New-York tribune., 1868-05-18
ARTICLE XI

that Andrew Johnson trdS guilty of a high
misdemeanOr as follows:
ARTICLE XI. ,,.,..,
That said Andrew Johnson, President OF the United
States unmndfu Of the high duties OF his office and OF his
oath of office, and in disregard OF the Constitution ana
18th day of August 1866 at the City of Washington, and
the District of Columbia by public speech declare and
United States was Congress of the United states
authorized by the Constitution to exercise legislative
Congress of only part of the states thereby denying and
intending to deny that the egslaon M Gd sad Congress %
except In so far as he saw t to approve the same
power of the said XXXIXt Congress to propose amend
ments TO the Constitution Of the United states; and, In
President of the United States aiterwardmo W.T. on the
2ls day Of February 1863 at the city OF Washington IN
the District OF COlunbia-dd unlawfuy and In disre-
gard of the requirement Of the Constitution that he
should take that the laws be faithfully executed,
"Hn act regulating the tenure Of certain civil oiCes
passed March 1867, by unawfully devsng and CON
irving and attempting TO devise and cOntrve. means by
which he should prevent Edwin NJ stanton from forth
with resuming the functions OF the once OF secretary o
the Department of War, Notwithstanding the refusal OF
the Senate TO in the suspension heretofore made
by said Andrew johnson OF said Edwin Sanlen from
also by further unlawfuy devising and contrivng and
attempting contye, means then and there To
prevent the execution of an act entitled An act making
appropriations for the support OF the Army for the fiscal
proved March q SS7 and also to prevent the execution
act entitled An act to provide for the more efficient
government of the Rebel States, passed March 1861
whereby the said Andrew johnson, President OF the
United States. did then, TO Wit the 2st day OF Febru
ary 1867, at the City OF Washington commit ana was
guilty u high misdemeanor In office.
On this Article the Senate-every member
being present and voting-divided as follows:
Guilty: Messrs. Anthony Of r. L., Cameron Of Pa.
Catten Of N. j.. Chandler OF Mich. Cole OF Cal.
COnkling OF n. W Comess OF Cal, Corbet OF Oregon,
| CraRin OF n. H., Drake Of Mo- Edmunds OF VT.
Ferry OF Conn, Frenghuysen of N j., Harlan OF Iowa
Howard OF Mich Howe Of Wis, Morgan Of N. " Morrill,
| ~ MI of Morton Nevada,
Patterson of " H. POmeroy OF Kansas Ramsey OF Minn
sherman of Ohio Sprague Of r. l.. Stewart OF Nevada
Sumner OF Mass Thayer and Upton OF Nebraska, Wade
! of Ohio Wiley OF West Va, Williams OF Oregon Wilson
| of Mass, and Yates Of Hl.-3J.
MOI guilty: Messrs Basdrd Of Del, Btckdtew OF Penn
Darts of KY Dixon OF Conn, DoOllttle Of Wis. Fes'
senden Of Maine, Fowler Of Tenn, Grimes Of Iowa.
Henderson OF Mo-, Hendricks OF Ind. Johnson Of Md
McCfeery OF Tenn Norton of Minn Patterson OF Tenn
Ross Of Kansas. SdVtsbtry OF Del, Trumbul OF Ill.,.
Van Wrinkle of West Va, Viekeys OF Md.-fe.
This vote exhibits at least a remarkably nice
adjustment of means to ends. Nineteen were
needed to acquit in vote of fifty-four; and
the exact number required was had. The CO.
incidence is as striking as that related by Sam
Weller of his fathers upsetting load of voters
on their way to election.
OF course, nobody imagines that such men as
Messrs. Fessenden, Grimes, Trumbull, and Van
Winkle voted otherwise than they believed
| Just. Warped by personal antipathy or Dreju-
dice their judgments may have beehive think
they were-but they are above the suspicion Of
Welding to any more sordd temptation. Mr..
Van Wrinkle did not determine on which side
TO cast his vote until two days before the
verdict
OF Messrs. Fessenden, Grimes, and Trumbull,
we think the Republican party have great
reason to complain. Not that they voted as
they did-we concede the right and the duty
of each Senator to vote (however mistakenly
as he saw fit But these Senators understood
the case at an early day; and it seems to us
the least that they could fairly have done was
to advise their Republican brethren that they
should probably feel constrained to vote for
acauittal. Yet the leading Copperheads of
Chicago were fully apprised that Senator
Trumbull would vote to acquit long before his
Republican brethren representing Illinois in the
House were aware of itf "Was that done like
"Cassius2"
SO of the others.
Of Mr.. Fowler, we have already stated that
he was an early and apparently earnest advo-
cate of Impeachment-that he found fault with
the failure of the House to impeach in Decem-
ber-that, on the 10th OF January last, at
meeting of the Republican Committee at Sena-
tor Morgan's, be saw fit, without being in any
manner melted to do 80, to declare that there
was little use in Republican effort so long as
Andrew johnson was allowed to remain in
the White House, and that the blood Of
loyal men in the South, daily slain by
implacable Rebels, would rest on the souls OF
those Members Of Congress who should persist
in obstructing the impeachment and removal OF
said johnson. There may be some way of 10
conciling this speech with honesty in the vote
given by Mr. Fowler on Saturday, but 1t has not
occurred nor been. suggested to us Mr..
Fowler. too kept his purpose to vote as he did
from the knowledge Of Republicans so long as
he could.
Of Mr.. Henderson, We forbear TO speak for
the present. 90
Mr. Ross succeeded in ;deceiving even his
colleague to the last. He attended meeting
OF the earnest supporters of impeachment at
that colleagues house the evening before the
verdict, and was apparently one of them. He
has repeatedly declared that ho should vote
Guilty on the XIth and several other
articles. Vet (.an Vbon,aa E,,;,o &. x.. iaaru