The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-10
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lh Nhc lHIeCtcu OJhteb VI hOlhhuy
until all the party, with few rarc
and most honorable exceptions, were
touched with tho contamination.
At last, after long endurance and
delay, tho President, by formal
Official act, removed tho Secretary
Of War, and appointed ono Of tho
officers of the department dd iateritd,
to take charge of the papers and
business Of the Office until success
sor should be regularly appointed
and qualified, and he, the next day,
nominated successor TO the Sem
ate. For this the House at once,
by party vote, Impeached him
In their articles hcy,declare as high
crimes and misdemeanoIs seperate-
ly, the removal Of Secretary Stan
ton, tho appointment of an officer to
perform tho duties Of Secretary Of
War al interim that Is 10 take cus-
tody Of the Office, the books, the pas
pcrs aud correspondence, until
successor could DO confirmed md
commissioned They reverted to
past acts, and lmpeScl.cd Linn for
having replied with bad temper to
their taunts and insults. They I'M
peachod him for having expressed
an opinion unfavorably to their
power OF framing an amendment TO
tho Constitution to bind ten States
which they would not suffer 10 be
represented while thoy framed il,
they impeachod him for doubling
tho propr.e.y of compelling tho ten
States to exjept the article so pre-
pared for thom under ponalty or
under tho pressure Of military force;
aud they impeached him for inquir-
ing of military officer what had
been done with a certain regiment
of troops of theUnited States which
Congress had, by an net passed ovOr
his veto, taken from under his COM
mand and disposed Of without his
knowledgo-cach Of these, and 9TH
ers too frivolous to name, the House
by a party vote, found to be nigh
crime or high nIsdemcanor. They
solemnIy lncte rred these articles to
the Senate, and devoted months Of
time, and spUnt moro than million
Of the public money. IN their efforts
to produce conviction l beg you
to refer TO the articles, ifyou are
; n ot ashamed 10 read them. The
} embodied whole looks like what, in
} legal parlancc. used to be called o
, case OF malicious prosecution and
there was nothing in It's progress 10
change its character, but much TO
J confirm it.
Before tho passage oftho Tenure
of.cvil. Office Law no man doubted
that the President had right to re.
move the Secretary of War. The
amendment TO that act, according
> 10 tho expressed opinion Of many
leading Senators, acquiescod in by
tho whole Senate, rcservcd TO him
: still that power. No man who reads
{ the act can doubt it-so clear was
l. tho case that though the House
: made it their first article 0f i'm
= parchment, the Senate passed it by
@ and declined to put it TO vote
,, Stanton therefore was lawfully rev
l. moved hewas out of Office but
/ tho President OF the Senate told him
IS 10 "stick." So he entered and held
% it for months in opon contempt and
g defiance Of the President, certainly
J, with no moro right thero than any
q stranger who walked the street.
% For the impudent and lawless act,
j. he received vote Of thanks of the
u .wo Houses of Congress.
II Nor was this all; weeks were
u spent on tho impeachment trial, in
d an effort to got proofthat the Pres
y ident had attempted to expel tho
D. insolent lntrudor by force, which, ii
u proved, would have been convince
~ ing 10 the ethics Of the two houses,
: high crime of misdemeanor, for
v which the President should be re-
y moved from office, 10 tho Offdnse
y = OF expelling, by force, a trespasser
~ from the executive Office, would
= have been added, IN this case, con :
u tempt of tho presiding officer Of tho
d Senate, who had bade tire intruder
u TO stick" Proof OF an intent to
y use force, If necessary, 20 roposses
u himself of the department failed,
y and with 1.-THE article ofimpoaeh-
q ment charging IT.
g. II the President had been in the act
" ual possession Of his constitutional au
Of thority, he ought to have been i'm
le peached for suffering the intruder Il