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Mrs. Bunker must have been, ,sitty.— She lived next door—and waited on an invalid' old lady who never left the house. She had saved money, but chose to con- tinne m service. She had done many kind offics in ac cidental sickness for us. Her figure and face had become so familiar—so strong, so original, so erect, so 'perfect an incarna tion of probity, without one adventitious charm, that it was quite impossible to conceive of her otherwise than exactly as she was when you saw her last. Mira cles, however, do happen. The invaluable old nurse was certainly a fixture, till that early day when her mistress should need no more nursing ; but one morning a re markable-looking old lady' asked an inter view with my-mother. It was Mrs. Bunk er; and how metamorphosed ! She had on a black silk gown, properly made, a handsome shawl, kid gloves, and .nn each side of her face large carroty cdrls fell in profusion on her shoulders. My mother was struck dumb at the appari tion. Mrs. Bunker did not keep her long in susp. use. "I see you are surprised at the change in me, ma'am." "Rather," my mother answered ; always glad to see you, ; Mrs. Bunker." "I'm come to take leave of you, ma'am, and thank you for all kindness. In fact I'm going to be married." "Dear me !" said my mother. "Yes, ma'am ; and yon think what a fool I must be—l see you do." My mother could not for the lifo of her deny it. "Well, ma'am, all I say is, hear my sto ry, and then tell me _what you think about it." She sat down and began : "When I was a girl we lived at C-z-- My father kept a small general shop, that is, he and my mother ; she kept the shop and he drove the.cart. But my mother (lied when I was only sixteen, and my father was going to marry again. I - did not like the looks of his intended, so I thought I would get a place before she came, and have no quarrels. "There was a very nice young man ap prenticed to a builder living close to us, and he used always to walk with me of Sundays. He was three years older than I, and coming out of his time. He was always wantinr , tue to say I would marry him as soon as he could make a home for me; and I dare say, ma'am, I gave him too much encouragement. I soon got a place some miles from C—, and only saw him now and then for a lit- tle while of Sundays, until one day he .• came very smart, quite a buck, and asked I . me come out. So I got leave. And then he went. on more than ever; how he had served his time, and had good wages as a journeyman, and could do very well for me, and soon he should be master himself, and so on. But I said, 'John 1 respect j and love you very much, and should like to be your wife very much ; but. we are very young, and you've got nothing, nor ] neither, and nothing but grief could come of it.' I was very wrong, ma'am, as it fell out, and I've often thofight so; but. I thought I did what was best, then. He was- very angry—l could not help that* And when I would not alter, he says 4 Pliss Bunker,' —he had always call ed me Polly before, you know--‘)liss Bunker, you won't, some one must, for I am going to marry directly.' So . I said plain, Tray marry when you like; I shall always respect and love you.' And about ! two months after he married a very re- I spectable girl, and made a very good hus band, and got on in business to have sev eral houses=of his own, and had six chil dren, boys and girls. I was:always friendly, : with them ' • and fourteen years after, when Mrs. Wake was' dying, I nursed her'for-- three. weeks, poor dear, and laid' her out. John, who bad always been very kind to her, seemed sorry, but I didn't think be cared so much about losing her_ as I should havoexpected. "Well,,about six weeks after, I was' staying with my aunt at when; be comes in and says, Polly, yon know neverioved any body like you. You can't . say I can't keepyon now quite -comfort able; SO you'll have - me now ?' ,But I said, 'No, John, I can't. I could ifever. 