The Hickman courier., 1868-05-16


itsmanfully Instead of tsling cup
Of cold pizen, he aeceptedAhe result as
lest he gould. =
1t was decidedly play Jack SheP-
pard-xith Jack left putsfa the cold
We would advise him, heHkflsr, TO be
more gentle and careful, u 20 practlce
more in the game before heSsaHs OUT on
a faro tour lie will bettsp understand
in future, the nature ~ his laVorlte
game, aud should guard ore carefully
over his flock than suiIe1s hlmseli to be
feeced in any such stylekIke BRIDE Is
now at her home in thisksHhty. Ihe
that suficieis excuse for
a divorce. fs.a
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addressed the Senate IS
Senators. in conform. nl'ceo' : sh what
seemed to be the gener> enssish of the
Senate when it adjourned lstk Thursday,
the Chief Justice in taESs the vote on
the articles of impeachneilt t will adopt
the rule sanctioned in the afEes of Messrs.
Chase, Peek aud Humplaey. lie will
direct the Secretary to read the several
articles successfully, and after the read
lug OF each article he will pat the ques.
ton of guilty or not guilty Each Sena-
tor rising in his place in he form used
in the case of Judge Clrise. Senator,
iyw say you. Is the respondent, An
dirrow Johuson, President OF the Uuited
States, guilty or not guilty Of a
hieh misdemeanor, as charged in this
article. In putting the question on
article fourth and sixth, each of which
charges n criminal act, rhine will be
substituted for the word nisdemeanor.
The Chief Justice has carefully con
sidered the suggestion Of the Senator
from Indiana, Mr. Hendricks, which ap-
peared to meet the approval of the SEN
ate. that in taking the vote on the
eleventh article the question should be
put on each clause He pund himself
unable to dividS the articles as suggested
as the article charges several facts, but
they are 80 connected that they make but
one allegation and ihey are charged as
making one misdemeang. The first
fact charged is, in substance, that the
President publicly declared in August,
1866. that the thirty ninth Congress was
Il Congress of only a part Of the States,
and not constitutional Congress in
tending thereby to deny Its constitution
al competency to enact laws or propose
amendments to the Constitution. and his
charge secms to have been made as an
Introductory, and rs qualifying that
which follows, namely: That the Presi-
dent in pursuance Of this declaration at
tempted to prevent the execution Of the
tenure Of Office act by conplTlug and at
tenlpting to contrive means ~ prevent
AI~ Staa+,,, from sn.suIning the funeti.,'.s
of Secretary Of War after the refusal OF
the Senate to concur in his suspension
and also by coutriying and attempting to
coutrige means to prevent the execution
OF the appropriation act Of March ID,
1867, and also to prevent the execution
of the rebel State government, all of the
same date. The gravciuen Of the article
seems to be that the President attempted
to defeat the execution of the tenure of
Office act, and that he did this in pur-
suance OF declaration whish was in
tended to invade the constitutional com
potency Of Congress to enact laws or pro-
posed constitutional amendments, and
by contriying means to pnyent Mr.
Stanton from resuming his oice of Sec
retary, aud also to prevent the execution
of the appropriation act and the rebel
1 State government act. The Jingle sub
stantial matter charged is theattempt to
prevent the tenure of office ict and do
other acts alleged either as Introductory
aud exhibiting this general purpose, OF
! showing the means contrivedto trustrate
that attempt This single natter con-
nected with the other mattersprevio
and subsequently alleged, iseharged as
high misdcmeanor, of which the Prrsi-
dent is alleged to have been anilty The
general question. guilty or MT guilty OF
/ high nIisdemeauor as charged, seems
fully to cover the charge, ane will be put
on this article as well as otbrs, to the
ff'Ste direct, in the same nde of diyi-
/ sion as in the tenth article. The division
suggested by the Senator from New
York, (Mr. Conkling) maj sbe more
easily made, for it contains sm0re gen
eral allegation, TO the effect That on the
| 11th day Of August the PrfsideIt wifi
| the intention to set aside tie rightfu
authority of Congress andslsring it il
contempt; delivered certaiaI lcandaIous
harrangues, aud therein ueseed loud
threats aud bitter names s.lhhst Con.
gress aud the laws of the ylted States
enacted by Congress, thesfb5 bringing
the Office of President ils3S JAgr#n. te
the great scandal of AL dfcitlzfns
and sets forth il three distin1N Nspeciiica-
tions the menaces complained of in re
spect to the three specifications and then
the question of guilty or notEuilty Of q
high misdemeanor, as charged in the
article, can also be taken.
The Chief Justice, howeyGs, sees the
injustice in putting the geuersl question
on this article in the same Flanner as
on the others, for whether this particu-
lar question be put on the Specifications
or not, the answers to the fina question
must be determined by the Judgment of
tl<1Senate, whether the facts alleged in
the specifications hayc;5een sufficiently
proved, and whether if sufficiently PROV
ed they amount to a high misdemeanor
within the meaning of the Constitution.
On the whole, therefore, the Chief JUS
tice thinks the better practice would be
to put the general question on each arti-
Gle, without attempting to make any
sub division, and will pursue this course
If no objections are made. He will,
however, be pleased to conform to such
directions as the Senate may see fit in
this matter.
Nhereupon Mr.. Sumner submitted the
following order, considered by unani-
nous consent and agreed upon:
Ordered that the question be put as
proposed by the presiding officer of the
Senate, and eaeh Senator shall rise in