11 DAILY Gia= IKE runtenizo wrzsi sannalaa (=mu' Ts PEIIM:IEL&NI, REED Jr, CO., ~ T ,rsesox., T. S. Mrirri ..... ..•••••• • BoIIOC V. lhnuerst. • °war, ciazirriz fttrILDMO .04 ims TIFIH massy. fait lepana tifez ot sieratarginaii. 14Ietii, tire LEGEB % orll Pima - Um LTD U Ilitiamififfiniplaz?:girattiu," Tams ar,Tll3l DAILY IMi taWite . ;;WiTrna . ... «" A ' ' er yew. - 14,03 ' ate• ITTRSIIIIIII3II. PILYS•I.. FIRST EDITION, -MTT)NIGHT. Ptiusylvania Legislature. ■..eiall.L ea Ms papta•baiot ct Prooldloat .1 —lO tarred .tit _JArrllll,ll3lll* ltolottoo to awe OtradatllliCsiot tin itorotalts of *llib.a7 teisoty. rOptelslDUpstooto Potatoriat taamsrßrao, F SENATE. 11CFSAMMIZST oYis Mr. WHITS, (Itepubllron) of Indiana gaited the following: Rfiringos: Andrew Johnson, Pres( dent of the United States, in dforogord of alaw °passed by the Constitutional am jegity of Congrem over biz veto, honed an order to remove Hon. E. M. Stanton ealleurolary of War, end appoisted Lo renzo. Thomas, Adjt. Gen. L. S. A., See rotary of War ad intertm ; and Warman, lion. E. M. Srauton has:v -(l3'rd to obey the illegal order to remove him from oftice. end the liotionaLlleuso Reprooentativoi has passed a reaolu- Witte impeach Andrew.lobleon of high edam and misdemeanor; therefore, Thsitelved, That the prompt action of the mojerity of the members of Congtese in poolog the resolution for the impeach ment of Andrew Johntho, Tresdent or the trotted Statro. Of high crimes and mlidemeanoro, be and the name is here by cionunended and approved. Resofeed, That the refusal of Hon. E. liL Stanton to obey the' illegal . order to remove him from office meets the ap proval of-the Union loving and law abiding citizens of Tezrosylvaula. Resolved, That the Governor be and to hereby requested to forward' a maple of those resolution to the bpeaker of the NatiOnal HOMO of Reprosembdives, and to Ron. E. 11 Stanton. Mr. WRITE moved . to (*insider the above resolutions, but Mr. GLA.TZ, (Democrat) objected, smiths resolatioha were referred to the Committee on Fed eral Relations. 1111SXINTBADMILD. • By Mr.T.RittrT, of Allegheny: Au thorising the removal of the rains of dams and locks of- the 'Youghiogheny ELlsolellVater Company. Autkofizing the appointment of two magistrates in. boroughs South of the Monangahela and Ohio rivers, in Alla gbony- ootrty, to hear and determine mom of dmnkenurees and disorderly con duct, and to regulate compensation drittfor. • Also, providing that, the payments by Insurance companies wider the act of April 2nd, 1958, may be mid. in law - 1M .money of tbs United atates. fitiRIGHT, of Fayette, a bill in ! oorperatingtho 'Union Lumber and Boom Company of Fayette. • JULIA PASIZO YLNALLY. A:supplement to the act increasing the reyeetto of the Commonwealth by the taxation of thaahares of stock of National Benka, and prohibiting the appraisemant - ntanch stock at higher than the market Let Incorporating thu Cons°Nation Bank of Pittsburgh. HOUSE. =its VASXT.D TrICA.L.LT Pail:ding the School Board of Firth ward, Allegheny city, to borrow money. Prohibiting the ludo of Intoxicating Dclaks•ln Langtry townehlp, Bearer county. EILIA nersonccrii. Ur. WILSON, of Allegheny, auppl.. runt. to Electla& lavra, being a registry ,lair for Ponnsylvszda agreed upon by the Republican caucus of both Rouses. Mr.'WELSON, of Allegheny Couxity, eeiabbabinga ferry over the Allegheny at' the farm of John Roller, Madison I toenuildp, Armitrong county.' atipplernent for Kittanning blanufsc • truing - Company, legalizing the. Bounty 'Ronde turned in Enrrel township, Arm - Oran county. _, Mr. un.L.A.B., of Allegheny, =abor t Wag el:wan of air courses and water 1 drains for coal mines, under act of April 16t11;TRE; relative to underground pri- Kr.- WILSON, - of Allegheny, an thills's:kg the School Directors of Patton Township to pay surplus bounty fund - • s i for school purposes. • *i Mr. RIDDLE, of Allegheny, author , hang the malting of new- indexes to "- deed books of • Recorder's office of A Allegheny county, and regulating the 12311118 r of keeping same. - Supplement to an act Passed May it, •• 1551; misfire to applications for admie '; I don to alsoshenues. Rupp*tient to an set annexing Man i cheater borough to Allegheny. - Mr. FORD, of Allegheny: Ineorpomt :'.l in g the Pennsylvania Mining and Trans . 4 Portion Company. • Mr. BECSERT, of-Allegheny: Sup piement relative to weights and meas , Mr.. RICKMAX, of Cheater, a J•lnt .; resolution naming Mr. Anthony Wayne end Robert ninon, as Pennsylvanians, ; • for datum of two Statesman, to be placed in the Old - Capitol at Washingtoe, and . widuoristag the Govenaor to employ native artists for funsiihing the atoms!. • 1 ' Mr. GALLAORrft, of Westmoreland, eulogizing the School Directory of 8011. . verßerrougla, of Westmoreland, to bor . t rot" I Itr,l7llM, defining and regulating the • Debilities of Railroad Companies. Sean -diseurslon of last bill ad. EMIf TELIPIWAS. —At Plibole, Monday mortar g, afire biolte out, consuming thirty buildings, and esoling a isms estimated at. $17.5,00e. I Thelcsma are: Arnold Bros, clothing store, 24.000; A. J. Chrism, drug Metre, i Debris .Terraoln Lunch, $1,000; 3 Dentchestallor,SLOCO; P. briar, =wary, , _$10,000; It'Afee, aboemaker,V,ooo; Jack eon, new depot, SI