, 1876-07-27
IMPEACHMENT.
TIE LEtAL ARGUMENTS CLOSED,
c.,5rf f,fr,u,t.,A "a 9.1r Y1rsh1ns

Special HfaIA*ch "a 3hS 1f9okhe
WAsnls"ros, on D; &c; G., July @:-lh9 l. ], legal ar
Srr Cornertcr having clpsc,l liz au elaborate dr..
80, ~. - ~ ~, ~
MAJ oi LUZ j"s'.a'c'so, VI tao ee"u1e' ana AF'
s:ott Lord having cndeavorct1. III labored re-
hat. jurisdiction, and that the accused was guilty
H. r,r,,o,,, ~ ,t,,,r, ,1,ot nol,,n.,ts h1',,o l.
."' s"."su .S, s',.s a..;, np' 10
lii"t 'l'ose scuato1s WIG 'otet nsul,'n& 'l's ~
1a,lrrcr against Jurisdiction WILL not fotc TINT
hc is guilty. Hc sad, In eortluston:
Having rosfosncd my duty 10 my client, I
leave his cnsc In tho hands of thc Senate, ,rakng
ny laat, raEEest appeal to thoso seltot9ts WIN d
Mhst l n ine'f naSnt, y e, pfe'ent Maat was sa'd
t1rnnncI' .,1,iu.t M O,ccmNthaI ..ths yrrtl"t
went fTtb WitMout authority. aud camu hack viii.
ont rrsncct.
Thn Indications arc x,at enough OF these Heu-
ators viii refuse to yoto 10 prevent thu securing
Of tile tw1-tbi1ls vote necessary to convict.
c.prynrrp,s, ann,,mryr.
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"AeHANo4oH' - e't ot.tt Nv 'u'peatu-
mcnt trial WAS reAianc1 immediately aifer tic
Senate was called to order, nlld h1r. Carpenter
,ontin,,el hIs argument for tho lrlrnsc. IJe
With Intent to l,ayc Ills Official action sycrycd.
and without that Intent there was no crime,
Wr, Carpenter then spoke Of im1Machablc
crimes and artrued that DrJkt,ap had not cuu,-
rtiffre any iri1nn. nnll II I'M hn[1 f,tkrH d
bribc. tbc Courts hero in tho Djstrtrt ycrc a.le-
orntn to lcal with lin, lie commented Mt
H,n.rth u,Nn tbn n,lcstion uF furistlEtion. nni
cItcti iruny legal authorities upou t,at sublcct
r. shnw ti'nt i1r Sruatn lai M inris3Ict IN, IN
thls rase. III nrt1ltsl lint tl,e Hrnate hafi n
nrrfert rirht In ts nni desdafnn toronsitfer that
uuestlot, ngain. md rryoreo its decision already
male. Evgry Scuatur WHO Voted guilty. on liz
tlnni onentloH would hy that vote uesert iuris.
Itstjnn. i Eyvry senatar who believed tlcro I was
M ,,r,.1rtL1n mist rntn mi i.uiliv. II "nv
Scnstor regarded tl1s oucstt,n Of Jurisdiction
a'itled. l,1n It ind hccu setiicd In iayur ri d.
f,,,sntt hn'mmso icaa fhnn tswo.I .IlirGa ~ tIo
srnnt'. y:otesi IN favs,r THEREOF. "a s'''
ijaviner Ifsrllnrrc,l lis duty to Iii, client. In
INV It'll lii, IN hn l,n,,ds II fIe C,nrt, roniI.
dit lint in n 1asn If lila i,nuortan,r,, er"rv
w",,l,l mike # lis Iast a,l car,,cst as1pral 10
tl,cs" s,naturs whs, believed ther, w,.s IL, iris.
,iiinn IN lila casc. tl,ut thry wn,,i1 do iii IN
tI,r;r newer in tnyo tiu tlcir1isc fru1, ro,,yf
I'm, r,a ,tt 1t II kc sni,i. m ,nr,l HrnI,1i,nn,
s"il s. IN At t. taxc su ~ tSfnl W. The Unru ill.,
.rr,rlnn would "a fsftG Without nutiUrty. and
rrI,,rI, witiul,t n,snect..
Tlc Senate tuck recess Of fifteen minutes,
nIsaaKs Linn ''"'~0
hts i"si,a mr,,,,nsrt 1,nan i,nrt ri flo nrossc.
TIM, liz r.nieI 10 lid ar.!,n,cut Of Carnentcr
IL, r"o,Tl ,u irisI tim nj rlmit,,nd thnt tI1a
i,;,t1mrnt nj tl,n Srnntn 10 tlr rir,,t ti,nt 1hS
rrt;;,j"s ~ um,o,ln",,t wcE s,t,ii,."nt IN fn,r
md ln,,ml nv"ry sn,ntr. 1te ,1',..,,ts1 n,
lnuth ,,,,,n lin, l.w nj bsibcrr' mil n,rr;ni thnt
it tsa,it: no difference wj1ethcr n,,nry ncrIntn
ini,InnrcI tlirinf .,Ifnu t,r mt. n,3.nsci was
sr,'It,v t,rr 1,' liz, 1sS' II Ink rnatc H. tte
tyes If Tic na.iun. In tlle oyrs Of lin world, In
ti,c ryrs Of history. Jarct to take Illr rcsx'nsi
fj,;tT ri snvImr ti"t Heii,,,un rrr.tr,sl tIf.