New-York tribune., 1868-04-30

not make this argument as going further tan 10 meet
the necessity which understand the hOnoraple
TO put FORTH that an infracon OF statute must carry
out OF Office any President OF the unltea o%tSe % oe,
enva Tep & next statute IN TINS OCok @ 20 declare valid and
conclusive certain proclamations or the norsson
acts done In pursuance thereof, In the supprs99son
OF the late Rebeon the military commissions had peen
declared invalid by the Supreme Conri anu eo i nd
technical sins by indemnify Of protection TO have the
same effect as II the law had been passed IL tj
unqualified. unscrutinizcd, unweighed, unmeasuTed,
is to make the necessary occasion OF a yerulct
der he esar bright $'' light Which true
statesmanshp sheds upon the subject. may as con
to the astronomical punishment which the learned and
honorable Manager (Mr. BoutwelD thinks should De aI
piled to this novel case OF impeachment Cicero think
IL s who says that lawyer should know everything Tor
later there Is no fact IN history IN science
or in human knowledge, that will not come into play
on his argument Profoundly sensible of my ignorance,
being devoted TO profession which sharpens and does
not enlarge the mind can demur without envyng the
superior Knowledge evinced by the honorable Manager
But nevertheless, while some OF his colleagues were
Stand on the surface 90 Of the seas Mr. Manager BoItwei
ambiguous had discovered an dntenanted and nm
he would have us think, In the final coun-
ellis OF the Almighty as place OF punishment
Laughterl Now, at first thought that his mind had
become enlarged that it not sharp enough 10 Op
that the Constitution had limited the punishment
aughterl But reflection saw that he was as legal
and logical as he was ambiguous ana asts9noGa @ os
put 10 limit to the distance Of removal aughterl So
Without shedding drop of his blood, or taking
he penny IS sentenced e i50PS % REMOVAL from Oc and
transportation to the skies Laughter This Is the great
over the obstacles Of the laws Of nature, the Constitution
won't stand in his way. lLaughter can think or no
project the deposed President to this infinitely distant
space but shock nature ofso vast an energy and SO
great result might unsete even the 50 firm members members
Of Congress. Laughter: How shah we accomplish
t Why the hst ,St pasS mnOSSay hsS kn0Ts
aughter he the necessary deputy to execute inc
judgment OF the Court Let then be provided hat IN
case of your sentence OF deposition and removal from
Office the honorable the astronomical Manager shal take
into his hands the execution OF the sehtenee Tue
President made fast TO his broad and strong shoulders
and having essayed the Night by lmaglnatoD,
better prepared 10 execute IL A IA Ioii rId laAins a
TO the top Capitol and spurning them with
his feet the Goddess of Liberty let him set out upon ms m
flight aughtcrl. while the Houses OF Congress ana an
the people Of the United states shall shout SIC w dd
asbd" laughter long and continued Here an oPpreiss
i've doubt strikes me How will the Manager get Dackt
How when he gets beyond the power OF grayltatOn 10
restore him. will he get back And so ambitious wing
as he passes through the expanse that famous question
Of Carlisle by which he points out the teness OF hInan
affairs, "What thinks Bootes Of them as ne ieads
leash Of slderai hre ~ viii occur % -, to the
Managers What indeed would Booes think OF this new
constellation laughter looming through space beyond
the power OF Congress 90 send for persons and papers
aughter Who shall return and how decide In te con,
rest there begun In this new revolution thus estabshedf
Who shall decide which is che sun and when Is me lne
which reflects hardest upon the otherf lLaughtefI l
wish 10 draw your attention now to what ard as an
ter OS"Is Of great concernment and influence for all
statesmen and all lovers OF the CONSTITUTION
70 the particular circumstances tnder which the
two departments Of the Government now brought IN
controversy placed. speak lot OF persons put oi
Now the Office OF President OF the United States, Ia the
view OF the OF the Constitution, In the experience
M onr national history and In the estimation OF the
neoni i an Office of great trust and power It is not
dependent any tenure OF Office because the Ieue oi
office Is a source oi or'g'A eonuiSs,o"' S y gre.t
4uI
