The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-12
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/ bis duty 70 lake care that the LAWS be
( fsita hatIy executed and IN defiance Of
Ftbs 0Mse-fenere-laW. he removed E.
[ VI Saaasea hcsa the once of Secretary
eEwsr. without the advice and con-
seat eE the Senate, that body beInE
( thea Ia session.
2 Thss. in violation OF the constitute
Tter. &C.. he lid issue and deliver =
Esttsr d authority to one Lorenzo
Thomas. appointing him TO act as SEQ
rotary OF War, there being then no va
eancy In said oftice.
}. The same as No. ., except that che
did appolntH Lorenzo Thomas 10 be
Secretary Of War, without the advice
and consent of the Senate, that body
being then In session. is7s T. 5aEiE7
4. That he did unlawfulIy conspire
with one Lorenzo Thomas and others,
with intent, by threats and intinida-
ton, unlawfully to hinder and prevent
z. NJ. Stanton from holding the office
OF Secretary of War. ~ ssl :
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with Lorenzo Thomas TO prevent and
hinder the execution. OF the act OF Com
sross known as the ofllce.T Tenure law,
and, In pursuance of said conspiracy,
did uulawfully attempt to prevent i.
AJ. Stanton from holdingsaid Office. !
0. That lie did unlawfully couspire
with ono Lorenzo Thomas by forceito
aelze. take andIpossess the property of
tho United States IN the War Depart
nent. F5lS 80 ~ 8
7. That he did unlawfnlly cousplte7
with Lorenzo Thomas, with intent to,
seize, take and possess said property.
8. That, with intent uhlawfuIIy TO
control the disbursements, of the
moneys appropriated for the military.
service and War Departments he did
uuIawmIIy, without the advice and
consent OF the Senate, the Senate being
IN session, and no vacancy existing in
the ofllce OF the Secretary of War, issue
and deliver to Lorenzo Thomas letter
of authority to act as Secretary of War.
g. That he brought before him Gem
srai ". Il. ENJOY, actually in COM
nH1d Of the Department of Washing
ton, and, as Chief did |
lnstruct said Emory that part of an
not of Congress-, passed March 2, 1867,
was unconstitutional, and In contra
ysntion Gc the, commission Of said
Emory, with Intent thereby to induce
snid Emory, IN his o@efaI capacity, |
to vtnLIta the provisions OF said act,
and TO take. and receive. act upon and
obey such orders as he Andrew john
SOM might make and give, thereby en-
abling MIN to prevent the execution OF
the Office Tenure law, and. unlawtuIly
10 prevent E. ST. Stanton from holding
the office OF Secretary of War. so
10. That designing and intending to
set aside the rightfnl authority and
powers OF Congress he did attempt to
sndbring into rldicule, hatred,
and reprOach the Congress OF
the United Suites and the several |
branches thereof, and to excite the |
Odium and recruitment of all the good
people against Congress and the laws
by 1T consututionally enacted; and, in
pursuance OF such design and intent,
did make such speeches; l., AT Wash
iugton, D. c., August 10, 1855; 3! AT
Cleveland, Ohio, September 8, 1866; 8.
At st. Louis, Mo-. Septem Der 8, 1866.
IL. That In speech at Washington,
August IS, 1866, he did declare and
affirm that tho Thirty-ninth Congress
was not Congress OF The United States,
authorized TO exercise legislative pow
er, thereby intending to deny that the
legislation OF said Congress was. bind
ing upon him, the said johnson, etc.