GOO; Ksodder, clothing store, $.1000; Barolalor [taken:, EGO; C i Prescott, liquor store, 510,000; Ellison, s (Canandaigua Saloon,) $2,500; Mrs 117 e, (Metropolitan Saloon.) r... 500; Marian, shoe stAno„-$l,OXe. Dr. Waring, $1,000; Caishr BMW. SAWN Barnisi . , 4100; Ni agara Remus, Michigan provision store, 'a St. Nicholas Relet.store formerly ocen .P. pled by Col. Alfred, and eeveral. barns and outbuildings on Brown street, ail of 'which were entirely consursuid. Th. Szeoriented by the Implosion of a ko. At Jiekion„ Mieblgse, on Sunday. s . Are deolooral Wilcox's block, occupied tr}Ablk People's National. Bank; Young : Leer/W.4V rft., grocers; Ford, tobsccoulte; Hibbard Bros., fancy goods. To*. law, MAO; insurance, $40,000. - The fire . caught from tke store pipe. Wm. Mary A. Peaslea, an Inmate of the-Insane Aeolus:a at Augusts, Maine, ' • was sioeldngly murdered on , Monday •: witarning by Mrs Catherine Hurley, an otiea Inmate, daring • flint frenzy. —The Western Motel, West street, Mier% irasdeatroyed by-fire ortbion• day amning. Lose 450,000; Insured for l'assiaTesiGanar —ARRIAOr73.—A stewly•disereatodlettor of Peter the Groat neegiftgiheroundoftlieltussianjour: M i er 04.rery eitaracteristieepisds Pim bsibrase ono or his courtiers ht be ,Itaa. beard t h at his, the .coartler's, brcdherwishostemarry aforeign yews's, and thatlho. perfectly vmdantantla his remove for making ouch s ;thole., the inhatillanteof Bombs being less eiTillred and lees polite then these of other coun tries. He bas heard that the courtier has fOrbiddion .his'. Welber to , =tract the Meditated unions but bin Hafesty not ogly permits it, be potively orders He sow goes a stervfmtber, sad corn- I meads the courtier, whose family have suclia tarts for foreign alliances, as soya sir he `bra - Planted Ids brother to • flab foreign lady to marry his sister to Arius Itiortuttowa Post learnethet - e , I Tl 4= rbat 7 tky l gP'U°a : c Z foeetttrfitlih aargtortnnetn the "Geld country,. sad hos Aklreedy-reeetved the flzat - prf_- Dhliatof I - melba:wand five hundred def., 17.2221 • . - Ell sOOONo fita THREE O'CLOCK A. M. FORTES CONGRESS, Impeachment! The Debate Continued. Thelipractoaeatliefalattea adopt ed by Moro tbas a Too- Tkirds Vote. 126 Ayes; 47 Nays. By 101egrooh to Um rtttsbnign Oszello.l Weantztoroa, Fobruary24, 1169. HOUSE OF REPRF-SENTATITES. The House was canon to order at ten o'clock, and Mr. ASHLEY opened out with an exciedingly hitter inspeachneent speech, and closed by saying: I amp , Andrew Johnson, addition to the act for which he is now to be tried, with cor ruptly using the veto power and pardon ing power; withhaking illegallydisponed of public property, and interfering with the lawful elections of this country; and helieving,that Anirew Johnson is guilty of this and more, I think it is ear duty, for tho safety of American institutions and Dar thcso who -ooze' after us, to yin dicato the =Jetty of the law. For these reasons I give my vote Martaign, put on trial for high crimes and misdemeszora, Andrew Johnson, noting Presitiont of the United Stenos. - V Mr. COOK followed, declaring that the President notonly violated the tenure o edits* law, but had exercised mowers o n . warranted by the Constitution and lase. Mr. BOYER spoke against the resolu tion, saying. the Hones wan debarred from receiving charges already' passed upon. He didn't believe the people would sustain this new proceeding, which he characterized as revolutionary, and proclaimed that di law had not been violated bemuse Stanton was not ap pointed b Tohrumn. Mt.rwrxiSliairpporteitheresolatlon: As to the appointment of Stanton, John son Wag merely VicePressident, acting as President, therefore there was no force in Mr. Bayer's point. He argued that the cue of impeachment was a criminal use, and the Collet must have thejuris diction of the person of the criminal, and control his movements. The criminal, , therefore, has no power to porters& his official functions. He argued this point at some length. • Mr. CAKE advocated impeachment .tie believed thejsublio mi d was ready for- th e event wars. BEAMAN and PRICE followed on the mom aide. At half-past four o'clock THADDEUS STEVENS arose to elves the debate, amid the greatest excitement Mr. Ste vens atoed at the Speaker'? desk, and wax about to. commence his remarks when Mr. BINGHAM moved to extend the time allowed to Mr. Stevens to one lour. - Instantly a half dozen Democrats oh. jested. A motion was made to adjourn, and there was every disposition 'manifested to dllibuster, when, in compliance with the universal request of the Republicans, Mr. BINGHAM. withdrew his motion. Mr. STEVENS asked peindssion to have his remarks read, as his voice could not be heard. This was granted, and Hon. Edward McPherson, Clerk of the Hones, read Mr:Stevens' speech, amid close atten hon. The question was then called on the Impeachment resolution, and It passed by voto or ONE HUNDRED AND SEA - EN - TY-SIT AYES to FORTY-SEVEN- HATS LitteIIZAIL IMPORT 1 The HOUSE re-assembled at to clack and rammed the consideration n - - the impeachment resolution. The inter val between this hour. end nein being t=tl session of - tialarday,! the desks of mem! hers were very spasely - occupled at the opening of the proceedings, bat every