The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-23

about Commencing the opening speech.
These unlimited speeches will probably
prolong the trial ten days. -{l
11sz$s Second Dispatch. j
W AsH1SGToS, April Euenaag The
Senate, after half dozen proposltlons nad
been voted down, adopted the tolleWlng
That as many of the, Managers and
counsel for the President as desire to do so
be permitted to- file arguments OF address,
the Senate orally. = :!S Z :. :,
Judge Chase ordered that Boutwell,, OF
the Managers, proceed.
Mr. Boutwell, said the Chief Magistrate
| of the principal Republic of the world was
on trial. The object of the proceeding was
not punishment for his offences, but the
safety Of the Union. The issues between
the House of Repre- entatives and Andrew !,
| Johnson are technical and slimited-namely,
whether Johnson violated the Constitution
Land laws in removing Stanton and appoint
$ine Thomas. The Manager set forth the
evils which would probably follow the ;ac-
acknowledgement of the Presidents power 70
remove officers at pleasure, arguing the
power of Congress, and maintaining that
the sovereignty rested with the people, VINO
4 vested it in Congress; whereas the execu,
Live and judicial departments are denied
adj discretionary or Implied power.
| Congress can adapt its administration to
| the changing condition of the national NE,
whereas the President is governed by prln, :.
1 ciples which govern as well the Judges OF
courts. The President must administer the
| law as he finds it,; without questioning the
4 legislative wisdom which made it; and he
can make no. inquiry regarding its constl-
.tutionality. A public officer can neither
plead nor prove good motives for multiplying
the. laws.a% The President violates the law,
and the Senate can enter into no inquiry
about the constitutionality of the law
violated. ts; -.
J.. The Manager denied that the President
/ desired to bring the question before the
courts. His pretext fully exposed that his
object was to seize the officers of the Govern
ment, and by their influence reconstruct
! the Union in the interest OF the repeiilous .
4 States. No criminal was ever arralgneo
who offered a more Unsatisfactory excuse
for his crimes, ,Stanton's suspension and
Grants sappoinfment were, it was argued,
nm acknowledgment of the legality OF the
tenure-of -ofice bill, behind which the IRE
sidentz could mot go. The subsequent at, !,
tempt to remove Stanton was unauthorized
by the Constitution, and violatlye OF the
Presidents oath of Office. This, would re-
4 quire verdict Of guilty under the hrst ar
ticle. The Cabinet advice was no excuse
4 It was the advice of servants to their mas m
ter. sF;ss$t ~ 81 4..a -.
T.. Boutwell, discussed the Constitution and
n the practice Of removals, closing his argu-
ment with the assertion that none OF the
predecessors of johnson, from General
Washington down to Mr.. Lincoln, ever
claimed the power to remove o civil ofhcer
during the session of the Senate without Its
consent. He claimed that the act OF 1873,
even if the right claimed under IT was a
valid, was. repealed by the act OF 1905
He argued the constitutionallty OF the
tenure of-ofhce bill, claiming that Johnson
was serving out Lincoln's term, and that tne
Flaw covered Stanton. The Preside seemed
to have been under the influence OF o cr1ml-
nal purpose to destroy Grant as well as to
remove Stanton, and attempted to carry ou'
that purpose by various traitorous metn2ps
attempting to seduce Sherman and uensIa,
g.. II. Thomas to his aid. HIS nomination
of Ewing was but q part of, the OLD game
Ewing was seventy mine years old, ana
would gladly vacate the Office .at.any time,
! leaving it in the hands of johnson . TOOL
There is no reason tosuppose that the pre-.
sent Secretary of the Treasury wolhd. no'
yield to any scheme johnson might y una l
take. S i. 49, 1ss..se - stesss .7y ~,
4 Regarding the Presidents speeches., tne
House did not arraign the President Iol
slandering Congress, OF for any purpose o.
protection, but to show that man utte pa.
7 such words is unfit for the office. aate'
|! narrating the Presidents course N Recon
struction, Mr.. Boutwell, said ,a Z. ~.
I !" The House brought this great c Ell u
to your bar upon the conviction that OF, I'M
country was in peril" BE concludes s,1 thus !,
g The House Of Representatives have
presented this criminal ut your pa a.
!, with equal confidence in his gull
and in your disposition to administer eA IA
I justice between him and the people o
the United States. His conviction Is TN
triumph of law,o order, Of justice. I q
!, not contemplate his acquittal. It's lmposs
{ sible. Therefore j do not look oeyon :,
But, senators, the people OF: America WI
never permit an usurping Executive :.
break, down the securities for Liberty PFC
yided b. the Gonsti ution. The cause o. .e
conntry is in your hands. your ssl'l'0' $. :
> Ispeace to our beloved land :, d 8
Arrival Of Treasure. .
) New YeRK, April % The Arizona, Iro .
AspinWall, brings 8948, 200 IN treasure