Year: 1868

lege that no removal of Mr. Stanton took place and
tns mas nas iaereios s0st the sixth & sio1 Of there was
an order Of removal and RECESSION OF his com,
mission bnt as he did not obey IT. say t was NO mo
thought that when the brains were out the man was
dead That idea proved by Learned counsel to 0e s9s0
was taken out by the order OF removathe recsSn Oi
his his head Twas absolutely cSt e on ts R
masquerade And yet according to the learned and dell


could putre}y was shoveied out and hauled into the


nuekyard there was no removal But IL ls SAID that
eia Now suppose there Is anybody who, with the
facts before him, can believe that this not an after
President is sworn to take care that the laws be
faithfully executed In what part OF the Constitution or
detective laws that recorded upon the statutes in
order that he may advise their nraeuonf Who was ag-
ized to use the and the funds of the Government
relieve viii he be good TO tell us by what author
stead OF its executor especially law whose constitution
aty he had twice esedi II there were nothing else tnan
his own statement he deserves the contempt OF the
American people, and the punishment OF its highest tr


buna II he were not willing to execute the laws passed
sign the eice which thrown upon him by horrible
cOnyulson and retire to his village obscurty Let him
not be swollen by pride and arrogance which sprang


from the deep misfortune OF his country as to attempt an
entire revolution Of its internal machinery and the dis


grace Of the trusted servants OF his amented
The gentlemen has spoken Of great purity OF the
President in his transaction with Black and others


admit that Is fair subject from which 10 lnier genera
purity Of conduct will examine that little III was
held by Socrates and Plato to be among the most arocous
oenses to corrupt the YOUTH because that tended 70
overthrow the solid forms Of government and built up
anarchy and desposm in their place If It were SO IN an
oligarchy how much more would II be so In govern
ment where the laws control and where the laws should
be pure II that government expected to be conducted
tyrans II il is proved or known that Andrew Johnson
attempted at any time to corrupt the legal voters OF the
their own true opinions to those which
he himself had adopted there & are few who
We ueed hardly call witnesses 10 prove fact which
everybody knows and nobody will deny; Does the sun
that question by proof and yet there is Just as


much necessity for II as TO prove that Andrew johnson
tered into the most dangerous and damaging contracts
with asprants for office to induce them 70 ad MN In
changing the principles OF those who sought once VINO
does not believe that the patronage was put INTO the
hands Of Doottle COwan aud that tribe OF men Tor ds
trbution precisely such terms and conditions as tey
choose to makei Show more shameless perversion
Of patronage in any country or in any government how
johnson is pure the iclces that hang on Danas
temple. He had before that appeared with Abraham
Lincoln in the Senate Chamber to take the oath OF
office; they took it at the same time ana IN tne
OF the Vice President; but his friends hoped that
such variations had not oberated or obscured his con-
seousness OF the oath tha ne had taken ana Then ne
TO observe, notwithstanding his then cOndltion onor
tunatey the President was taken away, anu temp.aS
OF being content with positions the people hau gwen
him, and which he had gladly accepted ne sought TO be-
the This he knew could only be done by changing
little he that


and perperaed betrayal Of the party that had elected
him and the principles ne %6 besayed oy fly
single individual, Johnson saSlileed en,o whole
aef a0R 10 baS hS up 5s pay upon which was to rely


IL became necessary for him TO proclaim entirely new
pIcRes e@ sns se Of fT as men enough
already the Republican party could not be found to
necessity that corruption was to be wrought by per
yertng the means which the Republicans had placed in
accorGins :" their principles When he found that by AN
appeal TO those priIcs he fqnid rally but few follow


in The camp of the enemy Instead OF enforcing poS
aes Of the law and rendering tTsasGh od9us as ne ad
pardon all the large Influential traitors ana TO restore


by act OF Congress of Juy 1852 He thus re-
stored eonhseated land and abandoned estates sucen


had il all been honestly converted into the Treasury TO
have paid the National debt and all the damage done TO
loyal by Rebel raiders and by Rebel conhscation
those who aspired 20 office Where be found office
holder viruOus TO follow his treason he offered MS
place another whose conscience was less scrupuous or
whose ambition was greater The removals which he


made were OF Republicans who had been placed in office
by Abraham Lincoln upon Republican recommendations,
because they held the same principles which he and
johnson had proessed lie qua NOT hesitate thro1gn ms
sSSooiStmept M or retention lie found a few men Of
respectabity who had been indorscd by respectable
states~such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Look at
the trusted agents OF Pennsylvania aud Wisconsin VINO
contracted TO accept the once OF recrang sergests ior
this band OF pardoned traitors and corrupted rene
gdes They to Lay dGTn the saTs a1d
gray The gentleman Mr Groesbeek), in his peroratl0n
Saturday Implored the sympathy OF this Senate with
ali the elegance and pathos Of Roman senator pleading
for vrue and IL is be feared that his grace and eO-
quence turned the attention OF the senate upon h orator
Innocence his great powers would have been well exc
cuted had he been arguing with equal eoqnence before
such a Roman Senate for such delinquent, and Cato,
the Censor had been OF the judges his client would
have found himself in the stocks IN the middle OF the
"''" spEEcm BY MANAGER WILLIAMS.


Mr. WILLIAMS OF PenDsy ylyana, another OF the Mana.
gers followed Mr.. Stevens, reading a manuscript;


Nix. PRESIDENT AND SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Not unused to the conflict Of the FORUM appear in your
presence to-day in obedience the command OF the Rep


esentatyes OF the American people under sense OF
august tribunal whose judges are the elect OF mighty
PROVINCES the presence at your Dar OF ae "a
the Caesars and Of civilization that transcends any na


the world has ever SEEN to demand Judgment upon tne
OF the American people for high crimes and msdemeanors
against the State the dignity OF the delinquent hmself


sapaee sE IN OF Toya the T galleries. and


than that, that greater world outside which stands on


the s ,dngs Of verdict Which .ns Is either s
rs ssna hr WITH the hoy Foes 81 anarchy and
sons Of despair-a remind me OF the colossal proper,
remember too that the before me is without an
example or parallel In the human history: Kings Il Is
true have been and royal heads have fallen


upon the scaod but two instances only have the for


naes of law been invoked TO give colorng OF order
TO
that constitutional Tribune has been charged for the


first time with the sublime task OF vindicatng an out
RACED law against OF its ministers and pass
ing Judgment upon the question whether the ruler or


nation shai be stripped, under the law and without
shock or Violence of the power which he has abused
This great occasion not sought by US Inc world
they have not come here for Light and transient
causes, but for the reason only that the issue
sumptions Of powers the part Of the Executive fol-
loving each Other WITH sNS tSs ssfg AnS RARS9s
last in mortal challenge which, in the defense OF their
constitutional power as branch OF the American Con-


ress and as faithful sepnels the liberty OF the
seopls II kss IMPOSSIBLE for them to decline with the


rst open defiance a the ESeeyy ws they mere Mere Ie Ens
or 10 vndcate their right TO make the law and see tha