The Van Buren press., 1868-05-22
Impeachment.


Dispatches received at noon yesteSday
and shortly afterwards announced to us
the result of the great impeachment trial.
We do not know the object Of taking the
vote ON the llth article first, unless that
was to be considered the test vote. BY
reference to the | lth article, which we give
below, it will be noticed that it embraces
within itself the substance of all the
charges against the President, I. e., the
denunciation of Congress, violation Of
Tenure of office Law in removing Stan
ton, conspiracy with Gen. Emory and OBJ
Structing Reconstruction. 1t was in re
latiOn to this same article that Thad Ste
vens said: If there be the shrewd law
yers, as | know there will be, and cavil-
ing judges. and without this article they
do not acquit him, they are grcencr than
| was in any case ever undertook before
the Court Of quarter session y We there
fore conclude that having failed to find
verdict of guilty hY the required two
'Duoble has burst IT so, may the party
which set it on foot likewise vanish from
sight and the memory of man, unless as a
warning of the fate Of wicked combina-
tons - -Gdzettc.
ARTICLE NI
That said Andrew Johnson, President
of the United States, mmindful Of the
high duties of his Office and of his oath of
office, and in disregard of the Constitu-
nf hn ! tol 7
therefore, to-wit: On the 18th dav ofAu-
gust, 1866. at the city of Washington.
in the District Of Columbia, by public
speech, declare and affirm in substance.
that the Thirty-Nmth Congress Of the
United States was not Il Congscss Of the
United States authorized 10y the C0nstitn-
ton to exercise legislative power under
the same; but, on the coutraSy. was n
Congress of only part Of the States there
by denying and intending to deny that
the legislation Of said Congress was valid
or obligatory upon him, the said Andrew
johnson, except i'll SO FIR as he saw fit TO
approve the same, and also thereby deny
ing and intending to deny the power Of
the said Thirty Ninth Congress topropose
amendments to the Constitution Of the
United States: and in pursuance Of said
declaration, the said Andrew johnson.
President ofthe United States. afterwards,
to-wit On the Dist day Of February. 1868.
at the city of Washington, in the District
of Columbia, did mlawfully and in dsrc-
gard of the requirements Of the Constitu-
ton, that he should take care that the
laws be faithfully executed, ATTEMPT TO
prevent the execution of an act entitled
AN Act regulating the tenure of certain
civil Offices passed March ,. 1867. by
unlawfully devising and contriving. and
attempting to devise and contrive. means
by which he should prevent Edwin NJ.
Stanton tsom forthwith rcsumnr the
functions of the Office Of Secretary iorthe
Department Of War, notwithstanding the
refusal Of the Senate to concur in the sus.
pension heretofore made by said Andrew |
johnson Of said Edwin VI. Stanton from
said office Of Secretary for the Depart |
ment of War, and also by further mnlaw- .
fully devising and contriving, and at
TO devise and cOntrive means
then and there to prevent the, execution of
m act entitled "An Act making appro-
Driations for the support of the army for
.he fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, and |
'or other purposes approved March >, /,
1867, and also to prevent the execution /
of an act entitled AN Act to provide for
he more efficient government ofthc rebel .
States" passed March >, 1867; whereby .
the said Andrew Johnson, President of.
the United States, did then, to.wit On
the Dist day of February, 1865, at the .
city orWashington, commitand was gull.
ty of a high misdcmeanor in office