The New York herald., 1868-03-03
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Debate ON the Articles Of fImpeachnient-Thc
Articles Adopted.
WASHINGTON. March 2, 1868.
Tho House assembled at ten o'clock, in Committee
OF the WHOLE Mr. washbuIne Of ILL.,, in the chair, and
continued the discussion tho articles Of impeach.
ment, the interval between the hour of meeting and
being regarded part of the legislative session Of
Saturday There were not a dozen members IN tho hall
and not fifty spectators gallery at the hour Of
meeting.
Mr.. WAsusunxE repl, OF H., having loft the chair,
said he would not attempt to discuss tho particular
| articles OF impeachment before tho Committee, but
would submit publication in The Gio,c full cSamna.
ton OF the whole question OF impeachment refar.
1 ence hereafter
Mcssrs. GEE, tiem) OF Pa. and HUMPHREY, (dem) Of
" asked and obancd leave to have speeches printed
| In the Globe
Dir GARFIELD trep) Of Ohio. took tho floor and
planned the cause OF his absence when tho vote was
taken in the House tho present articles OF impeac
ment II he had been present he would have voted aye.
II known that be had previous occasions uni
tcrmly voted against Impeachment: but It seemed to
him that the President had taken advantage OF tho
obvious unwlingness Of the House to be forced into
inns sachment and had grown more arrogant reca-
less and more defiant, I'LL there remedy but
to impcach him Mr. Garfield went TO argre the legal
and constitutional points involved In tho attempt
remove Mr. Stanton from the War olce conlcndng that
tho President had right given him, in
tho constitution, directly TO remove officer
Tho act OF removal incident to that
Of appointment there such hing known In the
constitution as the removal by the President OF
officer The fact OF the appointment by tho President
and the confirmation by the Senate OF officer No. was
tho removal OF officer No l. this act or the President
had alone II MIGHT possibly have been regarded
mere inadvertonce his part; but a tho Presidents
previous attempts TO mako General Grant, General
sherman and General Emory his tools showed clear
and determined purpose bis part 10 disregard The law
end override the constitution. Ho had thrown Own
The gage OF battle, and Congress mast take it up
and carry out the fight 10 It's end Crit!cisng
tho ariicics OF impeachment he thought IL
would DO better instead Of saying the President had
appointed Lorenzo Thomas 10 say ne had ATTIC nptcd TO
do So because there could DO appointment without
The OF the Senate; and as 20 the tcnih article
ho thought should bs altered 20 az to cxpress the
military offence Of INSTRUMENTATION and mutiny. He
though. that the whole question might DO ireh ia fow
days and thus tho grca. obstacle Of reconstruction
would be put ont OF thu way. II the democratic party
cndoavored to oppose this they would bo in the position
winch they had 20 often charged tho republican party
as occupying, OF setting themselves up against the
constitution OF the United States. Nothing but tho
fidelity OF tho army had prevented Tho President from
usurping powers Of dospoiim sni with defy ing the
laws and the constitution Of the uni,cd states.
Mr. LAvRsscz, trcp) OF IA, followed tho same
| slde He also had hitherto opposed imperchm men,
and vet hs had been convinced tia. tho President had
been guilty, II not Of high crimcs and mizdemsanors
great impriionccs. Ho had heard tho rresi.
dent mako his speech 70 the mob The ga OF Fcbru.
| ary. 1863, aud had felt mortified. chagrinad and
humila,od q, bis language lie had read TIE accounts
or tho Presidents Western trp,. and had rcccsnissd
that ttc President had orgoen the dignity Of ts M rh
Office aud had spoken OF Congress az IL II was not
constitutional body. But oil this df not justify i'm.
parchment At last, with malice sforcthouehs
aud defiance he had attempted TO trampe on the con.
s,ntIon and the by removing Mr stanton and ap.
pointin1 General Thomaa This might not be worse
crime than any OF the Others but was plain infrac-
on OF the law and the House could DO ncthng Gut a.
peach him before the Senate He himself had always
been treated with great kindness and respect By the
President; bu. that fact would not ianucncs hs judg.
ment the matter The majority OF his constituents
had hitherto been opposed TO ths impeachment OF Mr.
Johnson but he had information now NOT only that tho
republican supporters but that influential dcmocrais IN
his district werc anxious that the President should
impcachsd aud removed. HIS democratic friends on
the other side Of tho hall might laugh at that bat
thecss he would repeat nas fact All tho tsik about
the democratic resistance to tho impeachment was
the democratic party would drop him IN one week from
that time Mr. johnson tryug to force the demo-
cratic party to nominate him their candidate for the
Presidency, bat u would do no such thing.
Mr. NrBtAcK, tdem.) Of Ind followed on tho opposite
side Of the question. The nrst and most important
branch OF H. 10 lsd had already been dispossd o. aud
II only remained for the House TO- fcrmuls ths articles
OF impeachment on which tHs PRESIDENT saoald
be tired, Me w2pld hot discuss ihs question
/ m any partisan view, and rerei.es shs. .ns
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