seat in the galleries, lave same in the diplomatic gallery, was filled. The debate was opened by Mr. ASH LEY, of Ohio who, is the course of his remarks,- s aid the Het= was now brought fere to face with a man who was reoggnized aeon enemy of the Gov ernment and ail strong ally. and friend - of the "lost canes" A man woes pub lic and privets acts had been markd by violations of law. Dare the Horuie longer shrink from the exercise of its power in rescuing the Government from the usurper,' anti thus proclaiming that the Government was ens of con stithtional law, not of usurped =war? When, two months I ago. the- Hens - voted down insPeach ment, he had enoeuraged loyal men to keep their hearts, sad that time 'would vindicate them.' .He did net Bowl in th avindication. He had machrath er that the acts of this accidental IPreel dent would fall to the ground; or Oat hs had so administered the government as to bring it back to the paths of ;peace, Union and prosperity. The =each ' meet of this se= was neresnim If not for the safety of the nation, at least to teach a lesion to Adore Presidents and to vindicate the rpotehleas Coriontution of the country. kir. COOK being allowed one minute remaining nn explred from Mr. ASEI LEY'S time, devoted that to advocat ing the resolution of impeachment. He hakithat not only bad the tenure of of. See law - been violated by lb. President, but if that lave had not been in existence. the President had exercised a power en tirely =warranted by the Constitution and Laws qf the United States. lIIKIKEYER addressed the Honer in opposition to the resolution, and con tended that even though the tenure of office law were constitutional, there was no violation of it, either in letter or spirit, in the removal of Mr. Stanton. Mr. Stanton was an appointee of Abra ham Lincoln, anti If the act had been in existence one month after the terrnisis (lon of Mr. Lincoln's administrate°, his fauctioria as Secretary of -War would have ceased •y the very tarns of the act, and he had ever since continued in office simply at the pleasure of the Pres ident. Ile =tied any any gentlemado t n the ther side to out arovision of he Bi tenure °ce lawwhic ny h ha p d been vio lated by the President. If any person bad vlotated the law in this matter, it was Edwin M.Stanton himself, whewan holding on to the eel= after his term had expired. Mr. KELSEY addressed the House in support of the resolution, arardne, as a question of law, that the President 'should be impeached. In reference to the warning and menace contained in Mr. Brooks' speech on Saturday, in mac ' an attempt should be mode te suspend the President pending impeachment, be claimed that when i topeaohment was for eh indictable act, it wss the same as a comlnal pratteding. and the Court bat ' lag. Diriadiction of the offense must necessarily have jraisidictia of the per son of the criminal sad have frill control of hie movements. The criminal, as n ratter of cease, had no power to per form his fondle= Mr. CAKK supported tho resolution of. insposehnusit. He believed the public mind was ready, far the event. To trifle longer with the question was to trifle with the Jost demand of the loyal men tonnation, Around Edwin M. Stan were gathering the sympathies of tke people. Mr. BEAMAN followed on the same aide, yielding one minors to Mr. PRICE, who said for two long yams the people in Congress hod bear keeping wareA nod word at the portals of liberty ; and that Andrew Intirll.ol3, with irecklasnapaspe cutter to himself, was rushing madly awl furiously on his fate. Mr. BLAIN X. said the Houses's skeet to act wi ds . th e plain authority of the Constitution.- Thom was no question of lair Involved is the molter at all. The President had openly:and toted the law, Giro= down the gauntlet, and dared Congress to the lane. Con- , I gress most accept the challenge and must meet the issue. . • Mr. DR.1006 said If the whole Demo credo party, and every ether party, were clamoring at the doors of Congress, and seeking vengeance against every man who supported the impeachistent resole tion, he trusted there was pot a member I present wire would not vote for its on I conviction, and without regard to any ' threats- Mr. WASHI3UNNE, of ru, declared be should vote for the resolution .be fare **Hanle. Acting with a stuiprity of the Itemaillean members be had not hitherto favored Impeeobeend waxen the-Prenident, net tecaniselm did notbm Dent blnelemrally goiltY of Impeachable isapt _bemuse be mot exanste bliellacet, but 'lmam •be Cel t OAS ist Aboaeobranbwiltotarepreetated, , . i ,c„rlik Li 7.7......_0.0 11 6 , s-,., ' l i ' AI:At! 'ltpit/,z , / in ~, ~ _ , I _ . - ' ' , Mt' iiiii..---• --- t I • ~_..,:::•:,_,:,,, ~.,.:,..,, . ...„-„,,,.....; _ ,,_7_,.,:-.