Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-26
The coifaa impeachment COM
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From the Balttnpf. Gaaette.
The judieiary coaim.nee Of the House., Ehid
Nss anlhofi 1ed 10 bhsiler and repf 49, ~ "
d6estion a The iui1 eacI.hent of Viz III ilsidef
Cplfax, has done iis vBk quickly. Mrs Bine-
ham, Che chaifmaa 81 the comusIu uet beiu1
Implicated in tIe credit Mobiier seauaal, tie
task Of drawing up the report was devOlved upon
General Butler. He takes up two cases-that
Of Mr.. Brooks, as Government officer and that
dismissed with The declAfatioA that beinS q
member of the House, he is not az. officer Of The
United States TO whom the constitutional remedy
Of i1peachment Spphes, OF Vice President
ColfAx the committee say that drawing such
Inference as a jury might from The, evidence
relating to him. il may be claimed that the stoek
was scld to him 10 influence him as q member
and Speaker of the House, and that did 90
influence him in favor Of the Union Pacific road
and incidentally in his own favor as a stock and
bondholder" bat they contend that the impeach-
Nent law is remedial, and is intended TO secure
the rem oval Of an improper official rather than
as punishment; that expulsion has otien been
harshy and wrongfully ordered on political
grounds that il is time TO put stop to such
proceedings; that expulsion and impeachment
are analogous cases, and that as there is no
precedent for expelling Mr. Brooks, or, iudeed,
any Of the inculpated members Of the present
Congress, who we're bribed in a preceding one
neither Is there any precedent for imI elching
Vice President, guilty though he j. declared to
be, for oflenses committed by him whilst simply
a member Of Congress.
Messrs. Eldridge, Of Wisconsin, and VOORHEES,
of Indiana, both Democrats-io their eternal
shame be 1t spoken-concurred ia the report;
whilst the third Democrat on the committee,
Mr.. Potter. of New York, dissented from the
conclusions in regard TO impeachment but agreed
in the recommendation that the committee he
discharged on the ground that there was not
time TO consider The matter in the few days Of
the session yet remaining. The only really
dissenting member Of the committee was
Rspubliean-Mr. Goodrich of New York. He
emphatically repudiated the idea that an oficer
Of the Government is not liable 10 Impeachment
for any Ofense committed prior TO the term of
Ofice 10 which the articles Of impeachment
we're presented. To the plea that there was
10 precedent, he cited Ihe case in WhiGh .
Judge ofIhe Supreme Court Of the State Of New
York was mpeached-addng sturdily .snd with
'rave contempt for the shallow sOphistFy Of the |
whether there was a precedent
II not he Tor one was willing to establish one al
his tina" All honor TO Milo Goodrich, of New
York. Republican in politics though he he.
A motion that the committee be discharged, |
md The report laid on the table, was made by !
ieneral Butler, who pressed Il TO an iBlR;ediaie
'ote by demanding the previous question. In |
his however, he was foiled by the persistence |
# some Of the House, and, finally, the consider.
tion Of the report was postponed, on moiioa Of |
dr. Cor, until tO-naorrosR. WhaieveS may be |
be ultimate result, il is satisfactory 10 know
hat the committee End that Vice President |
,olfaK was bribed, and that the fact Of being
ribed influenced his action as Speaker Of the
House, although iheT claim there is Prece-
ent that sanctions his Impeachment So the |
erdict is-'Guilty, but let him GOT IA |