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NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2f>, 1867.
PRICE FOUR CENTS.
IMPEACHMENT.
THE .TI I'll I .lil ."MM I I I I 1 S lit PORT 1\ PAVOS
(?! IMl'l I? IIMI N i III!. ( llAl.i.l | Al kIKSl
PKBSIDKNI JOHKSOlf-TWO MlMO-lTl ki
PORTS.
Washwotoii, v..v. 95.?The Fnllnning Isthe
report of Um majority ??f the .lu.iicinry Committee cn
lin?,'..i ii- lonas of i:, preset l
today tit Mr. lioutvvi li ,,f M.i -1, lins, tts.s?. mid iminl't I
ti Hu? l ?'iiiuiitti ? ..III..UI, Mi. Wilson ?.f l.f-v.i.
Alasentiiii;
UM C______tttN on tli? Ju.litiary. t(? ?ha*- ?al
ri'fiirii til?- reas-attaa of Um its of Hank last,
aalfeialalsg lam lo laqali. lata the e?Hcial cond
Andrew Johnson, Vin -_ tlu' l ll)'"11 a_
MMfearg.Bg the passai datte, si Um aumta al !
dont of r . nn_ io repart to ti. - Hooae
wiitiii. i-, m ti,, ii- ?iiiuii? n. ti?' s.?:J Aii.ir.-w JoheaoB,
?.'lill, in ra ii el! 8 trinity of ;k!h ulm ti vu re
floiirii.-d ot . iii. ui.iti ii tu I'Viltliiiivv cr COITBpttb(
ennui nt of UM li,.1. ii Si.it? s 01 ?mV d? painui ni or (?flin r
then of, and ?feather thasaid Andre? Johaaoii lias bees
guilty of ?ny act. t?i li.i" < ?"-i red ?ttfe others to _
whkh. in Um ("it' ii.] :..!.c!! ol Um Oonstltatioo, an
rrm reqt?ring the Interposition of
(lie (\'.l-tltUtll>U.ll I>?.VVl r of this Ilon-c, respectfully rc
port tii.it, in Um i?? rionu.i:. a ii toe I?iponaal
M?fjaed ti? ti.tin, tiicv ii.!\( ?vpauraa! na i?.iins t..
maki t',.. Rs complete ?is ;
tile. n"i <u y iiy the exploration ?if the publie
archive?, hatnfoUoa odloatiost thal -Mined
laaosass sa] additional Ugbt upon the great ann,
inquiry, anti th? v ?ubiull hi rea it li the result <>f th.it por
UaS ?.f ti ' hibll tint uri ? ?m -
paii" ho?! v, r, i.? .'
tsatkm of the h "f the som?
h?-r ? ? um 'iiy w linli tlnv li.ivi lu in
?oni] i i ?!? i 01
that niiiriit have toe ?< re
?rani..1 :?.. ? ? to the lasae, Uley vviii
i?.?-?- pre ed toi ma leadlas
katawiii.ii tiny supposeU1? kaqalry baa develop
yi i ans *'tli tin ir own . th.re
froin. .iii.t Um ree*. - :-y vi. htht j have i? i a tafl
la Machins them. In so doing the] most bl allon
tsdalgeace which ___8S_oprehei
over it two fears' a4m!nis< ration of the
ef a steal Qorernment, I m unexampled criai?
of the State, and Including the vety high mattera
that can Mgagl the ?iii. Btlon of a f;.'.- ;??
?oald serve to in and mutt at all Courts o
Tin-eli.ut - i to ? hu Ii tin- iiiv i ?-I iiint i- ?it of the
?"oimii.'tcc h ?Vi " ill . -i . i ?Hy ?In. <i?-i|. an- am\r\
ot I'uv. i .mil violation ol Ja vi. in th. ,
ai!" Inning, end veto ; the corrupt
lill?! ' II til?" Clllllllliv-l.nl
?if i ' - .uni mindel ?
t3?-l til?- ( . ?? <i lll'i I, tin-. H . ll.i, li w.is . :
_nli thoi .1 duty of Iminiring into the official
r<-ii?ltit in:
ii I ii? ?'ii guilty of any ic is - In h
?ere I t.. overthrow, rabvert, or
ron ??it ti.i ?.???.(inn.i-ni of the United - which,
In i ? tute a
high crime m in ?a >.f
tin- ? -.? " It will . ?
aervrd thal m lUnding
out ni til i ;h<- .it!, ntl.ni of
th?- o! power, win. li i-,
volve?, of coi ?f lav, ....
ma) -:. tiiiir, p.-i!i:i?i.-,. vi it-_-ti-.it
fl !_..'..'
l,(?\ : HU! to Its pri
Am.- ? tell m ipi i ...
fra. ?
hmli inivvi i - . -;. ?':? ( !?:.
I more niauifi stly lu the .-; st< mat!?
attianpi u
tup? ?i'.le tin .rial ci nu il t.. which that
- I?, t :i iii': f
paupoae of i ? .
ii ' - .ii olil.in?.- _jtli
-r of Hi.- ct< at . run Inala who
i ?I itn m lu uti l? Mil h m w.iv .
geo).v.- i; , ni
indi ' : I' . furm.
{? .
? i.i ? unrepentant und
? ?
?
fl. if- ?f i menl win...
had : u is
paint, sat! ? ..a all
tllC ("IH 1 I.li
Willie.--? I -. .
voiie. a- l II - te Uri? point therefore, a?
th? .
tin ia on "l ti"' Houae will ili-t be dl
?
tra ted I
iii |..: : mi ; . more than K
p.. M -??
tin
?nth i! b sued
. .i.i
I lion, ni I
? * i the a
of t i ita. roplie
that
of ti.'
ann j in capital ol iii.- lu bel
<,t>\- '- mt re fm.- I ?
flap _.t- in the .i
?..ol Inen (fathered for tin overthrow o
i aiuiii had
1 and) i ih' Ki
? vu irdli ... i. -.-..? ? ..- wat fulfill? <l.
altin uirii, I . .ii I Inef, be nu.'. '
tri ,,t w I til li anns ; tin ii i":i
tue ovei li
mulei of the armlet bad determined that powei
h'lil the conquered I uni our mllitarv ?
until the s-.v ' :? :_'n \ n, in the
Iiejii' ? i ?.bli h had ant Um
sword upon titi thigh or the Executive, and placed the
leaource? of i.uutry in men md money at lu?
(?.ii.ii ild i?- read] lo declare its -w, 111
in relation to ti:? K
att that remained foi bim todo, bul Hi- duties of the
? 11 ud An extent ol territory ?>f
aim ti i.-. desolated by war but
?till .warming v.,iii million al ?iii f ? ? t
awattli g i ? iii'li i' |! The )"? al
govi mux . nay as the) had been,in the opinion
?>f tin l'u-.'.? m liiiu-i if,*i?y Un-vv im hv md of the kebel
l'on, wire ia ruin ; whde communities were in sus
the i ?.nuts outlawed, ti.. I? a I tom Of
pretended laws existii i-t with the law
of the conqueror \ ]?? "?.ii inhdiied, but tullen ami full
t.f hate, and h'.-t le at ? v. r t?. the power thal had oti r
thrown thom; s lot . ? king for protect!
a ;n in v? it in ail u parallel ni btttory,
abetal which tin- win it of ttatemuen might wi n hei
aiid diffi uduced fratricidal ttrtfe that
Lad ruptured lb? original tien aud p
olijett? in the condition of pul.in- enemies; a
large army to i?e disbanded,and aocb ladn-gonei
tended, muli piiiii-i.iiicnt lunlctcd. and such 8-CUritici
d?-ii. ii.?;, (t for the futtiie u? the mt? i est-of peace and j,i
tu. might require. Never,in ti? Uittoryof tbiaorani
oti.? r State, ha vi qnestiona nun- numeront and vital,
inoie delicate or difficult, requlnna gravel deliberation,
or Involving the exert lae of blghei k<>\' i nmental imiwi ra,
jir? m nted tbemtelvea for ti ;
?mi I
tata State, rhi duties and responsibilities of tbe
tuen who foil.n .1 ami oIi;.i:w/. d tile UuiOUOi iii' M "
?ml of those w ho a-i mt?!, ?i here in 1*81 to eom ull upon
? nd prov.de tin nums foi tDpprewll ' Ke
l?i ilion. wereutmt-Ungin thecompsri ?on.auddi unmded,
criuiiilv. no Li,in i .-.t.. nitv and no broadei wisdom than
_.?? ta-k of brlnaing back the dlainembered l?tate*?.
? ml rsl?tins li"1-? jan nia." and dlacon
?tests Into one harmonious whole, loi thla -
?m.irk ti? bii|iii-iiii- Bxeeutive of tin- nation, even
_h b< li.ni linn endowed i?v natura with tin
ran highest _. f organliiu? fa. i
(mSttodoy the very nature of hia office li Mr. Lincoln
had .-in v:-. ed. it is not t.? ne doubted, from hla habitual
ti?-t? renee to the publie will, that altuougl
1 I enjoying the public confidence li
i ?ible degree, he would have felt It to tu
Suty lo convoke tb( repreaentativea >>f the pi ipli i
Sotan hi?-wold m iii. .i preaenoi and to refer ft te their
tmllgbtened and patriot li judgment t<> ileeldc
?bat waa to be done ?^iili ti?? t. rritorii - and people thal
kad bei n brought under the authority of the (foveruuienl
: arms, i lu- bloody hand of tre?aon unfortunately
hurried him awaj In the very boar of Mm nation's tri
uii'i'ii. um ii i reaaona which could h
?Bad? thla duy aa Imperative "ne v. it ti him.
bow powerfull. !' the double effecl of
tL. tii.'Jv that not oolv {deprived the nation ol lu
Iru-ited in ad. but eaattbe rein? ol Government upon a
a,m . - Ililli-! if "I Hi' doubt
fal and delicate poitltlou of a citizen of one ol the revolt
lag Mate-, wini li Wi Ii to l-e MlUHIlOIU (I for jutlgmi
dare the bar ol the American j?..|?l<-. It was, perhaue,
but natnial ihai lie should sv in pi thl.e wiUi the communi
?Iii-? from win. h lo- bad manly differed only on pr?den
Hal reaioii-, m, m other word? a? to tun wisdom ol Hie
revolt at that particular Juactore al a?aira, if other m
jumenta Ji >i not aufflsed to convine* him of the m
?sty of rcfcrrui_: ?li IheaS great qneslloaa to tin
trilniiial on (itrthtli^t had lie power to decide
them, it ought to have been aufllclenl thal
he ???ed alike ins tenon and bia accidental power? t<? the
gent-rout conlldcii. ? of the loyal States. He expected, o!
