The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-05-30
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n'ent reassembled. aud Proceeded to the con
s'de'aii"n oi the charges brought agsins, Pres
"dent johnson. TIL" second article wa. read.
a. flluws
That III .aid iwrnty ars, day u I-hruars IN a..
yrAr ~ our lord on~ thousand sht hundred anh .NIy
'ight 81 Washington, Ia the District u CvuHLA said
AndIrs johnson, President Of the United Sts,~, I'm
nindIa II the hish duties Of his oc u h. oath u u
hc and Ia violation d the constitution Of the talt,d
NtA~s And contrary I" tho - an act sntti
An act regulating the tenure Ol CERTAIN civil oCes Pas.
81 March ~. 1867 withoat the advice AMI consent II
the SenAtc - the tnitei Staes, said snatr then AMI
h.rc l-ns IN session. aud without Authority Il Law
did appoint Lorenzo Thomas be SECRETARY u WaI
ad 'aiers. by issuing 10 said Lorenzo Thomas letter
"'aa.hotliy IN saos,Ahee a. toioss that a. 10 SAP
Ists.-Sr The Hon Edwin ~ StAnton having l--sn
ihs day removed from ofcc Secretary for the o,
pAr.msni q War you are hereby authorized aud emIos
cred TO act SecTrAFy ~ War dd iHtsriH aud Wli
nrAisy enter upon the di,clars. Of the duty pertain
"Mr Stanton Ia, bc~n Instructed 90 transfer to you
all the nr"Fi, books PaI-rs and all other puIc prop
-rty nos 10 his custody and charge
Respectfully. yeau.
ITO Br-vrI MAJOR Grnerai Lorenzo ThonA,. Adjul.nt
General L. =. A Washington, n e.
whefby said L.drsW johnson Pc sidsnt 81 the uiI,d
states did tish and their commit aud guilty u
hSi' = ssd"meAnot IN ofhcr.
a vote was taken. with the following result.
Republicans being printed in Roman and IIem
ocrais IN Hdi,c
Yeas -Messrs. Anthony. Cameron. CAttclI,
Chandler, Cole, conkling, Conness Corbitt
cragin. Drake. Edmunds. Ferry. Frclinghny.
s"". Harlan, Howard, Howe. Morgan, Morrill, ui
Maine. Morrill, of Vermont. Morton. I'VE, Pat
tersoh oi New Hampshire. Pomeroy. Ramsey.
Sherman. SprRgue. Stewart sumner. Thaycr.
Upton. Wade, Wiley. williams, Wilson aud
Yates -
NHys -Mcssra. Bayari. Bnckaiclo Dar,, d..
oH. Dooiitti., Fesscndcn. Fowler Grimes, Hen.
deTson. Hcadricks. .JOhnsoa. Nc'rs,ry. Norton.
Patterson uf Tennessee. Ross, Sauisbary Trum
bull. Van Wrinkle aud Tickers--lY.
The third Article. which il similar To the ,ac
ond. with slight change Of language. wiz.
then read. and q vote taken on II. when the
President was declared mot guilty" by pre-.
cisely the same vote.
A motion was then made that the Court 81
Impeachment adjourn sine de. which was ear.
ried by the following vote
Ayes Mcssrs. Anthony. Cameron Catteil.
Chandler. Cole. C"nklIng, CONFESS. Corbiti.
Cragin. Drake, Edmunds. Ferry. FTelinghuy
sen, Harlan, Howard. Howe. Morgan. Morrill,
Of Maine. Morrill, Of Vermont. Morton. Nye.
Patterson Of New Hampshire. Pomeroy. Ram
er. Tipton, Van Wrinkle, Wade, Wiley. Wilson
aud williams-3S.
Nays--Mersrs. Bayard, BarkalCic, Dau,s. DiI.
on, Doohftie. Fowler, Henderson. Hendricks,
Johnson. MctTetry. Norton, IatteTsoH of Tenn,
Ross. SaaisbHry. TruInbull and v.rksrs-Is.