„ • ~,r !,-, , ,_, , : , r r , . I . i r t 51 , _ _ , I , there might be a doubt •f his conviction. Rather than bench out ou a deobtfril experiment in the House, It was hoped that the President, warned of the power of the House, and indebted for its for bearance, would se conduct himself a, to, avoid the necessity of resorting to the extreme remedy provided by the Constlthtion. But all suchi hopes had been disappointed. Eveey apt 'of forbearance bad been tut a [fresh Invitation to , farther and 1 more flagrant aggressions, until t butt ha had Puns himself ngsiast th very bulwarks of Uto Coustitutien, defylag thelaws, overriding th e cardinal branch-Me of the Government The time bid now arrived when the people's repreesm lathes could no longer delay the Tidal- cation of the Conetitution. To itini-.the i I pathway of duty was plain. He feared no appeal to the people, but courted such en appeal. The gentlemen had , not road history, If they, bad tot learned that to all.' contests be. I tween an Executive and Commons ' the representatives of the people had I triumphed, in the end. That great party which, with patriotism, courage, fidelity and heroism had carried the country in triumph and glory through the war, would not how fail in its great mission. I That party which overcome thlindivid- 1 ad and compacted strength of all the I rebels in arms, oratained aid supposed by the eye:lathy of two-Mille of all the voters in the Slates not In open re ' hellion, would not-sow les overcome by a band of mercenary camp rotisserie of I ararm pt and trragonable administration. The lime had now come, when the Preeident should be promptly immeshed for lastest great crime, co tau:tined avant the Coastitutien. His longer continu -1 &nee is •elco was a perpetual and endur ing menace against the pea,* end pros perity of the tvuntry. The whole otlicial career of the President Led been marked by • wicked disregard of all his oblige bons of public duty, and by a degree of perady, treachery and turpitude unheard of In the hietory of the mien of a free people. As mendacious as ha was ma, Umlaut, he tad in his onleill capacity attempted to hurl down and destruy the braved, the nobleat, the hest in the hand. His administration ha.s been a constaet and prolonged warfare against all the materiel intereata of the country. It had prostrated business, It had *pestered labor, deetroyed States, Impaired the public credit, cud sapped the public morals Surrounded by red banded rebels,' advised and conrualleal by the worst men that ever crawled like filthy reptiles at the footstool of power, he has used all the vast authority of tie government to prevent a unioa of the States, the resterettem of the harmony, peace and happioo.o of the country. The loyal men in the rebel States have been brought to a condition under hie admin istration from the contemplation of which all men recoiled with horror. Murder, rapine, inceudierism, robbery, and all the crimes stalk through the whole land, and every 'day he remains is office adds to the long list of victim. of rebel rangenuee and cruelty, not to soy hate. With nude a President, aearly sate• department. of the government had become demoralized and corrupt to en extent which could tied no parallel In the history of any country bit severe. The Attorney General, not ratiseed with heiog his medium, througn which se many mail robbers, counterfeiters and nubile pluadorere base been pardoned and turned loose upon the country, has, with ostentation, and boastful au - dusty, proclaimed he will not vindicate the laws of Congress. Look at the Nosy Depart ment, with its profligacy, robberies and persecutionsol the honed and best naval emeere of the country. The admit:lairs- Men of the Treasury Deportment was characterized by the moot appalling frauds, with countless millions of revenue stolen to go into 'he pockets of thieves, partisans and plum:dor - ere, nr to make up a vest political fund to demoralize mad corrupt the people. The Interior Depart ment, with the land jobbing contracts and corrupt extension of patents. The Pratofect Department, arraigned before the Home by a Commutes of the Homo, and the blears D. pertmeat, • resigned be fore the rulers of the carts for its failure i to vindicate the rights of the n itma end thecitizens of the patted. et,afranted a% wean this day by thin state of things, so threatening to the national rxistence and so destructive to all that Ist held dear to posterity, where is the patriotic man e: acv political organization who does not I wail Upon Congress to sternly do its whole I duty nod purge- thlnCeplial of tie crimes which now defile the nattiest Daring the delivery of Mr. Wad,' huree's speech the hour of twelve ar rived, when the amnion of Saturday ter minated and the regular legslative ma racaof Monday cemmenced• Mr. WOODWARD obtained the floor. (refusing to yield • few minutes time to Mr; Wastburne to conclude hie remark a, becandeof the slanders uttered by him against the President,' and proceeded, to address the Hone. against the impeach ment resolution. He argued that the resolution of impeachment was a mis take, and that any impeachment of the President en the idea that Secretary - Stanton was within the protection of the tenure of ores, bill, wan what Fouthe, the Chief of the old French police, would have Called worse than cringe—a blunder. 