?, that tin y would In-let, a- tiny bad a right to do,
upon ?inn i ?.inIiin.!.n aa would aeear? io th.-ki. if not m
?teitiiniy foi tin- jia-t. iii h ast the amplest teeutitlee foi
Sbe future lutteail, therefore, of convoking the ' ??'.
esta** of tin- States t<> deliberate ni>"ii the eimdltton of the
asautry, he te-waa to have made up hla mind i ? aade taki
that mlgbtv task liiw-eif, to forestall the iudgrni nt and
the wltlie? of the loyal people, and m utralise the powei
tj undo hi? ?aork. hy hniiiilrii: lu tbe Bebe! Stab
_*Iv?s t?. parla iji.iie m Hi. d' i.pen any and
ait iiue? Ion? wini h mlghl If left foi m'.ti-in. ni To
inatiea hla Imperial proclamations, be
,- ' ihc /.Uli of May, in vin
di nt of the I .'it? ii -i..'..
H? (j?__iii.i .-, ( lui I of Iii'' armies, tleclaiing the
.. Mat's lo have p. i islied, c n ?ti in_,
autd'-r th.- denomination of ProvisionalOoverm
?Al. >re unknown to th.- law ; appointing t*> tbeae office?
aaen who weanaot-Mioualj dltqualifled by reason of theil
lou lu the I'.i iclliou, from holdui',' any o!ln .
r tin? Oovernnient, and y et allowed to hold tin same,
?mt perform tlie dutlet thertof, at talaiiet llxrd by him
eeji .nid paid out of tbe rontlug. ni fund of one ol tin D
paatmeiit??. in elcar rlolatlou of the acta of July 2,18__,
? ni I .-hitiary, |M,.i Declaring, mow-over, u! the
'?"v iiiinci.i of th? te State? i
Individus]
K
' ti rtsfff, rather the United Butes loezc
cute Hi/' s'u.ir.li.ui-.yi.t the C?ustltutlon by providing
Ithni a heads*and iiMMii-lngly?-reeling his pre
? t.. order Conventions ol such of the
sail ttuj. lu- ,.!t',i.-?r.-t., ,,?1,, .,,,._,? ?,.,_,, hlsCon
?ns for tli.'iii, ?m nich terms and with Bucb pro
vlsions as ten agrei-able to hlmaeAt. Unprovided, bow*
Mu !)..? al-,,,,,. 0| <?'.,' V1, , the
,.?,,, *_, , ., ,.- ?' " '? .".im li I .1:.?.uni'ni, in t>
: ?deflcil In authorizing the eelsure ui pror??rty
appropriation .?" moneys ulonging to the Gov
? and directing hil endeavors to levytsxes .->
"?' ;.i.'t poi-pose from the sui.i,-, i people."
i'.i.' fuitli.-i- n-a.liiii- of Um r?i".it v.iiMli-j.ni-, ,1 ?uti.
'?*????I'titi?' til.- M-ernalo-, sa folio?. :
Iii:i.i..nl:uitr with the (?Min.i.iiv liiT.-witli siilimitl'tl.
ana tin *.lew of the law herein pn tented, the < ommltt. ??
piulonthal Indre* Johu on, Uri Idenl of the
i im. 'I states, i- guilty ,,f in^h . i nu.-, and nn-,1. in. anora,
"?jiii.'ii-Hi.-a.i.-il.,..-i?,,i, ,,f Hu constitutional powers
In that, upon the final surrender of the
k.D(-i arrales and the overthrow of the Rebel Govern?
ment, tin? .-.,:,i Andres Johuaoi. Presid? u| of the I nlted
to the |.. opie of Sort- Carolina ?>r the mfa duj of
May, UK?, he aasuuied thal he hail authority to decide
thi Govi mm. m of Nun ti Carolina, and whether
aiO other Government thal -light !.. m t up therein, waa
n publican (in form, ?ml th it lu lils office of President it
?Inly ,i.:.l will.m lu. ?mui r t.. animant?-, to Bald
. n-].ni.li. an form of ?.'..\. iiiiiii iii, eontrary tt.tli.?
? ?institution, which provldi that tho United Sutes shall
.n Un- Union fa republli an form
?uni?m ; contrary, al*o, to u de-berate opinion of
tin Supreme Court, win. h declared thal Congres? Is
exclusively im th the power t?> decide whether
the i...\. l'unit ni ni a Bute :- ii pul.ii. nu or no1 lu thal
thi r. afti r n eogoiz. and treal s pi in of
i i up m North ( .m.linn, until i ami in ronformlij
tohlso ind direction, a? repiiblio In form anil
t i.t in li restored t.. It? functions m a State, not withstand*
Is th. bran, lu i Govi rumen) li whii b,by the
.ii.m, mi, h powel i-. KcluMvel* vested, and not
w iii-' , i e to recou
Mir ii..-,, iniiii m. oras s Government
republican in tona: in thal by a public proclamation
mu? otherwise li?- did, in tht Invite, solicit.
; ii? n if. antly lu n
in ?linn conventions of persons, uiani <.f wboui mara
kin.?n traitors* who bad been organized In un attempt
to overthrow the Governmeul of lu. United States, and
urged and directed such Convention to fn
ti?.n- for tin mselvi a
in that, lu- thereupon assumed i" soeept, ratify, ami
confirm certain >?<> railed Constitutions, framed bj such
Illegal and treasonable aai ..f persons, which
liions wen never iibnutted tt. the people of the
respective star..-, noi ratified and CMflraed l.y the
United Mai..*, iints usurping and exercising powers
vested by the Constitution in ti.' of Hi?' Unitd
lu that, lu- pardoned lar*.'?' numbers of pul.ia' and ooto
ii?.ii- tia i tins with tin- design of receiving from them aid
In such Conventions, called byhlssdvlci and direction.
purpose of organizing and setting up such Illegal
in n hellion
pii >r to the ai 'li the Int. ni
thus t.. constrain < ongn is to ace. pt, rat?fj. and
sin li Illegal and unconstitutional pun t edluga.
In that, be did, within and fur the Btaloi recently in
recellton, cn ate ai : Ivll oflj. ? r,
of Provisional Geveroor, so called, an ofBos unknown te
itltntlon or lan - of the land
In that he appointed to su. h office <?> created in sai.i
lively, men who wert pul.li, ami notorious
?, lu well knoll m*: thal thi j I
oin n. persist, nt. and formidable i (forts ii r th? ov. rthrov
t.r tin- Got. rnment <-f the Cult. .1 Btati .-. si .1 wi li know?
that ti* ? in. ii t ?iii.i no1 . ;.t. i upon the duties <'f
-.i ,1 office without 11 ' fis m uti og the ?rime of p. "jury, or m
t violation of the laws of the country,
lu that be direct. .1 the Seen tarj of Bl ite t.. promise
? to san! pen i y app. ni. ?i,
rj or compensation - t?. !..? p? 11.?? i. ?? ?i la
said otile? y created, coutrarj lo the provisions
of the lan of the United Stat? . approved l> i
"an a? t making appropriations foi the sup?
port of th?- Army.foi the year ending ti.?- 30th da* of
.Juno, ISM, an.I far a .1? li. li in ?. fox ti..- signal set
. udii cl<?i ?
In thai rary of War to psv moneys
to said f service, performed lu said omc
??? bl. li monej iwen io paid und. rhis dir. i
linn, without authority of law, contrary io law, sad In
....' the ConstituU
lu tb .tin deliberatclj dispeuaed with ant
thi .?p. i itlon of ? pro*, felon of a it?.'
: ?? An u? t t?. im.
:\ .. iih of ..Hu ?, aiul f..: olbi i punie
? be api ointt ti to t iii...-. in .ii? ?l bj tin
ths United StuU'S, p. ?. .\ b t..
lum, had ii m ti:, l?cbelllon, who ?sen
Oi Ho C1 Mut ? '
m?- of p. nui *?ci lui
Inally ths aaldact of Jul) _,is_}, enter upon Use dut-ae
Ii, ti. it without nuflioi II | '.. law.
? ... ii from tit?! ? m raj lu
tun. ol war, loi the pay mi ni of the. vp< use and ti
purl of the said : ? ni. i.t -,
no arl up In t: ? ind for
un, nial
of hil ...iii. o* ?.t'" ? , b. author!-, d and p. rmitt? ?J
upon th.- i ,1 States, tim? usurping
.? n power which, l>y the Constitution, 1?
, -- Of the 1 : :' I -lil. -.
\ . f ? I,,, ?? a. ti v. t- a u* ui panon of power, ? ontrary
? on of i'i. Unit? .1 -
:. of -ii oath ol Office Si 1'1< -ali lit of tin I lill' ii
In f_ct, the SSid Andrew Jo-BBS?, I'r?"-i.l? ni of Hu?
:.ugn --, a,ni oilii r
illj lbs ns'lii ' '
to provide for the pa. Iflcatlon, govi n m. nt ?ud n stoi .
to the Union, and in like im.mu? r. be
ru-il In?exel ' '" provide ?...m nun? nts
,,.,,| to accept antTprocluiiu the reatoratlou of
,ii rogation ol
itboritj of Ct ? to sub
. ?,.,%. i nment ..' tin i ulU u 61
In that, In accordance wltb saul d he baa
vi toed -? ' '??-" -? '"? '
ti..n innl government of tbi
? n i., iii.- Union, and upo i the
ground and for the reason that the aald stat.- bad be?*n
: r.. ii. ir plue. * n tb. I n.on bj bia afon aid Hie?
mal pin'. d
? be li.M m
m i" ni UoraUon ol ths i nlon upon _ cos-tl
Ia that lu lias <xi i. i..! the power of removals from,
and appointments to. office, foi the purpose ol maintain
tuallj ins al..I. saul u-uip.tlioii, nul lu-Ho pur
? i. 11 n.t Un- i ?-? oc.nt. ..n by Congi esa ol tin
? gally anti iiii..oii-!ituli..naii> m1 Up in
reeentlj In rebellion, such removal? and ap
polntments bavins hen attended and folioweil with
?real lnjurj ti, tin- publia servie-, and with enormous
to iii. pul in revenue,
lu iii,it m the exercise of the pardoning no?