'be 'a stepmother to your young childrsn. I might have children of my- own, and then folks might : think limight make ;a. differ- Vice.' lie begged very hard but I would not - hear-of It. I'd had four oilers, -and got used to saying 'no.' But never felkas if I could - marry any one but Mr) Wake. - So he took up - his-fiat, and -gave —me a,kiss, which I let bitn do,'" and said, -josuas - he said when be first asked me, 'lf you Won't some one'else:must. I want *mother now for my poor 'children. , I was, glatt to have it Over, for it -was hard 'VT& "I 'thought I had t batter- go , away. It was a, good' place—a - nice young lady !iv :Jtigg with' her ttecln;.'Tllnyltlld a Ede' plebe Berkshire and .- traVeled.-- a good-.deal, -aint great','ltousea;,'.:l)Ut before the year was up young.. lady, got - 111, and it turned to- consumpttoni--- --- We-,-went to ilice. --- She-was a sweet:young- ITC!*er .. *t4TStlAr Pypr.3!:(lvi moea gentle and ]ov - An a1ier,40010:1:0444, ;OW 'NIA, Be was a very good man, and sat up all night with het once'or twice a week, for he used to turn me out of the room, and make me go to bed sometimes. At last Sti4lied and was buried there. - 'Master sho himself up for about a fortnight in his-rooin, and no one ea* him but Mr. Wabbies ; that was his own mans Some ho'v or other he creme to know that mas ter was going on to Rome=that's the great place for 'Papists,„you know, ma'am, and I did not want tb go there, besides, I only wanted to flee the master to let me leave as I - wasn't wanted any more there. At last be seat for me up to his room,and he did not say, as he used to in Miss Eli• nor's room, 'Sit down, Polly.' lie hard ly looked up,lnt just Said, 'Polly, I shall never, never forget your goodness to Eli- If any woman on earth could• be a comforter in life and death it is you ; you will be my wife and comfort me ?' 1 was so taken back, ma'am, that I don't know exactly what I said; but I soon came 'round, and told him how much I respect ed him, and felt grateful, but that I could ,not accept a station in which I should al ways looked down upon, and for which I wasn't fit. I told him it could not he, and the best proof of regard I could give him would be never to say what he told me, and to prevent him doing any thing so rash . while he was so cut up about Miss Elinor;, and then I could not help crying myself, and ran out of the room. • 'Mr. \A . :011)1es met me crying in the passage, and I thought he had been listening at the door; but, said he, 'Why, you have not got your warning after all you've been doing of?' Yes I have,' says I.— 'And what has he given you for it ?'— 'Mr. Wabbles; he hasn't given ,rne any thing at a11."0h,, what a shant9,' says he, 'l'd ask him, if I was you.' So I saw he had not beard. "Two days more passed, and he sent for me again. •Polly,' said • he, 'I know you are right, but I shall never meet with your like. I will say no more about it.— But you must let me show you I have ap preciated servicestnn money could ever pay for. .You know I would have given I you other proofs.' "'Sir,' I said, 'I want nothing but my wages. lam too proud, and have too ; much regard for you, to let you be m il:ire:idled on my account; but I am not I too proud to accept benefits from you if you wi.h it." "So he paid me my wages, gave me I twenty pounds for my journey, (I told Mr. Wabbles that, and then he gave me a letter,.and said : 'When you get to Lon don, take that to Messrs. and wait for an answer.' I got safely to town, and - next day went to Messrs. —, and one 'of the clerks took the note, and I saw the 'gentleman. And he said he had got an annuity for me of forty pounds a year.— I have it now; but, I never knew it tid that minute, and, never thanked the mas ter for it. The letter I wrote him came back to me. Ile went to Rome, took a fever, and died in about a week. "I used to bear from John Wake every now and then. He soon found a very de cent woman for' . his wife. She had no children, and took good care of hi., and brought them up very well ; hut 814 knew all about him and me so mehow, and she wasn't like his first wife, and did not like me, and I think that made him write less often. I did not make up my mind to marry.; for plenty would liked to have had my annuity; and I was not sd plain then neither. And I got into a fahiily I did not like, so I took:to nursing, and spent a year in St.' Bride's Hospital, said the doctor said I was the best nurse there. I understand all about it, and I like nursing, ma'am, and have done a dCal of it with rich and poor; but -I am getting on in life, and find taking care of ofd ladies anti gentlemen suits me better now. ' And it's - profitable, too, for you seb I can be depended upon, and that fetches money. ~ I ! !!"Well, I had not seen John for five or F six years, and I thought perhaps we might never meet again ; but one day last week who should come in upon me but himself. And about the first words he spoke were 'well, Polly, bow are you ?"Pretty well, [thank you, John, and you look well.'