Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-28

said he would not do IL, the President said
s,thsn by the eternal I'll End some one that
will"
/, has been the universal rule, and con
.idcf.s as Necessary. that the President
] ,hauiG he 80 roubdei bv confidential ard
! frieUdiv advisers And Is not that right
Applause hese very men who are nov
ac,iag a. i4dgss in the impeachment trial
to-day thought sc. When Lincoln was
President, II was suspected one member u
the CAblns', Montgomery Blair, was not
just what ne ought to be in sentiment
sumner and Nad,, and t~eniy-tuo other
/ Senators, addressed letter to Mr. Lin
colo. IA which they strongly urged bis re-
noval
This is no new theory of our Govern.
ment. IL has always besn held that the
President Of the Uoited States should be
aided By Cabinet Counsel, agreeing with
him In political principles aud general poll.
cy, and that oil important executive meas
uree and appointments should be the re-
suit Of their combined wisdom AID delib-
erations This u good sense. Applause ]
These men went on 10 say that Mr.. b air
was not in full sympathy with the Prssi-
dent, and that The Cabinet should be COM
posed of gentlemen who were in friendly
support Of the President Of the United
States. Here. then, they charge President
johnson with bsng guilty Of high crime,
because he wants TO do just what these Sen
ators advised Mr.. Lincoln To do say he
ought to act upon their advice. For no mat
ter whether the p csidsnl 10 Democrat or
Republican. his advisers should be in hsr-
mpny ai,h him lie should not have IN an
IN his Cabinet who refuses to speak to him,
and will not cit IN the Cabinet council -
| 4 vcic.--K,ck him out Yes, aud if An
drew Jackson had been there, he would
have put Stanton out with the tee Of his
boot Applause
But We are told the appointment must be
approved by the Senute There 10 no pre-
vision Tor removal. suppose our fathers
never thought man would insist 70 stay
there when he vas not wanted any longer.
! would not have thought any man was SO
mean ~ tc do 80. Applause. just to
'hnk Of Mr. Stanton being barricaded in the
War O0ics, sleeping upon bis hammock.
and having his Tstions sent him, and re-
ceiving an occasional message from Sum-
nsr, stick"
Stanton ought to have resigned wh n
Sherman and Grant both advised him to do
90. But Sumner and Wade, and their
friends say no. you must not resign. Stay
therel And for what purpose 10 this id
vice IL it to get the President 20 violate
the Tenurs-sfOfics bill, % that they may
impeach and remove him, and get some one
in his place. that they get control Of the Of
fees and money of the Government to con
troll the next election. Senator Sherman
said the Tenure Office bill did not apply
l IN uobusov, kA~ano~ h. AtA NIT int he
cabinet,
Now, the high crime of Mr.. johnson 10,
that he takes the same view Of the matter
up; 0nted ty johnson. He WAS sppointed
by Mr.. Lincoln, in these words: "You are
hereby appointed Secretary of War during
the pleasure of the President for the time
beng" They arc charging johnson with
RICH crime because he took them at thelI
word.
1 don't believe Andrew johnson violated
! the civi-tenure bill. lie never appointed
], Stanton, q d he had . right TO remove him
After Mr.. Lincoln died, Mr.. johnson Per
united the Cabinet to remain. Stanton wai
E one Of The things left as legacy by
. Mr.. Lincoln for his successor. Ap
plause
lie has not violated the civil tenure bill
Rut suppose he had he believes i, to b,
unconstitutional, ard takes the wises,
course 10 have i, tested before the SupIem,
/ Court OF the United States. lie certain y
had the right which is secu, ed to q private
citizen, to have his case decided bv tn,
court. That was the reason he gave for re-
moving Stanton.
Bat this was just what this party va.
J, afraid Of. They did not want the matter e
: got into the Supreme Court He promised
to 90 10 jail, that the writ Of haJeas corpu,
might bring tine matter before the Supreme
. Court but these fellows went bsfore Judge
: Carter and requested him not to require any
!, bail. "Oh," said the Judge. II know
Thomas. lie is incapable Of doing any
thing wrong. | would not think of requir
3 ing bsil Of him. He can 60 he 10 one o.
. our oldest aud most respectable citizsns >
Nov, cay, has judge airy right to Go so
Suppose . man is arrested for crime
would the Judge Of the court have any right
to say, "Oh, know this man he 10 On old
I and respectable citizen; | will not requr,
. any bail Of himi' The real reason why
b they did not require tail Of Thomas va.
l that they wanted the ina ter kept out of tn,
| supreme Court. And here is the great dan
ger wc are in to- ay-Congress 10 trying e
strike down the coordinate branches Of the
, Government, the Executive and the Jude
, ial.
What have they already done ? They
have been for some time arguing the famous
McArdc case, which was brought up TO the
Supreme Court, and Congress fearing tia,
the Court might interfere with some Of
their reconstruction measures, last week
slipped in bill To take away the right from
the Supreme Court to hear appeals from
lower courts. You need not be surprised
il this trial falls through the rulings Of the
Chief Justice. if he is not impeached. Some
of them have already said, "If he don't
stand up to us in this hour Of trial, damn
him, We will impeach him." Applause. !
Ny friends dispatched me, until had =
hat full Of kilograms, saying, 'for Gods
sake. stand by Congress and vstc for i'm
parchment" Applause. II tell you, my
friends, il you knew the facts ~ do, you
would feel like hanging me 10 . lamp post il
| had voted for it. would have voted
against it il had known my friends would
have hung me for it. Prolonged ap.
plause
Ny third reason for my vote Was, that
saw there vas evidently in this whole
thing. disposition to bully and badger the
Presdsnt into doing some act against the
Tenure Of Office Bill. in order to get . pre-
tense for impeaching him. In fact, hon
sstly believe it was . purely Political scheme:
and therefore, q dangerous precedent. Talk
nov to man in favor Of impesching Andy
Johnson. aud what reason does he give you?
damn him, he ought to BE- out-hc onght
to have been kicked out long ago." All
that may be true.
But 10 that the way you try . criminal
Do you decide his case by his character
and reputation, or upon the evidenced
say it il purely political movement. b.
gleston admitted il WAS such. "Oh shame,
where 10 thy blush" Applause He
comes and tells you il 10 . political move
ment, caucused upon, anu determined be-
fore the least evie enee has been taken. that
John-on's baggage 10 already packed and
chez led on the lightning express for Ten