Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-18

OfN l"ob ttaoCtStItR "t,h VI tbC nc
souri, river is sold in like manner to
that at Fort Sill, and it will be proven
that this monthly "swag" is not only
divided between the post traders and
the Belknaps, but that OrTille Grant,
the brother of the President, gets a
portion. Orville's fortune is estimated
at Ss0J,000, and increasing it at the rate
of 500. 900 a year. Nearer and nearer
the lightning strikes in the White
House, and it may yet strike the
Sphynx. Let no guilty mar escape"
The most shameless act of Belknap'>
vet i that of tratii king in tombstone S
for the graves of the Union soldiers.
In accepting bids, he rejected the one
of the Knoxville Marble Company To
furnish the heads,oneS for the National
cemeteries, and accepted the BID of "A
friend from Keokuk, Iowa (hfs former
hone). which bid was SIS 900 mor
than the he rejected.
His Political and Moral Impeach-
ment.
This is the first instance in the his
tory of our Government in which a
Cabinet officer has been ~impeached for
crimes in office; but it should not have
been the first. and will not be the last.
In the impeachment of Belknap, after
resignation. many hold That it is like
hanging "a man after he is dead. The
object of Impeachment is to remove
from office and disQnalify the offender
from holding any future position un
der the Government. 1t carries both
legal and moral conviction with it.
Truly, there is no precedent for a ease
of this kind. There is no precedent for
anything until one is established. In
France they try, convict and sentense
an offender during absence, AS, for in
stance, Felix Payot, of San Francisco.
During the late war he was tried as "a
political offender and sentenced to
death in c~0ntumdciO. Payot being in
San Francisco, the sen enc WAS not
carried out; but if he returns to France
he will be ruillo ined.
General Fremont, after he jumped
that country, WAS sentenced to "A term
of imprisonment for floating his worth
less Memphis and III Paso railroad
bonds on the Bourse, and ii he ever
returns 10 Paris they will pat him
where the dogs can not bite him.
BY this Impeachment the House in
directly placed its condemnation on the
indecent, ha>ty act of Grant stepping
in and shielding his guilty friend from
the full force of Its censure.
If Grant did not know Of this o r
rupt.on. he is blainable for his ignor-
ance. He pretended to not know of
Babcock's guilt; yet he also shielded
him from punishment. But all these
matters will be investigated, and the
people will learn how shameIuily they
have been plundered by these Republi-
can officials.
Mode and Manner of Impeachment.
With the convicting evidence, the
commit tee submitted "a single resoln-
ton, THAT Wm.W .Belknap, late Secre-
tary of War, he impeaclied of high
crimes and misdemeanors;' another in
structing the Judiciary Committee to
prepare article OF mpeac iment; and a
third authorizing the chair to appoint
a committee Of five to proceed to the
bar of the Senate and notify that body
of the i'm peachment, and that articles
would he presented to it for considera-
ton. Alter The reading of the te>tinlo
ny, the resolutions were passed, and
Belknap was impeached. The chair
appointed the committee, which pro-
ceeded to the bar OF the Senate and the
Chairman addressed the President
pro tenn:
Mr.. Presiient-In obedience to the
order of the House of Repre- .entatives,
we appear before you and in the name
of the House Of Representatives aud OF
vii the people of the United States OF
America we do impeach VIM. w. Bel
KNAPP. late Secretary OF War of the
United States, of high crimes and mis-
demeanors while in Office, and we
further inform the Senate that the
House of Representatives will in due
time exhibit articles of impeachment
against him and make good the saule,
aud in their name We demand that the
Senate snail take order for the appear
ance of said VIM. w. Belknap to an
swer tn the same impeachment.
MIR. Ferry, President pro TEN OF the
Senate, said:
Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen Of the
committees: The Senate will take or
der in the premises.
The committee then returned to the
House and reported:
Mr.. Speaker: In obedience to the Or
der Of the House we proceeded to the
bar Of the Senate, and, in the name of
tul> IlOu>o dtu VI All tIc Bcplic VI Tue
United States OF America we impeached,
as we were directed to do, VIM. w.
Belknap, late Secretary OF War of the
United States, of high crimes and mis-
demeaaors while in Office, and we de-
manded that the Senate shall take or
der to make him appear before that
body To answer for the same, and an
nounced that the House would soon
present articles of impeachment and
make tLem good, to which the reponse
was made, " Order shall be taken"
The next step will be, when the Judi
ciary Committee reports the articles of
impeachment, the House will then
elect five managers to present the arti-
cles to the Senate, and manage the i'm
peachment ON the part of the House,
acting the role of prosecutors. The
House being Democratic, can elect all
Democrats, but it is understood two