— 'So I am,' says be, 'and, Polly, I have plenty of money npw, and houses, and all ally children are settled in life. I have [given up the building and only do agen iteies and surveying and such like, just, to dip something: My poor wife is gone. I ;didn't write to tell you ; , but now you roan% find any - pretenee to refuse •me the roan 't ; third time.. .- , 0 IsTo,'. says L'iolin ; if, now i you see nic,:you,nre.eure it's quite what you wish til'm %Oiling to marry. You knoW I'ye al- Ways . loved you and never listened to any •one else. I've got •cnotigh to keep me "and 'be beholden to no one; but I shall be !happier with you, lam sure.' And so it !choice, ' What do youflfink of my !choice; Ma'am?" :. i .l '6f.courso. there could be nothing, but , ;onngratulations , on the linppy . issue of Is l pch 4 sitigutir lifetis ' this; but the old, IjadY, still Telt. ter defence incomplete. She. pushed baCk r the Itinglett), • friu her face Bud resumed tt. . 'qui] - nO4 . nin'em for rajr.dress. • It's .int4jts, he wished it ; nod, 1, - paid . for it. Aukieopla are ; alLito:ryi ,r6ooeataoei . 'and iron't: think leasoof mO / fOr.! my' clothes.: Ant be..iteeirked as pleasea*,ha# - 1 Areas- MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY; DEC. 3, 1867. ed. up. Only that when he walked - into yesterday, he would go into a hair dresser's shop and .begged me to accept a wig with long curls like what I bad when I was in service. I thought first bow very foolish it was, but I thought ,again how much more foolish it would be to re fuse the first thing John asked, when I was going to marry'llim. Men are very odd, ma'am, you know that; and if he had wanted me to wear a sheepskin on my head, I would have done it." There! I can trace the history no far ther. A broad shouldered old man, hale and hearty, was going in and out next door for a few days, whom we identified with him who bought the carroty wig. I did not see the happy pair depart; but I was duly informed some d ays after wards that she who bad only been Mrs. Bunker by courtesy, had at last become Mrs. Wilke by right. EARNING A WIFE. " And so you want to marry my daught er, young man," said farmer Milking, re• moving his pipe from his mouth, and looking at the young fellow sharply from head to toe. Despite his rather indolent, effeminate air, which _was mainly the result of his edcuation, Luke Jordan was a fine look- ing fellow, a r usi tiot.easily moved from his self-posiessipn ; but he colored and grew confused beneath that sharp, scrutinizing look. " Yes, sir. I spoke to Miss• Mary last evening and she referred me to you." • The old man's thee softened. "May is a good girl, a very good girl," he said, stroking his chin with a thoughtful air, "and she deserves a good husband. What can you do?" The young man looked rather blank at this abrupt inquiry. " If you refer to my ability to support a wife, I ran aqsztlre. you—" " I know that you are a rich man, Luke Jordan, but I take it for granted that you ask my girl to marry you, not your prop erty.' What guaranty can you give me, in case it should be swept away—as it is in thousands of instances—that you could provide for her a comfortable hame?— You have hands and brains—do you know how to use them ? Again I ask, what can you do?" This was a style of catechism for which Luke was quite unprepared, and he stared blankly at the questions, without speak ing. "I believe that you managed to get through college—have you any profess ion ?" " No, sir; I thought—" " Have you any trade ?" " No, sir ; my father thought that with the wealth I should inherit, I would not need any." "Your father thought like a feel, sir. He bad much better have given you some honest occupation and cut yon off with a shilling—it might have been the making of you. As it is, what are you fit for ? I lere you are, a