The chief Justice then an nounced that the
Court OF impeachment had adjourned without
day.
On the afternoon Of the same day, Hon. Ed.
win NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War. forwarded
the following comm unicaion IN the President
War Dvpari.sni. Washington City, Nay -, 1895 49,
Sir The resolution % the Senate % the United States
othe 2st u February last declaring that the President
has 10 remove the Secretary % War aud dssg
amy other oacer 10 perform the duties o. the once
ad inieria having this day failed 20 he sspIoted by
too thirds % the Senators present aud the
,iees u Impeachment Iftssfed against you BY The
ionse % Representative have Teiinqushsi charge Of
the War nspATimsnt. aud have lsft the and the
books .rehi,s., papers .ad properly IN nay ea.tody a.
the senior assistant adiaiant general sa-et 10 your a.
Fsetion EBwIS ". SgASTOs.
Secretary ofwM
Thus ends the iInpeac hnent business. u
has failed. by the weakness ar tr-Achery Of
men VII" ought Ia have supported il. Mr..
johnson - legally acquitted; but there. l., re-.
mon i"re'er On record against him, stands the
deliberate opinion ii thirty i've out of hfty
fur m"nbcr- 81 the United States senate that
Ice u guilty guilty OF Iisob~denes o. law.
guilty 1T high crimes aud inirslrmran"rs against
ia" government IL the United State. guilty
81 having u'nd the p"wrT' II his Ligh olhas
against the best interests OF the country and
III" Judgment Of these thirty i've Senators 10
shared aud sustained by large nsjority Of the
poopleu ii the country. Mr.. johnson has prom.
issd ~ 10 better IN Iulursi" WI will probably
soon haS" an opportunity ol knowing what his
promises and Tepentant symptoms arc wlrth.
This is all. beyond doubt. q great triumph for
the c"pPerhsad party. aud they will doubtless
make IL" most oi il. On Tuesday and Wed
nesday night the "dsmoeraiic aud conssrva
''tivc as-.riations" aud the :" Hickory clubs" Ut
Baltimore duly celebrated their great vieiory
by the 6'ing ii cannons aud hurrahing until
their liir.eis wcTs sore These san. parties ~.
Joieed darirg ths gsr " rrbel successes. bat
not. perhaps, Ia 80 dsmonstTstiys . mSnner
hut, ~ ti'sn, ther JOY will be short lived. ~
Ia "iher days, their rejoicing overs rebe! vic.
tory was turned ~ 'aoufning because VI sae.
cee'ling Union triumph. - nov. the glaAnsas
of this vielary will bs turned inio bitterness
becaus" 81 the great aud overwhelming defeat
oi their candidates aud cause al the coming
National cl~cti"R. Ia people will soon Civ.
hfr verdict upon the questions 1T issue We
will seq hpw Il accords with the ar,iuittal Of
the PFeshirat by the senate,
THn C"rrsHHEsB boorHIsK, Tho spirit that
rules a large portion. II not majority, Of the
Democratic party. 10 revealed In the lollnwing
a,rocious editorial paragraph. copied from the
La Crosse bs~Oc'at Of April 18th:
do y:u sls@s ss shea ss az that God uas jas, IN
ssndiag John wilkes Heath that Ouod FRIDAY nNht
three yrafs ago the darkrst and noolssl 10 AmsFran
histsst, ~ strike The trailer down, nnd nhssais TIA
uhlls fsveussn u Amsrea from The yoke ofA despot
Gad IL lupt " ,trnsh the tyrnnt Llncon from snis
tencr bss sLl tif eaunirr rnvla lsnesr tsar
the burden u him ane Gaa IN his ulsasua ennaot st
The fire. Irops n A~Siua, uhnpa ~ has protected
aud prosIrfvd, Ions Femsin uhaang under lhe rule ~
any drspat"
What shsll br SAID Of political party which.
Whatever may bs IL prstsnslons, gathers b. hs
standard the creatures whose sentiments ere