The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-26

in the month of November to serve the peo-
pie for a Legislative term. and committed
| forgery in October, and is Indicted in De
eember and convicted, but becomes the pop
ular representative for that term, my learn
ed friends nave argued that the people who
/ elected him are entitled to be represented
/ and that you take away their representative
but have the people any power by the popu-
| lar vote to condOne the offense of perjury,
| and of forgery and of bribery? Is it any
answer III case where he was indicted in
| october, that the accused was elected in
November: Is II any answer 10 any liabil-
ity for any crime known to any law admin
i~ercd III any court, that the criminal has
| been elected 10 some office by the people !?
want authority for that.
And further:
Now, / have to refer to two or three pre-
ce0ents, which / think lit.le more germane
than those which have been cited on the
other side, In 170l Lord Chancellor SOM
ers was impeached for putting the great seal
to the partition treaties between England
and France for succession to the throne of
spain, and for partition of a considerable
part OF Spanish territory to France. He
was lmpeaehed for putting the great seal to
me treaties. He had gone out of the office
OF chancellor in 100. yet he was impeached
IN April, 1701 so that the ofense Of the Chan
cett0T tcds committed during term Of office
act'ch had expired, and yet he l0as inspedched
Tor u. He was devoted friend Jf William
the Third; he had done more tha \ any other
British statesman to put him Don the
throne; he had been the great advocate of
popular rights; he had been a great favorite
OF the English people; he was the author
or the great bill of rights OF 1863:
he was the author of the act of
settlement itself, which established this
} judicial tenure; yet he acas impeached for an
act done IN has precious term Of office, al
hoa9h The king toas anxious TO SAGE him.
The able Manager continued to pile
up authority. He proceeded:
refer, also, to the case of Lord Chancel-
lor Macclesfied, who was impeached in
lI2o, for various miSdemPanors in his office,
IN dealing with sutors' moneys, in the sale
OF masterships, in the distribution of mon
eys between suitors, etc.
LORD Campbell says that the ministers |
became afraid OF being Inspected of wishing |
TO screen guilty colleague and Lord Mac !
clesfeld was compelled to surrender the |
Dfilce OF Lord Chancellor on the 9TH of Jan
nary l'2o. In the month of February fol-
owing, he was i'm Deached by a resolution
)t the Commons, and articles were exhibit
7d against him month or two later, and
ne was brought to trial at a subsequent date,
and unanimously convicted and condemned
% pay fine of 100000 sterling, and be i'm
- ioOIICu III IHc over. Here was another
treat Judge who had been Chief Justice of
who had long been Chancellor.
man or great learning and great resources
ma aohO should haze had his Convenient Dlen nj
ana that The QfenSeS had been committed in q
9rna OF Office aohich had ROlo expired, and that
herefore he was not liable to impeachment.
AS above stated the Court overruled
he plea, and the articles relating to !
conduct previous to the tenure
the office, from which it was proposed
remove him, were retained; and he
as tried and convicted by the almost ,
unanimous vote of the Court.
In the case of T. w. Cardozo. it an c
ears that the people elected him Super t.
tendent of Public Instruction, in To- Fl
FRANCE, as 1t is charged, of the for d
'rles alleged to have been committed p
HIM as Circuit Clerk of Warren u
unity tand for which lie has been In Il
cted). These crimes if committed Gun g
him for the office. 1t is the province &C
the House, as the grand inquest of o. o.
commonwealth, to inquire whether to
was guilty as charged, and if so, the oil
ding of articles of impeachment is of
oeSSary consequence. He holds his he
esent office as stated in the case Of no
rnard, subject to all the liabilities Sc,
Which attach to him and to all the lei
covers of the departments of the gov sti
lent over him." of
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