Issued an order foi the rea?-ration of IBB men belonging
l Virginia, who, upon the reeords of the Wai i?.
p?rimant, were marked aadasserten from the ans) la
time of war. ami tins upon in,- representation of private
aiul mt? lest?d i? i-oil., and ?it li?* .a t the previous
gatton bj anj officer ol the Wai D?partaient, for the sole
of enabling sut it persons to vote lu an election
tin n p. ndlng m -.ml State, ami with the exp. i tallon thal
tb. J vwmlil so vote a. I?) Support lim. In In? afon saul in,
itioual pinn i .mil's. He theu well knew that iii.
u>*en so restored, and bj t Irtue ..f su. b r. storotion, would
1.?- eil tit li <1 to H l_r*;?: sum uf munt y Imin tin- 1r_ae_rj of
in. inn. .1 Bts
in tin.i i.y in- Mi man* lo ii" lion*.' of Repr. . otatives
ontheZBdof Jane, i**.., and other public and private
m. .m-, in- lias ai ti-in pt iii tu previ ni Mu' ratification of au
amendment to iii?- ( onstitution of the United States, pro*
po-.ii to tin-st \t-ial st.iits i.y the Houses of Congreea,
Bgreedbly to the Couatltutlon >.t the I tilted States, al
though such proposed amendment provldi I, among
??iii. i things, for the validity of toe pul,lu di I
of His United stat?-s. rendered tin- ravment ni anj claim
. - . ui.iinij.at.il, oi of any tit i.t incurred iii sid of
non or rebellion aaralnat ?lu United hiiu- nu
.nii.i by the Government of the lint? ?i States
luyoftbe States reeently In rebellion Howell
kuowiug thal the provision? Inserted undei and bj bis
tin tallon in tin- -lid Illegal < oustitutlons tor said Btat. -,
. inadequate t?. protect ?ii?' kaya] people
of the United Mai?-, against the payment of elaima ou
accosnt of debts ?icurred bj snob 8?_tea in aid ?,f rebel
li.ni. Hills it nili-i ni;.' it pla. ,.. ii.li-?mil eaSJ foi llio-u- in
aiiiinru?. in the afon-.,al Illegal and uuconstltutional
i,um iiiu'i. m -1 im- sel up, te tai and oppress the loyal
of auch Mat's for the benefit of those who have
i?., u ? lu tin.? attempt to overthrow
tin- dun niiiitiit of the I ailed Btates, lu
Mi it h. n .- made official and othi i p ibllc ileclara-ous
ami -la'?in. Ills t a.? n iii .1 ind di IgUBted to injun- ?mil
iiup.i.i ti.? ? redil ol tht- United Stat?*?; toen.
Boil? ret ?ed in rebellion ogainsl ii- autliority;
to oi.sinitt and n- i tb. reorganization of lb. Rebel
s:;,,,., so i.nil ti. upon a i:< uni.lu au ha la;
and lulculated and dlesiBued alan teabaprlve the ' i
ofth. i of iii? confidence of the people as
well in its patriotism as In it- constitutional righi p. ? Kuri
and to act ..- the deparUnenl of ii.. Governm. tit, whh b,
the Constitution, poasesaes ex< ?rudatlvo
powers, and all nu*? with the Intent ?>i reuden
:. aistlng eitbei bia saul usupations of
uowi r. or uf pi*ovid_ug aad eniorelng m**s uren in
forth, [i -?i"? >' toratlou ol the i nlon,and
Mat in ??ii Hi- hi baa exereised the vete
power, the power oi removal -ntl appointment, the pai
power, and t.iinr Mn-Ut?tiona! powers
,,i m? oili t. for Hu p.np..??? ?.i delaying,
Inii.!. uni.' obatructiug. and preventing the i.*i.ua
t,?? ,,f un- i.ii by (?oiistitutional mian-, and
im th? ftirilit-i purpose of alienating from the govern
meut ami lu? m ot iiuM.itrs tiu.si peraons who bad bena
??usa?'. 'I m ti..- i:. i.?,non, and \>iio, without aid,
ci,init.it and encouragement, thus i.y lui., given to
liii-iu. wouiil lia?.?- t_sumed m good falls their
,. to the (onstltutlou, and all with the ex peet?
tiou of conciliating them i<> bluuell personally, thal lu
iiuxlit Uaereby iiu.il)> ptcvcin the restore
tioii of tli<" Union upon tin- b;_?is of tlie
_ws passe- by Congress, and further, that n.?' said
Autln .? Johnson, President of Hi?- United vi,.t?-, traua
terre?] ..n?l surrendered, and autl.ted snd dir? led the
transfer and surrender of railwaj property ?.f the rains
of many millions ?>< dollars i?. persons ?rho had been
??n" i. .ii m lin- Rebellion, oi to corporations own. ?1 ? bollj
or In psrt ',i\ sui ii persons, he well knowing thal la Bonie
iii-i,n,..- the railways bad I.tistroctod i.y the
United States; that on others au, Ii railways had been
uted by the United States; that m nth. ra stn ta
. - ?uni railway propertj bad been captured from
theenemy In war,and-fteraurd repaired al greatcosl
by the United States, auch tranafer and surrender being
made aiih.uit an-Burlt? of !.i? ami m violation
of lav? in thal he directed and authorized [he
aai.- ..f large q-SuUtles of railn.'.v rolling
-i,., i, .y .t other railws. atoaoitr, at tan ?rttas of many
??if dollars, the pro]?, rtv of UM I'liif' ?I State?, hy
piircii.i-,- andi-oii-trii! iioh. to ootporatlona and parties
then ). jon n to ! lm lo be an ible ton ij tin lr debts, then
iii.itur.lj and due; and this witboul exacting from
?aid coi 1H? partie? sny teeuritlos whatever,
i-i thal he directed am! ordered asbordlnate officers of
tin- Government t" i nd delay the ooneetioa of
mont yadin md payable to the I tilted Ittatesoa at roanl
in apparenl confi nulty to an order prei I
pusly made by lum. thal the Inten it upon certain .?.nils
i--.ui d m Kum iQtei ii by tin s,-it. of T< mu? a In aid of
ci'iiim railway? then due .?id unpaid for a
l?! iti?d of foin yean and saot.? Should he first
?'?i'1 oui of the earnlaga of tia- reads tin ?baal
behalf ?aid bond? were so bwued or annraateeo, in that
m conformity to auch order sod dlrei Ion, the collection
of moneys payable, and then due to the United ?tai. a,
ived and postponed, and the Interest an Mtsfe
bonds, of which he lumselt waa i taras holder, ?aa pail
according to tin termaoi his own ord.!, thus corruptly
? -oih.i to defraud and wron, the people of the
united States, and for bia own persona! advantage; in
Hi it he ha? not only restored to elalmaata thereof largs
amounts >f cotton and other abandoned property, thal
li id h.. n s. ised and t.iki-n hy the agent) of the 1 :
ia . onformit. to law, bul ha? i? dd and din . r. d the p ij
mont of the actual proceoda ofaalea mule thereof, und
tins, m violation of a ian of the United State-, which or?
der? and requires the payment Into the Treasury of the
Unite! States of all rooneys received from such sab ?and
pi ov eli > for l'i.\ al claimants a itifficlcnl and eaaj remedy
m 'Ii* Court of < I dm?, and m m.iiiil. -t violation also of
Um i-pint aini meaning of the Constitution,
wherein if is declared that do money _____
be drawn from the iria-iuy, hut in consequence of
appropriations ma.le bylaw. And further, In that the
s.ul Andrew Johnson. President of the i oited Mt at. s
iiiiti'oii/.-d tin ii-,-of the Army of the United States foi
d'-pei -ion of a peat i ful at d jaw lui assei ihh of rltlzeni
of loin-ia n.i. ami ti: i- bj virtue of a dispatch eddreaacd
to a person ?ho ?aa sol snoffl er of the army, bat ?ho
wa- ? |ni h h ni i n .lonou s ira I tor. and ali with the intent
to deprive th.- laya I people oi Louisiana of even oppol
tin i i v io frame a State Government, republican m form.
and 'h Iii. I'll, ?ii further to . onlm; . f tiu-t
? uni im.iiiiini ni 11 i -un- who bad engaged in an attempt
to i.v.-itluir. the (.??vi-rinii-m . f tin- United States,ea
pecting th.i- in (.mate tnch persoiM to himself, and
aecure Ihelr sid In support of hit aforesaid unconstitu?
tional d.-Li.- All of which on duty, uanrp-r
tion, of powi i, ?. loiatioiisof bia oaih .?( ' i li ?. of the lawa
?nu! of ii,, i ii - mu?, n of the i mt? d thi uld
-andrew Joh ? -it of the Uni!? d States, bave
retarded the public prosperity, lessened tb< publie rev?
enues, disordered the I.II-.'- . nu! i, . ces of the coun?
try, cm uni.ij;, a Insubordination m the peopli of the
States lateh In rebellion, fostered sentiments of hostility
between different classes of cltisens, revived and
ki pi alive tin- -jin it of i!. humiliated
the na 11 on, dishonored republican institutions, obstructed
the restoration of said States to the Union, and delaved
ai I [in-ill.m..i thi peaceful and fraternal reoTitanizatlon
of the (...v. rinne nt of ih. United States. 'I lui ommlttee,
th n fore, report the a. i ompanj mg it aolution and :
mem! it- pa
. um i vi i -i i, I nts? i- T'linvi v?.
Til? .a v- V. ?i i i vvi-, \\ ii i i ? vi l.vw Bl SI I,
Jons C nu i? mi i
I::. s.il T I I <. V I'lluV IhlM, lui! MM IVII'I tillMi NI i,|
I III I RI SID] M u| I UK I Ml I li - 1 V I I s.
? ', T bat An.li. vv Join,- I , I, nt ..f th
Itates, be Impeached ol high crtiaes und tala
demi aiioi -
\ ii u - ? ' SU s?.s vM. \v.i"!'i'.i:it i.y.
i:. in. -. m. ii.- - .i.mi. i F. 1 : i n .!? i.. u i:
Wnoiitiriii ft h md d ?ii a n port dhv_ nting from U ?
arrrn d si bj .1 ? Joritj 1 f the Cos
. d iv of .lum-, 1- '. if WM d.?< :
8 Sob uni tot,- ii, ih. ( iminiit, .? th it ? -iinoiiy
tin 11 hefon? th-in it did im! ipi?-ar th J. lit of
the United Btafea ?aa gaOt. of an h high at?sea sal
in.-d' ii' .Heil ali 1 M n :-. of Hi. in.]" a. hin?
power of th.- Dom L yeas,I?
