Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-27
- COLUMBUS, o., THURSDAY MORNING.
For what NE I. to be Impsached.

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If there be any man verdant enough
toimagine that President johnson will
be impeached simply because he'remov-
ed, or attempted to remove, Secretary
Stanton.i we commend to that credulous
and innocent individuala careful perusal
Of the appended extract from speech
made by Congressman Farnsworth, of
this State, in the House at Washington,
on Saturday: s5lP iSst 51s 5i;4 - 3.sl.
What was in this question? A great
deal. He trusted that he. came to its
discussion in a proper spirit. 1t was not
the only question whether Andrew John
son should be removed from office. There
were other and, greater interests inyolv
ed. The question was, whether the
union spirit ~ in ten States should
be crushed y out, Pig and rebels
again have uo, the supremacy;
whether the government should be main
tanned. and the trophies richly earned
through four years of bloody war shall
be wrenched from the hands of a liberty
loving people, He maintained that he
cared little for Andrew Johnson. For
months past he never had d. doubt that
the man would be impeached. He had
believedithe evil in the man would come
out step by step-develop itself until
he capped the climax by violating the
supreme law Of the land, the Constitu>
ton of the United States. In the cor
respondence with General Grant, the
: President said his action with reference
Ito the suspension of Mr.. Stanton was
: not under the tenure of-ofice bill, but
3 under the Constitution and outside of
that law, and that he was only exercis-
ing his constitutional rights. What did
2 he say now?os Was he acting under the
tenure-of- of-office bill or the Constitution
,,..v 1T Is not the only question whether
Andrew johnson shall be removed from
ottlce. 81 There are other and greater in
terests involved" What are these
"other and greater interests :" Let Con-
gresham Farnsworth answer. He says:
"The question. is whether the Union
spirit in ten States shall be crushed
out" What does this mean2 Is there
any disunion spirit in the ten States to
which Mr.. Farnsworth refers2 Where
are the evidences of it? What ,newspa-
per in the South demands division of
the Union? What Confederate leader
makes such a demand 4? The Confeder-.
ates all express a willingness to faithful
ly perform their duties as citizens to the
Constitution and the Union formed un-
der, it. The assumption of Farnsworthl
regarding their disunion spirit is false,
and is contradicted by the entire con-
duct of the Southern people since the
close, of the war. p s1s8'1i-- 'Ei z
!. On this and another false assumption
s--that there are no lawful State Govern
ments in the South-rests the whole
policy, or rather defence, of the Congress
sional plan of reconstruction. President
johnson opposes that plan, and for this
Farnsworth says he5shall be impeached.
-. The question is not whether the ten
ure-of- office bill is within the limits of
Constitutional authority. The question
is not whether the President has power
= to remove a-cabinet officer while Con-
gress is .inssession. The question is not
whether he has trampled on the law, and
thereby given a, dangerous example, for
which he should be deposed. The ques-,
tion is not whether he has usurped pow
s.er, and ! sought, in the appointment of
Thomas, conflict with the national leg
nislature at atime full of peril to the Gov
ernment. .ias. irugt5s 10
Farnsworth says these questions are
not ethe ones which ought tosand will
govern the proposed impeachment. He
says the question is whether the con-
gressional plan of reconstruction shall
be carried out. This is what his rig
marole, about .'Union spirit, trophies of
the war, and5rebel supremacy" means.
The President is an "obstacle" to the
enforcement of that hideous infamy-
Because he is such an sobstacle," be is
to be impeached.a The orders removing
Stanton and appointing Thomas are to be
employed by Congress as acts on which
grounds of impeachment may be fran,
ed. He is to be tried on charges rest
ing on, those orders, and convicted ON
grounds entirely separate and distinct
from matters embraced within the orders.
He is to be tried for violation of the
tenure-o office bill, and condemned for
opposition to the military bills.
Such is the infamous confession of the
political prostitute Farnsworth. 1t is
an honest confession, and it is true
statement Of the motives urging forward
the majority in the House in this busi-
ness of Impeachment. 5sz. 3a
Bingham and Spalding had brains
and decency enough to confne them
selves, in their speeches on Saturday, to
the question of the power Of the Presi-
dent to remove Stanton, and to demand
his impeachment on the ground that he
had defied the law ,Farnsworth, had
not craft enough to conceal the motives
and purposes of himself and his party.
He made proclamation of the intent to
try the President on one charge and con-
vict him on another.-CA Chicago Times.