The Montana post., 1868-03-07

. verbal nature, were offered and considered
A proposition GO, increase the time alloweS
! for speeches on parliamsntnry questions to tive
hours sas rejected. Note of reporter.-It i
impossible 10 send reports of all these amend
ssnats intends to dt tonight and adopt al
the rules If possible. The great snow storm
\ interferes with the working or the wires east
HoUsE.-The session commenced at ter
lo'cIock, techuicaliy considered as belonging
at twelve, all the time being spent in Com
4 mittee DEBATING the impeachment articles.
\ ) Butler offered the following additional ar
ticle:
That the tsid Andrew johnson. President,
ETC., unmindful of the high duties of his Of
| Zee and OF the dignities and proprieties there
OF, and of the harmonies and conrtesies which
ought Co exist and be maintained between the
executive and legislative branches of the gov
ernment, designing to set aside the rightful
authority and powers of Congress and attempt
to bring it into disgrace, ridicule, contempt,
and reproach, thereby to impair and destroy
the regard and respect of all the good people
Of the United States, of Congress and the leg
isIative power thereof, which all officers of
the government ought inviolably to preserve
and maintain, and to excite the odium and
resentment of all good people of the United
States against Congress and the laws by it
duly and constitutionally enacted; and IN
pursuance of his said design and intent did
openly and publicly, and before divers Assem-
blRges of citizens of che United states, con-
yened in divers parts thereof TO meet and re-
ceive Andrew johnson as Chief Magistrate of
the United States, did, on the 18th day of
August, 1865, and on divers other days and
times as well before as afterwards, make and
deliver with loud voice certain intemperate
and scandalous harrangues, and did therein
utter loud threats and bitter menaces rs well
against Congress as the laws of the United
CN.AA III. Al.
Jeers and laughter of the multitude there as
sembled, and In their hearing, which are set
forth in the several specifications hereinafter
written an substance and effect. Ifg .tsU1g1
The article is supported by three specifca-
tions giving extracts from the speeches of
Andrew Johnson in Washington, Aug. 18th,
Cleveland, Sept. Sd, and St. Louis, Sept. 8,
1856. ''F
The specifications conclude, Which said
.utterances, ijeclarations, threats and har-
ranguss, highly censurable In any, are pecu-
liarly indecent and unbecoming IN the Chief
Magistrate of the United States, by means
whereof said Andrew johnson has brought the
high Office of President of the United Stntes
into contempt, ridicule and disgrace, to the
great scandal of good citizens, whereby An
drew johnson did commit and was then and
there guilty of high misdeui eanor in Office"
Ferris, Koontz and Perham spoke against;
Hubbard, of Connecticut, and Ashley, of Ne
vada, followed on the other side. l.iE 1
D Chicago, March 3.-(Note. Closing pro-
ceedlDgs of Congress received too late last |
night Co be sent West.) +' ''A AZ af
!. The House rejected Buffers amendment; |
SO against "a. .r. ... .r-.,. -,,T ,..... f-.-,
Stevens then, after making a lengthy |
speech in favor of the articles,said: "By some |
unacountabla misunderstanding of the Article |
which hold In my hands, which we may call |
one, ,one-haf as been designedly left out for !
do not find il in the articles in distinct Ian |
II sk t.
Is that on the 18th of August, during the re-
cess of Congress, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, did suspend from Office /
Edwin NJ. Stanton; and that while the Senate |
was considering the suficiency of the rea-
sons reported, Andrew johnson formed the
deliberate design, and determined to prevent |
the said Edwin M. Stanton forever from re-
stunning the duties of his Office, thereby COM
mitting high misdemeanor in ofice. That
when he was defeated in accomplishing his
design by the integrity and fidelity of the
Secretary ad interim, he sought TO arrive at
The same end by giving letter of authority
to Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant- General, to act
As Secretary Of War ad interim, severely. CEN
.uring the former Secretary ad interim, for
not yielding Co his efforts to make him be-
ira his trust" g.JEzl-l-.-L sf ..Ta |.
s'This charge said Mr.. Stevens, ais nowhere
IN the articles reported by the Com
nittee, and unless it be inserted there can be
40 trial on il; If there be shrewd lawyers, as
know there will be, and cavilling Judges
too; and If without that article they do not
lcquit him, they are greener than ever was,
wen when i commenced to practice at the
court Of Quarter Sessions" .s-Fl-s..
elf the article be inserted, the Presidents
1wn, letter shows both the removal and at
tempt TO defeat his reinstatement, and al
though the Senate should decide other charges
p III, fayor, how could be or his counsel hope
% escape from this one. II is worth all the
,thers put together, and unless IL be on the
inconsatutionalityo of the tenure of Office bill,
et us look and see what chance he has to
,scape. There the Senate has four times voted ,
on the constitutionality of that very bill.
orTy to say it was party vote, but every
Republican voted In its favor. Let me see,"
continued Mr.. Stevens, shaking his finger
Ibout his head, "tbe recreant who dares to
read back upon his steps and vote on the !
'ther ade. There was q report of the Com
nissse OF Conferences afterwards on the bin, {
md the vote then stood, yeas, %; nays, 10. '
syery Republican voting in favor of the mea-
ures: Then came the vote on it overruling
he Presidents veto. That vote was, yeas,
s; nays, IL. Every Republican voting in
ayor of the bill. Now, then, let who can,
xpect to get out of it on any ground left If
ny article is adopted. Let him hope, who !
ares to hope, that so high body as the SEN
te will betray its trust; forget its acts; win I
read back upon Its own action, and will dis i,
race itself IN the face of the nation. Point I
ne out one who dares do 1t and you show one
rho dares be regarded as Infamous by poster ]
". What chance has Andrew johnson with c
be article in, which was left out in order to '
i've him a loop hole? What chance has An
rev johnson If that article be inserted7 The I
Unfortunate man thus surrounded Is hampered
nd tangled In the IL eshes of his own wicked .
ess. Unhappy man, behold your DOOM"
Stevens amendment was rejected
he Impeachment Preliminaries- The !
Case will Only Last a Week-The {
House Fayors the Railroads-Pos- {
tai Deficits $800,O0O-B Buffers and Z
Bingham's Articles Adopted Chase
Dissents- Presented to the