-: in-I mt, thi- 1. tin 11 of Un- ('?>urnIt tee w i? r
vi i- -I. 11.1 .1 vnt- of live t.. fi 1 |rj f ivor .f
11 ..." lum ut of th
Idi ? 1 rty-4 Igbl bom 1 have not j 1 el ,p .-.i - m a we
were nifi rnied of the . hann ti 1 of the i> 1? :T s b
.uni.- of the ' ommlttee. 'i Sa
recentncM of tbl? evi I lierai tr? stun nt of
lim? -if tin 1 ase sa ii -i bjr iin- ma
Jontj which it!i r v. ?-e v...1.?d have been t? ?' dol more
'I he I. |i. li of ti?.- Ii
tluti the I'n -an nt,
all doubl Hrmafi I bj tin 1. ?I
In tnppi rt ol
I?, foin li- ? III ii ??
l .- ' We d ? ' i. 11 all of Ibis, and from ' be I
am! spirit of I r
of iii-- fuiiiii, wben tin 1 \ ii ? .11.,i-i. '
v. .lr.. ?ball navi pei ? ?' >
that the poll! 11 al In'
it. m- io 1 lie ii-" on 1 i.t ? Im h
... 1- di i '?*? do fi' m
r.i (I,..
law "f ti.'
from th. ?
f.-r th- !.. .i? w bl h Imp. - d o' us! :
|>t iii a 1 l duiv luvnlvi d in au In.i . "f I'.?
t.. prt ?
' ?
rommitti d t.- I -'-um- of !
; In ap| ' ?
. I thal
the Inten ita of tne Ile j rd by ita
Constitution and l iwi I g itdc us; and we moat
deeply regret that In ti ? ipprove the
i- ii. 1 vv bib we ?.?uld
not rhai rtlasns
in ihls gravi p
Ibi tom . ti roi ? II "f tin lr n 1 "it H il n uri la
will not answer the demand? of the present grii
...mman ' ? lh< m
b) 1 1. -.
se hope, a <
?
i rVoodbridgi then pro. ? 1 '
? nil .|in-lion with 1
- iin- bj referei >
an i m I? ichniciit caunot be support- .1 by any acl whirh
falls -h..ii ..! an nein 1 ibl? 1 rlmi
gil i, |,r... dent? al referred to
extl.o !- al- in ol' frOlU li. ' '
m en!. : to i? lute the rea*
I-.my. i
mailer.
the House la of 1
? linn,m- . ?! no little 11
. 11 relevant I
amount ol :i 1 ould i" u?> -I on a trial of tbi
\ ,1 of the testlm.ui - ??? tbi fallur?
to tiv an.! admission to bail ol .:. Ifi 1 on I? ivlt, 1!,.
?dilation of l?n dent 1 ' di irj of J. Vi kea
Booth, hi- pla. ' of burial, the pra Iii a of nardon I
? . Ti. -ni. nt willi
i.e mil i. tina to a n idi 1
not of tin- Nllcbtesl important ??? 1 ?r a- a deter
m.nation nf till! .- 1 "in?ned Hill, nun h
,,f t|i;. ? ? di itter li ia la 1 n Inb rwovi n
Into the ina:. IH v and hi- -' : v. .1 lo li
to .1 i i? u h- tone blrike oui Seel .?i ihi? Lr
i.-hv mt mai;, i. and the promu -
la and Michael Bums, at d mm li ol Ihe put. will
disappear, ?eula down upon the real evidence In thi
tint who h win i ?i.dili?li ?ii vu w of the attendingelreun
i-ni.-i.u.p..i i nun bj making plain tin elements
vvl li h constitute It, and t' inj i. I ? ' I '?
In a !? .inn .ii conti -t. In approai bing a roi i I islon we
do n .i fall to h cognize the ?Und point? from win. h thi?
case e,in be h riewi d, the li gal ?nu Ih? pollth ti \ ?
n_ittiomtiiil.iitii.tliei.il It a success. Ho President
[?pointed tin hopes and expectatloua of those who
hoi placed lum m power? b< bai betrayed Ihelr coo
?ml joined hands with theil i m uik i : be lm*
provi d false to the express and Implied conditions which
underlie bit elevation i ? power, and la our vm? of the
case deservet tin eci uri and condemnation of everj
well disposed rltisea >?r the republic While ws se
unit him ol ullin .oh ii.'.e lum.-, me pi.unce bim
guilty of many wron?: Iii-- cootes! erith Congress
bas delayed reconstruction and Inflicted vaal Injun upon
the people ol the Ri i? i Stab De b ia bi i a bund to the
ties of the time?, and to the demands <>f a pro
greastve civilization, enveloped In the darhseea of the
past, und -> etna D t to ha ? ? di b ? b .i the dawmngbright
in m ni Hu- future. Ii ? > lating the grui .1
changes w hi. h the pas! ils yeal i bave wrought, ha aeeka
to measure the great events which surround him hy Um
narrowrulei which adjusted public affairs before the
n beldon, and :t- legitimate consequenc? i di ?troy, d them
and es1 a I ill-lud Others Judge hin? jii.li ni i> .?iii , ? mai. um
bim, but the day of political luiucachiucnta would be a
s.ul ofie foi the country. Political unfltueaa and la
capaeitj must he tried at the h?hit-box. no1 m the hiwii
. mu? of iinji? a hm. i It v...nu ii i nile might li ave lo
Congress bu! little tim? foi ethel business than Um ti bil
of impeachments. Bul wi are not now dealing willi
political nil. ii ? li.:n - alni liilsd? nie.linn s aie
now .1. maininn,' our attention. Do these wilbla
th. meaning ol the Couetltutioa appear I Beal the
i .i-.- iijion political off? i - , snd wa .ne i?i. pared
t,, pronoun? i si i d I the I'n sidenl foi em h
offen . - ire uumerouaand grave. If M. tlcanexperience
Is desired, we need have m. dtlBeulty, for there al?mat
.-un e hit mu i- prodm tlve of a revolution. If the peo?
ple ..i tin- i:. public de tin tui li a result, w? I.ave bo! yt t
lu- n able to discover it; i"" would \-i favot Itlf lupres
ence were manifest While 4.idemn and censure the
political condui t of thi I'n ident. and Judge him unwise
m tin ii.r h,- .?i-i i, turnar? |towere, and appeal to the
people ol the Republic I" au tain us, we still affirm that
the conclusion al wim ii we bavi sn v. .1 is corra i \\>-.
therefore, dei are thal the case before ua, presented bj
the testlmonj and roi i?uw-d hy tin law, doe? not declara
su? h high . mu?-- ..mi misdemeanors, wltbin the nu anlng
"iii.uti ii.itioii. a? requin "tbelnterpi Ittoi of the
< on-i ituii.iiiai power of tin- Iii 'i- snd n i onsnaad tim
adopt ion if the following resolution
/'.../...'. ii.ii the ? .-uiiiiitt > on the Jndlelsr. be dis?
charged from the lui tin i consideration ol the proposed
luipi >i him ni. : tie- President of the I int. d m t.? ; ? -, and
thal ii"' Bubji it I??- lud upon i i? tahle
.1 lill - i \. II s.l\,
i in utan K _ vin maamoB.
\ 11 w s m \ir.vi;.. m ah-11 ti 1. vm? 11 nhill, m,
The mul.-i -..m d. agredas ?Ufe am sssaelatasat toa
ina |old.I of Hu ?? 1 in ni it ti ?(? m their vu ws of the lav? . ami
in tin-1 mu lu-.uns tUat tin ? v deni c bi?fore the 1 ommlttee
pn-i nts 110 1 1-1 for The in jh ..< Ii UK tit of the I'n -1,lent,
iiii,-ht. if tin j bad ?t'i|>t?-ii then-, baas smlml ?imply
I.? luv?- joined the r?-|.oit which tiley have auliinittei!;
hu! as they, as wMI at tlie iil.tjorltl, have felt it
narnu tfntj i'< fl Iniili. 1. and exp?es? then rensure
ami conleiiiiiat.on of the President, ?I f" I that
iti-diietii ourselves and to the po-Haui v,. -occupy to
present ii- I.net!) an po_e.il.hia fe? ailililioii.il remark?
for the 1111-1.1. i ii.."? ' f tin- ii-..-'? ami of the eouatry.
lia\ 111^ di 1 1 nulli d leal Mu it ni.-in ?' d'? " liol ?how that
Un pn so. nt has been gull) of anj acl or crime lor
wim h un?-i oui roiieiitutit.il; md laws beean sr ooghl
to be Impeached. Thia couvasiou, as it seetna tout, ia
tin .hi. um i.itii'i? of the wini? question lubmitted bj
the House t? the Committee, it h the commission h> the
President o! an lmj*eacbabto*igenc?i on li that ..ni hu??
(.it lum t< our .iin ?al .piriitn-iioii. or Justify US as a
Committee ?f tin-iivu?e <>f Byaasaatattvea,ataraa the
Robbs itself ss sael d___ -u_*tt Ida oaVl-1 asta As Iks
report of the ms|oritj does not chare? the Uresident with
any o t r? cognized hy any statut,., f law of the land as a
erin?or misdemernor, we can hut regard the charges
preferred m a political or parttaan demonstration, tend*
ii._ ?.mi inieiipi.l to bring fiim im., mi.um and oontempt
among tue people, as an unjas) I apt to excite
their suspicions. " Spargtrt toeuin eulgnm ainbtguo."
?e utterly deny Um ilghf of the Committee or snj mern?
ie r thereof, ss su. h t.. do this, kt. itlz. ns, at p .lltlclaus,
we m-vcritize, find fault with and cond.i the entire
a.lminlstrattou of the Pr?sidant: butas a Committee of
tins House, considering the charge referred to it as
members of Congreru acting official!' we bave bo -m h
ruht, power, orjurlsdi. lion. The i xet utlve Is one of the
oonssdorate departments of this Government, invested
with certain Constiuiionsl powers and peragets, over
which the Legislature li s nu contryl. sod ?.?'h the
constitutional exercise of which the Legislative Depart?
ment has no right to Interfere i??. original sour? of all
live and L gislative power lathe name- the P. opie.
