The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-19
The Impeachment Trial.


The Impeachment Trial.
A, will be seen by the House proceed
io,, paJli.hcd Ia another column, the
l5u.e Of representatives yesterday took
ppit special order that being the argu.
u,nl contained in the minority report OF
tie Investigating Committee. The points
ollhlt Argument, in brief, were that the
oF.p., charged wa' committed during a
p,or term ii Office; that the State had
suffered 10 harm by the olIense charged
tia, the oiItnsc not being ono that is in.
d.claJlt in a court Of justice was, there.
bre not an impcachable ollen5e.
The Hon. j. NJ, Mason, OF Jefferson,
opened the proceedings in speech which
oHnpicl the larger portion Of the fore
noon and all Of the afternoon ses-
.on. The gentleman began his address
BY abjnrin, the members Of the House
lba. they come to the C0nsidCra-
ton OF thi. important case with all
cinior and freedom from party feel
irs IN order that they might do justice to
the State aud To the parties on trial, and
honor themselves in the faithful discharge
Of their solemn duty. lie then proceed
elto state that happily the instances in
which officers in high places Of honor and
trust had 30 failed to appreciate the dig
uily and responsibility Of their hOnOra.
Bile positlOna. to render themselves liable
to impeachment, were remarkably few,
50 few indeed, that we had to travel back
through centuries Of time in order to
form an array Of precedents to guido us
in our judgment in relation to the cases
now under consideration by the House.
OF late years, however, there has been
fearful increase in the amount Of official
dcrcliction, Eight States at The present
tina were engaged in the investigation Of
the conduct Of high State officers.
The political atmosphere Of the whole
country seemed to be dark and foul with
corruption. From the insignificant vii
lge Council to the Congress Of the na-
ton, place and power are sought, not for
the honor anil the legitimate salaries
connected Herewith, but for the oppor-
tnniIy afforded by position to speculate,
to steal and to plumber.
We find men coming into Office bank
tapt in pocket and after term or two
going forth rich from the plumber of the
people and using their ill.gotten gains to
corrupt the people themselves. One OF
the great problems Of the present, which
We are this day helping to solve, Is the
possibility Of hnrlins from place and
power the unworthy and corrupt who
ateeh'rencled therein. Upon the proper
solution Of this problem, upon the abso.
lutte purity Of government officials, de.
pe"u' s"c st"o''iy Oh our republican
form oil government.
The gentleman then proceeded TO the
consideration NJ tLa mint, NJ H., wtro,.
i,y .ono., i, ua i. m ly'''." .,,.t ~ w.. ',"O'
w 'ePo' !" Tue otuef III which We nave
stated them, and in doing so traced back
the history Of impeachment trials from
that NJ tndge I,,,r,,d II Now Va. 4.
,la ,a.,i,,, -, VI A's" Ao'N' "
"'e % earliest Lngll'll records. several oi
them we're striklngly in point, and with
these prccedenlShp tore into shreds each
,Ilo,.,;.n ~ - ''''' -, 80 " ~
u;no.,,.....'.-, '' '''''"'' "'""e :" '''
~,"o'''! report
In conclusion, said tho gentleman, I
submit the following propositions.
1 Tim, vou. h,,,..,I., ,.;ii ....,
wiic.,nrc,J snj LIE. i.su". w." eAe'a y. !"
IL becI".n i, % m;i, 'Gs'ig ln.luHnIe, t., Iot 9h'
historic n,s"ci,,io" u" 'G,.v lo ,,Ttu M'L in
Tho ra,,on.o ~ a. yut pycalSH y WI, ye
Gunal IN ,LS ", noo, U,Ii 'sneS' poI..'S1t Ir,'
defence whtoI III 'iu''nr y ~, M nmu e1!rIDrH.nary it,
in tbi.c,,o. .'" ,,', % sct t y a"n te,leu % upon
blsio, ,bs f..s,,, '""S VINE J.. '9 tePrehensI'
msnt ~ InaI,t IvI'IaCr seekI"g ~ oWhto. htiI
tbS i,vs, W ~ H"SS,'er w. - 'Lle nlgest pluuet
not SeoS" we reTp,e ye' s"G,' nn nI! ~
known ~ ~, vVs'nEaO'e i.,, "y my JuF''u'c''o"
q Tia, Vi', s;noo ,"Ts. W, ...,,,,,,,,,, ,,,.,
pDI ia hsoon," " o''.e'"' GoIITPtion tnre"'i
MI, ISS;,is,v."u Gu unlVersa u. IN ml' ,y .le uu.y OF
portaniiv J'e Sad 70 sg.Le 'I.e prvse1u' 1lI
WeI V,;,ini, VclnI . W inc. liz VIII lin 'na'
Of oE"iai 70 may anclen. i s.an1"tu t
out r,", "n"a,,".. 'no."'''y "nlch was eFee'e" ny
a Ts'T,s' TSs,,,i.' ..-,.... ,,......-,....,
ia ib,, "as a.n WIS PROCEDURE Of lmpeachim,ens
uu"ncv @ ,'Ipss ;p,, ny when 9lllcla! uell9' .,
Tbst L, G,aa,, ."Ies''gN'ru nnu uscerialneu'
The con,i","a 'T r"'v'lon Is 70 inquire whether whether
N'"tAHWhNCt Ill OIllCg VI suspected