strong, able-bodied young -man, twenty-four years old, and never earned a dollar in your life ! You ought to be ashamed of yourself." " And you want to marry my daught er ?" resumed the old man, after a few vigorous puffs at his pipe. " Now I've given Molly as good advantages for learn ing as any girl in •town, and she hasn't thrown 'em away ; but if she didn't know how to work she'd be no child of mine. It' I chose I could keep more than one ser vant; but I don't, no more than I choose that my daughter should be a pale, spirit less creature, full of dyspepsia and all manner of fine-lady ailments,. instead of the smiling, hright-eyed, rosy-cheeked damsel that she is. I did say that she should marry nodad that had been cursed with a rich father ; but she's taken a fool- ish liking to von, and I'll tell ye what I'll do. Go to work and prove yourself to be a man ; perfect yourself in some occupa tion—l don't care what, so it be honest, and then come to me, and if the girl is willing, she is yours." As the old man-said this, he deliberate ly knocked the ashes out of hi's pipe against one of the pillars of the porch and went into the house. Pretty Mary. I3lifkins was waiting to see her lover down at the garden *ate, their usual trysting place. The smiling light faded from her eyes as she noticed his sober discomfitted look. "Father means well," she said,; as Luke told her the result of his application. " And I'm not sure but that he is about right," she resumed, after a thoughtful pause, "for it seems to me that every man, be be Lich or poor, ought to have some occupation. • Then, as she noticed her lover's grave look, sbe added sOftly t• "Never mind ; I'll wait for you, Luke." - Luke Jordan suddenly 'disappeared - from 4iis accustomed haunts, much to the surprise of his gay associates. But.wherev er he went, he carried with him in his ex ile' these words, and' which were like a ,tower of.strangth to his soul, " Wait , for you, Luke !" ' ' One pleasant:morning late in October, as farmer, 13.lifkiiis was.propping up the ;grape wine in his front yard,' that threat ened to' break downlOith • the weight" of 1143'11=130014 burdens, a 'licit lookingiliart. drove up, from which Luke Jordan alight ed with a quick, elastic spring, quite in contrast with his former leisurely move ments. ," good morning, Mr. Blifkins. I under stand that you want' to buy some butter tubs and cider barrels. I think I have some here that will .just suit yon." "Whose make are they ?" inquired the old man, as, opening the gate, he paused by the wagon. "Mine," replied Lake, with an air of pardonable pride, "and I challenge any cooper in the State to beat them.' Mr. Blifkins examined them critically one by one. "They'll do," he said cooly, as he sat down the last of the lot. " What'll you take for them ?" "What I asked yodor six mouths ago to-day—the band of your daughter." The roguish twinkle in the old man's eyes broadened into a smile. "You've got the right metal in you af ter all," he cried. " Come in lad—come in I shouldn't wonder if we made a rade, after all." Nothing loth, Luke obeyed. " Molly !" bawled Mr. Blifkins, thrust ng his head into the kitchen door. "'Molly tripped out into the entry. The round, white arms were bared to the shoulders, and bore traces of the flour she had been sifting. Her dress was a neat gingham, over which had been tied a blue checked apron; but she looked as win ning and as lovely as she always did wherever she was found. She blushed and smiled as she saw Luke, and then, turning her eyes upon her father, waited dutifully to hear what he had to say. The old Man regarded his daughter for a moment with a quizzical look. "Molly, this young man—mayhap you have seen him before—has-brought me a lot of tubs and barrels, all of his own make—a right good article, too. He asks a pretty stiff price for them ; but if yon are willing to give it, well and good ; and hark ye, my girl, Whatever bargain you make, your old father will ratify." As ktr. BliCkins said this, he consider atery stepped out of the room, and we wil, considerately follow his example. But the kir.d of bargain the young peo ple made can be readily conjectured by the speedy wedding that followed. A Sharp Boy. The Watertown (N. Y.) Reformer tells this story : " A few days