'Iii.'warrant S-d-MaStUS of those powers the sain?- Hie
Constitution. Iii h,-. Constitutional and Legislative
sphere, In the exsrelss and conduct of bli Department,
tin- Pn -iii? nt li - fn e to at t, and ss Independent ss the
Congress, win.? aettng within the bounds prescribed for
it i.y th.- Const :t nu.ii, he h no tnore ?ecountable or re?
sponsible to Cotiareas, than Congress Is to him, Congn h
has no more authority t.. i ensure and i ?ml? mn bim than
te ten-ure ami contle m n Cniigicias His discretion
i .1 within the hounds of th.. Constitution is no
more lubjoi t to tin animadversion or reproof of Congress
than are tin- ('oust tinton.ii ami dueretionai v a. taofl on
?rress to his. \( in* ?? Congr? ss n. r the Prs-td. m i
powers or suthoritj not derived fro? sad found m the
Constitution. Tiie only question wltb refereuce t?. which
the committee waa authorised to Inquire, was, whether
thecbarg. isgalnsl the President w< ra true, und consti?
tute an off? m . . i offi in i ? subjocting hi n t j Impeachment.
Certainly if this is not the only question referred to the
committee, it Is the only one ?lu. h tin-1 ?.uiuiitt. e ss di ?i
can IrrVestlgate. ih?- political purpose of the acts of Um
Presideni lias not f irons moment i ugaged th. atti ntion of
the committee, Wemoetcertalnlj bai bg no other motive
?.r inti m -? th.in to serve our country and .1.irduty.
lim Butter referred to as* wa have aever ones In the
taking of testimony or the examin iU. n of ? Itn. --es. rap
that anj question other than the impeachm. ni was
properlj before us. nie Impeachment of tino President,
the Chief Officer of this great Benublk*, the bare
Inqnln with s rlsw to seertalB .?. I,? iinr he hal
tted any ..lit in? for whieh ho ought,
or might be put upon trial before the most sugust trib?
unal of tiie world. Impressed us from the beginning with
moat solemn awe. we endeavored, lu the Investigation,
to exclude from our min?b every question of mi
tie?, and, as far as possible, to be uninfluenced bj party
ina?. He wen admonh?u ti thal in si,un- sense the Nailon,
th? people .n the person of tb< .1 Executive lu .al, w. re on
trial befon tb. world, and thal persona] anlmoaltv and
partj p..I.::? ?-l,.,'iid be isflexibTy and scrupulously for?
gotten and Ignored For any cause to bav. shrunk from
I? full ?uti tar. till InM'.tliiHtioll of lae _: < it iplestiou of
Impeachment s m co rai?ljr, te han pursued li m the
f party, to bav. dragged it Into a mere Investiga?
tion of political policy with refere ice !.. partisan -
would na-,i- i. meanness, and disgraced the nation
og the n ti on's < oustitutlon ti lu ad.
Wi repeat, therefore, thal the Investigation of the Com?
mittee waa, so far M ?TB tool p.tit in It, With the Sole
view te whether the President, under the
dust him.u?- gulltj of any imp. a? li
1, luit still, the helii I 111. I II was
the only question w. aere aflthorlzed or expeetcd to In?
Kot a witness was called or examined with
?.', for m? i. ly censuring or con?
demning the poll ti al ?uti.? n..- ri?-,?!. ni. Xo sug
or Intimation given bj the
ty of tin- Committee until the
of 1. ' "ii'. :..!. thal tb. re was
purpose of coi ... .? Committee, any bat the
iU'i nt, nor s.1- ih? re tb. a, ss we 0 ?
f reporting sucb resolutions In
th.- House for Its ??it?. ? ? 1 action, wa think. tb<
that weare warrant?-.] in laj ing that although much tes?
timony irretei mt, ii ? .m1, and experimental wa? taking,
mu' h iii if bad no !.. .n 1 ni; upon the qui niton of Impeach*
ment, and moth nar.- thal was not testlmonj many
ease, or for anj pnr**-se, that none waa taken ?ah?i any
? bi lisp, si in?!? nt; b. di e. w< inslsl thal ,f
? ? f lurisdi. lion, which we
? Hi" poil?. b1 dl? :. Uouary powi r of
the Pn i view t.. ins condemnation; that it
ima! ami proper mann, r Investii
1 r attempt? i .. 1 : w.- do not km*
- . f snj m. mii? of Um ? oui
wUb 11-. Oar Intercourse upon the
Committee 1,1? bet t, and the courtesy with
t treated uniform and uninterrupted.
ni the moat Inga tow.nd
? \ ?? > m. ml er, but cn dor and a Bena, uf du ? 1 ompel us
lo declare that we < in find no warrant or excuse for this
ad the sub). < t v.ith wbu b Um
. 'oainiii 1 .1 ;.tun sod ? 01 ?I? mn the
. and ti -i.. f ?.mi h. at. .1
.... it. l-m. 'I Iran ash ).?> di tenta
11 .1-, or up' ' ? 1 than
ti,?., m , . ?ml dutr, li.
v, r 1 .,t ?n? |- md ?? a- i.oi ?
bj our votes Soi rj thal we should agree
wltb bin ; rove, all bi D. Ith. r
:...? *?:. it :
. n 1.) Hu < ? inn .'t. ? t?. *iu>a that ?
? not wan int. ?1 bj it, I
talen n- It has i.??n and uurb? - In that
thai au
,li*?cr?r. r
..r iiM
1. i, . ? .. ui tat? .I lud. ? .1,
. with him In opinion aa we have, as to the poll y
.?1 1 pronri.-tv ..f many thing he baa .1 >*m . and man} uuire
11, iii,, liai I-ft undone, we f> ? 1 conpelled i" declare
ti at tin DTOofS before M Will nOI warrant a
?li ir*.-.- thai he ?as lu anj controlled
bj motive? other than pars and 1
ipprvht nd will be found : > be,
1- ? ? t been able to t ilion tboae who ?
??.in to bl? office, lu tb. ii 1 . upon and depart?
ure Inn ' tltul i ?rov. rnment of fh. f.:
a bi re most. r h.? party
let ,!? ?I hnn i., hut pi. sent
, ? ? 1 j dared to d_u 1 witta tin s
? ? .1 \ Ital iiu* Uni ?. He ban b. ?
? if th ?
? utlon thal tut- luppn iel.f
? tb. Union was the pn -? rval
; ?a .-it g it, and that ?1 ?
? ' - : . qually
li ita II III 111' ? I lull ,1
1 ' ? elf firmly fu.l Immovably upon
Um ti tia li' 11 ?' and :
l and opl 0.111..11 of all th. .-?? ?Aim
by virtue ? f the alb -? ?1 of the
tue p opie of (he lately
- 1-tates, the power and riubt to dictate to them
. undi r, and the
?lix riles ii., j -1 -.li be 1? 1 mitti d toenloj In this
euee between I ind the Pn aident, and tb.
of each for thi adoption bj iberouutrj >.f their respect
1 lisna. 1, i?, i? found 1 . au te
Imp. ai h tin 1'ienii it, hut i 1 bis
11 n mp ?n,, 1, ,.i .i? uiii.itit.il. Out of It has grown the em
bitu ti .1 : d Moi. nt htii. -I ..f the Presid?
li s formel friend.* rbemajoritj ol Uengresa and ol the
Uorsinlttcu havo entertained md b< n nrersared te di
clan at all times In Cougteas and out if h. oven more
stienglj (nan Is expressed In theil report, this same 11 :
sun and condemnation. This opinion was not form. I
np,,n any I. itlmotij taken l>. f"i"' the Committee, or upoa
anv la. : f its iuveavtigatlou. li .a? a political
opinion groa og oui if a differei.f ??? ew? apon polit)
cal questions, li va* the opinion with windi Um ma
lontj of the Committee entered upon the investigation.
n \s 1. that nbk'h Inspired and lUmulatee all
na inquiries and examinations. Bat, netwith?
standing these ircPxlatlng opinions and preju*
,1.,,., the miioiity of the Committee have
been compelled to lud, aft. r tin- fallest consideration
ami gre it proti 11 ti ?! di Ubi ration, thal the Presid? ni had
1,,numil, d 1.It. tis. fur ?hull, mai? 1 our lau.-, he ian
m ought to be Imp. 1. b. _ and, !.. 11. >?. non?, as w.
subjecting him to the official .lurUdletlon of the Com*
mit tee of the House. Ih. een?un and condemnation of
thi ['resident, either by Uti majority 01 minority, 1-with
out Jurisdiction, no1 justified bj the facts, uubcci
1 m '.h pallin? i,t of ii.? tiovernmi ul toward the oth. r.snu
calculate?to bring reproach upon tbe Committee, the
lion-?, ami the Nailon, s/e cannot ignore the fact thal
time h.i-i" n-i" nt and testimonj taken by the oom
mitt, e in eedeai oring to sac. rtaln if the President. In bis
1 ih. 1.ii 1 Bra. itj has spoken 1 ensoriouslv and eondemna
1, rj of . .1 res . With s ?lew io bli Iropeachment,
ih.-n-foi 1,can It be now becoming in 1 committee of this
li, n e. 1.1 h. iii.- il.?nae it.-, ii. t.. go beyond ita Juriadic
t um. .uni <. 1 -un niitl 1 nuil, 'ina Iii- in 1-nit ut. 1 lim foi
li,lu lo censure and condemn Congress 1 Is no1 the
Impiop.ii l\ of Hie on? as appin lit i.n the Other 1
if one bj impend?ahie, is not tin- oiiur wrong 1 What
would b? thought of the Supreme Court If, after having
ii.-, u ? ?mp. li. ti in a tas., properl** pending before It, to
in t ah an act of Congress constitatioual.it should, be*
i.iiN' It a 1 lal not BfTeS lo lilt plo|iilt t\ ol' poll. J of lint
? n.? tun?! t. d.. lu'- ii - severe 11 naui sud oond. .million
of the ('on?;), sa fui Saving pressed It, who would hesitate
t? pi.?. ..uni. this an uiijustiflable snd even unwarrsn.
uN. mt. ii. len,-, nilli ti.* right? ..ml duties of I 01
i.v the Supreme Cow i es i uhited todlsturb tbe harmony
of our governmental .\ st?m, md to bring Into unhappj,
if m.t fatal collision, thy t?o<_-lnute departmenta 1 Like
tl.i-at i?-m pi t" reprove ore. asura the Preaklenl fora, ta
i,i wrongs not amountinff to offenses subjecting lum to
t!n |, al jl I Ililli Illili of lill HoIl-e Of li. pi. -ellt.l'lW -,
nui h an :.ti won!.I he Sheer .mpuih-li. e . an ail on Hie
pan of the Court Justly meriting oi.hupiy and raproa. h
Buen Interference oy one department ol the Uovernmeat
vulh the olhi i-, Wltboul aiilhirity of law, must ami will
-_?oat assured!) break off thal omltj which should at all
tim? si hai.u i? n/. their relations In intercourse. The end
? .mm t hut be foreseen; the antagonism will
ullin,at. ly produce enmity and open bosUlltj
ami liten--'..us, which im-i result m tin.
destruction of one or more ilep.Btinent-.. ami ns a coiis?
qoence destroj oui srstem ol government altogether.