1 Whatever executive power the Federal L GoTarnMent possessed was vested in the Pre !dent, who was the Bole trustee of 1 the people in that repent. In the matter of appointment to office and 'the treaty I making fouctions, a check was imposed upon the President. But man In these I inginnan the power exercised wee the t PreeltionVa. The concurrence of Me Senate Wm only ®ulation for thee:at - - I case of the pews*. It wax • mere advisory discretion, not an executive power. The separateness and temple e neas of this executive power in the hands of the President wee a doctrine ' essential to the harmony of the system of government, and to the respons ibility of the President to the people. if Con gress meddled with It, Congress became a tragepaseer, and to act an impertinent nallity, end the President was not to be impeached for disregarding it. lie quot eel extracts from the debate in the first Canasta upon Executive Departments, and argued that that debate settled _this • qaestion abaoluilly, end demonstrated the utter uattelistanttenality of the act of March 2d., 1667. Us also argued that by the very item, of that very act Itself, Mr. Stanton thd not mme Within lts seer°. Be quoted Senator Sherman and Messrs. Spaulding and Bingham as taking that game view of the law, wise it was under consideretion. Mr. John.= was a man of th• Re publican party's oven cheeeng, and he verily believed that the Pre sid ent was trying forester& the Union, to pe el-Area the couatrv, and administer ale high office with a faithful regard to the obligatietts of the Grailtltution and the best interests of the peeple. lie seemed to him he be a true friend to tho whets of his country, a faithful public °Meer, and entitled to Cabinet advisers who were bin friends end. not hie enemies. Congress had far better sustain mice a man in bin constitutional rig h • s ts, and ad dress itself to the relief of thuffering country, than to waste its time and the people's money Is the Impeachment of a faithful public servant on charges that are both fald and Nadi. At the risk of denunciation he (llr. 'Woodward) deeds! mengh of the Perste to try an impeach- The finnan was not condweed, as the Constitution required, of members chosen by the people of the several States, nor Snot the Senate composed of two Sen ators from each State. In ',conclusion hte meld: Mr. Speaker—So Fero am I that the American people will 'roma& this objection, tballf I werelthe Prot dotes peunsellor I could advise him, if yen prefer articles of impete-bment, to , demur both to your jurisdiction and he ' that of the Senate, and to issue a progle.- I notion that while he held - himself Im peachable peethable for 13213delniallor in office be. I tore the Cotietitutional tribunals, he I neyer would abject the office he held In: trust for the people to the 'Lancer:MMus. I Mend, fregmentary bodies who prepora I to etrip itim alt. Such a piticlamatlon.' 1 with the army rind navy in hand to sues. 1 tabu, 'would meat n popular response. That would - make as end of Impeachment and the Impeakhera. I !Ir. WILSON, of laws, Chairmen of the Judiciary Committee, in support of 1 the Impeachment resolution, said Mr. Speaker—Tho puhlid peace is nein dia -1 Wised by the Presideat of the United 'Man. He denies to the maims that ri 1, pose which It so tench needs. IF, will I not obey the law, and by It he mud be indged. I do not approach this-case an der the spar of hate or the heat of passion. Its presence I deplore, but its demands I will respect and obey. As a 1 Representative it is my duty to toes that the laws of the Republic are not dotted by a criminal iu office, If within the t.g.lr o f gonad. theThCoorpl.ttu.tic.ononfrlmeadrirmtia.ait is a rateable feet. Toe remedy la plain andindisputable, and from the perform ; &nee of the duty I will aot I shrink. An Impeachment of the President of the United Slates Is made Inraliable by Ma own dellbersio criminal I conduct as presented Ito 11l by the roe which now commands [ our attention. We cannot neaps tide ' conclaelon, If we , for the ?real- I dent weal/ hedge eta would about with new acts arrester enormity, If there be an logic in his course of of ma protSditre, tap which would at last com to take the Me that he has now defiantly cast at Our feet. )Heretoitthroldschallinsgas ban not been, in my judgment, In.dinform &flaw, stamped with the character of I reit erlmes and lealedeMelatime, sad . therefore I hose enlisted a resort to the extreme remedy which the Constitution line placed In our hoods Perhaps I have been more cautious than most men would have bead, but to, re. grata came to me on this account, for I believe I did my duty. The comideratione urged upon me mind end 'welch moulded raw ronduct le the NW, with which the Committee on Judiciary of this House was charged. are not to lie found in the present case. The logic lu the Ammer case is made plain, not to soy perfect. by Re sequence in the present, one. The President was working to an end, enepeeted ily others, known to him. self. Then his mesas were not known to to the law LS crimes or noteileineanure, either by the common law or by Mande, and are so proisouneed. He Mistook our judgment for cowaislice, and worked on until he hespreseimed to intaiinecquenec, a high misdemeanor, known to rho le v, and defined by etatute. If we permit thee to pus unchallenged - by that high I power with which the Constitution bee clothed us, no man Can measure the I future troubles of this Republic. For one I am not willing to wait for an oseertein , meet of the unknown quantities of future .Preidetential crimes and misde meaner's. We hare' before us the el.:- meals, and the quantities aseertaleed, and I