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A. 3. GERRITSON, Proprietor.l
EARMED AT LEST.
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 . --
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