The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-02-28
IMPEACHMENT !

On Monday last the House of Representa-
tiyes passed the resolution impcachipg th,
President, Andrew johnson, for high crime
and misdemeanors, 10y vo.e of one hun
| dred and twenty seven to forty-six, stiic
party vote. The resolution reads as fol.
lows:
ReSotued, That Andrew johnson, Presi.
dent of the United States, be impescbed o
high crimes and misdemsanors.
After the passage of the above, The fol,
lowing additional resolutions were adopted
ReSolred, That committee Of two be ap.
pointed to go to the Senate, and at the ban
thereof in the name of the House of Repre-.
sentatiyes and of all the reople of the United
States, TO impesch Andrew johnson, Presi-
dent of the United States, of high Grim IS
and mlsdemsanors in Office, and acquaint The
Senate that the House of Representative will
in due time exhibit particular articles OF
impeachment against him. and make good
the same, and that the committee do demand
that the Senate take order for the sppearan ce
OF said Andrew johnson to answer said i'm
peachment
ReSOtced, That a committee of seven be
appointed TO prepare and report articles of
impeachment against Andrew johnson, Pres
ldent of the United State, with power to send
for persons, papers and records, and to take
testimony under oath.
The two Committees we're appointed as
follows: COMMITTEES of two to announce to
the Senate the action of the House, Messrs.
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and Bingham Of
Ohio; committee of seven to prepare arti-
cles of impeachment, Messrs. Bout.
well of Massachusetts,, Stevens of Penn
sylvanis, Bingham of Ohio, Wilson of Iowa,
Logan of Illinois. Julian of Indiana, ard
Ward of New York.
On Tuesday Messrs. Stevens and Bing-
ham appeared at the bar of the Senate and
made announcement of the action Of tie
House, and asked for an order of the Senate
that a time may be appointed for hearing the
articles of impeachment, and that the Senate
will make an order for the appearance of
Andrew johnson. The Senate appointed a
committee of seven to take into considera-
tion the message received from the House
Committee, and report the sction deemed
prOp,r and necessary. The Committee then
returned 10 the bar of the House and report
ed their action and that the order asked for
to cite Andrew Johnson to appear before the
Senate would be taken.
The House then passed the following re-
solution:
Resolved That the rules be suspended,
and that it is hereby ordered as follows:
When the committee, TO prepare the articles
Of impeachment of the President of the
United Staies, report said articles, the House
shall Immediately resolve itself into Com
mittee Of the Whole thereon that the
speeches in committee shall be limited to
fifteen minutes each, which debate shall
continue until the next Legislative day after
to the exclusion of all other business, except
the reading Of the journal that at three
o'clock on the afternoon on said second day.
the fifteen minute debate shall cease and the
Committee shall than proceed to consider
and vote upon the amendments that may be
offered, under the iYe-minutes rule of de.
bate, but no merely pro torn,a amendment
shall be entertained that at four o'clock on
the afternoon of the said second day the COM
mittee shall rise and report their action 10
the House, which shall act immediately and
without dilatory motions thereon that if
the articles of impeachment are sgreed upon
the House shall then. Immediately and with
out dilatory motions, elect by ballot seven
managers to conduct the said impeachment
on the Tart of the House, and that during
the pending OF the resolution in the House,
relative to said impeachment there
OF 10 dilatorY motion shall be re-
ceiyed except one motion on each day that
the House do no a'journ.
The Senate Committee consists of Messrs.
Howard (chairman,) Trumbull, Conkling,
Edmunds, Pomeroy, Morton and Johuson.
The House have pro pared FIVE Articles of
Impeachment, charging the President with
high crimes in the Stanton removal affair,
and will probably prepare two Articles
more covering his other unconstitutional
acts. These will undoublly be presented to
and adopted by the House to day, and sent
to the Senate Monday, when the Trial will
begin.