The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-03-15
ImPeAcHMEnT.

Andrew, ohns0n mas mAue n's "PPe
~ counsel to answer in the High Court o.
Impesehment. And answering his first move
ment is dilatory one: his eounsei asSeu 'o'
forty DAYS in which to prepare his defense
Very properly the time asked was mol grah'ea
|, was not urged that Mr.. johnson realY
needed the time II ives not urged mat nc
,ould not prepare his defence sooner.
was only urged that Mr.. johnson isa very
distinguished individual and that The ifiai
should be conducted with such poInp and CIR
cnms,ance of delay as should magnify his
,mnortsnce. Ii was said the remainder oil his
counsel WAS not there. That was one prom
;o,ns reason why be should be granted forty
dnys in which to make his further appearance.
Ye, in few hours travel they could come
any day or night. 1t is evident the Tune
claimed was diIatory maneuyre on the part |
of the counsel. The policy that Mr.. John
son and his counsel have determined upon -
clearly TO protract the trial. This appears
from the ingenious admission oil Mr. Neisoh'
of the counsel for the defense. that they wiii
try to make the trial upon the last OF the I'm
peachment articles nterminable. by the
way, Mr.. Nelson doesn seem to be equa' 70
mastering the idea that proceeding IN the
Senate Court of Impeachment, can be diifer-
eut from a proceeding in the tennessee
Courts. Mr.. Stanbery looking very props
erly to England under the Stuatts and lndors
Cor the eounterparis Of Andrew johnson ar
saigned maladmiuistratiou AMI nsurpation,
said a,hat in the wors, days of the Star Cham
her. such an attempt TO hurry through trla
had never been made Which is all clap
trap and buncombe. For the Star Chamber
was peremptcry court and convection sni
,nedaiely followed an accusation. And be-
ing composed of the Privy Council and the
Judges, it had nothing 10 do with impeach-
ment If Air. Stanbery wants the Senate to
follow English Impeachment precedents, let
him cite if he will the celebrated case OF Earl
sstrafford, where Impeachment was moved IN
the House by Pym, carried, brought before
fhe Peers. aud Strafford taken into custody
and thrown into prison, all in day. And
4shen the articles Of Impeachment by the
House OF Commons we're carefully prepared,
STAFFORD was given no tame TO prepare his
defense Hume says, ''al Straifords an
swers were exiemporary.a Let Mr.. Stanbery
urge further, that the cautious Italian, IN
writing constitutional History of Eng
land" justifes the preciptous arrangement
and arrest of STAFFORD. he can cite in this
connection if he be particularly partial 10
English precedent, the impeachment and ar
rest of Iaud al the same time with Stafford,
and also the contemporary impeachment Of
ford Keeper Finch.
The English presidents furnish ilustra-
tions upon both sides as TO the arrest or nom
arrest OF persons impeached. We have seen
that STAFFORD and Laud were arrested imme-
diately upon their impeachment. The Peers
the Court of lmpeachment-ha refused 10
commit Lord Clarendon to prison when he
was impeached. In the subsequent impeach-
ment of Earl Dandy in the same reign, Hal
lam says: AS soon as the charges present.
ed by the Commons at the bar of the upper
house had been read, motion was made
that the Earl should Withdraw; and another
afterwards, that he should be committed to
the Tower: both of which were negatiyed b.
considerable najorities." "Yet, he after.
ward says, when The next House of Com
mons revived the impeachment, the Lord.
voted to take Dandy into custody without
any further objection Notwithstanding
NJ. Ill -, al -, th,,L
the English law is that when the impeach.
ment is based upon charge of high treason
nnlessbvert acts directly appear, there should
be no commitment; that the Impeachment,
Court should "treat the ofEsnse as INSIDE
meanor, and admit the accused TO bail.
Which shows that Hallam did not anticipate
case in which the accused would no, be ar
rested
Bat Andrew johnson has not been arrested
He has not been removed from his place dur
ing the trial. He is impeached for such hiel
crimes and misdemeanors as unfit him for hi
place. Guilty Of a usurpation of the power
OF the other departments OF the Govern
ment, usurpation, the obstinacy aud wiiful
ness of his vicious persistence in which, ha
been increased by every effort made to cur
his arbitrary insolence. Guilty of tampe
ing with military officers Of the Goyernme,
with the evident purpose of backing, il po
IDLE. his usurpa,ions bya military coup d
stat. Vicious. uuprincipled, restrained onl
by cosardly nature, UNANIMOUSLY bad as
man aud an Executive: his counsel "a n by n
right claim, and the Senate should not cor
sent, that, because the eulprit CHS a hir
place, the course Of the law shall be stoppe,
dilatory motions be entertained at the mere vi
OF the accused, and the peace and safety .
the nation jeopardized, for sentimentalty az
funky panctilios. It is because Andre
johnson fills high place, because he is II
teriy untitled for it, because BY the power ,
Inc place he fills he can greatly harm ii
country, because, unprincipled as he is,
may mol hesitate TO dc ii, because his mil,
already well known and established hec.,,
We don't wan. ar accused eulnrit in The eb.
filled BY Washington, Jefferson and l.;nco,
any longer than is absolutely necessarily
cause Of this re hope that the Senate :
entertain v merely dilatory motions, b
vii 60 on to do sure Justice and try Andr,
johnson.
Why shopld the State OF Indiana sill =.
sist in acting the procuress 70 lechery i
furnishing legal facilities 10 fornicat;on !,
adultery BY her laws, and sanction;ur ],
bessial josss Of abandoned men and WON
By their cosrts.
Indiana divorces are m outrage upon
decencies and moseixes Of civilized life, q
the policy Of her, legislation on the subjec,
'enfoid more Infamous than anything CO
coesed II. Utah under the Mormon regime.
Loan BaoruHAM, accnrd,n. "a - En.l;
paper, has not enjoyed benz - halt !. s.
respect during the last eighteen ra.,h. g
be is enjoying nov. he don't Az ,.aas = !,
eat, sleep and take carriage sxerc;.s,
A LanK Miss Bessie .Bisbee, vas IL. :,
speaker 1t a'lsyfs Demeeraiic me,,;cs y
in MsSchesier, N. H,rsr4asly. She 40.
Of thu South raising 70 restore tho Union
the light Of burning cities, and with thu hlo
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