The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-01
JURISDICTION IN THE BELKNAP
IMPEACHMENT.

b6lh1dp Impeachment lll1o NlCCIo1oAA
may well be questioned. A change
of four votes from yeas to nays and
there would have been tie. The vote
shows that there was strong disbelief
in the High Court of it's Jurisdiction.
And when the opinions Of Senators on
the question of Jurisdiction, authoriz-
ed to be filed on or before the first OF
July 1876, are published, the public
will be enabled to judge of the
strength of argument for and against
jurisdiction. h
The house has the sole power Of i'm
parchment. The Senate has the sole
power to try all impeachments, and
judgment i'll cases of impeachment
shall not extend further than to re-
moval from office, and disqualification
to hold and enjoy any office OF honor,
trust,or profit under the United States.
The constitution is silent as to who
may be impeached, the crimes and
misdemean0rs for which person may
be impeached, and when the crimes or
misdemeanOrs shall have been COM
mitted. The natural inference would
be that no one could be impeached but
an officer of the United States and
for crimes or misdemeanors committed
while in office. This would seem
particularly from the fact that judg-
ment in cases of impeachment shall
extend no farther than to removal
from office and disqualification to hold
any office under the United States.
Belknap, not being in Office, judg-
ment can not remove him from office,
nor can it disqualify him to hold any
state or other office not an office under
the United States. And wherefore the
the necessity, not to say propriety, OF
such Judgment against Belknap any
more than against any other person
guilty Of great crimes and misdemean-
0rs. The same judgment could be
pronounced against the one as we'll as
against the disqualification to
hold and enjoy any office of honor,
trust,Or profit under the United States
Would the 81 Senators, holding
! jurisdiction Of the Belknap impeach-
ment hold jurisdiction of the impeach-
ment, of any one never in Office for
great crimes and misdemeanors ? We
shall probably see when their argu-
ments are published.
To people generally Of common in
telligence it would seem clear that the
House has no power to impeach any
one who had never held Office under
| the United States, and that the Senate
has no power to try such impeachment.
And it would seem nearly as clear
that the House has no power to i'm
peach one who, having held office I'M
der the United States, was not holding
office at the time of impeachment, and
that the Senate has no power to try
such impeachment.
But majority Of the House and OF
the Senate think differently, and the
House has impeached Belknap after he
was out Of office and the Senate holds
jurisdiction to try the impeachment.
Both House and Senate were divided
as to the power to impeach and the
power to try. But having held the
power it remains for the people, after
careful and impartial examination, to
approve OF disapprove of the action Of
the House and Of the Senate.
PROF. COOKIES entertainment at
Simmons Hall last Saturday and Mon
day evenings, in exposing spiritualism
and spiritual manifestations, as report
ed for the TELEGRAPH, is printed in
this paper.
One remark in the report requires
notice. The reporter says Zone
circumstance was noticeable on both
Evenings; the almost total absence of
the spiritualists of our city.
SpiritualistS who have investigated
spiIitualism for the purpose of ascer-
! tanning the truth and have attended
seances for spiritual manifestations
till they have become satisfied of the
reality Of phenomena which can not be
accounted for by any known laws do
not care to attend Prof. Cookies enter
tainments for the exposure of spiritu-
alism and spiritual manifestation.
They believe themselves to be as capa-
BILE of judging of the reality of the
manifestations as he is, and more
honest in their belief and knowledge
of spiritualism and spiritual manifes-
tations than Prof Cooke is. His ex-
p0sures may entertain those who have
no knowledge of spiritualism and
spiritual manifestations, and those
who desire to prevent the rapid spread
of spiritualism all over the world.
But they would entirely fail to enter
tain ,spiritualists, and as they, like
other people, seldom go where they
know they would not be entertained,
it is easy to account for the almost to-
tai absence of spiritualists from Prof.
Cookies entertainments exposing
spiritualism and spiritual manifesto
tions.
CELEBRATION.