since a small fine-looking, bright boy came into the! cars and took a soak, Shortly after a minister came in strand took a seat before and facing him, when the following conversation ensued: " Well, my little lad, what is your name ?" asked the minister. "My name is James Foot. What is cow name ?" " William Hand," was the answer. " Where are youlgoing ?" asked the minister. • "To Rome, sir ; and where are you going ?" was the response of the boy. The minister could do no less than an swer, " Camden." " How old are you ?" was the next question of the minister. "Eight years," replied the boy. " How old are you, sir ?" The minister beiitated, but gave no an swer. " Are you alone ?" was the next ques tion of the minister. " 0, no, sir," replied the boy; pointing to the passengers, "1 have plenty of com pany." " But have you no other friends on board to look after you ?" asked the min ister. " No, sir," said the boy. " Have you ?" This was not answered, but was follow ed by a little history. " When I Was a boy" said the minicter, " my parents would not allow me to go off the farm alone." At this the boy, with an indescribable look said, " It is different now." —The colored delegates to the South. em Convention insist upon having "Esq." put to their names. Up here the citizens of sablet.hue generally take to the "Prof." —One of those wonderful children who are continually astonishing their mothers —in print—is represented by the Boston Journal as exclaming, "Mamma, where did they hatch the first hen?" The repor ter came away before mamma made reply. ," Is the gorilla to' be seen hero ?" " Yee, sir." "I, want , to see him." " Very well, sir." "It is Fifty cents, isn't it ?"—" One dollar, sir.- Fifty cents for servants," ." Well I'm a servant." " You a servant?" Yes, sir." " Whose?" " Yours, sir—your humble servant."-." Walk in and take a seat. The joke is worth the price of ad mis . Lownot, November O.—Disturbances have again broken out in Vevonshire. There was bread-riots at Barnstable today which erceededin ferocity and destruct iveness the :riots at Exeter; The 'mob broke into-butcher shops and bakeries( plundered Ahem arid set them on &v.. The police and military were obliged toll.° upon , { the mob.' ...i . itil:lsllo:iiilo44 Minority Reports of the Judiciary Commit tee—Ho Grounds for Impeachment—the Charges against President Johnson .Refu ted. VIEWS OF MESSES. WILSON AND WOOD IMIDGE—BEFUBLICANS. Representatives James F. Wilson and Frederick E. Woodbridge handed-in a re port dissenting from the' views entertain: ed by the majority 'of the committee.— They say that on the third day of June, 1867, it, was declared by a solemn vote in the committee, that from the testimony before them it did not appear that the President of the United States was guil ty of such high crimes and misdemeanors as called for the exercise of the impeach ment power of the House. The vote stood—yeas 5, nays 4. On the 41st inst. this action of the com mittee was reversed, and a vote of five to four declared in favor of recommending to the House an impeachment of the President. Forty-eight hours have not yet elapsed since we were informed of the character of the report which represents the changed attitude of the committee.— The recentness of this event compels a general treatment of acme features of the case as it is presented by the majority, which otherwise would have been treated more in detail. The report of the majority resolved all presumptions against the- President, clos es the door against all doubts, affirms facts as established by the testimony, in support of which there is not a particle of evidence before us which would be re ceived by any court in the land. We dissent from all this, and from the temper and spirit of the report. The cool and unbiased judgment of the future,when the excitement in the midst of which we live shall have passed away, will not fail to discover that the political bitterness of the present time has, in no inconsiderable degree, given. tone to the document we decline to approve. Dissenting as we do from the report of the committee, both as to the law of the of the case and the conclusions drawn from the facts developed bf the testimo ny, a due regard for the body which im posed on us the high and transcendental ly