The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-25
HOUSE.

The CONSIDERATION Oh Jne lHpeaCH-
ment resolution was resumed.
Mr.. Ashley, of sOhio, opened he de-
bate with q reiteration OF the charges
against the President he made when
the propositions to impeach were before
the House before.
Mr.. Cook followed, declaring the
President bad not only violated the
tenure of office law, but had exercised
powers unwarranted by the Constitu-
ton and laws.
Mr.. Boyer spoke against the resOlu-
ton, saying the House was debarred
from reviving charges already passed
upon; he didn't believe the people
would sustain this new proceeding
which he characterized as revolutionary
and proclaimed the law hadn't been vio-
lated because Stanton wasn't appointed
by the President. 4
Mr. Kelsey supported the resolution
as to the appointment OF Stanton; john
son was merely Vice President, acting
as President, and therefore there was no
force in Mr.. Boyer's point. He argued
that this case of impeachment was a
criminal case and the court must have
Jurisdiction of the person and control
his movements, and the criminal, there
fore, had nopower to perform his official
functions. He argued this point at
some length. 81
Mr.. Coke advocated impeachment. He
believed the public mind was ready for
the event.
Messrs. Beaman and Price followed on
the same side.
Messrs. Cook, Kelsey, Coke, Beaman
and Blaine spoke in favor of impeach-
ment.
During the delivery CT Mr.. Wash
burne's speech the hour of twelve ar
rived, when the session of Saturday
terminated and the regular session ct
Monday commenced.
Mr. Woodward obtained the floor, re-
fusing to yield few minutes to Wash
burne to conclude his remarks because
of ISLANDERS uttered by him against the
President, and proceeded to address the
House against the impeachment reso-
| luton.
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, chairman Of the
Judiciary committee, and Messrs. Wood
bridge, Miller, and Judd, spoke in favor
and Messrs. Boyer, Wood, Pruyn, Stokes,
Nicholson and Eldridge, against i'm
parchment
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, closed
the debate.
The reading of the speech was con-
cluded at two minutes before . o'clock,
and the House then proceeded, amid
great but suppressed excitement, to
vote on the resolution, as follows:
RcsolrCd, That Andrew johnson, Pres
ident of the United States, be impeach-
ed of high crimes and misdGmeanOrs.
The Speaker stated he could not con
sent that his constituents should be 81
lent on SO grave III occasion; therefore.
as member of the III ouse he voted
aye. The vote resulted: yeas l26; nays
81.
The announcement of the result
elected no manifestations, but the i'm
mense audience which had filled the
galleries and corridors all day, gradually
dispersed till it was reduced to less than
One-fourth its original number.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved
to reconsider the vote by which the res
Olution was agreed to, and also moved
to lay the motion to reconsider Oh the
table. The latter motion was agreed to,
this being the parliamentary mode of
making decision final.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, then
moved the following resolutions:
ResOircd, That committee Of two be
appointed to go the Senate, and at the
bar thereof in the name of the House of
Representatives and Of all of the people
of the United States, to impeach Andrew
johnson, President Of the United States,
OF high crimes and misdemeanors in Of
fee, and acquaint the Senate that the
House of Representatives, will IN due
time exhibit particular articles OF I'M
parchment against him and make good
the same, and that the committe do de:
mand that the Senate take order for the
appearance of said Andrew Johnson to
answer said impeachment.
ResOlred, That n committee of seven
be appointed to prepare and report
articles of impeachment against An
drew Johnson, President of the United
States, with power to send for persons,
papers and records, and to take tSsti-
mony under oath.
The Democratic members attempted
to resort to fillibustering, but wers cut
off after an Intellectual effort by mo-
tion to suspend all rules so as to bring
the HouSe Immediately to vote on the
resolutions.
The rules were suspended and the
resolutions adopted. Yeas, IA; nays,
~.
The Speaker then announced the two
committees as follows: Committee of
two to announce to the Senate the &C
tion of the House, Messrs. Stevens, of
Pennsylvania, and Bingham, of Ohio.
Committee of seven to prepare ar
| articles of i'm neachment Messrs Bout