Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-03-06
MARCH s, 1868.
The Points on Mr.. Johnson's Side.


Iday, judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania, ar
gned that the resolution of impeachment wa,
3safistake, andany impeachment Of the Pres
tdent on the idea that Secretary Stanton was
within the protection Of the tenure of office
asltwas what Fouche, the chief Of the old
Isach police. would have csiiod worse than
asscrime--a blundcr. Whatever executive
power the Federal Government possessed was
Vested in the President, who was made tho
ssle trustee of the people in that regard In
Tie matter of appointments to Office and the
tsrfS9aty.making function, check was imposed
ufnn the President; but even in those in
stalttes the power exercised was the Prcs.
dents. The concurrence of the Senate was
onlya regulation for tho exercise of the pow
er.a2$ It was nero advisory discretion, not an
executive power.
The Senate possessed not an iota of exeou-
TIVE power. The separatenoss and complete.
ness of this executive power in the hands of
the President was doctrine essential to the
harmony of the system Of government, and to
the responsibility Of tie President to the peo-
1fs. If Congress medded with it, Congress
became a trcspasser, and it's act an imperti-
tssnt nnllity, and the President was not to be
papeached for disrcgarding it. He quoted
extracts from the debate, in the First Con-
giess, upon the executive departments, and
argued, that that debate settled this qutoiesn
absolutely, and demonstrated the utter upcon
sftutionality Of the Act of March 2, 1867.
He also argued that by the very terms of the
Act itself, Mr.. Stanton did not come within
ttsscopo, and quoted Senator Sherman and
bfisssrs. Spalding and Bingham rs taking the
same view of the law when it was under con.
si!eration.
Mr.. johnson was man of the Republican
PHYS own choosing, and he verify believed
that tho President was trying to restore the
u1ion, to pacifcate the country, and to ad
minister his high office with faithful regard
tE; obligations of the Constitution and tho
btst interests of the people. Ho seemed to
him to be true friend to tho whole of his
country, faithful public officer, and entitled
to Cabinet advisers who were his friends, and
not his enemies. Congress had far better
sustain such man in his constitutional rights,
and address itself to the relief of tho suffering
country, than to waste its time and tho pub.
lic'a money in impeachng faithful public
servant on charges that are both false and
foolish. At the risk of denunciation, he
(NIr. Woodward) denied tho right Of the
Honse to impeach anybody, and the right of
the Senate to try any impeachment. The
House was not composed, as tho Constitution
required, of members chosen by the people
of the several States;" nor was the Senate
composed of "two Senators from each State"
In conclusion, he said: Mr. Speaker, SO
sure am that the American people will res
pect' this objection, that if were the Pres-
dents counsellor would advise him, if you
prefer articles of impeachment to dcmur
both to your jurisdiction and that of the Sen
ate, and to issue proclamation giving you
and all the world notico, that whilst he hold
himself impeachable for misdcmennors in Of
fce before the constitutional tribunal, he nov.
or would subject tho Office ho holds in trust
for the people to tho irregular, unconstitution.
al, fragmentary bodies who propose to strip
him Of it. Such proclamation, with the
army and navy in hand to sustain it, would
meet popular response that would make az
nd Of impeachment and impoachers.
By tho proposed Constitution of South
Carolina, the judicial power is vested in q
Supreme Court, in two Circuit Courts--to
wit: Court Of Common pleas having civil
jurisdiction, and Court Of General Sessions
having criminal jurisdiction only---and in
District; and probate Courts and Justices of
the Peaee. The Supreme Court is to consist
of three judges, who are to be elected by the
General Assembly for tho term of six years,
aud 80 classified that one Of tho judges shall
go out Of office every two years, tho Judge
holding the shortest term Of Office under this
classification to be tho Chief Justioc during
his term of office.
+ AUaUsTAAND CoLUMBIA RAILROAD
This Road is graded thirty five miles on the
Columbl4 end, and fourteen on tho Augusta !;
tracklayiagis is progressing rapidly---nineteen
miles having boon completed, nearly one
fourth ofthe whole distance. Ample timber
to finish It has been secured, The work on
the entire road is under contract u, RESPONSE
Dle parties, aud, with little monetary assis.
tance, it is believed the cars will run through
to Augusta, byat the 1st Of September.
1fay> On the 8lst mt, at Great Salt lake
City, Brigham Young was married for the
thirty-frst time the happy bride being Miss
Meriyinc Van Cott, and formerly, while
Gentile, tho wife Of q Mr.. Cobb, from whom