The New York herald., 1868-04-23

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| the people Of the North are even nos uncertain
whether the rebellion, vsnqushed In the ned n noi
Cabinet OF the country; hence il l. that the loyal
| people OF the entire Union look upon Anfres John
son as their worst enemy hence u that those VINO
PARTICIPATED IN the rebellion and siill hope that rs
power may once more be established IN the country
look upon Andrew Johnson their bet fricnd ana
a. .he last and chief supporter oi the views "H'"
TnE CONSEQUENCES oF rms CRIME. -
Inc House o. hepresenisl.'es hs -, e.s,e,e
and for judgment; but the House Of hfPresehia 49,
as branch OF the legislative deps,,. ,s. ,eeed.
ings. IL entered upon them with grei fe.nS'ahes,
after laborious ani continued insesilss',Sn On anu
try were In peril and that there was no way 81 Feef
except through the exercise ~ te nlknca, c"nsula
to % this pGmsr tribunal because any special NUM- q the
House OF Representatives has been inffingcd, Nor
the Sss Pcses eseep "a as mat soay must
participate IN the good or III fortune of the country
They have brought Ssrs aa%,, ,s,s e II. COMMUNAL, as
| the belief. as the result Of much inyesiiga-
on OF much deliberation, that the interests of the
| country are no longer safe IN his hands Prom the
beginning OF the government this body has partici-
pated under the constitution, and by virtue OF the
| Constitution, In all matters pertaining % appoint
ments 10 ONCE; and by the universal practice OF the
country as well before the passage OF the Tenure OF
once act as since, no removal o. "a any oiieer whose
sent OF the Senate has been made during q session
OF the Senate, with your knowledge and sanction.
nomination was confirmed by and with the advice
and consent OF the Senate. Mr.. Johnson, IN pres
Century and against .hs express proys,ons Of shs
Tenure Of ONCE act made In this particular in
tire harmony with that practice, asserts now,
every officer in the country, without the advice
consent OF the Senate. Never In the history Of any
free government has there been base gross,
unjastinabe an attempt upon the part OF any execu
tive whether emperor, king or president, TO destroy
N All has not
been Indifferent TO this assault; II has not been
| mindful OF the danger 10 which you have been ex-
out It's agency and support YOU were powerlcss 10
resist these aggressons, to thwart In any degree,
constitutional power OF impeachment they have
brought him toyour bar; they have laid before you
| the evidence showing concusiyely the nature, the
extent and the depth OF his guilt. You hold this
great power in trust, not for yourselves merely but
for all your successors In these high places and for
/ all the people of the country.
THE CONSTITUTION OUTRAGED.
| Tne speaker went on to say that literally nothing
| guilty on his own admission The exhibition he had
made on the Attn OF March, 1865, in the Senate Cham
ber by which the nation had been disyraced and hu
inflated was q truthful exhibition OF his character,
and his cold Indifference TO the desoation. disorder
and crimes in ten States OF the South exhibit yet
darker features. The speaker showed that ofncias
IN New Hampshire had been impeached for stealing
and receiving brbes and that foreign digniiaes had
suffered official decaptation for crimes quite insight.
ficant beside those OF the President now arraigned
According to the speakers views Andrew Johnson
has disregarded and violated the laws and consiiiu
ton OF his own country Under his administration
the government has not been strengthened but weak
ened. It's reputation and influence at home and
abroad have been injured and diminished. lie has
not outraged distant people bound to us by no ties
but those which result from conquest and the exer-
else OF arbitrary power part; but through his
violation of the laws and the influence OF his evil
example upon the men OF the south In whose hearts
the purposes and the passions Of the war yet linge
he has brought disorder confusion and blO0dshed TO
the homes OF twelve millions OF people, many OF
whom are Of our own blood and all OF whom are our
countrymen. Ten States Of this Union are without
law, without security, without safety; public order
everywhere violated, public justice nowhere respect
and am machinaons OF the VI Presdent. PoSS
millions OF the people have been rendered
anxious and uncertain as to the preserya-
OF the Institutions OF freedom in this country. There
are no limits TO the consequences Of this mans evil
example. member of his Cabinet IN your presence
avows, proclams indeed, that he suspended from
Office indefinitely faithful public officer. who
appointed by your advice and consent; an act which
he does not attempt to justify by any law usage
except what he is pleased TO call the law, neces-
sity. Is 1t strange that in the presence o. 'ese
amples the Ignorant, the vicious and the criminal
everywhere swift TO violate the lawsS Is IL strange
| that the loyal people Of the South, most OF them
poor dependent not yet confident OF their newly ac
quired rights exercising their just privileges In fear
| and trembling, should thus be made the victims Of
| the worst passions OF men who have freed them
selves from all the restraints OF civil government
Under the influence OF these examples good men In
| the south have everything to fear and bad men
| political criminal OF history. For two years he
was prator and the scourge OF Sicily. The area OF
that country does not much exceed ten thousand
square miles and in modern times IL has had popu-
ation OF about two million souls. The criminal al
your bar has been the scourge OF a country many
times the area OF Sicily. and containing population
SIX times as great. Verres enriched himself and his
friends he seized the public paintings and statues
and carried them TO Rome. But at the end OF his
brief rule OF two years he left Sicily he had found
IT, in comparative peace, and In the possession OF its
industries and Its laws. This respondent has not
ravaged States enriched himself by the plundcr
OF their treasures; but he has naugurated and ad-
hered 10 a policy which has deprived the people OF
the blessings OF peace, OF the protection OF law, OF
the Just rewards Of honest industry. A vast and
important portion OF the republica portion whose
prosperity is essenta, to the prosperity OF the
try at argeis PROSTATE and helpless under the evils
which his administration has brought upon 1t. When
Nerres was arraigned before his judges at Rome and
the exposure OF his crimes began, his counsel aban-
doned his cause and the criminal fed from the city,
Yet verres had friends in Sicily, and they erected
glded statue to his in the streets Of Syracuse
| This respondent will look in vain even in the SOUTH
for any testimonials to his virtues or to his pubtic
| conduct All classes are oppressed by the private
| and public calamities which he has brought upon
| them. They appeal to you for relief The nation
waits in anxiety for the conclusion OF these proceed
ings. Forty millions of people, whose interest in pub
lie affairs Is In the wise and just administration of
| the law, look to this tribunal rs sure defence
against the encroachmenis OF criminal Chief Mags
| trate.
THE PUNISHMENT.
viii any one say that the heaviest judgment which
YOU can give IL any adequate punishment for these
| crimes? Your otlce Is not punishment, but to
secure the safety OF the republic. But human trbu.
nals inadequate to punish those criminals, who.
as rulers or magistrates, by their example conduct
policy and crimes, become the 5courge OF cOmmu-
mites and nations. No picture. no power OF the
imagination can Illustrate or conceive the suffering
of the poor but loyal people OF the South patriotic
| virtuous. law-abidng Chief Magistrate would have
| healed the wounds OF war. soothed private and
public sorrows. protected the weak, encouraged the
strong, and lifted from the Southern people the bur
dens which now are greater than they can
| bear. In other governments an uniathiu
| ruler can he removed only by revolution.
| violence or force The proceeding here Is judicial
and according to the forms OF law. Your Judgment
| viii be enforced without the aid OF policeman or
value of republican institutions What other test
Of the strength and vigor OF our government what
other that the virtue of the people IS eqla
20 any emergency Of national life Tue contest
which we carry at your bar is contest IN defence
Of the constitutional rights OF the Congress OF th,
United states representing the people OF the United
states against the arbitrary. unjust. illegal claims
OF the Executive. This Is the old contest OF Europe