The New York herald., 1868-03-03
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ment articles recaptuatlpg the acts OF the
President which he held % Justly and nsceso o. S Se
Tenure Of 0ice Law had been practically settled by
iwO-thrds vote Of the Senate which vote was also
necessary 70 convict the President on impeachmenL
The opinion Of the Supreme Court could bs Of no
ihe Senate could take jurisdiction Of the soaft but
She subject matter OF impeachment 2.,son, % =, 2.
a Court Of Impeachment was az SenAte sitting
nnsl and irreyersible .~s Its judgment being
,,.s MT nnIIn ~ :p o. M approved generally Of tho
sions Of them. !. aent bat suggested some modlnca-
1nSa % rlsn'p u such narrow pounds
M. rep OF fa followed the same sdc
repao,ean me' loers Of Congress who had hitherto
Cpposea !. no conceded that il would bc necessary to
ouI hat ne lad done so with an Improper motive. He
~ alnst the pont made the other side as to
s OF ONCE law, and claimed that the Presidential
EnL Is In contemplation Of law the term Of Mr. Lin
@ anu ssnt ccnseqneny NJ stanton was enea 20
ME johnson with prostituing his powers OF appoint
nens 70 dehauch the public morals.
Mr. PFTraM frep) of Ne, followed on the same side
and referred to acs Mr. johnson other than those
charged % show the snimus which insplrei MN Con-
cated lands had been restored TO their rebel owners
ators became his confidential advisers and boon COM
2amons, men who were to have taken BACK @ seats & 10
and had authority placed in their hands, and Congress
Meoh had been denounced by him as an unlawful body
hanging the verge oil the government In the name
or the loyal pecpe Of the South In the name OF the
business interests Of the country, he supported these
Mr.. RAuM, srepl Of Iii followed on the same side.
Waving the fact that Andrew Johnson had betrayed the
party that had trusted and elected him. no held that he
must be proceeded against his official conduct alone
ne President had come TO be governed by his worst
carry out mis- illegal design. He had delberated,
planned and carried out palpable violation OF the law,
and tss was only one Of long series Of crimes Of
Mr. KnLEY repl Of Pa. called attention to the fact
War; the 29th of December 1s6o and when Presi-
cent Buchanan was called on for information to who
ahen flied the office, he sent in message in which he
examined the records OF the country for sixty.lve
10 show that under the act OF 1895 vacancies were
President had in violation of the constitution attempted
10 create and then to fill a vacancy.
arguing that even Mr. pROsen 70 Be sny
violating the Tenure Of Olce law, that too trivial
IN offence to , warrant @ such proceeding as mpeacn,
paper, and the offence charged did not endanger the
public welfare, and was, therefore, marked with no
moral turpitudc such might justify impeachment.
Mr.. Lincoln had found in his Cabdet oncer Post.
master General Blair who was not IN harmony with
I'm In regard to some portions of his policy. Repubi
Senators had sent to MIR. Lincoln memorial urging
him to purge his Cabinet Of tha. officer and Mr.. Lincoln
/had rid himself OF that Cabinet officer;
Mr. Stanton. Referring the question OF the OF
ane impeachment, he claimed that he could not have
lhe resolution voted by twenty nine Senator's dcclar
ang that tho act of the President in removing Mr..
ton. Any judicial tribunal he said which announced
beforehand its judgment controverted question OF
law or OF fact and afterwards undertook To decide tho
question judicially, would itself infamous the
world over and no respectable prosecuting officer would
Bring the question before the tribunal which had thus
anticipated II ana pronounced Its judgment
Mr. ASHLEY lrep OF Nevada, followed ia favor OF tho
impeachment articles.
