The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-05-21
Impeachmeut Defeated.

~On last Saturday, at II O'Clock, the !
United States Senate, acting as High /!
Court Of Impeachment, took vote OH :
the 18th article of the several presented
by the House Of Representa- YES, and
which reads as follows
ARTICLE xI.-That said Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States. unmindful Of
the high duties of his Office and Of his oath of
office, and in disregard Of the constitution and
laws ri the United States. did heretofore to-
Wit on the 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 a Congress of the United
Stat - authorized by the constitution
. TO exercise legislative power under the same q;
4but, ON the contrary, was a Congress OF only |
part of the States thereby denying and intend
Ing to deny that the legislation of said Con-
grcss was valid or obligatory upon him, Il e
said Andrew Johnson except in so far as lie
saw fit to approve the same, ana also thereby
denying and intending to deny the power Of
the said Thirty ninth Congress to propose
amendments to the Constitution of the United
United st ties; and, in pursuance of said dec
laration, the said Andrew Johnson, President
sOI tIle nlteu aitet lS-"i't pu tile
2lstd day Of February, 1865, ut the City Of
Washington, in the District OF Columbia, did
unlawfully and i'm disregafi OF the require
ments of the constitution. that he should take
care that the laws be faithfully executed, at
tempt to prevent the execution of an act enti-
tied IAN act rcgu lstfng the tenure of certain
civil Offices, passed March ID, 1857, by nnlaw
fully devising and contriving, and attempting
to devise and conceive means by which he
should prevent Edwin al. Stanton from forth
with resuming the functions Of the Office Of
Secretary for the Department OF War notw it'll
standing the refusal of the Senate to concur in
the suspension therefore made Wy s. id An
drew johnson, of said Edwin NJ. Stanton from
said o1iice of Secretary for the Department of
War and also by further unlawfully devising
and cont irving and attempting to devise and
contrive, means then and there to prevent the
execution of an act entitled AN act making
appropriations for the support of the army for
the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1868, and for
other purposes" approved March ID 1867, and
also to prevent the execution of an act enti-
tied IAN act to provide for the more "t'ici mt
ooyern,,. cnt OF the rebel States.'' passed March
Sd. 1857. whereof, the said Andrew Johnson
President of the rnisad States, did then, to-
wit, on the 2lst day OF February. 1865, at the
%lby VI Winning 49, tsS'l's VI
a high miSiemcanor in Office.
The several accusations included in
this article are: lst. Tho declaration
of his speech to the committee Of the
Philadelphia Convention ID. The
removal of Stanton d. The attempt
to avoid the law, requiring that all mil
itary orders pass through the General
of the armies and !. The dispatches
TO Parsons not to ratify the l4th amend
ment. This eleventh article the Chief
Justice, with the unanimous assent of
the Senate, decided is not susceptible of
division, and that "the single substan-
tive matter charged (in this articleJ is
the attempt to prevent the execution of
the Tenure-of Office act"
After the reading of the articles, the
Secretary called the roll. Anthony
was first called upon. He stood up
amid breathless silence, while the Chief
Justice put the usual form to him and
he replied "yuitty." Then came Bay
ard aud Buckalew.
The vote in detail is as follows:
\ Guilty--Anthony, Cameron, Cattell,
Cole, Conkling, CONFESS,
,orbett, Cragin, Drake, Edmund, Per
Y, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard,
Howe, Morgan, Morrill,, of Maine, Nor
III, of Vermont, Morton, Eye, Fatter-
81, Of New Hampshire, Fomeroy,
'amsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart,
umner, Thaycr, Upton, Wade, Wiley,
Villains, Wilson, Yates-35..
Not guilsy-B ayard, Buckalew. pa
J, Dixon, Qoolittle, Fessenden, Fbw-
J. Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks,
hnson. McCreery, Norton, Patterson,
4.