authority and the Government In It's coordinate depart
nss cannot be sustained without maintaining all the
authority that the Constitution has intended for the ex-
ectiye office. But u depends for Its place IN the Cohs
tuition upon the facts that It's authority Is eQnueu 10
1, exered it not by individual purpose or Will Mhy
Tho strength that single inc individual Cn,a.s can
the United states tIs because ard as the people %ho
by their suffrage have raised tue rresuee 10 M b
voice, sustaining him IN his hlg duties ihat te
dent has his place under the Constitution m MS SreSe aye
stated, but 1t Is safe 10 tIe rlesF t
dent because the people are m DganI hin, nv theI %
suffrage But when one Is lifted to the freslnrhtM
Office who has not received the suffrage OF the people or
that Office then discord dislocation, deficiency
begin, then at the great powers OF the ohce weh
consonant with free constitution, ana Win Tue
popular will owe tho breath Of life 10 the continuing
OF the people, then Is that In the criticisms OF he
press IN tue views OF the people ,hesa g'ti, ~
be despOtic and PERSONAL ana theh you
subject TO another difficulty that our vicious system
of politics has introduced and that Is in our nominations
for the Offices selecting always the true leader OF the
popular sentiment of the me for the place OF PRESIDENT
We look about for candidate for the Nlcefresdehcy
attract the minority and 10 assuago dcniy ana 10
bring In the inconsistent supporters Coupled win ts
phase when the Wee President becomes President OF he
United STATES, not only he In the attitude Ot not hVlhS
the popular support for the great po%efS G
support for the fidelity ana maintenance OF MS authoI
Then adherng TO the ORIGINAL opinion, % 10 tne neiy
for placing him In the second place. he Is denounced rs
traitor 10 his party, and is watched ana crucAeu ~ al
10. 4
ence 10 the present incumbent and the actual
condition of parties here but all the public men men
an the ambitious engaged in the public service ana
In the carrying on the Government III Their own views
and the interest and duties OF the party. All ha,e
framed their views and established their reatl0ns WIN
tho President who has disappeared, and they then are
in the attitude OF support personal or p1luea tat
party. Then 1t Is that ambitious men who had
formed their purposes both for the present
domination nd their cllculatons disturbed. Then II Is
that prudence and wisdom md that Ierllole m @ eNne
Threaten the conduct Government ana the natlon
This We all know by looking back at the party
In tines past, in the time of the PRESIDENCY ol M
TYLER when an impeachment was moved against hl ia
te House of Representatives and had more than 100
supporters when 1t found after 1t was All over
lusiify IT, SO, TOO, similar imputaton VIII
be remembered ON the conduct OF Mr. Fillmore.
Then the opposition seize upon this opportunity enter
into the controversy, urge on the quarrel b1l do not not
espoe II: and 1t ended In the President being eIt
without the support OF the guarantees O1 athoryWhch
undere and yiyify the Constitution OF the Unlted sttts
namely, the favor of the people; ana 80 when TINS & H
cCncurs with time OF great National eorJointule,
then at once you have at work the special
or peculiar operation OF forces upon the Exeeu,
tive office which the Constitution left unprotected
aud undefended, without the iuh measure
OF support which every department Of the Government
should have order the others Pressing on 10
dangers which may shake and bring down the very phi
lars OF the Constitution ITSELF suggest then, to yOu hs
wise men, that you understand how out OF circumstances
for which man is responsible attributable 70 the work
ings of the Constitution ITSELF there Is weakness ana
sneca weakness the Presidency OF the United states
Which is ms t we're an undefended fort; and To see 10
that an invasion urged and made successful Dy the
emptation that offered This exceptional weakness OF
the President under our Constitution, is accom-
panied, in the present state OF affairs, by the
extraordinary development OF party strength In Congress-
There are nm the Constitution but three barriers against
the will Of majority Congress One is that requires
"A twotrds vote 10 expel member of either House;
another is that wOhrds vote Is necessary 10 pass
law over the objections OF the President ana the hlru IL