Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-05-27
The impeachment Failure.

WASHINGTON, CdtuioaJ 4a"J ~.
itol was again thronged this morning, long
before the hour at which the High Court was
to meet. There was less excitement, hoWeV-
er. than on Tuesday last, owing to the I'M
preston generally prevalent that the Radicals
intended to dodge vote by .postponing the
further consideration of the impeachment case
until after the Chicago Convention. The re-
suit, however, showed that they had determi-
ned upon different line of tactics.
Immediately after the High Court was call
ed to order Dy Chief Justice Chase, Senator
Williams moved that the sense of the court
should be first taken on the eleventh article
of Impeachment. This motion developed the
cunning programme which had been deter-
mined on in secret caucus OF the lmpeaca
ers. They had ascertained that the eleventh
article, though intrinsically the weakest OF
all, was likely to rally more votes in favor ol
conviction than any other; hence fheir resolve
to tsst their strength on that article frs., anc
in case Of q failure to convict, to adjourn the
case. and thus to hold their verdict on the
! remaining ten articles In terTem over the Pres'
dent, besides taking the chances of any &C.
cessions of strength that the admission OF
Radical sensators from the reconstructed
states NAV bring to their ranks. The large
majority which the Radicals hold IN the
Senate enabled them easily to carry out this
scheme.
The vote was taken upon Senator Williams
motion and resulted Yeas "a, nays l9; MIR.
Wade voting in the affirmative.
The eleventh article upon which: the vote
was thus ordered to be taken reads as iol-
lows:
That said Andrew johnson, President of
the United States, unmindful of the high du.
ties of his Office and of hio oath of office, and
:. in disregard OF the Constitution and laws OF
the United States, did heretofore, to wit: on
tbe 18th day of August, 1866, at the City of
Washington, and the District OF Columbia,
by public speech, declare and affirm in sub
stance that the Thirty-ninth Congress Of the
United States was not Congress of the Uni
ted States authorized by the Constitution to
exercise legislature power under the same;
but on the contrary, was Congress OF only
psrt of the States, thereby denying and In,
lending to deny that the Legislation of said
| Congress was valid or obligatory upon him,
the said Andrew johnson, except in 50 far as
he saw fit to approve the same, and also there
| by denying and intending to deny the power
of the said Thirty-rinth Congress to propose
:. amendments to the Constitution OF the Uni-
TED. States aud, in pursuance of said declara,
tion. the said Andrew johnson, President e1
the United States, afterward, to wit: on the
2lst day of February, 1868, at the City :o
Washington, in the District of Columbia, did
unIawGnlly and in disregard of the require:
ments of the constitution, that he should take
care that the laws be faithfully executed, ct.
tempt to prevent the execution of an act en-
titled An act regulating the tenure of Ger
tain civil Offices passed March q 1861, BY
nnlawfully devising and contriving,;, and at
tempting to devise and contrive, means by
which he should prevent Edwin M. Stantor
from forthwith resrlming the functions ot. tht
Office of Secretary for the Department Q
War, Notwithstanding the refusal Of the Sen
ate to concur in the suspension therefore mad'
by the said Andrew johnson, of said Edwin
M. Stanton, from said tofics Of Secretary TO
the Department of War, and also by furthe
, uplawfully devising and contriVing, and at
temptine to devise and contrive means thel
and there to prevent the execution of an ac
entitled An act making appropriations 10
the support of the army for the fiscal yea
; ending June 80, 1868, and for other pur
. poses,S approved March 2, 1857, and also t
prevent the execution OF an act entitled " AZ
act to- provide for the more efficient govern
meat of the rebel States," passed March :
| 1867; whereby th, said Andrew johnson
: President of the United States, did then, t
wit: on the 2lst day of February, 1863: q
the City of Washington, commit and was gui
ty of high misdeineanor in office.
The President, in his answer to this article
it will be remembered, denied thai ne had de
clared or affirmed that. the Thirty ninth Con
press was an illegal Congress, or that he ha
made any of the allegations charged in tn
article. He had said nothing of the compe
tency of said Congress to pass laws Will
Southern States were unrepresented. Lastly
j. he denied that he had attempted to defeat tn
t oneration Of the Reconstruction laws, or an
4 other law of Congress.
3 Chief Justice Chase announced that, in as
J. cordannsce with the order of the court, hewoul
. now proceed to take the sense Of its member
4 upon the eleventh article of impeachhan
r The clerkwas directed to report the aftick
Q and tie names of the several senators weI
3 then called out in alphabetical order, th
0 Chief Justice addressing to:each the .ques
: ton: .it.. ~.
Mr.. Senator, how say you, is the respor
dent, Andrew johnson, President of the On
!. ted States, guilty of a high misdemeanor
crime. as charged in this articlef S s.