the most careful exahIina-
tion and scrutiny, have been hurried through
the forms of laYi Station without being print
ed, without one word of debate or one mo
ment's consideration; without, indeed. the
opportunityo the undersigned to protest,
except in violation of the then operating
order, enforced by the majority as the or
der of the House. These alarming abuses
OF power might not seem to demand this
formal protest if we we're not forced to be.
leye that determined intention exists with
the majority to revolu'ionize this Govern
ment by destroying the other CO. ordinate
branches, and vesting all the powers of the
Government in Congress. In the steps
tfkan 10 depose the President of the Unit
cd States, We are admonisfed that there il
no end to this oppressive measure to cripple
the power and silence the voice Of the mi>
nority. The resolution was rushed through
the House under the previous question re-
ferring the matter 10 the Committee on
Reconstruction. The Committee in hot
haste, and sitting when the House was in
session, in violation of one Of it's Most ex
press rule, considered. aud by strict party
vote adopted and presented it to the House
for its action. and then was exhibited one
of tae most extraordinary spectacles ever
witnessed in deliberative parliamentary
body. Members were allowed some thirty
minutes, some twenty, some ten, some five,
some one minutes only to discuss the most
.momentous question ever PR sented.
Many could not even get one minute, un-
der the arbitrary rule of the majority, and
more than halt OF those even of the patty
voting to enforce the previous question who
desired to be heard, were permitted only to
print their their speeches in the Globe after
the question upon the resolution vas de-
cidrd, and which we're never delivered In
the House, No comment can demon strate
more completely than the facts themselves.
the viciouSness and ilegality of such pros
ceedingi.
But this wanton and exc ssive use of
POWER OF the majority does not stop here.
While the committee were in session upon
the furthr proceedings to remove the Pres
der operation of the previous question
without debate, in violation OF an express
rule, new special and most extraordinary
rules for the conduct of this proceeding,
changing without previous notice standing
rules Of the House, were adopted to furth
er limit debate AMI more completely to place
the minority in the power and at the mercy
of the majority.
Thus while the majority of Congress are
warning upon the other co coordinate Departs
ments, the Executive and Judicial en1eav
orlng to subj gate and bring them both un-
der the will aud coatrol Of Congress, the
minority of tine House of Representatives
are steadily and surely being stripped Of all
power, and their constituents deprived of
representative voice in the counSels of the
Republic.
We do therefore most solemnly protest
against the indecorous and unaignified haste
with which the majority OF this House in
augurated presented, and rushed through,
by strict party vote, 10 plain and palpabe
violation of one of the standing rules OF the
House of Representatives, demanding the
impeachment Of the Chief Magistr ta of
the people for alleged high crimes and mis-.
demeanors in oh;r, when the gravity OF the
charge aud character OF the high Office
against which this ATTACH was directed, and
the unforeseen ami tremendous cons qnence
which might result thsrefrom 20 the peac
and prosperity OF the people, called for the
exercise Of the calnest and wiser jndg-
inent, the most uuprcjudiced and impartial
deliberations on the p .rt Of those who had
such proceedings in charge. We do mos
solemnly protest against this thrice rep at.
ed attempt to degrade and break down one
Of the great co ordinate branches Of the
Government through. the spirit Of party
hatrrd and vengeance against the person
who. hY the Constitution. Ia In the riphttuI