Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-05-02
VI PEACH M n Mt.


Senator I'VE appeared in his seat for the
first time since his Illness
The first business was Senator Edmunus
motion to admit the official reporters after
tbe ARGUMENTS are concluded and whlle TUG
doors are closed for final deliberation.
Senator Williams proposed an amenu-
ment that no senator shall speak hoie .ne"
nnce and not to exceed fifteen minutes,
dnr;no sucb deliberation. Agreed to.
Senator Howard then moved further
amendment. that each Senator should speak
but fifteen minutes upon one question; when
the decision was demanded, and was lost
by 10 to 80. The Republicans voting in
the affirmative were: FessendeD, Fowler,
Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Howard, Trumbull,
Wiley.
Senator Anthony moved to allow each
Senator to speak thirty instead of fifteen
minutes. This also was lost, by vote of
16 to "a. Republicans voting in the affir-
native; Corbett, Fessenden, Fowler and
Grimes
On motion of Senator Morton, the further
consideration of the subject was postponed
till after the arguments are concluded.
Mr.. Summers motion and his amendments
to the rules were also postponed until after
the arguments, at his own request.
Manager Stevens then took the floor at
1890 i. NJ, and commenced reading his
speech, standing at the Clerks desk. Du-
ring the delivery of Thad. Stevens speech,
the utmost quiet prevailed in the Senate
chamber, and the greatest attention was
paid, both by Senators and spectators.
MI Stevens had not spoken more than
half an hour when he was compelled to sit
down, and soon after had TO give up the
reading entirely
Mr.. Butler stepped out to Mr.. Stevens,
and volunteered to read the balance OF his
remarks, which he done in loud and clear
voice. Mr.. Stevens speech concludes with
the following sentence, viz
But promised to be brief, and must abide
by the promise, although should like the
judgment of the Senate upon this, to me,
seeming vital phase and real purpose of all
his misdemeanors. To me this seems sub
lime spectacle. A nation, not free but as
nearly approaching it as human institutions
will permit of, consisting of thirty millions
of people, had fallen into conflict, which
among other people always ends in anarchy
or despotism, and had laid down their arms,
the mutineers submitting to the conquer
ors. The laws were about to regain their
accustomed sway, and again to govern the
nation by the punishment OF treason and
were about to be reinstated so far as they
were applicable, according to the Judgment
of the conquerors. Then one of their in.
ferior servants, instigated by an unholy am
bition, sought to sieze portion of the terri
tory according to the fashion of peighbor-
ing anarchies, and to convert q land Of
freedom into land of slaves. This people
spurned the traitors, and have put the chief
of them upon his trial, and demand iudg-
ment upon his misconduct. He will be
condemned, and his sentence inflicted with
out turmoil, tumult, or bloodshed, and the
nation will continue its accustomed course
of freedom and prosperity, without the
shedding any further of human blood, and
with milder punishment than the world
has been accustomed to see, or herhaps than
ought now to be inflicted.
Now, even if the pretext of the President
were true and not mere subterfuge to JUS
tify the chief act of violation with which he
stands charged, still that would be such an
abuse OF the patronage of the Government
as would demand his impeachment for q
high misdemeanoT. Let Us again for mo-
ment examine into some of tue circnm-
stances of that act. Mr.. Stanton was ap
pointed Secretary of War by Mr.. Lincoln,
in 1862, and continued to hold under Mr.
! q re.appointment. Was he q faithful officer,
or was he removed for corrupt purposes
After the death of Mr.. Lincoln, Andrew
| johnson had changed his whole code OF
politics and policy, and instead of obeying
the will of those who put him into power,
he determined to create party for himself
to carry out his own ambitious purposes. -
| For every honest purpose of the Govern.
ment, and for every honest purpose for
which Mr.. Stanton was appointed by Mr..
Lincoln, where could better man be
found None ever organized an army of a
million of men and provided for it subsis
tence and efficient action more rapidly than
Mr.. Stanton and his predecessor. 1t might
with more propIiety, be said of this Officer
than of the celebrated Frenchman, that hi
"organized victory He raised and by his
acquisitions distributed more than hillior
of dollars annually,without ever having beer
charged or suspected with the malappro
priatior of a single dollar; and when vic
tory crowned his efforts he disbanded tha
INN ense army as quietly and PEACEFUL!
as if it had been summer parade. HI
would not l suppose, adopt the persona
views of the President and for this he wa
suspended until restored by the emphatic
verdict of the Senate. Now, if we are righ
|
parties and the motives of the President
the very effort at removal was a highhandec
usurpation as we'll as corrupt misdemeanor
for which of itself he ought to be impeach
ed and thrown from the place he was abusing
But he says that he Gid not remove Mr.
Stanton for the purpose of defeating tn
: Tenure-of- Office law. Then he forgot tn
truth in his controversy with the Genera
' of the Army And because the Genera
did not aid him in resisting that law, h
rallied upon him like very drab.
The counsel for the respondent aleg
! that no removal Of Mr.. Stanton ever tool
place, and that, therefore, the sixth sectic
9 of the act was not violated. They admi
that there was an order of removal and
; recision of his commission but as he di
s not obey it, say it was no removal. Tha
suggests the old saying, that it used to b
, thought that "when the brains were ou
. the man was dead" That idea is prove
by learned counsel to be absolutely fals
a cous. The brain of Mr. Stanton's commits
: sion was taken out by the order of the rS
, moval-the recision of his commission