Year: 1868

justify the chief act of violation with which he stands


charged, sill! that would be such an abuse OF the


for high misaemesnor Ts ms


for moment examine into some OF the circum


stances OF that act. Mr.: Stanton was appointed


continued to hold Under Mr.. Johnson. '0 WhieS aIa
| by all usage is considered reappointment


After the death Of Es
| drew Johnson had changed his whole code of poli.


poc he ss
| ate party for himself to carry out his own ambi.


tlous purposes. For every honest purpose OF the


By
| could better man be f0unds None ever organized


sistencs and eiiioent action more rapidly than Mr..
Stanton and his predecessor it might win more
groprey be said OF this ocer than OF the celebrated
Frenchman, that he 'Orgaulzed vtctory.n He raised
and by his requisitions distributed more than billion
| Of dollars annually, without ever having been


single dollars and when victory crowned his efforts
| ne dlsbanded that immense army as quietly and


MY as sao Son 1ee @ vsws os
the President, and for this he was suspended until
restored by the emphatic verdict Of the Senate Now
II we are right In our narrative OF the conduct OF
these parties and the motives Of the President the
very effort at removal was high-handed usurpaton


he ought to be impeached thrown from the place
! he was abusing. But he says that he did not


the Tenure Of once law. Then he forgot the
| truth in his controversy with the General


not aid m and finally admit that he Isna' sad arreed e,d


to aid him In resisting that law he rallied upon him


like very drab. The counsel for the respondent


allege that no removal OF Mr. Stanton took place.


and that therefore the sixth section OF the act was


not violated: They admit that there was order OF


did not obey say it was no removal That suggests the


old saying that used to be thought that when the


proved by learned counsel to be absolutely faacious


the brain OF Mr. Stanton's commission was taken out
by the order Of remoyal-the recison OF his commits
liant soldier, General Thomas, the night after the


masquerade. And yet according to the learned
thing which could purify was shoveed out and
hauled into the muck yard, there was no removal.


But 1t is said that this took place merely as an ex-
pertinent to make judicial case. Now, suppose


there Is anybody who, with the facts before him,


II that paliates the offence. Tue President Is sworn


to take care that the laws be faithfully executed In


what part OF the constitution or laws does he find 1t


10 be his duty to search out for defective laws that


stand recorded upon the statutes, in order that he


may advise their infractionf Who was aggrieved by
use the name and the funds of the government to


reevef Will he be 80 good as to tell US by what
law nstead Of its executor, especially law whose
constitutionaty he had twice testedP II there
nothing else than his own statement, he deserves
the contempt Of the American people and the pun
ishment OF its highest tribunal. If he were not


willing to execute the laws passed by the American
Congress and unrepealed, let him resign the Office
which was thrown upon him by a horrible convu-


sion and retire to his village obscurty. Let him


not be SO swollen by pride and arrogance, which


sprung from the deep misfortune Of his country as
to attempt an entire revolution Of its internal ma


chnery and the disgrace OF the trusted servants of
his lamented predecessor


The gentleman Mr. Groesbeck) has spoken of the


great purity of the President in his transaction with
Black and Others admit that Is fair subject from
which to infer general purity Of conduct. j will


examine that little. 1t was held by Socrates and


Plato to be among the most arOcious offences to
rupt the youth, because that tended to overthrow


the sold forms OF government and build up anarchy
qarchy how much more would it be so in a govern


ment where the laws control and where the laws
should We pure II that government Is expected to be


conducted with purity and TO survive the temporary
shocks of tyrants IfL Is proved or known that An
drew Johnson attempted At any time to corrupt the
legal voters Of the United States change them
from their own true opinions to those which he
himself had adopted, there are few who
need hardly ca say e


fact which everybody knows and nobody will deny.


thought @ s Necessary @ to mat Question by piOo


and yet there is Just as much necessity for as to
prove that Andrew Johnson had changed his whole
principles and policy and entered into the most dan


gerous and damaging contracts with aspirants for
ONCE to induce them to aid him in changing the
principles OF those who sought ofice Who does not


Doolittle Cowan and that tribe Of for disrlbu.


tlon on precisely such terms and conditions they
chose to maker Show me q more shame.
less perversion OF patronage In any coun-


ae!&pSEo &ay Ssd VIM h0TsTsF sst tsst
Andrew Johnsoni Is as pure as the icices that hang
on DIana's temple he h. had n before & that appeared
ana IN & sae oss sner having Soe s small sSs ssa e


Gn Sopea s $ such s hsa nS
or obscured his consciousness OF the oath he had
taken and nc when VI he ,sS came 70 reject ne would stu
withstanding his then condition Unfortunately the
President was taken away and temptation or the
content with positions the people had given him and
which he had gladly accepted, he sought to become
nation. This he knew could only be done by chang
ing principles and creating new party to sustain
that COURSE and perpetrated betrayal OF the party
that had elected HIM and the principles he professed
Basel than the betrayal BY Judas Iscsriot, who
rined whole nation and the hottest of principles;
In order TO build up party upon which he
proclaim entirely new principles and O new
policy, and to bring about him an entirely new set
republican party could not he found to carry him
into power. Corruption, therefore, became neces-


my e a wnc Ss Ds


his hands, and which he had s0lemnly sworn 10 ex-
ecute according to their principles. When he found
that by an appeal to those principles he could rally
but few followers he did not hesitate to cast them
OF and seek recruits In the camp Of the enemy. In
dering treason odious, as he had SO loudly pro-
claimed while Vice President, he proceeded to


and to restore to the conquered begercnts the pro.
perty which had been confiscated by act OF Congress
OF July, 1852 He thus restored conscated land and
covered into tile Treasury, TO have have paid the n


tonal debt and all the damage done to loyal men by
rebel raiders and by rebel conf scation lie set de-
lberately about corruptng the whole mass OF those
who aspired to offce. Where he found an ONCE
holder too virtuous TO follow his treason he
offered his place TO another whose conscience
was less scrupulous or whose ambition was
greater. The removals which he made were |
or republicans who had been placed In
ONCE BY Abraham Lincoln upon republican recon- |
mendaiions, because they held the same principles
.a In anil mi n
hesitate, through his agents, to bargain for teir
support az O condition Of their appointment reten-
ton. lie found few men Of respecability who had
been endorsed by respectable Siates-such as Wis |
consn and Pennsylvania Look at the trusted agents
of Pennsvlvania and Wisconsin who contracted 70 |
accent THE SnIce Of recruiting sefgeants for his
shabby army to purchase the position Of COM
mander of this band OF pardoned traitors and
corrupted rcnegades. They consented to lay down