important duty involved in the investi gation of the charges preferred against the President, impels us to present at length our views of the subject which has been committed to us by a most solegin vote of the House of Representatives. In approaching this duty we feel that the spirit of the partisan should he laid aside, and that the interesCs of the Re- public as they are measured by its Con stitution and laws alone should guide us, and we most deeply regret that in this re- ! gard we cannot approve the report-of our colleagues who constitute a majority of the committee. While we could not charge them with a design to act the part of partisans in this grave proceeding, we none the less feel pained by the tone, temper and spirit of their report. But regret will not an swer the demands of the present grave 'and commanding occasion, and we there fore respond to them by presenting to the House the results of a careful, deliberate, and we hope a conscientious investiga tion of the case before us. Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge then proceed to discuss the constitutional ques tion in regard to impeachment, showing by reference to legal authorities that an impeachment cannot be supported by any aet which falls short of an indictable of fence or misdemeanor. English precedents referred to at length, and copiolis extracts are made frola the testimony of the committee in order to refute the reasoning and conclus ion of the majority. They conclude as follows A great deal of the matter contained "in the volume of testimony reported to; the House is of no value-whatever. Mutili of it is mete hearsay opinions of witnesses, and much of it is utterly irrelevant to the case. Comparatively a small amount of it could be used on a trial of the ease be fore the Senate. All of the testimony re lating to the 'lthilure to, try and ad mission to bail of Jefferson Davis the as sassination ofPresident Lincoln, the dia ry of J. Wilkes Booth, his place Of burial, the practice of pardon brokerage, the al leged correspondence of President John son with Jefferson Davis;may be interest ing to a reader, but it is not of the 'slight est importance so far as a determination ..of this case is concerned. -Still much of, this irrelevant matter has been interwoven. 'into the report of the majority, and has served i to heighten its color and deepen its tone. .Strike out the stage'effeet of the : irrelevant matter, and' the prominence given to .the Tudors, ,tbh Stuarts, and the Michael Burns,and molt of the play will disappear. Settle down upon the real evidence in , tho case-L—that which will establish, in view of the 41- tending circumstances, a substantial crime by, makineplaia the, elements NOVO con stitute it—and the , m case in any respects dwarfs inth a political contest. In approanhing a conclusion wn;ao ,not fail., to recognize the itandpoint i s from which this base'ati be vieived,--444 1 . and Ylcwineit'fibta tlitilatto the oase,is a fineness: Tho President hap dis- IYOLUME XXIV, ..UitIBM, appointed the hopes and'it pectritlopsfd those who placed him in power; bßtis• destroyed their confidence 'and joiried . bands with their enemies ; be bas pr9Vat false to the express and -implied Amu& tions which underlie his elevation to 1)0:0 4 : er, and in this view of the 'cash; deserves tho censure and condernuatiorrof .eVery: well disposed citizen of the'Republiti; While 'we acquit him - of: impeachabltp crimes, we pronounce him - gnilty of many , wrongs. His.contest -with Coif - gels her delayed reconstruction, and inflicted injury upon the people of thei.rebelstatital , he has been blind to the necessities of _the: times, and , to the demands:of - a progreSsio ive civilization; he remains enveloped in' the darkness of the past, and' see.