The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-03
House.

Mr.. Butler offered the following as an
additional article:
ARTICLE -. That said Andrew john
son, President of the United States, I'M
mindful of the irigh duties rf ms office
and the dignity and prOpriety thereof,
and OF the harmony and C0urtcSles
which ought to exist and he maintained
between the executive and legisia-
tive branches Of the Government of the
United States; designing and intending
to set aside the rightful authority and
power of Congress, did attempt TO bring
intelligence, ridicule, contempt aud re-
prOach the lCOEgrCss Of the United
StatesIand the several branches thereof,
to impair and destroy the regard and
respect of all. the good people of the
United States for Congress and the
legislative power thereof, which all
officers of the Government ought invi.
olately TO preserve and maintain. to eX-
cite the Odium and resentment of all
the good people Of the United States
against Congress and the laws by 1t
duly and cGnStitutionally enacted, and
in pursuance of this said design and in
tent, openly and publicly, and before
divers aSsemblages of citizens of the
United States, convened in divers parts
thereof to meet and receive Andrew
Johnson as the Chief Magistrate of the
United States, did, on the 18th day
Of August, in the year of our
Lord 1865 and on divers other days
and times, as we'll before as afterwards
make and deliver with n loud voice
certain incorporate and scandalOus
harangues and did therein utter loud
threats and bitter menacGs as we'll
against Congress as the laws of the
United States duly enacted thereby
amid the cries, jeers and laughter Of
the multitude there assembled in hear
ing, which are set forth in tho several
specifications hereinafter written in
substance and effect, that is to say:
GThe article is supported by three Spe-
cifcations, giving extracts from
speeches of Andrew johnson in Wash
ington, August Il, at Cleveland, Ohio,
September 3, and at st. Louis, Mo-,
September s, 1861
The specification concludes: WhicI
said utterances, declarations, threats
and harangues, highly censurable in
any, are peculiarly Indecent and unbe-
coming in the Chief Magistrate of the
United States, by means whereof said
Andrew johnson has brought the high
office of President of the United States
into contempt, ridicule and disgrace, to
the great scandal of all good citizens,
whereby Andrew johnson, President of
the United States, did commit, and was
there and then guilty of high INSIDE
meanOr in office.
This article was subsequently reject
ed.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, sitting
at the Clerks desk, proceeded to adj
dress the House, the members having col
lected in the area in front.
Mr.. Boutwell, offered various amend
ments to the articles of Impeachment,
all of which were unimpOrtaut, except
as to striking ont the 9TH article entire
". The amendments were adopted.
As the clock indicated the hour OF
four, the committee, in accordance with
the order of the House, rose, and Mr..
Dawes reported the action to the House.
The amendment proposed to be offer
ed by Mr.. Stevens aud all other amend
ments were thus excluded from being
offered.
Mr.. Eldridge rose and said, / am in
structed by fOTty-five members of the
House of Representatives to present a
communication from them TO the House
and ask that il be read. 1t is respectful
in terms, and is, in my opinion, priyi-
legged.
Objections were made from the Re.
publican side.
Mr.. Farnsworth made APPOINT of order
that under the order of the House nc
proposition would be entertained, but
that the House should proceed to vot,
on articles of impeachment.
The Speaker sustained the point.
The House then proceeded to vote OF
the articles.
The vote being completed, ant
the articles adopted, the House
proceeded to vote for managers to con
duct the impeachment before the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Poland nominated the following
members: MesSrs. Stevens, of Pennsyl
vania, Butler, of Massachusetts,, Bing-
ham, of Ohio, Boutwell,, of Massachu.
sets, Wilson, of Iowa, Williams, OF
Pennsylvania, and Logan, of Illinois.
In reply to- n question by Mr.. Peters
as to who was to be chairman, the
Speaker said the managers would de-
eide the question of priority among
themselves. ..r
The members were then called alpha
betically and each, as called, stepped