New-York tribune., 1868-04-28
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yves Oh tne hlgh aecusers The House OF Representa-
tyes espouses no mans Quaryels however considerable
he may be- II has but singled from the many others OF
equal weight the facts here charged facts both In the
past and OF recent occurrence of great notorety
Issue here between mighter antagonists one the
the United States for whom the Secretary Of War
held 1Gss s SSy position Of which
American soil OF the Old battle between the royal
closed in England with the of the stnarts strug
gle for the mastery between temporary Executive and
menens Question that has ever challenged the attention
of the people The counsel for tho President rejecting
believe that the removal Of Department head is an affair
of state too small to be worthy Of such an ayenger as h
propose Standing alone, stripped Of all the attendant
circumstances that explain the act and show the deadly
n%us by which is s Is ot 10 Ss sa
with them that remedy so extreme as THIS was more
as@ t6e sne by which
have passed with history that the giant proportions
made sufficiently apparent by the defiant tone Of the
President and the formidable preension set mp by him IN
The not irrelevant question, who Andrew Johnson
by himself, and answered in the same way by himself
by showing who nc and what he had done before the
that contingent which made absolute only for
the advantage Of defeated and discounted treason by
TO inquire as to scenes enacted on this h9or and
President, with two pictures Of SO opposite
character before me, or even to inquire whether bis re
wisdom Of such step at this particular time. The oppor
uTsW johnson G is as to he been the
hour Of that and So 6w @ s
from that high estate that won for him the support OF
SS SSg m g. at %SO ws
in hdeous ruin and combustion down from heavens
not Yet lost all his original brightness appeared
less than the archangei ruined Inc mssterEeSS heS
has involved not mere harmless difference Of opin
Jon, Of his counsel seems TO think, where gen
one long and unseemly to be found In the fact OF
an early and persistent purpose OF forcing tne
authority the interest Of the who had hfted thet.
and in defiance Of the will Of the loyal people of the
United declared through their representatives
and how much has long-sunering people not passed
without punishment, and almost without rebuke
authentic materials history and they will say
that Of s ssss his s 4oy
tion the assembling Of Conventions and the election
the S Toe and sens Ss
Union, For this he bad created offices unknown
ided by law at salaries fixed by his mere will. For
this lie had paid these officers in contemptuons
gent fund OF the Departments Of the Government For
this he had supplied the expenses Of his new 90 Govern e
federaey and authorizing his sarsps to levy taxes from
road Companies, without consideration; sold 4 to
ton Of his own and without any security whatever for
this he had stripped the Bureau Of Freedmen and Kei M
land appropriated by Congress the beggar wards OF hs
RspG and restoring bn 9s us 81 h sS oyera
nsd %en '0f ts isnf Hned @ Ps States for thus he
unss ans nssS 'fs It's
q the
had been placed in its custody by Law. For tits he had
Sv the Constitution in releasing the most active and
fornH nHdabIe OF the leaders OF the Rebellion, with =
even delegated that power for same objects
indebted g its exercise for their own escape
Jus ss SSy ~ 81 eRTss the ,S
sHal's%sRis aHsiag the s';S ,RS pubic male
For this. he had abused the appointing power
other than because they would not asss
@ % the he's esa%c astfT 20 For this
he had invaded the nghtul privileges or the Senate by
him darng the recess Of that body and ater their
ournmen reaPpontng others who had been rejected by
mended For this he had broken the privileges Of and
them that the work Of reconstruction belonged hm
only and that they had no legislative right or duty IN tho
their doors to snc6 claimants might come there With
commissions from their pretended Governments that
their their refusing to obey his imperial reseript no
had sTrag%ed them as ss S
legsat for the States excluded and as traitors at INC
other end Of he ns 6sS G veto
by dsappoynS every assSrsnce with
his public declaration that he would veto all the
the law making power whenever they came 10 n ior
pensng power over the tesoath law by appointing no
torous Rebels to important places in the revenue service
regard was not In accordance with his opinion this he
had the settlement Of the nation by eSertng
all his prevent the people OF the Rebel States
from accepting the Constitutional Amendment or organ.
1ng under the laws q Goness S AND mpsS'@sSs @
their only refuge was with HIM for TINS ne hsd Dlong
the patronage Of his office Into conflict with freedom OF
allowing and encouraging his
TO travel over the country attending political s1
Or aha this IL he did not part y
well by sridng into the Halls OF the Represehtsnes
tosl To audtSeP sP you are third ou
adulterer and to the whole you are no p l1mSe,
ay outside by travelling the country ana ~ lnn
cent harangues assaiiDg the conduct ana inpeachng
anthorty by endeavoring TO bring into dsrepute, de
claring publicity Of one OF IT'S members tDss ne nd % "a
that they no onSeT @ had FSr @
from r. known paraiity traitors. He had pointed
efforts encoura ng the murder Of loyal citizens In New
eades denouncing the exercise Of the rights Of pOt
cal Convention assemble peacefully in that city as an
ing the military assist instead Of preventing the etecu
ton OF tho ayowed purpose Of disturbing i sm mem
and outrage and the OF sunerog that mas come up
upon the Southern breeze that ne nad IN em.et re
more the ncarnate devil OF bsffied treason. and unap
had overthrown and bound in chains, ordained rapne
and murder from the Potomac TO the Gu and deluged
green delds OF the South already dotted with many
patriot graves with the blood OF maryred citizens and
because for ALL has not been called TO render all
conn for the reasons that already named IL
now assumed and argued by his counsel that he sard
acquitted by Judgment which disaimed It's truth
although it rests for the post part record evidence IN
part tat absolute verify which 0t course not open e
dispute The assumption s but another Instance 9f that
incorrigbie blindness the part Of the President in
regard 70 the ruling and motives of Congress that has
helped to hurry him his present unmtary prediea
ment as criminal your bar But all these things were