Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-03-15

d gentleman who had been 80 much r,
r spccted in his owngtatc and so niue
r. honored by the natIon had been ieun
o guilty of receiving . compensation io
o some act Of official duty, and that tina
It compensation bad boen contnuoui
h The House could Judge of the emotio
Q with which the Members from tha
Q State had listened TO the rcadin
y of the eyidencof He had ncvc
y heard anything read with create
!. interest than thats1eport, and when a
the close of tho icading he had mad
d an appeal to his friend from Ponnsyl
!. vania Mr.. Clymcrl not for himscl
alone, but for his colleagues, who's
b pride and honor were SO touched b,
Q the character of The report, for a mo
b ment's delay, tut they might fin,
5 whether there might not be in tho evi
. dence an extcnu9tlng circumstance, b.
8 had been met by the demand for tn
0 previous question lie did not desig,
I TO claim any exemption for Mr.. Belknnl
from all the penaltiesto which his act
entitled him, but he found the mos
painful feature disclosed by the cvidcnc,
TO be the fact that not one word of il
touched the officer in question until th,
death which broke heart had occurred
Scnsation1- Was he to be blamed thai
he and his colleagues wanted night
to ascertain the extent of that officers
guilt by reading the evidence in print
Was he TO be blamed that, when he
found the most delicate relation in the
human life involved in this proceeding
"a relation so delicate that he dared
not gllude to it in detaiD, he asked an
opportunity to consider whether there
was anything to be said in the extenua-
ton of so high and so great a misde-
meanor2 But it was too late TO 90
back to that now He and his col
leagues had been refused that oppor.
tunity, and now he only asked the at
tontion of the House TO the question
whether the House did not need more
time TO ascertain whether this officer
was impeachable. After quoting from
Judge Story on this point he argued
that the powers Of Congress were lin.
tied by the Constitution, and that II
Mr. Bellsnap be impcached the Senate
could not execute tho constitutional
provision, which declares he shall be
removed from Office. If he were liable
to impeachment let il be understood
that they were all, without exception,
for impeachment; but ifthe House was
establishing precedent which did not
rest in the Constitution and which was
dangerous for the future, hc thought il
right that the House shonld pause and
consider by a report from its Judiciary
Committee the question of its right 10
make this impeachment Iftho House
could impcach q man not in office il
might 60 back and impeach Jefferson
DavisandJohn B. Floyd for conspiracy.
the RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Mr.. Robbins, of North Carolina, sur-
gested that thore was q great difference
between a conviction on impeachment
and conviction on Indictment. In
tho latter case the man might be par
doned by the Executive, but in the
former case he could not be. As to
the suggestion as to the impeachment
of Jefferson Davis, he replied that it
had been decided that Senator could
not be impoached, net being an officer
Of the United States. The debate be-
ing closed the House proceeded to vote
on the resolutions, and they were unani-
mously adopted. The Speaker ap-
pointed as the committee 10 notify the
Senate of the action of the House,
Messrs. Clymer, Robbins, Blackburn,
Bass, and Daniorth, these members
comprising the Committee on the Ex-
penditures Of the War Department
making the report,
PROCEEDINGS IN THE coMMITTEE-THE
ASTOUNDING ANSWERS OF Mn. MARSH
TO THE INQUIRIES OF MS EXAMINERS.
WASHINGTON, March 2, l876.-Mr.
Clymer, after submitting the unani.
nous report of the Committee in the
House today, read the following testi-
mony and Accomplishments:
TUESDAY, Feb. %, '76,
The committee met at 1890, A. NJ.
Present Messrs. Clymer, Blackburn,
and Robbins. Mr. Caleb ?. Marsh, one
Of the witnesses ordered to be subpg-
naed by the committee, being present,
was duly sworn according to law.
Question by the Chairman. Where
do you reside? Answer. reside at
No. 30, West Fifty.sevcnth street. New
York haveresidcd in New York about
eight years.
Question by the Chairman. We're
you or not appointed or rendered an
appointment as n posttrader at Fort
Sill, Indian Territory, in the fall of 20,
BY the Secretary of War? lfso, I'M
Ter what circumstances was said ap-
Dointment secured to you? State, also,
4 you were commissioned By the See.
'eiary as such post-tradcr, or, If not,
who was so commissioned and il any
,ther person thanyourself was SO com.
nissioned give his name; the rea
ION why he was commissioned
{ any agreement was made be- ,
wccn you and the appointec. state
I, or produce il In writing and was
Iuch agreement made with the lxnowl.
'dge Of tho Secretary of War; and
tate the circumstances connected with !
he making of that agreement, and all I
he transactions in detail hereunder
nlly and particularly, as if you were !
pecially intcrrogatcd in regard to tho ,
cveral transactions, and 80 fully as to