Iflth all due respect ?the natority of the Committee,
we ? an mi regard th<- obargi ? msde against the President
as s s? non. atti mp! io pi??aire its imp- a,__sent ? Ithout
dwellisff upon their otter f?llate t? point ?? the oommis*
nliili of a -in-,. ,u tth.it I- li t UgnilM ?I hy th. laws of ?mr
count n asa nigh el lmr|or miMcmeanor. The in. onaist
? m \ ?.' th?- inii|oiii> ?annot fall i? i nallan?a the uttentnui
,,f Mu < ..iuiti\ A. t- for win i Mi l.nn,,ln waa ti.Hutu
ooslj ?ppiaiuf. d are .hem. ?I In^li crimes In Mr. John-ou.
li,r.'nn ?nt io gravel) condemned, the President had
iii,.-a., mm ami approM.1 of his Cabinet, nutt v. I wini?
ho is arrals?ed bifbrs the world as a criminal of Um
it.-, -pi -lil'?-,l ho ?in not only Hot ilii|ha, lud, hut ire ni Of
n in ti u -pci :al fa?oi ItCS ?f Hie party for imp. a. lim? ut.
Tin- laiW i h.iM' even fOM So hV Se to unite lu tin- p t tt-gS
?if nu Sktr-ordinarj and -npre4*>e_ented lawn, prevent
iii.. President from removing tbese ofiicers from Um plaees
win. h tu? \ h-ui Mr Manton, the late Secretary
,,f Wai gara inn emphatic ssproval of Um
f,,r ?indi the President is an ???.'ned, and yel
,|ir _S_4 i !et.ii> isafaviillle al.?l p,,piiiar iiiatlM', lind
li,,, w lol. ? oiinll'. I- Mitti willi clan, ors foi his itntiuii
t,,,n it power ead p?a??- The Prealdent I? held eriml
n,ill?, t. sj.oii-ii.le for Un- ?u i*. of sill...i.Iln.it. s, of whlili
be didnot even have Um slightest notice or knowlealge;
and Jit thoae bringing hunte trial i n ? t a statute de
jiiiv?n: him "f ?n ' oiiiioi over these sams snbordlmites,
ami th > are deemed worthy t.l the espi ml proti i non of
Conttcmt rbe President has naed|tverj rneans within
bia pover te bring Um greal sim?, pnaoner, Jefferson
PaviS, ?.i.|s?<l>' Ula' and Ml he has lu eli denounced
throuchout the land for proerasti nat ion sad preventlm.
--? ??hile ti., ludge ti ,i prose, utlngottlci wharing
ci tire control of th? matt, r have b< i n dei mi d at rthy of
the most honored plaudits Were ever Inconsistencies
more glaring and Inexplicable than these! Andean ?a
?? be mlstaki nwhen wc.i--.-ri thal li"?1 -ei
bj may be, the majority .f ti"' Committee, the ver?
diet of the couatry and of posterity "ill be that the
'rime vt tin- I'n vient conaist?, not In v lolatlona, hut in
li to rio! ite the laws; m '" Ing Bimble to
keep pace with the''party of progress" In their rapidly
advancing movements, or to ?top "outside and above*1
th? Constitution m Um administration of tin- Govern
jneni in preferring the Constitution of his countt. to
the dictation .f an unscrapnloua partisan cabal, In
bravely daring io meet the maledictions of those who
have arrived st the accompHthment <>f a most wicked
and dsngerona revolution, rat u-r than to encounter the
reproach of hin own conadeace and the curses of poe
t. iitv through all time, if the luMect were not too grava
and si nous for mirth, aome ol tiie ground? of lmpeach
m< iii pn tented bj the majority would certainly be suffi
- amusing The Tri ?Ideat Is gravely arraigned for
arraying hitsasuf sgalnstths ?oyal people of the country
? t the mi-, ali. .1 Beconttructian acta of Coi
when, without dwelling upoi. the conatltatbinal right
and duty of the President lu the premises, Congres? it
self baa for these same sets received the most withering
and indignant condemnation und rebuke .?f the entire
I" opie, from Maine to California; the imncacli. rs forget?
ting that thej have been them* Ives Impea? bed, and that
the verdi. I of th?. tribunal of the last rSSOfl has already
I? . ii renden d -gains! them, still persi-t in trilling ?_itli
ile- ra see, - if? ty and prosperity ofthe couatry bypreeipl?
Itating upon thisilaiiger(iiiMf|ue?tinii,iit ii time ho (Tit ii al ins
this. It lu wicked thus to tri?.- wim the most v Hal Interest s
of th.- nation, an 11? .i ?regard til?- volee of a great people
when ipoken, aaln this ease, so emphatically in favor of
th-preservation of our constitutional form of _->ven?
mi nt, and Iho ri.'ht? and liberties est?il'IlsT.-d hv our revo?
lutionary f.ithci.-. We will not attempt m add anything
to the sble and, as we believe, unanswerable argument
Just presen ted by the Chairman of onr Committee upon
th? law of impeachment. Hud nut <-\pei i.-n? ?.- taii_ht us
thi w.iiid.-rfui dlveraitj "f bnman Jodgasento and com la?
mons, we should :iini it dun. nil to Mlleve that there
could, upon the questions submitted to us, poaaiklvbe
twi opiniona among candid and tatolhgent men. Bund
bigotryanduubrldled partizan rage,ii la true,cm me
(?nine m the moe! on ritorioua sctioaa, and mea gan rued
bj these unhallowed passions do not hesitate to drag to
the ataha m- the toiture of the laqalaltton ali who will not
conform to their wretched creada sad mia i
They aubstautiste their own crude and often
tii.orles for truth and JUatiOS, and under pain Of
?everest penalties dem ?ml of all mell t?. how dow u and
woi hip the idol tin v hive erected. That their own
Judgmi nt ma. be fallible, or that other men differing
limn tliein may lie Squally w ise and lionet with thiiii
a i'. e-, m ver o. eura to theil miada, and they ?111, ?ltfe
out beaitation, question tho |uatlci even of
almighty, if tim ways of Providence do
inif, Conform to their own i rude tli.orh???. Thin
? isa '?; ii ? h conatitntT d a ? onsiderable portion ti aaao
klod in all at;, a, and in linne liai?- iii? ? v lu in inure li ti iii. r
oui than In our own. Thej have furnished the bigots
and persecutor? of k11 times, and tin ir pathway through
thi : r it.?- of history, iii.in its earliest date to the pill?
ent til?n , has lu i o inarki ?I with cania',.- and deaDlation.
With buch men do argument, basi d upon the ?.-tattoo
and established laws, ?an have any ability: they
d breathe lu a parer and higher atmosphere our
ild< of theCoustttctlohandahova Um laws. They are
U o pure and iiiiiii.i ui.it?. to be fettered bj the restraint?
of Constitution? or written laws They are a hi? unto
themselves, ami both soi a sad freda must conform to their
ni n celve their bitterest meledlctioua.
Bul oui people will never submit to have their Chief
it.- arraigned for trial for offence? unknown t"
then- laws, .-m I -.vine!, exist only in the < m iii d brains of
b( r polltb al enemies. It would be a precedent disastrous
nsequences and subversive of our political luttitu
w*e ? .mil'-t ii'iuiit. that th.-evidence herewith tbia
i. ki idmitted ?ill be received?1th one aaiveraalbarat of
.merlcaa people, if they retain any
ountry and its Institutions, they will
blush to find that the chief ofleer of Moir Qovernment
h i- for IO month? bean lubjected t.? tba m ? attny of ?i Be*
ore! "Star < bamber" Inqulaltioa,unparalleled la itsahaa
acter In the annala of civilization. A drag? net has been
p it ?mt to c..!. li every malicious whlapsr throughout the
land, and al. the vi!o vermin who li id >_o-.-ip or
slander to ratall, hearsay or otherwise, have been
i" nu ti .1 to appear and place it apon record for the
delectation of mai kind. Spies ii ive been bS_t
a l ovet- iho land t" lind something that miiriit
blacken the name and chsraeter of the Chief
Mi trate of our country; unwhlpped knaves have
given information of fabulous letters and documents
tn.it. Uko the tijnitt fnutus,eternally elndi d tu?- graap of
their pursuers, and the abase resultad only in aiding tim
depletion ofthe Treasury. That notonoos character,
(jen, i.. ? . Baker, chief of the detective toreo, even had
the effrontery to Insult the American people by placing
i. - -i - w ullin the very walis of the Executive mansion.
The privai y ..f th ? President'? home, lu.- private life sad
hih.Is and lil. -t mut thought? li.ive lui be? n
deemed sacred or exempt from invasion The members
of his household luv. i?. n examinad, sod th? ? lu? i pros?
ea iltur h i- no1 hesita.? d to dive Into loathsome duogr i na
and roii-ort with C-TOvletod felons for the purpose of a<
compllahlsg the object ul irrslrsing the President oa
a .!..:_. . ! inf (liions < lilli'-. U lu Ii W? i oli-ldcr all these
facts, .md that the Investigation baa been a secret ex
part?? one, that it his leen -o persistent and untiring,
an 1 .-an ml m. it, a time of most unparalleled party ex
i .t. ne tit, w heu the masses of the dum-uani pal I
lashed Into a wild fr. nay and li d to belli ?>? tlial the I'n -
nil 11 w is aruiity of tren son. When thousand? ..li
omi tin- land thought thal it ?ould I??' ii
ia set to gel him out of lin- w.iv
In mil ti' io-, fur or foul, and vv In n he h .s lu en ?lunteil
dova bj partisan malu?.as no mau was ever hunt..?
down i.i/'ii". it is nally wonderful tii.t so Uti a baa
i ? ? ii - cited that t'mis in the iltghtesl t<? tarnish the fair
fmi" of i a President The American people ought to
congrat?lale tfeeanaelves, for the take of the reputa
' ti?.h of tin a- couatry, thal the Callara baa
been so emphatic and so complete in what we have said
Of UM ili'ilaitil of . V'.di lue taken hefore 1I-. alni t he
in. ans used t.. |.ii>.-iiii-h. we inu-t not be saderstood as
reflecting upon lim a.tiou of the i.uiiiiiuuee or any
in- in Ml ila tOOL
//'/'..it UUflUtSm
THE n>TiMn\v.
i.VihlMK d BECRETAR1 _TA-fTOH OX THF.
i?i:i'.!\ m nu. i:? .JONSTRI I 1i?>\ POLICY?
