Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-14

United States in the war departmt mt, with intent
t. violate and disregard the act entitled an act reg
nlasInq the tenure Of certain civil efaces pas ed
March O. 1867. whereby said Andrew Johnson.
ptesideIt of the Unted States, did then and there
commit high misdemeanor IN NICE
Article .. that said Andrew Johnson, president
of the United states unmlndfnl OF the high duties
of his Office and of his oath Of ofhee, Win intent
unlawfuny to control the disbursement OF the
monies appropriated for the military service and
for the department. of war, on the 2lst day OF FED
raary, j n the year of our Lord 1s6S. at Wasning-
ton IN the district Of Columbia. did unlawfnlly and
contrary TO the provisions of an act entitled ian
act regulating the tenure of certain civil otnces,
sssed March 2d 1857, and IN violation of the con-
stitation OF the United States and without the adj
vice At consent of the senate of the United States,
| while the senate was then and there in session.
/ there eing no vacancy in the office of secretrrY
| Tor the dep rtnent OF war point Lorenzo Thorn
s secretary of war ad interim, and then and there
| delivered to said Thomas letter of authority in
writing, In substance as follows We:
EXECUTIVE MANsIos,
wAsHSaToN, D. O., Feb. a. 1858
erR.-The Hon. L. NJ Stanton having been this
dav removed from office as secretary for the de-
| usrtment OF war, you are hereby authorized ana
uncovered to act secretary OF war ad interim
| and Will Immediately enter upon the discharge I
the duties pertaining to that Office. MT stanton
has been Instructed to transfer to you al the rec
/ orde. books, papers and other puohc property now
1 in his custody snd charge
ANDREW JOHNsoS.
Lorenzo Thomas. Adjutant General, q. s. A.,
1
Whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of
! the Uni ed sta es dill then and there commit and
was guilty of high misdemeanor in office
| Atiicle 10. That the sad Andrew johnson, Presf
day of February, in the year OF OR Lord 1868, at
Washington, in the District OF Columbia, In disre
gard of the cons tuition and the laws OF Oongr, IS
| dolly enseted, as COMMANDMENT chief of the army
OF the United states did ring before hfuself then
/ and there. VIII am Emory, Major Gene al by
brexet in the army the United Sta es, actually IN
J comma a of the Department of WashIT gton aud
the military force thereof, and d1d then and there
/ as such cenamsn ier-nehief declare aud instruct
| SAID Fmcry that part of law OF the United Stat
passed March ID, 81, enntlsd an act making sp-
/ proprlstion TOR the support OF the army for the
wear ending June 80 1868, and for o. her purpf SEES,
especially the I'd section thereof, which provides
| among other things. that all orders ana instrue.
tfons relating military operations is ued by the
| Pres ident or Secretary OF War shall be issued
| through the General of the Army, and in case OF
his inability through the nFxt in rank was uDcOn-
s'iiuoDai, and 10 cOntraven ion OF he commission
| OF said Emo y, aud therefore not Oindlng on hin
a. an ofcer Of the army OF the United States which
said prov sion OF law bad been here.OfoTe duly and
Il R4iy promulgated by general order for the gov
ernmest and direction OF he army OF the United
| s ates az h. SAID Andrew johnson then and there
/ well kn.w wtn inte~t thereby 10 induce SAID
En ory in his Official ,aeity IS commander OF tue
Department OF Washington, 10 violate the provis-
ions of ssid act, aud axe ard receive, act Upon1
and obey such orders be, Andrew Johns IN,
| mig hit make and give, and which shorld not be
issued 10y the General Of The army of the ubited
4
! whereby So Il Andrew johnson. President OF tHe
United States did then and there commit and was
guilty Of high mlsdemeanor m office. and the
| Uou O Of Representatives by pfotesia1oo, having
10 themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time
hereafter any further articles or farther accusation
AGAINST the said Andrew Johnson, President OF the
United States, and also of replying 20 his answers
which ha shall make to the articles herein eferred
against him and offering proof 20 the same and
every part thereof to all and every other article,
accu.aIlon or impeschmant which shall De exhibit
| ed by them as the case snail require; do demand
that the said Andrew johnson NAV be put to au-
swer the high crimes and msdemeanors IN ONCE
herein charged against him, and that such pro-
ceedings, examinations, trials aud Judgments may
be thereupon had and given as may be agreeable to
Law and justice.
