The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-19


and act tended 10 perpetuaie dsunion and MAKE
disruption ol the States inevitable"
o. August 20 be again proclaimed the lnsurI
IeCtiOn at an eId, ana civil authOilJ reStoIeu
throughout the Union. -,.,
Then he started OH the famous swing aroeuu o1N
the circle.n taking Philadelphia (August ~,
New York august 29), Cleveland (SeptcmDer
a. Chicago (September 6), and st, Louis loeP-
iember a. i'm the route, vt each OF these plaCes'
and at all the intermediate poiBts, lnhklns III
nammatory speeches against Congress, anu a'
cleveland more especially, engaging In uls'
graceful bandJing OF epithe1s with disordorY
mob. o- ,., a. D,a,,,ot
of Columbia Suffrage oil. o.,
On January T. Hon James NJ. Ash,ey OF ONO,
in the House of Representatives, offered reso@
luton directing the judiciary Committee TO
inquire if there was not cause for the impeach-
ment of the President which resolution the
House adopted by a vote of lO7 to 80.
On January Andrew johnson sent to the
Senate a long string of Rebels TO whom he had
granted special pardons, and both before and
after that date he persisted III pardoning, not
only every Rebel who asked it, but the most
notorious counterfeteTs and defrauders of the
revenue, as fast as the courts have been able to
convict and sentence them.
On January 20 he vetoed the bill admitting
Nebraska to the Union, because Congress had
inserted provision guaranteeing impartial
suffrage in the new State.
On March 2 he vetoed both the Reconstruc-
tion and Tenure. of.Office bills, and protested
against the bill which required all the orders
issued to the army to pass through the Office OF
the Generalin Chief.
On March % he vetoed the Supplementary
On July 10 he vetoed the explanatory Recon-
struction bill, and few days afterwards q bill
making a large appropriation for carrying out
the reconstruction policy OF Congress.
On August he sent to Secretary stanton
note, as follows:-
"Public considerations OF high character
constrain me to say that your resignation as
Secretary OF War will be accepted"
On the same 0ay ne received from Secretary
Stanton a response stating that public con.
siderations of a high character" constrained
him to remain in office until the meeting OF
Congress.
On August u he suspended Secretary Stanton,
ana made General Grant Secretary OF War ad
interim.
and Sickles OF their commands in the Fifth and
Second military districts because of their faith
ful execution of the laws of Congress.
On September 3 he again proclaimed the
supremacy of the civil law throughout the
South, and warned everybody against obstruGt-
ing its process.
On September ne issued proclamation ex-
tending amnesty and pardon to large number
OF Rebels who had been excepted in the procld-
nation of May 49, 1865.
On November 25 the reports of the Judiciary
Committee of the House of Representatives on
Ashleys impeachment resolution were pre-
sented, and it was found that the House then
stood 81 to l0S on the i'm peachment question.
On November 20 he appointed to the COM
s. Hancock, whom he afterwards euloelzed as
1.-THE Second Washington in return for his de-
yotion 10 the civil law and Its supremacy over
the military.
On December 2s he relieved Generals Pope
and Ord of their commands in the Third and
Fourth Military districts, because of their zeal
in carrying out the reconstruction policy of
| Congress.
On January II, 1868, the Senate refused to
| sustain the suspension OF Secretary Stanton, by
| a strict party vote OF 80 to 6.
| In n1 nunr
| the War Department to Secretary Stanton, aud
| then ensued long dispute been the former and
the President, as to the allegation by MIR. John
| son that General Grant had promised to notify
him before taking any such action.
! On February Il Andrew Johnson notified the
Senate that ne had finally removed Secretary
| stanton and designated Lorenzo Thomas, the
| Adjutant General OF the army, to act Secre-
| tary OF War dd interim; the Senate On the same
| day passing, by vote OF 2S TO @, resolution
declaring ',Ihat, under the Constitution and
laws of the United States, the President had no
power to remove the Secretary of War and
designate any other officer to perform the duties
| of that Office dd interim "
On February "a the House, on a report pre-
! sented by the Reconstruction Committee, re
solved, by a vote of 1913 to Al, to impeaCh An.
drew johnson of high crimes and misde
| meunors.
On the same day committee of seven was
! appointed by the House to prepare and present
| articles of impeachment.
On February 25 Thaddeus Stevens and John
/
| the bar Of the Senate, and made a formal i'm
! peachment of the President.
| On March and 3 the House agreed TO the
| articles of impeachment.
On March 4 the articles were read to the
| Senate by the managers,
| On March Chief Justice Chase organized the
! High Court OF Impeachment by taking the oath
| OF office.
On March l3 the Presidents counsel entered
! an appearance.
On March % Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill
amending the judiciary act, by which the
! supreme Court was prevented from mcddline
| with political questions.
On March 80 the great impeachment tria
! commenced
On April the Presidents counsel opened the
| defense.
On April 90 the argument was commenced.
On April 23 the President nominated to TIT
Senate General John NJ. Schofeld as SeCretar!
| of War,
On May l6 the Senate declared Andrew John
son not guilty on the eleventh article, by vot,
OF IS to 19-one more vote being required t.
! CoDvict-the seven Republican Senators folio Y
| ing voting, with the twelve Democratic Senator'S
mot guilty :'-Fessenden Of Maine Fowler o
Tennessee, Grimes OF Iowa, Henderson Of Mis-
souri,, Ross OF Kansas TrumoulI OF Illinois, an(
Van WnEle Of West Virginia.
On May 26 the SGEate voted on the seCon,
and third articles with the same result, and thel
adjourned size die as High Court of Impeach
mCBt.
On the same day Secretary Stanrou notife,
the President that he mad retiHqutShcd charge 0
the War Department.
On May 30 the Senate confirmed Genera
SChOheld as Secretary OF War.
On June 20 Andrew Johnson resumed tn
veto business, OisappruyMg OF the bill TO
the restoration OF Arkansas to repres latlou il
! Congress.
On June "a he received from Congress a bill
| CXteudmg the Frecdmen's Bureau TO July lG