= sotto' have detected the daivning brightpessrof the future. . Incapable of appreciating the grand change which the past six years,. have wrought he seeks to measure the great e.! vents which surrounds him by theliarrow' roles which adjusted public affairs before the rebellion, and its. legitimate cone{ quences destroyed them and established others. Judge.him politically,, we' mat condemn him, but the day of political WI% peachments would be a sad one for.thiii country.' Political unfitness and incapaco. ity must be tried at the ballotebox, not:in the high court of impeachment. A contra, ry rule might leave to Congress but add time for other •business than the trial of impeachments. • ~ , •: •71 But we are not rtow.dealing with /pond tical offences. Crimes and•misdetnean• ors are now demanding our attention, , ea they, within the meaning of, the Coustitui tion, appear. • Rest the case upon politicll al offences, and we are prepared to pro nounce against the President, for such le. fenses are numerous and grave. If loan experience is.desired,wrhave no dill. culty ; there every elepatien is' productive of a revolution. If the President .of the Republic desires such a result,. we have not been able to discover it, •nor would we favor it if its presence were manifest., While we condemn and censure the pont", ical conduct of the President, and. 31116 him unwise in the use of his discretionary powers and appeal to the people, of .tho Republic to sustain him, and atilt, affirm that the conclusion at which we , have ar• rived is correct. We therefore declare that tbe l O fore us, presented by the testimony `and measnred,by the law,, does_ not ,deolarn. such high crimes and misdieneanOoh , within the meaning of ,the' . ,C.onot4ntion l : as requires the interposition of 'the'Conilii tutional power of this Hodge,' and -reedial mend the adoption of the folloWing lotion:' Resolved, That the CoMMittee on "trio Judiciary be discharged from'furiber con sideration of the proposed impeachaVnt of the President of the , 'UnitedStatesi'aud that the subject be laid upon the arable:' I. [Signed] JANES F. WILSON, , FREDERICIVE. WOODBRIL6i'.. VIEWS OF MESSES, MASS LL Asp ituwt, lILDGE-.DEMO CEOS. - .• • The under r signed, agreeing with otirsa sociates of the minority 'of the committee in their views of the law, and in the 'eon . - elusions that the evidence before the'Ooni mittee presents no case for the bellies:eh ment of the President, might, if thethad stopped there, have been content .'siniply to have joined in the report 'which i. they have submitted. But as they, as well 'Oa the majority, 'have felt it their duty to go further, and express their censure lied condemnation of the President,' we-ifeel that it is due to ourselvesOnd the )pcist tion we occupy, to present.. Sic brieflf as , possible a few additional ternarkarfor- the 'consideration of the Rouse' sad: of Abe country. Having determined . that :the:. evidence does not show that the President ':hes been guilty of any net cir crime for which, under' our Constitution , be can-.`or '‘olight to be impeached, this conclusion, it' seems to us, is the deterrninationloVthe; ., whole question submitted by the House to gbe committee: It is the,commissienly. ; the President of an impeachable offenae only that can subject him to our official juris diction, or justify us, as a comrnitteof the House 'of Represeutatives, or- eVen;-,the House itself, as such,, in challenging „big official acts. ,' f ' ,•,.r. : ~ t As the report of the majority,dous, ,opt charge the,President, vfitbany aqt recog nized by any statute or, la w of 'tha i land, air a crime . or misdemeanor, ':Ohi' ,. catflint. regard the charges peferred tisii„politliial 4r, partiian a emonstritipii, teridt d' atid At tended to bring him into:4so 2 oi ii, O. among the people: AI in.tiojtisti 'hable attempt Fo r excitp:thMc iituipielOtiii, "Spam gere vote,' .n • vtitiuitii '-'apbsi„ehni,,'' ire utterly deny the riOit; Of . thiiPettimitfe; or 1 any member ; tbereor.as; 04 1 to,diti this. As citizens, or politiciany . We' trihf hilti eiset 'bad ' fault wi th riii oondeinii : the'..'iii tire administration of i d' l riesideO4' bit i as a aamtaitteu of the' . Oalie, honsideitig the. charge'referred to it:' 'OS. 113'061.0.h of Congreis, acting -1;4110%11y, •No havosie such right;,poiver; or jiiiiedietietil l'illi The'Execniive is 'one'Orthe "to-orditiate departments of this 'gOVornifitittitiniteSted With certain d'eflifedterltitillitional , Airs and prero gatives , , oretWhichilie • . dee. A urelia no- &MOW; sod 'varillfithitlhad tittioOdre4grided'of which- tie: IJOgishitive Depart:filen' basitici 7 righll cto Iniatflirevt . -- ~n ~, .:.• :,, , , i i',10.t:25 i •••r ' . l .jit =EMU
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