WAsH1NGToN, March 2.-The follow
ing is the vote by which the articles of
Impeachment were adopted in the
House to day.
YeAs-Anison, Ames, Allen, Anderson.
Arnell, Ashley Of Nevada, Ashley OF Ohlo'
Bailey, Baldwin, Beatty, Banks, Beaman.
Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Blair. Boutwell,,
BromWell, Broomsll Buckland. Butler, Coke.
Churchill, Clark Of Ohio. Clark Of Kansas,
Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Cornell, Uovode.
Cullom, Dawes, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly.
briggs Eggleston. Eliot. Farnsworth, Fer
ris, FIELD Garfield, Grsvelly, Griswold,
Haley, Harvey Highly, Hooper, Hopkins,
Hubbard, Hurburd, Hunter, lngersoll,
jerks, Judd, Julian. Kelley Kelsey, Ketcham,
HH. Il
Lawrence, of Ohio, Lincoln, Lean, Logan,
Loughridge, Lynch, MALLORY, Marvin, Nc
CaTty, McCiurg, Mercer, Miller, Moore,
Morrill,, Mullins, Myers, AIunn, Orth,
Paine, Perh&m, Peters, Pike, Plants,
Poland Paisley, POmeToy, Price. Raum,
Robertson, Sawyer, Schenck, Schoheld,
Shanks, smith, Spalding, Starkweather,
Stevens. of Penn, Stokes, Taffey, Tyler,
Thomas, Trimb.e, of Tenn, TrOwhridge,
Twltcbell, Upson, Van Arnam, Van Horn OF
n Y Of Wv, WxaE Word
Washburn of Wis, Washbnrne of Ills,
Washburn of Mass. Walker. Williams of Pa,
wilson OF Iowa, Wilson of o.. Wilson of Pa,
Window ana Wondbridge-l26.
NAYs-Adams, Archer, Axteh, Bafnum,
Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr. Cary. Chanler,
Eldredge. Fox, Getz, GlosbreeneT. Galloway
Grover Height Holman, Hotchkiss, Humph-
rev Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall,
Mccormick. Morgan, Munger. Niback, Mich
olson. Pruyn, Randall, Ross, Sitgreaves,
Stewart. store, Taber, Trimble of Ky Van
Auken, Van Trump and Woodward-1.
The vote ON the articles being com
pleted, the House proceeded to vote for
managers to conduct the impeachment
before the Senate.
Poland nominated the following
members:
Stevens, of Pennsylvania; Butler, of
Massachusetts,; Bingham, of Ohio;
Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,; Wilson, of
Iowa; Williams, of Pa; Logan, OF
Illinois.
In reply to a question by Peters as
to who wonld be chairman, the speak
er said the managers would decide
the question of priority among them
selves.
The Speaker appointed as tellers to
count the ballots, Poland, Jencks, Mar
shall and Spalding.
Marshall asked TO be excused.
The Speaker nominated in his place
Randall.
Randall also declined, stating that
he did not wish to participate in the
proceedings
The speaker remarked it appeared
the minority desired not to be repre-
scented among the tellers and appointed
Blair of Michigan as the fourth teller.
| Members were then called alphabet"
| icalIy, aud each as called stepped up
to the area in front of the speakers
chair and deposited mis- ballot in the
box kept by tellers. No democrats
voted.
On counting the votes the result was
announced as follows: Whole number
o. votes cast, lis; necessary to choice,
E60, for Stevens. los; Tor Butler, los;
for Bingham, 104; for Boutwell,, 113;
for Wilson, 112; for Williams, 107; for
Logan, 106; for Jencks, %; for Scho-
field, 3; for Poland, 2; for Orth, 2; for
Peters, Blair, Churchill, Benjamin and
| Epson, one each.
The speaker announced Stevens,
Butler, Bingham, Boutwell,, Williams,