.iiU'.i: iiuiii iii\ti:-?is io i:n vi iii.?k
IBIP Ol Til! VI 1(1 OP IHK III ' "N-IUI ( -
non am?nu. nu -im irrt baux a*>
i m ST.
WASnUfOTOV, Nov. Ti.-Tin: TrIYI ni , v.<
ti-id.iv. in adv ance of all Other papers, con!.dm d 80BM of
t imp..I tant ?v idi lue taken hy tile .llldiiiary
Committee. The satire testlmoay, msklwg ovea ?.'-i
i presented la Um Bsaaa to?ia>. and the M?
lowing sia the resaalalag Material psrUoaa at It;
II - l I M i ? S V Of M i lil 1 Uti SI VMi'N.
The iii i, i m Mantua ama snStiaad sa UM IMS of
ulirciiii to Hieiidim's New (lil.ans dispatch.
II- t? -Inil .1 lli.it he thoii-ht there wat a di-crepum-y in
it as llr.-f published, und as puhllshed afr. iward. Ile
had no know!? il.e a-to how it gam to the pulule, but he
l-l niton) ga?! it to the l'icsidi nt as he had received H
from Shei ulan. It vu-mu riven for publication by lum
or by ins authority.
in i.vai.t to tin oiiMtu/.durn of the Befes. StanM? nat.
rotary Stanton .said that lio had scveril earnest couver
sat.on ? with Mr. I.n.tuln on the subject, and adv i.-cd t lui t
a nv effort to rees ?anisa Um Goti rasaeal .-in m id be under
the ledi ral authority-olely, ni..1 to treat tin- Babel Of
gani/iitlon- as alisoliitely null and vieil Ihn day pi? -
eedlsg b- di stfe? s . onv ? nation took jiiace i?, i anea him.
tin sttarne. General, and myself, upon the eatrinetal
lin I (OCUtlvi iuaii?n?ii. An hour or two .titi i u.ml. and
ahOUl Hu- iiuddle of the aft? moon, Mr. lam oin caine over
to tin- War li? parino nt and renewed the . oiiversatmn.
After I fead repeated my reaeoaa sgsiasl sUowing Bahai
I.? e i -I ililli-- lo a--?ni1'h'..?i Hebel a u thon ties io have any
part! ?nation w batevi r m the business of reorganization,
Em -at do? ii ni my desk, t.?"k a piece of p ipi r, and ?rote
a telegram to Gen. ?eitsel, and banded it t>i me. " Th. re,M
.-.ml in-. " l think that will Mil ?nu" I toll linn. No. it
did not go ?inn.- far enough] thal member? of the Rebel
Legislature would probuol? come t.? tUchraond.I that
i..-o Weltsel ought to be directed t.? prohib?! theil a -
aembling Ha tatsfe up his pen ssaln, and made
thal addition t?> the totearas, and tigned it.
Ile handelt it to me. I -aid, that. 1 thought, was exactly
right It was liiusinitt. it untile.hatch to den. rVeitzel,
an I w i* th. list act that ?as ever performed by Mr. lau
sola In Um War Departmest Home <>f the other Rebel
s.i.iie- alter Um aaire-sSer ofthe srmtea ofthe Rebel
Uovernment, .ailed togi tber the iMmalatnres, and either
pursuant to instructions from the War Department, <?r
pur- nilli on their own motion the policy w Indi was Indi?
cated hy Mu'order of Hu- President to i.i-n W.il/iT, the
Commandants prohibited Um aaaembUagof thuso bodies
in uu. ilion.
(' 1ml any 'f UtS Cabinet express a doubt of the power
of tin K\> ? utlva branch of the Oovernmenl to reorgsnise
the state i ?ov ? iiuiii nts which had iiceii in rebellion with
outthenldotCougreMl A. Nooe whatover; i feadmy
self entert unod no doubt ofthe authority of tho Presi?
dent lo take mca-iire.s for th? organization Of Hie Rebel
State? on the plan proposed during tho vacation of Coa
_l... alni ,L'I i d III the pi ill specified ?I1 the proclama
dun ii Hie i a.f North Carolina; it may be proper to
add to the history of this subject, that on the day fue?
ceediiig the dato of i li?- telegram to Gen. Weltsel, and on
the la-t .lav of Mr i.iii'olii"? life, there waa s Cabinet
meeting st which Gen. Grant and all the mt mbera <>f the
Cabinet except Mr Howard, were present; Gen. (?rant at
that time made a report of the condition of the country
as he < .u ciive i it to be, or aa it would bo on tho aunen
? i, ol leim ton'-arm v, which waa regarded sa sbsolutely
certain- the ?ubjeet ?f reconstruction was talked of at
considerable length! shortly previom totn.it tlmelhad
myself, with a vtow of putting Lu a practicable form
mean? of overcoming what teemed to nea dlmculty m
the ininti of Mr Lincoln as to the mode of reconstruction,
prepared a rough draft of a ram or asada by which the
authority and laws of the United States should i
t.i'ilinhcil and government? reorganl_e<l in tim Rebel
nt.?i.s under Federal authority, without any oeceaaity
wbati vii for ti e Intervention of the Eb bel organizations.
and in course of that ' ?msuttation Mr. Lincoln alludi d t..
tile piper went ?nt?' Id** room, broiik'lif It out aid de
aired me to read it. ? hlch I did. andexplained mi I
regard to it Thi re waa ona peint s bli h I had left open;
that waa la'towho should constitute electora In Um re?
spective Mates Til it I simposed to lie the oi.lv lmp,,|(
act point upon which ad I (fe renee Of opinion wolij I ai ., ;
whether the blacks should have tutTrage In the?? bute?,
"r w hellier It -lioiild hecoiillne.l for the |.nrpo-i of n ,,r.
ganl-atlon to those who had exercised ii und rth ? former
?'Tate laws i h-ii a i?i.iii?- 'ii"1" "'.it subj.c! t.. bo consid?
erad lhere was at that time nothing adopt, d about If
and no opinions expressed. It w?? oui) aprojeot I was
requeeted by othet ruember? of the (..?'im-r and hy }Ae.
i m oin i.? hare ?eopj ilili'1 ?! fe* i... h m b Imi fat boo
?'eipienf c<iti?ider:itii.n Mr olrjeot WM ?Imple (0 hrinf* te
the attention of the Presiden I and Cabinet In ?i prsi *_*?l
form what 1 thought might be ?i possible means of or
ganissUon withonl Rebel Intervention. Mr. Lincoln
ti lind t.. h<- laboring i Impression that thorn
b. some starting point forre - , and thal
ild utily he through ? ? :. ? ? mi
latlons then ex i did not ti?, in ?.' ..H
net ess.u-v. That night Mr. Lincoln was murdered, hut ?
s. .pi?-inly, at nu I |ecl came _nd?_r eon*
?deration sfter the sun-, oder ol' Johns!
In tin- Cabinet of Mr. Johnson, tb. p-*ejeci I had pre?
ll SU pin.n -I. ami .1 . opj 1 if in the hands of c. di
member of tbe Cu .. President lr waa aonse>
wliat ali..-, ,1 ni some parUculai ?. and esme nnder discos?
Sion in the Cabinet, the priiicii-I point ?f di.-cu-.ion be
inj-as to win? simui.j exercise the elective franchise. I
tlllllW tile e wa? a d.li. i. lue of ?.piliiotl in the (ahmet
llp'.Ii that s.,l,i, , : rjbn( , ,,,,, ., ,| uU i/Mwa.
rho objections of the P rowing the franchrse
open to tiie colored people apj* red '? be fixed, and I
th-U every member of i i .. _tcd t? the nr
rangement as it was specifled in the proclama' m rela
tiM: to .North (aro ma. Att.rthir. I d?, .. ' re-MOSher
that the snbtect was ever agam ?l:-. u?. d lu the < ablnet.
In regard to Booth's Interm? at, Mr. Sti uton d reeteo it
to w made under took and key, to prevent anj steril
tloa by the disloyal omi- ti:.- a-saVln's grave, ?ntl ho
states that at the proper time he supposed the nu... ?
would l>< .riven to hil frit lids.
IKsllMtiNV ?,|? m,; ||,,v i| HKMIUI S, I'.I.l'K.
The lion. .1. s. pia,*, waaexamlned on the nth of March
l;..-t. In reply to the ?piestina whether be prepared or h id
?mvpirtln t_e preparation ol the Mt? message of tim
Ki. ?uiistructloii lull, witn. -s -aid : Tin le Ii.im- Is < li s? \
enl BommnnleaUons between the Pr*-?id nt and me,
entirely i.nv.it. and eniiiiihiri.il. amma "f them Mist?MB
te th. subject Indicated by your qu. itlos. I am on ret uni
for this ..pi m. ni, that a-witneas aw. ni to testify t. fore any
tribual is bound in conscience to nsawer sqorwttofi
?S m h that tribunal declare., ht; ou.lit tOMMWi r; that ht?
Is himself not Judire of What he OUgUt to a: SWI !' Uidwhat
he ought n??: Tu'shle that, you li im-power to compel an
answer__i_rpenalties whnii i eaunot resist! If, then
(Ore, yon Insist on uiv stating what Private Intercourse
took place between mvsclf and the Fresideni noon thi.<
subject, or uixn any other, I suppoae 1 am Lound to
snawer, Bat i submit to the Committee that yon ought
not to proas that question, I ask the Committee? to d
?.?ide whether they will or n?t.
