The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-05-29
EDWARD LIVINGSTON. ESQ.

M. Livingston was Of thst time. United
S,.,ss District Attorney ot New York 81
we'll % Mayor Of tho city. The pertinent
bearing OF The letter on the impeachment OF
P,e,idsu, johnson will be manifest on pc
sussl:
WAS HISoroN, November 1. 1901.
DsAR Sir: l some days ago received .
lsues from Messra Dsnniston g. Cheih,m
Of The mos. friendly kind, ssking the general
grounds on which the no'ls prosequi 10
Dusae's case ought TO bs presented 10 the
public, which they proposed 10 do. Yous
sensible must avoid committing myself in
,hs, chsnori Of jus,ifics,ivo. aud that we're
10 do Il 10 t.,is case. might be called up
% By other prin,ers in other csses where il,
nigh, be iaexpedien, 'ossy anything. YET.
70 90 civil On spplicA lion, ! can not recon.
cils myself 10 the inciviii,y If giving no an.
swer. I have thought. tbIrefo'e.o laying
your !risnd.hip under contribution. and ask
Ing you to take the trouble seeing them snd
ssyine to them, that che question beia. in
the line Of the lew. I had desred you to
give them the explsna,io necessary. My
text Of explanation would be this: The
President 10 to have the laws executed. He
my OF dor On offence then 10 be prosecuted.
II he sees a prosecution put into . train
which 10 not lawful he may order II 10 bel
discontinued end pu, into . legal trsin. J
found prosecution going on sgsins, Duane
for an offence sRsinst the Senste, founded
On the 0edi.ioo act. affirm that act TO b.
- Law because 10 opposition to the Consti
tuition, snd I shall treat IL ~ . nu!liiy
wherever it comes In tho way Of my iu"c
iions. I therefore directed that prosecution
10 b diecontinu ed and new one to be com
msncsd, founded on whatever law might be
in existence agsins, the offence Thu. w,s
done. and the grand jury. finding no other
law sgsins, IL. declined doing anything un-
der tho bill. Thee!sppssrs TO me to be no
week par. in any Of these positions OF i'm
Isrsncss. There 10. however. in the sppI-
cation TO you 70 trouble yourself with the
question. For THE l owe apology. and ouiid
Il On your goodness and friendship. Health
and happiness cum coz .ers volts.
; Tn. JHrrERsrS.
EDWARD L:vlxssror. Egg
Il 10 el.mored by . thousand radics'
tongues. daily. ssservsted in all their public
i,vsasis. that the President 10 bound 10 exc
CUE sli the scts Of Cong'ess. whether they
are constitutions al OF not; and tina, until they
ere sdjudged voio BY the Supreme Court. II
10 . high crime for him to make any ds,ine-
sior between acts consistent VITA, and ecis
sspugnant 10 the Constitution. Tue absurd
prs.enss has sgsin and sgsin been exploded
By argument, and never perhaps with more
strength end clesrness than by M. Evarts
10 HE sdmirsols speech. But example is
more impressive than doctrine. and - Jefrr.
son 10 severed 90 one Of our most patriotic
Pfesidents. 1t 10 p'eposterous 10 call that
crime In M. johnson which was esteemed
On Get Of public virtue in him. Jefferson Do.
lievsd ,hs Ssdi,iou Law TO be void for repug
nance 70 the Constitution, and he so treated
Il. etwi,hs,an cling that Il had never been
se. aside BY the Supreme Court.
10 Dusnes case, President Jefferson. in.
stssd Of ordering q nolle prosequ', nigh,
hsve Ieit the prisoner 10 HE natural line Of
defence 10 arguing. BY his counsel. ,hst the
lev ives unconstitutional, end II the cour,
below decided sg,inU him. sppesIine to the
Supreme Court. But J,fsrson took . dit.
seFens view Of bic sw,rn tu'y 10 preserve,
protect, end defend the C,nst i,uti,n.' Be
''eviag The law to be 90 nf,issemeo Of Of
OF the Constitution, he treated |. a. com !
pls'sly nsll II every point where he cane
'n'o ofacisl eon,sc. wit b II. thinking himself,
under 70 obligation 10 wei, Tor tho opirions
o. the judic'sry. y, therefore. Presidsn,
Johnson has committed . crime President,
J.ds'son committed . much greater crime
mr. johnson merely intended to pu, ,hinrs
!" 's''n to GET . Judicial decision; J, fsrson
ns's On unconstitutional law In too much
eoatsmptto suffer Il 10 60 into court,
The impesohers ~ III, III. du,y Of the
F's''d'at 10 execute the lave. Y Uooues,lon
say his. But ~. uaeoos,su,ioosl &C, Of,