Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-04
HOUSE OF REPnEsENrArlvEs.

the east bank of the Mississippi and
reclaim land in YaZoo basin;- to incOpOrate
u Chamber of Life Insurance in the United
States; for the protection and encourage
ment of industrial interests in the United
States; requiring impeachment proceedings
to be expedited; to increase by twenty per
cent the present import duties on wines,
spirits and manufactures of iron, cotton,
wool and silk.
Mr.. LONGBRIDGE offered resolution
instructing the Judiciary committee to in
quire whether Congress has power, unepr
the Constitution. to regulate the rates to be
charged for freight by railroads engaged
in commerce between the different States
of the Union. Adopted.
Mr.. LOAN offered a resolution instruct
ing the judiciary committee to report in
reference to the political status OF Texas.
During its consideration the morning hour
expired and the resolution went over till
next Monday.
The House resumed consideration of the
motion of Mr. ELDRIDGE, pending at ad-
iournment yesterday, to suspend the rules
30 that he might have read and placed on
the journal the protest of Democratic
members. The motion was rejected, the
SPEAKER voting among the yeas.
Mr.. SPAULDING, from the committee
on Appropriation. reported a bill adding
charitable institutions in the District of
The SPEAKER presented several exec
utive communications of an unimportant
character, which were referred; also, a
message from the Senate informing the
House that the Senate was ready to receive
the managers appointed by the House to
| carry to the Senate the articles of impeach-
ment against the President. The message
| was entered on the journal.
The House went into committee of the
Whole, Mr.. Ashley. of Ohio, in the chair,
and proceeded to the consideration of the
postoffice appropriation bill.
! After considerable debate. the commit
tee rose, reported the bill to the House, and
it was passed.
Mr.. SCHENCK, from the committee on
Ways and Means. reported back the bill for
the relief OF certain exporters of distilled
spirits, the same as reported by him last
| Friday. After discussion the bill passed.
| At a quarter past three, Mr.. BUTLER
| rose and reported from the managers of
impeachment the following additional ar
tiele, remarking that there was but one
dissenting voice upon it among the man.
| ayers, and it had only tailed yesterday on
account of want of time. Here follows
| Buffers article printed in yesterdays pro-
ceedings,]
Mr.. ELDRIDGE made point of order.
The managers had no right to report arti-
| cles of impeachment. as the House had ap-
l The SPEAKER overruled the point of
order on two grounds, the principal one
being that any member had right, on the
question of the highest privilege, to pre-
! sent articles of impeachment.
{ Mr.. BUTLER spoke in support of the
article.
( The article was opposed by Messrs. Gar
/ field. Woodbridge and Wilson, of Iowa, as
| tending to protract the trial.
/ Mr.. LOGAN spoke in its favor, after
which the previous question was moved
! and seconded, and the House proceeded to
vote by yeas and navs on adopting the ar
ticle reported as article 10. The article
| was adopted-yeas 81, nays Al.
! Mr.. BINGHAM then offered the follow
ing as an additional article, saying 1t had
| received the unanimous vote of the mana
gere. and he moved the previous question
| on the adoption of article ID:
| That said Andrew johnson, President of
/ the United States, unmindful of the high
duties of his Office and of his oath of Office,
and in disregard of the Constitution and
laws of the United States, did heretofore,
to-wit, on the 18th day of August 1866, at
the city of Washington, in the District of
| Columbia, by public speech. declare and
affirm in substance that the 39th Congress
of the United States was not Congress of
\ the United States, authorized by the Con-
stitution to exercise legislative power un-
der the same. but on the contrary was a
Congress of only part of the States,
thereby denying and intending to deny that
| the legislation of said Congress was valid
or obligatory upon him, the said Andrew
johnson, except in so far as he saw fit to
| oppose the same, and also thereby denying
| and intending to deny the power of the
said Thirty ninth Congress to propose
amendments to the constitution of the
United States; and in pursuance of said
declaration the said Andrew johnson,
President of the United States. afterwards
to wit: on the 2lss day OF February, 1865
at the city OF Washington, in the District
of Columbia, did unlawfully, and in disre-
gard of the requirements of the
constitution, that he should take
care that the laws be faithfully executed.
attempt to prevent the execution of an act
entitled .'an act reeulating. the tenure of
certain civil Offices" passed march 2, 1867,
by unlawfully devising and contriviug and
attempting to devise and contrive means
| by which he shall prevent Edwin NJ. STAN
| ton from forthwith resuming the functions
of the office of Secretary OF the Depart
ment of War; Notwithstanding the refusal
of the Senate to concur 10 the suspension
before made by the said Andrew johnson.
of the said Edwin NJ. Stanton from said
office of the Department of War; and also
by further unlawfully devising and con-
irving, and attempting to devise and con-
triye measures then and there to prevent
an execution of an act entitled an act to
make appropriations for the support of the
army for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1868, and for other purposes, approved
March I'd, 1857, and also to prevent the
execution of an act entitled IAN act to
provide for the more efficient government
Of the rebel States" passed March "a, 1867.
whereby said Andrew Johnson, President |
of the United States, did then, to wit on |
the 2lst day of February, 1868, at the city |
of Washington, commit and was guilty OF |
a thigh misdemeanor in office.
Adopted by strict party vote. t'-e'