The Committee, after consultation, deia-RQined to re?
quire tile i|lt?Stl011 tO I"' ali-n
.inner.?If the ?piesinm rel__ I I" this paper as a ?.v-iir.
tin n I answtr "Ko," if yon Btean to Inquire whctbei
iity portion of the pap.-r was sugg st?, by me, or
whether any pal t of it originated with DM, m IOS ni ol.???
pression, I answer "Yes
i'l/'.fi'on.?Will yon examine the printed eopy of DM
IgJB :iow ?lu.w11 von and B__*__d "A." amistan'
what parts of it were "pit ?und by youl .i/iuccr.-I d'?
not tiela-?... that I csn do so. Borne of Umm espreaalons
were put in Wtlttag bv me, hut neiu-iy the whole,
if not quite all of tin in. afier UviiiK sul?
mittetl to the Presid. nt wire hy bim or somebody
elso very much changed. If I b id ?write-ii the
m.-ssagebr if I hail had a mrte blanche to writ? it, ami
tim Presid? nt bad signed what I wouU have written ?r
what 1 Aid Write, It Would have It. eli a much move ohji't
t ?mai.le document t?) Um matority in Congress thnn it is?
mud. mure in violation of what now seems to be the "en
tune it in t'lnirrress ti'iou the vu!.j?-i*t, but not objectionable
to me, aud tliut ela***? of people In thin coutiiry wh? think
us [ |o upon the Constitutional question. The beginning
of this paper?that portion of it. especial!)-, which ans.
Ij les th?; |,i|l vetoed- I think was u-etl hy him, Ml of m.i
ferial that I furabused, mere freely arid with it-- itten?
tioii than any other part ; bat everything that I wroto
was toned ?town?whether o> lum or sense owe alas i th?
not know, beeanse I never had communnation **? it u bias
uftt r I handed over the pajar. I h.ivo not sceu huu
sim e.
After some further questions Judge Black stated that
"tbe next paragraph about trial bv jury h mie which Is
partly mine. [ h_ve? weakness for that imi-tion of the
Constitution, and I suppose I will go to say grave with?
out being able to apeak of a violation of tint portion of
the Constitution without a .? rtaln amount of boiling anil
Indignation. What 1 would have written in the sbaps of
a rneeaage, if I wera allowed to take my own way, woul
bavebeen B.strom,'- In vindication of that right ami
What l did Wilta <>n that sul'J. 11, I suppose was a buln
too streng? oc thought, I suppose, te he so, and there is
very little of it here, and what is here said shoot the writ
of habeas corpus and arte.-t without warrant is mine.
Ido not tUnk, however,then i- much. The pnu.-ipl?
that a nun h to have the ri^ht to a trial t>v a
Jury of his countrymen is t?) be di<ri gartletl :
it is not worth willie t? talk of anything else. All the
rest i- hut 'leather and prtntatuu' The ne\i paragraph to
tin-last, which is a long one, bl B spliced conceru. Ido
not recogmze it aaconu-g from me, tiiough there ure ex
an isions * ottered here and there through it that I uiu*t
l:n. aesd, It hegms: 'The evil?, which ?pring from the
unset Hid state of our (?overnnient will be acknowledg. ?I
by all;' and ass _iti ??f settling it byannd?
kerence to the Constitution oi oyaome plan orcoeraeof
a.Iuunistiation which will be wirbln toe <" _stitat*_n,
and the admission of representatives of the southern
- InteCongrees. That ?juc-tiun about the admission
of the Southern States, or un mix-rs of Congr? m from the
I do not pretend te have wntteai
'?n i never expressed any views noon the sutfjeet except
the general right of Stat?-? to he represented."
Q. Was the _i-guui<r.i.t which y?u prrpiircil, in your own
estimation,a paper r-verlng theeuura giound of Uni
veto ait aia jp i annntsnllslly In irhal you would regarda??
tin- proper form of a v. lo me Me gol A. It was in that
form; los President di?l not require ase to put u m any
i ular form ; he want, d me to put in form- that is. t?>
??nt in wining -expression.? winch lu- had given, and
in which we perfectly sgr* ed, rrblch I did: for Instance.
in tin- iii*-paragraph the pa**er which [wrote might
have been sigued .ml sent in as u rnessage, but tin re v. an
n? understanding that it ?a-, tobe done; it was ita
tinetly iin.ler-l.od thai he v. as to ?.hange, ultei, or modify
li as lie plea?Bal,
y. Tan matu maa dons by yon on the rc.-iiest of the.
Prealdent, was it. a Yea, Sir, I m .y s iy i; via* ?tone at
the request of tbe President to the osteal that ho rt
queeted it.
t(. Y?u did not volunteer your Mrvtces ! Ko, Sir.
t.}. When m far m you reoollect, did yon 1rs! eenrerss
wnli tin- President upou this snhjset (?rested lu ti..*.
Ml --_fB I A- Ititi"' Tall of l8?'.
i>. Ami winn sim e then I A. The President mid 1,
when the troubles first broke out, happened to ? tumult?
In our opinions exactly, [approved m h.? r?oorse ratj
i tu u u. tbe Senate, and he did ?f sslse ss s member
of tin- Executive Administration. We had S-BSS
' little conversat?on at that time, mid possibly
took some little fancy fot BBM ?mother
, in iwnsequence of oui agreeaaentof opinion; I saw ...iiie
tbiugol hin again iu-t before be went to Tennessee; sim.u
. i lu* luaitguratlon of the Administration, and wa
ed then; after the wai was ever I s.tw but lit 11? of
.it,, i \ie i-, .au.,' Presiden! I did no1 seehlafor
three or fomr *_4Mtb?s arid then perhaps would not have
aeen tutu except ft.;Hie tat t that a friend of bis inda
me to believe that he would be glad to see me; I ?lui _'<?
bim, .?.uti m the coiiM :-- itn.n wuieb we had ?poke only of
pul.lie qnostlons and of mwnnta wbn-h I i*sa__--ed th?>
i nun! rj a? i \po-t ti to; floin that tlSM tO this vve hav?i
nevar r?poken upon any ot_er subject that I know oft I
?till linallie tO recall .1 ?sili'.'ie cotivelaatioil betWOSS him
, a.aI mc upou .my sulijei t but what ivl.tte?] to the pabln?.
; allalrs ?r tin i ountiy: .... asioiially, o' cour*-*', we woiihl
.-j., ali ?f ni? n in connection with it.
*.{. Have you at any time within the last two years had
any ?tuiMi'-.i'i..n with tin- Prealdent ui>?n ti? aneataou
wh?ther the \x\l\th ?3ongTeas waa a Coastitutlonal
organisation, or nott A. Never; 1 considered that a
closed question with bim.
TEE DAVIS lill AL.
Kn BO-OITD, Vn., Nov. 2.5?1 o'clock.?Tlu-r?
___s>l__yB)_t__-_t attendance at the L'nitetl -i.it? *i
('..uri to-tlay. A company of cavalry was stationed intho
ni l?-liMirhood of the Court House. Chief-Justice Cha**
dill not arriv?', however, ami there was no !r al
Among Um witneaaea snmssonod for th?- Ooveramewt
are t. ens. If a,mihi'. Mahon.-, and Wickham of \ m*.'iuim.
and (ien. Uoretou of (??oriria.
VEJUCO.
MIM-1IU KOMKKO'S VOYA'ir.
\V\-iii\?.ro\, I?OT. _*).?A priv.ite lctt.'i,
dated Vera Cruz, Nov. O^from Mr. _*_____? says: "Wo
ariiM.l safely at thiMj.ort after _ very perilous voyage,
in which the Wihteincss came very near Bl Bg lost. I
tliitl matters here in a v. ry saiisfa? tory coiulitmii. I flint
that mr friends are nuning mo as a enmUeate for i.ov
ernoror tin State of On?nea against a brother of (Jen.
I'oi?rio Waa. I_e Wlldernees baa to go into di y dock?
before she ian rt-turn to New -orb ans."
-???_
POLITICAL.
I____-_bCH__?_-_.
TIIK r.ti-loV MIMI II'AI. . iNVA-sS.
I'.t'sTi.N. Nov. '_').?'I'll.' IhiiitM rilli., 1.? publi?
can, Citizens' and L?tense partie- held ameetin** to-night,
for the purpose of makin/? iioinination? for tins maym
lilli- The __SBeet-ta tOOh au informal bal.ut :iii<l cbosi.
Dr" .Vat hann I B Slmrt l.-'f t.v a v.l.- of 71.to H for nil
others, and he will doubtless be the nominee. ___B_
piihii. an ? am us nominated the present Mayer, Otis Met
eros-, by a vote of SB to SS. The . iti/.-r.-' meeting wa?
called hv tin ular hy the fn. lids of the lion Ueor? \\
M? s-? iii;, i, and he Was unaiilnii u-l\ ntuiunatcit altin?
meeting. The llcenae Bren had quite a full gatherln?;, bat
adjourned for a week without ??? ?*???? ?my uominution.
CONNEI IK IT.
THK HARTI(ii;i. K11 CTI01V.
II Min UKI?. Nt)V. 'J').-Al 111.- l't.Wll (llitit.ll
h.-re lo .lay, the entire I?' in. ti at it ticket Wasi le? teil by
majoiiti's ev_**_f_MJ tiearly WB,
II.I.NK^S OF lA'CH.lNI II.I.?>K W *. I \V< )UT H.
Sasatooa Si'hin.is, Nov. *&?The lion.
Renben Hyde ffnlwortb, e?. < haiaellor, i? lying ?en
low , and nut expect, d to rec..mi .
MA III imO-l A KAII.KHAI) ACCIllKNT.
Pilli. _D_-_r_b-_j Nov. ,,.?l)r. M. *,J_ UmA,,
thews of Rochester?inrd rrrri? on* Matnrdav. froui the ef.
i......til,, mi |un ic,mu i .- ralllti?: from the t_rouirU
railroad trun, nom Washington, ou rudo whlleat
( Hester, I'.;. Ile was in the.,,: of ?..issii,*- iliro.ii.-h Oka
KhasT MttWmkM w_a to atim Z I'm,
'?.i.i.vkk.itii. n:,/, pioH-nai _B___B_n,
Baltimore, Md., Nov. J..-1'l,,. Dt_ui fl-rhft
betweeuCa. Iyer and Kelle* ,om< .nfl i ,,,,,; ..? !t
m :?~^mr
rested thi? mom ngami hein m ?. ?-, i,,.i V. . '
I" MS li. M...* l.iii.l. r,,,. maUWUM ui ???**