am In favor of wiplog it from the Executive black board by an Impeach ment of the criminal who placed it there. Its presence M a S011se• of regret to me. and it meet boot' mortification to the peo ple of this Republic. But I will face it, and they will mist it, amerting the insueordinatioe of the President to the law. He is sot maker of the law, or a judge thereof, and it is enough for him to know that the Constitution, which he is sworn to preserve, protect and defend, says that he Isbell take ears that the laws 'shall be faithfully executed. What laws? These which ore passed in pursuance of thq terms of that Constitution which he it sworn to preserve, protect and defend. And how are these lawshiamed 1 By the two Houses of Congress, with the et:- prove of the President, or in such ease as he does not approve, shall return it with hie objections to that Rome in which it shall have originated, Who then enter their objections at large on their jewel nal and monied to reconsider • it, and if talter use shell a recons gree to ideration two-third• of hat H pass the bill. i• shall be eent, together with the lion., to the other House, by which it shell likewise be considered, and If ap proved by two-thirds of that Homo, it shall becosme, law. What kind of a less? One that the President shall take care it he faithfully executed. The Censutu- tem does not make him judge el the I law. but an executor thereat, mei Ito io bOUII4 to execute that which -the law snaking power deems, t. be the law of the hued: Whateler may be a l member °luton of the brat ionn mere indi vid- I of the al family, hens I hound to yield to true Weber duly which Comutution humses upon hint as ao officer of the Stale. If hie conmience forbid, he may resign the trust, but he leas no right to retain the power of a puts• tic °tither and subordinate that to the I judgment et a mere indirldied member 1 of a comma aity or nation which Ism clothed him with executive powers for he enforcement of its laws. Asa pith- Ile saber no suck plea inn be pre:est-13..1 I entered in hie behalf. . lemuse he ,IS sot only sworn— to , OZ,CIItO I the law, but also posses. the I rietei of resignation.. If hie commie...el will not permit him to execute a given law, as mayetesign his trust and leave to his suocemor the performance of a duty is which his judgment as as individual will not surrender to hi. obligations as a public officer. A willingnem to mond: to the penalty prescribed for the viola , ties of a law may to some •Ment es. ruse disobedience on the part of a pri sate citizen, and at the name time avail I nothing to the public officer. The letter may at any time by reeignation become, a I private citizen. hot she former menet become *public otli etc in this country except by the oaf :rages of his fellow-citizem. if he se cepte emelt of their suffrages, les merges hie individuality tote that of an °Metal creature, which blade itself by , an oath man executive officer to do that which am e mere Individual he may Lot tallompuit, rlgiator comet' tutional. inch rm acceptance remove* him 'from the sphere of the right of teivatejudgment to the place of the private ottrer. And binds aim to observe the law. hie Jude , Went to the ancestry notwithstanding. The Constitution locals the President with executive power, Its order that he may take are that the laws be faithfully executed. Every abuse of this power, ehether it be an Improper nap or Pt or •ei. of it, Ls • breads of efficial Mite but it isnet every breach of official ditty that can b charged as • crime or miedie manor against the delinquent officer. Whether doubt may have arisen in oth er cams of the criminal character of the maduct involved, this one we are now considering promote no basis on which te e not n doubt. Deliberately, not to say defiantly, the President Ines violated a penal statute of the United States, and thereby COM nutted a high misdemnor, which the law says eissil be e punished by doe not exceeding ten theneand dol. fare, or by imprisonment not eaceseliag five years, in by both, said punishment in the discretion of the Court. (Act et March 24, 1867. section spunll Um dr eumatauces attendant tide cum howthet the President's action ViraS de liberate and willful. There is not • shade of excises or palliation In the else as it is presented to us. He perversely has rustled upon his own distraction, and obstinately huh. forced Upon us an issue in which we must join or prove our selves unworthy representatives of a free people. We have not sought -this [MIA but have resorted to ever• legitimate means to ovoid it. Ke have manifestadine undue desire to exercise the impeaching power, which Is vested in thLi House exclusively by the express terms of the Constitution. Outdo; by a sincere desire to pea this eup from rear lips, determined not to drink it if escape were mama off by the pressure ef a palpable duty, we at Imt find ourselves compelled to take les very dram, AL decent respect for the Ezecei titre•officer, a patriotic effort to. avoid a collision between the two department's f the Government, ever manifested by this House. seems to have been mast straagely stheunderateed by the Preti slest.'