Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-02-27

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bid them beware, in no spirit of De.
faucO, but from devoted love for rmy
country; ! bidthem beware and 10 pro
cecd no further in their revolutionary
steps Speaking in behalf ofthose who
have sworn to support the Constitu-
ton, in behalf of my associates here,
in behalf of those laundering MAORI
ties whose voices are roaring outside
of the capital, and who are waiting
for a constitutional opportunity to
enter, | bid you beware. Your i'm
peachment will avail you nothing.
The President is to be tried before
the Senate with all the forms of law,
and before you can achieve the final
result he will be removed from your
authority by the constitutional ter
mination Of his office. If you pro
ceed further and dispose the President
by violence, if you suspend him; il
You throw him out of Office except by
due process of impeachment, ] tell
you in behalf of thousands, and tens
of thousands, and hundreds of thou
sands, and millions of thepeople, that
we will never, never, so help me God
never, never submit Laughter on
the Republican side. Sir, we have
the physical power of the country
with US the bone and muscle Of the
country are ours the heroism Of the
country is ours fonr-ffths ofthe army
ofthe United States is composed of the
Democracy of the country, and if you
proceed to introduce politics into the
army, the Democratic soldiers will
follow their Democratic instincts and
will stand by the Constitution and
the laws. /, therefore, Mr.. Speaker,
bid you beware Of unconstitutional,
illegal or extraordinary proceedings.
Proceed in your forms of impeach-
mcnt, through all the manipulations
and sinuosities and tergiversations of
the law, and we shall cheerfully sub
nit, because it is our duty so to do
as constitutional, obedient' men but
step an inch further over the bounds
of the Constitution and proceed, as is
frequently proposed, in violent and
revolutionary manner, and you pre-
oipitate violence and revolution.
He went on 10 argue that the mat
ter on which the impeachment of the
President was proposed was legal
question, and that the President bad
as much right 10 judge of the consti-
tutioDalty Of the tenure Of office act
as the House or Senate had. If he
were advising the majority of the
House to its overthrow he would
hurry on this matter. Andrew John
son had no power as President Of the
United States. He was without au-
thority, or influence, or patronage.
Congress has so manacled him as al
most to overthrow Executive power,
and If they did not succeed IN re-elect-
ing him TO the Presidency they would
at least immortalze his name on the
pages of history as the most glorious
defender of liberty that ever lived
under any constitutional government
whatever, Laughter among the Re-
publican members.
The Jacobin club at Washington
initiates the late Western joker, who,
just seven years ago, while passing
from Springfield, Illinois, to Washing.
ton, told the excited mulIitudes along
the way that "Dothing is going
wrong" "nobody is hurt" etc, yet,
before he reached Washington, this
same demagogue and coward had to
borrow military cloak and Scotch
cap, and steal his way to the Capital.
If we mistake not the temper of tho
people at this day, we fear that dis
guises may again become necessary
or the halters that our 10y al neighbors
prepared in 1S61-2 viii be brought
into requisition and used upon those
who purchased and prepared them
The Rump Congress is not the only
place where fiends laugh and sneer
He'll has been melodious ever since
the election of "the late lamented,
and will continue to be so while the
agents of his Birthstone Majesty tor.
ment our people and cover the garden
of liberty with human skulls.
Mr. FARNswoRTH, (Rad } ofIlIinois,
said that they had been told by the
gentleman from New York, Mr..
Brooks, that if the President should
be tried and convicted, he and the
Democratic party would not stand it,.
The gentleman, in a dramatic and
sensational manner, also told this
House that henever would stand il.
Hearing these things, he Farnsworth1 |
thought they were carried back years
ago, when he listened TO similar threats
on this floor just preceding the rebel.
lion. The galleries were at that time
filled, but by class OF people differ
ent from that which occupied them,
and who applauded TO the echo the
threats and menaces then expressed
He would toll the gentleman that
when the President should be i'm.
peached in the mode pointed out by
the Constitution for high crimes and
misdemeanors in Office, If il were not
proiane, he would call God to witness
shat the gentleman must stand it.
When the Democrats aud secessionists
told us if we raised an army 10 con-
quer the rebellion, they would not
stand it, we told them they should
stand it, and he would say to the gen.
tleman, when the same party is arrayed
against the Union, that only half
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