Mr. STEVENS, trepj Of Pa. sitting at the Clerks DESK
proceeded TO address the House, the members having
collected In front OF him. He sald;-Never was great
malefactor gently treated Andrew johnson. The
people have been unwilling to blot the records OF this
country by weighing his crimes with their shame
uhame for an endurance for long time OF his grea,
Srmes and misdemeanors- the committee having omit
ssd entirely his wicked abuse Of the patronage Of
nation by seducing them with tho offers of office and
purpose OF making them abandon their honest prnc-
pes ana adopt the bastard policy which he had Just con-
many ancents TO tbo block TO this he was prompted by
the motives which made the angels fall Soon after
sailed Confederate army and possessoDs the whoIc
government Of the territory persons and property or
sscd Coufedemte States OF America devoved upon the
Congress OF the United States according to the most
familiar and well adudcated principles OF national and
municipal law leaving nothing for the President
but 10 execute the laws OF Congress and govern them
direct Yet Andrew Johnson, assuming TO establish
empire for his own control, deptiyiDg Congress Of It's
just did erec, North Carolina and the other
organized Territories into States and relations giving
ahem governments Of his own creation, and appoint
ang over them rulers unknown to she laws Of the
United States, and who could not, by any such
laws, hold Office therein He fixed the qualifications
OF electors directed who should hold oce aud especially
directed them 10 send representatives TO both branches
Of Congress, ordering Congress to admit them when
they should arrive When Congress refused and as
serted It's sovereign preosatvo to govern those Terri
sorcs except during their military occupation by their
own inherent power, he treated their preensicns as
tde and refused 10 obey them. Wnen Congress subsc.
queoty passed acts dated March 2 1857 and their sup
pemcns TO reconstruct those governments under ro-
publican forms Of government by the votes OF tho peo
pie. ho pronounced them unconstitutional; and after
shey had become laws he advised the people not 10 obey
them, thus defeat instead OF execute the laws Of
Congress All this was done after Congress had do
cared these outlying States as possessing no gov
srnmens which Congress could recognize, and that
Congress alone had the power and control over them
This mon trous usurpation-worse than sedition and
Iiue less than treason-hc adhered ty declaring IN
his last annual message and al other times, that theo
was no Congress and that all their acts were uncoasi
offences, and in my judgment much worthy OF
punishment, because more fatal TO the nation, the
commtee have omitted In their articles of mpcach-
ment, because they were determined 10 deal with the
fresiccnt ENCOURAGED by this impuniY the Presid NJ
regard OF tho express commandment OF Congress
s those acts trivial BY comparison, but grave in their
positive chatacter for which tho committee has chosen
10 call him answer, knowing that there is enough
among them If half were omitted 10 answer tho great
object and purpose OF impeachment Ihe proceeding
can reach only 70 the removal from oce and ythng
beyond what Will effect that purpose beng unnecessary
may be looked upon as wanton cruelty. Hence the ten
DER merces OF this committee have rested only on the
most tring crimes ana mlsdcneanors which they could
scecs from the official lilo OF Andrew Johnson wal
begn with TIE articles 10 their inverse Order and devote
few minutes 10 each The tenth arcle charges the
President with attempting TO Induce the commander ot
Abe law by which he considered hat BE- Was bound to
act requiring orders TO be ssced through tue General
of the Army The President declared II 10 be
unconstitutional aud cOutIug 10 tho Generals s
commission. About .ho fact there be doub. (:
fhero could be but purpose aud that 10 uso tho
army, possible. for III operations against Congress
by the ninth article II is charged that tue President
violated the act regulating ths tenure o certain civil
onices by appointing Losnzo Thomas Secretary OF war
al ,trim ON The 2is day Of Feorunry, 1858, nnf de-
carng that he bad hn day removed Edwin N. Stan on
from the oihco of Secretary OF War Hs ordered tue
sd Lorenzo Inomas - Seizs the property &C., and act
IN plaza Of Edwin 81. Stanton, and delivered 10 tue said
Thomas letter authorizing him to do said acts About
tho fsct iheTe can be no doubt a. the certified records
ayg H. What defence tho Precedent will mako for this
violation, direct and palrablc, OF tho civil
Tenure Dill We must wait and The
sighta article charges tDet tho President
cenEpred with Lorenzo 4homas seize take aud pos
TIE property OF the United states aud Tho War De-
parnent IA violation OF the act Of ksron 1851 before
referred 10 IL alpl nrpsr1 BIZ record