_Our refusal to abuse a power, or to resort to it, even while a mere demist as to the rig ti ht to exercise It could be urged, In opposion thereto, seem to have been manned by him Ina'. license to tram ple on even the penal statutes of the na tion. The result is bronco. The Pres ident challenges the supremacy of the and dionore his ermatitutional shad o be talre i lsz y that th . z eo la t ze . Substantially he affirm. that his oath of office may be qualified by the conclesions of his prMate4dgment_. He detlantly caste berme the remota titres of the people eta gege, an declares that he will decide what, laws are oar. atitutional, and that etch only as stand the test of his judgment will he respect, enforce Cr obey. This Is bile case. He fo u r tO it on thin real stute. It is for us to traverse Wm time an ta d put it to the country. Anything lees than this 'would be e shammed abuseof a high trust and criminal abandonment of deity. 1 e fay uharge shall neither of these of fames be placed. -M. Mr. Speaker: It bee been urged in thee debate that the President's sole ob ject is to secure &judgment of the Court. m loth* constitutionality of the act reg ulating the tenure of certain clyil offices. Such en intent will net Justify the com munion of • high crimeer mistime:sewer. Suppose the Courts should hold the act to be oeuetitattonal, would the fast that 'his intent was to have that question do ' aided be good plea to an indietmmit for a violation' of Its provisions? Who is Insane am to smart orsprepoeterens a pro. position? Whoreer acts In thle way, 'and for Mee -purposes Buggy/Mel, does it at his peril The Mitt belongs to the President In this eme, sot to the law. This plea, In his din. clency, was not the result of inadvirrtenee r mistaken judgment, and that is the and calculation of deliberate purpeee. He committed I high misdemeanor in order to seourea judgment of the Courts. Slr, wo will gratify his desire by refer. ring hie ease to the highest tribunal known to the Osemtitntlon efte Repub lic, the high Court of Impeacent. To that august tribunal we will present this cane, and with it the and the crimiaal. He shall have hie day I. Court And be bought rem his own good that of Isla mammon in officio, and that of the United Static Clothed with all the great power. of Me high official Mathes, be is as completely subordinate to the law of the Republic is the Itambloit of its citizens- The public welfare, the repose d of the nation, the Interes R epu bl i c ou ietitu- I one, th e safety of theitself, require that allpersens, official or other. I wise, shall be Belesnaly taught that the law of this land is no =Teeter of per. eons: that thehigliaisd law, rich and peer, ' the public officer and the private cilium are tech and ell. amenable to ita ally* dememds, subject to Its high OM VILLA linbOtanatO tO its supreme - an. I therlty. The majesty of the law mail be amerted, though It strike from hisses-. Kited poolOOri thp Chief Magistrate of the n vela ation: We' deplore the necessity, but we must obey the e* of the I speak net as • partizan, but a custo dian of a tenet whose' eatinid character urges me to a strict observance of my ditty. 'I Wlll 'We fee the pestling rem- ME !vault, to the end that the law may be eindicated, by the removal of so un worthy public servant from tin official position which Ito hoe dishotetred by his perverse <tierce:mil of his duty, and tale I august contempt of the supremacy of Molester' e , Mr.WGOI)BRIDeIIe sustained the itn peacument resolution. liodeciated his belief that in no other way than by im peachment could the moierty of the law and the future safety of the 'Republic be maintained. II ternult mid riot and bloodshed woold follow, they would not be cereed by the exezutiou of the la*. Ho would usoiro he gentleman from Now York (Mr. Week+) that if such would be the result, ten Globe:aid swords weuld leap from their reabluada, a mill ion teivourts glisten in the sunshine; brave heroes would fill up the ranks; the honor of the old itag would be main mined; p e ace and quiet be restored; and, the natleus of telt 'earth would egain learn that the government of the United Stalesera• a cot MIIMIMI of low. Mr. Nsit itiD add reseed the Ileum. against the inipenetaneut evolution. Ho mid the orooeteeing is as unwarranted as It le Unpremdented. Tice President Ilan been guilty of. no loyal or moral °demo. under the Constitution and laws. The grounds on which the resolution of im peachment Is MCOlg/lt p. bo maintained are all frivolous, technical and utterly unworthy of any attempt at refutation. If any branch of the oos - eminent has b.'s, guilty of high crittita end minds manors, It is that which would usurp ell power ouch make the eoordiriato , bratiebee sotoervient to tin will and its •eldsh psnienni desires. The President hoe been c Motet to maintain his oath of ogler. which esquire. Lim to pre,erve, protect and defend the Cen atiuuiun the bent of bet ability, and this is the extent of his offending and no mom. If the Ilouee, aided by t like. spirit and fer a like motive by the Sen ate. :Mall ~on•oromate this proceeding, end displace the enlef el egistrate of the satins, ureter so Slight n pretest, it will eMellOitan offouro greeter in effect t him that attempted by he leaden, of emcee •ion 'IRO. Their tennis - al to tryout. plish territorial disintegration. 