Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-03
LATEST q'ELEGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
DosaREssIoNAL PRoCErDINcs.


sented a memorial from members OF the
Grand Army of the Republic, setting forth.
service not sufficiently recognized. aud
praying for portion Of the departmental
Offices.
On motion of Mr.. Howard, the Senate
proceeded to the consideration Of the i'm
parchment rules, Mr.. Anthony in the
chair.
House of Representatives.
The House reassembled at 10 o'clock,
in Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Wash
burne. Of Illinois, in the chair, and coz
tinued the discussion on the articles of I'M
parchment.
Mr.. Butler offered the following as an
additional article:
That said Andrew johnson, President of
the United States, unmindful of the high
duties of his Office, and the dignity and
prophecies thereof, and the harmony and
courtesies which ought to exist and be
maintained between the executive and
legislative branches of the government Of
the United States, designing and intending
to set aside the rightfnl authority and
powers of Congress, did attempt to bring
into disgrace, ridicule, contempt and re-
proach the Congress of the United States,
and the several branches thereof; to inn
pair and destroy the regard and respect of
the good people of the United States for
the Congress and legislative power hereof,
which all the officers of the government
ought inViolately TO preserve and main
tain; and to excite the resentment of all
the good people of the United States
against Congress and the laws BY it duly
and constitutionally enacted, and in pur-
suance of his said design and intent
openly and publicly and before
divers assemblages of the citizens of the
United States, convened in divers parts
thereof to meet and receive Andrew John
son as the Chief Magistrate of the United
States, did, on the 18th day of August, in
the year of oar Lord 1866, and on divers
other days and times, as we'll before as af-
forwards, make and deliver with loud
voice certain Incorporate and scandalous
harangues, and did therein utter loud
threats and bitter menaces, as well against
Congress as the laws of the United States
duly enacted thereby, amid the cries, jeers
and laughter of the multitude then assem-
bled and in hearing, which are set forth in
the several specifications hereinafter writ
ten. In substance and effect, that is to say,
the article is supported by three specif-
cations giving extracts from speeches
Of Andrew johnson in Washington, Aug
ust 18th, at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. Sd, at
st. Louis, Mo-, Sept Sth, 1866. The
specifications concluded, which said that
the ut;erances, declarations, threats snd
harrangues are highly censurable in any
one, and peculiarly indecent and unbecom-
ing in the Chief Magistrate of the United
Slater, by means and whereof said Andrew
johnson has brought the high office of
President of the United States into CON
tempt, ridicule and disgrace, to the great
scandal of good citizens, whereby Andrew
johnson, President of the United States,
did commit, and was there and then guilty
of high misdemeanor in Office.
Messrs. Ferris, Koontz and Perham
spoke in favor Of impeachment.
Mr.. Hubbard, of Connecticut and Mr..
Ashley, of Nevada, followed on the other
side.
Mr.. Stevens explained the report from
the committee and concluded as follows:
By some unaccountable misunderstanding
the article which hold in my hand, which
we may call one and half, has been drop
| ped out, for do not find it in the articles
in distinct language. /, therefore, propose
it az an amendment:
That on the 18th of August, during the
recess of Congress, Andrew johnson,
President of the Uuited States, did sus-
pend from office Edwin M. Stanton, and
| that while the Senate was considering the
! suffciency of the reason reported, Andrew
johnson formed deliberate design and
determined to prevent said Edwin NJ Stan
| ton from forthwith reassuming the duties
| of his office, thereby committing a
| high misdemeahor and offense, and
| that when he was defeated in accomplish
| ing his design by the integrity and fiedel-
| ity of the Secretary ad interim, he sought
TO arrive al the same end by giving au
| thority to Lorenzo Thomas, Adjntant Gen
eral of the army, TO act as Secretary OF
War ad interim, severely censuring the
| former Secretary of War adj interim for
not yielding to his efforts to make him be-
| tray his trust. This charge, said Stevens,
| is nowhere contained in the articles re-
| ported by the committee, and unless il is
| inserted, there can be no trial on it, if
there be shrewd lawyers, a. | know there
will be, and caviling Judges and if, with
| out that article, they do not acquit him,
| they are greener than even | was when 1
commenced to practice at Court of Omar
ter Sessions.
Mr.. Boutwell, offered various amend
ments to the articles of impeachment, all
of which were verbal and unimportant,
except az to striking ont the seventh arti-
Gle entirely. The amendments were
adopted.
Mr.. Jencks offered as an amendment an
additional article charging the President
with attempt to get control of the military
power of the government in a mode not in
accordance with the constitution, and pre-
vent the army from being an instrument to
execute laws. The amendment was re-
iected.
Mr.. Butler then offered an amendment
to the amendment already sent.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, was opposed to the
amendment, saying that it had been re-
ferred to the committee and had been
voted down. The vote was taken by the
tellers, and resulted fifty to seVenty-four,
so the amendment was rejected. Az the
clerk indicated the hour of four, the COM
mittee in accordance with an order of the
House, rose and Mr.. Dawes reported the
action to the House. The amendment
proposed to be offered by Mr.. Stevens and
other amendments were thus excluded
from being offered.
Mr.. Eldridge sought to present the fol-
lowing protest, but failed
The undersigned, members of the for
tieth Congress of the United States, repre-.
senting, directly or in principle, more than
One-half Of the whole people of the United
States, do hereby, in the name of law and
justice, and in behalf of those they repre-
sent, most solemnly protest against the
tyranny and injustice practiced By the ma
jority of the House in violating the sacred
rights of free debate, and unrestrained de- |
liberation upon the greatest questions ever
brought before an American Congress. |
The rules of the House, made for the pro-
lection of the minority, and by strict adj |
herence to which the weaker party can |
only be protected from those irregularities
and abuses which the wantonness OF power is |
too often spttosuggest to large and successful
majorities, and have been during this en-
tire Congress, in violation of their true
spirit and interest. Wantoply and unDrn- |