Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-04-01

THE 1MHEAC44MHNE STA An4kss
The impeaehmop tpf ~ resident Is found
ed on his tlled Ylo lca g the Tenure y
Once law. ia = pvipS tnnton from the War
Dlspafhspnt ~ Qdf readers the ut
tSr' inl sbhiatend $hd sfaetd pcrfdy which
rastkj 1he imp@ hnei1 on the part Of some
,of III Radics 6eha(ers, we copy from the
Congressional Globe the following extracts Of
speeches in explanation Of the intent and up.
plicatioa Of the Tenure Of Office bill. on its
presentatisaS from the latdsoi tho c6nRittes
which had prepared it. and on the occasion- Of
its final passage BY the Senate. twill be seen
that SENATOR Edmundat and Williams aand
Sherman, WIN see now among sthe Supporters
Of the impeachment, positively and sclemnly
declared that the bin was not designed tos AZ
feet. mol, would it Affect theright Of the Pres
ldent TO change, remove OF appoint, his Cabi-
net officers whenever he deemed it proper and
wise to do so !; bpt that it sustained him in that
right. We call especial attention 10 tho re
marks Of Senator's SHERMAN and Williams a.
to their opinion Of any Cabinet officer who
should fail to retire from the Cabinet on .
mere polite animation from the Presidens that
his resignation would be- accepted. Contrast
with these strong expressions Of the two Sen
atorse their present support OF Stanton, and
their advocacy of impeachment They stand
selfconvicted, wanton. shameless and most
perfdious traitors to truth and justice, in this
single act. But read, 6rst. what Mr. Edmnnds,
one of the Commute having the bill in charge,
said: ~ 9a5 "s''s -
Ii did seem to the Committee, after a
great deal of consultation and reflection, that
it was right and just that the Chief Executive
Of the nation in selecting these named Secreta-
ries who, by law and BY, the practice, Of the
country, and officers analogous TO whom, BY the
practice of MI other countries, are the conf.
DENTAL advisers. of the Executive, respect
ing the administration Of all his departments,
should be persons who were personally agree
able to him, in whom he could place entire
confidence and reliance, and that, whenever 1t
should seem to him that the state OF relations
between him aud any of them had become 50
as to render this relation of condolences and
trust and personal esteem nnharmonious. be
should in such case be- allowed TO dispense with
the services Of that officer in vacation, and
have some other person act in his stead. We
thought that 90 much discretion. 30 much CON
fidencc. 60 much respect. ought 10 be properly
attributed to the Chief Magistrate. d sa b
Mr.. Williams, who prepared the orig
inal bill, said:
prepared the original bill in this case. and
il contains in different words the exception
contained in the amendment reported by the
committee do not regard the exception q,
Of any great practical consequence. because
suppose if the President aud any head Of 4
Department should disagree 90 as 10 make
their relations unpleasant, and the President
should signify desire that that head Of De
psrtunent should retire from the Cabinet, that
would follow without any positive act Of re.
movai on the part Of the Prrsidens. ! do mol
think that in many cases which have occurred
the President has peremrto1ly removed an,
member Of the Cabinet, but understand The
usual practices IL, ii the President desires Il
dispense with any head Of q Department. and
to substitute another Tor him, O. signify in some
way his desife that there should be . vacanc,
in the Office, and the Office, when Il becouies
vacant by resignation, il filed BY the Prcsi
dent according to bis own wishes aud views
The hcads OF the Departments are part o
the Executives power OF the country. Accord
ing to the theory OF the Consultation the Ex
ecutive power Of the United States IL vestes
in the President, and these heads Of Depart
ments are subordinate officers OF the Presi
dent, Immediately under his supervision. The,
ar. persons under his imsnediafs direction. ex
cept % far M their specific duties may be pro
vided BY law. But the President consults witt
these hends of Departments - TO NIL measure
Of his administration. They are regarded a
his confidential advisers; and certainly The Inv
which creates that relation between the presi
ident and the heads of Departments contem
plates that there shall be state of harmony
i between all az them that there shall not be
state Of war In the Executive Department o
the Government: that 10 shall not be divides
against itself; but that the subordinates OF
heads of the different Departments, shah b,
in harmony or practical agreement with Oh,
President BY when they are appointed q
j The chief reason that Influenced me to max.
the exception was, that l thought somethin,
was due to the President Of the United state
Ito that Office. This bin undertakes 10 re
verse what has heretofore been Che adnYitte,
, practice Of the Government; and it seemed 1,
me it was due to the exalted Office of the Pres
ident Of the United States---the Chief Mngis
tratc " the nation TINT he should exercis
this power; that he should be LETT b chaos
his own Cabinet. and that he islauid Dc he'll
responsible, AZ he will be, 70 tho country 70
Whatever acts that Cabinet may perform e
Fessenden said: a ,aos 49, s,as 3