'lbis ef fort le to .11,re:ewe the government it self. and if tarried terongb, elm public credit reoeiven a fatal blow, totems• the instability of our political lueteutioni, beocenes manifest, end this IS the limier upon W.ich it now rests. All monetary' and proprietary Internet will be shaken. An acensetpienee [otitis, groat Indeletelal tit beentlle prralyzed.tallltloll., will beZortie materhaly onlintmeel, the eurrouey - further depreciated, trade and commerce destroyed, and the people, taught by the example ter Covers., will learn te disre•prot and disregard tie, an• thority of the satlcial pewee to necome ry for the pmtectiou of hie, liberty and property. Thus ve , mid '.nisi and politi cal evils f,linw,•alike eubvetelve of pride, sod public geed. Will the neereoltv for the removal of tbe Pre.iden . : nedify. po.thal,llity of itch experimente at a ble . Is One tatioual condition in that quarerposltion to warrant SO experiment ele (aught wish pestle, danger.? If numb constd enetions Lase no weight with the majori ty of thin House, can Met party bear am reereasibility It wdlehe• lunar! Can it take upon itself the O.IIIIM ef ell rxtra ordinary anti revel uttensry proemitesee! Can it eseepe from the mane queues, heedmit to so viol-at a reiuedy'ea imeeinery emsgs, when no motives of public good will gestate It I I impiore gentleman of the Heuer. Cs ear. tloeer• peadmg calamittee, to reflect upon the personal coesequesers 1 the atop they ate sheet ei take. It the hanger to the enuntry and to the emietry's existen,, of their tt.trty, ea, emetic t301 , *.c tn. let therm remembertheir petJeaerecti,e. The eneetittieuey to whom vote must rl.O der his seoiout, and the molvideal !bailie , thus Incurred to our ecelnon as reentabers of this • Yee ore to t our own r "eta.; we are here in • representative rer ' ecityt we reflect alone :he voice and w of polltielans at :tome; under the theory end laws of our eerntry we are all the eer e.e+ of the whole penp!e, oto• and wlnhee ws inipernotte . e on ibis goo. to their Limpimes mid ero•perity. Let us:devote oar - seinen t, thetr bent Inter est.; let - us be faithful, and to' noir bidding lotus bow, so that we may hemline meet theta whbont fear and watemt reprosela The day will speedily time when all of ne moat 'meter en Ile •-outit ufnor etewitdstep, not only O. •.or frlende and neignhors, but to Orel ear reentry. Le: tie try no dis• fharge this that whether living er dying, In public or private life, the prw ceuee of our [Amities or if eat Linker, we ran ju•tify and maintain our produce Mr. PRE Ye: followed on the game side, Arguing in support •f the Commie cenal te,vier of the President in the mat-' tor, which is the grevemea of the charge ug.iffat Mr. POLAND having live minutes al• lamed him, next emoke in sepport of the' impeachment remote:ion. Mr. STOI(ES haelug teneelnutm at. hoed him, followed on the same Ode of the patetloe. Mr. PIE E haring six minutestallowed him, elated the gninutle on which he sustained the resolution. Ur. 'NICHOLSON opposed the emelt:i som and declieond Ls belief that the me sowed violat re of the tenure of oasts low was a mere pretext, and that the true motive for the proposal Impeach• merit was to be found in the determina tion to remove the President., cot no an etoterle in 'the oath of reconstruction. iitit as a dreaded obsolete to the to measures to be resorted to for party purco•ss. Mr. MILLER eusteined the rosette tion. Mr. ELDRIDGE , addressee( lb. Hems in opposition to the r e ,eaution„ He asked vesetter the gentlemen on the en :be other ride believed or expected that it was possible for this-government. of several co-equal d•partnients, to exist, when not ugly warring with each other, but, when tee ono bad not only the eon- adentlel councils Of the other, but a known and rititormiteet enemy h o ld. tog his peeltion egainst hie own•- pronounced couviction of eausatu- I Ilona! right and dote. Ile be - lievod that It woo part of O great organ sized plan to get eel, of tho 'Executive, nd to Inyeet Congress svitti all the low ers of the Government. It wee th• ex ecution of a great nil determined pur pose to subvert end overthrew the Con stitution, and to destroy all tho conalitu• tional departments of the Gowen:anent it -was the. carryingof , • purpose long satire formed by the most radical of the Republican party. In proof of ibis he sent, to the Clerk'. deter and had read the notes of a ronvereation lie bed last 'fall with prominent member of the Republican Executive (iementite° of Maryland, in which the purpose was ferediadowed of removing Mr. Johnson nun putting in Ids place one who would use the army to Lorry the Pi dtneal election. lie had no doubt this conspiracy would be Carried out. - Mr. JUDD said tilt his past action Is voting for the impeachment of Andrew Johneon had met with the appeoloatio• of hie conntiluente, and he had just re ceived a dispatch which jedified his pre- posed setiou in voting forthis resolution. • The dispsteltWee Cella fellows : CZICAtIO. ILLINOIS, Feb. 24. If.. W. At).' Judd:—The Republican Preis and party of the city of Chlatgo uonoinenuely demand the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. A mare meeting in ' Belled fir to-morrow evening to glee expronlon to t11I ): O n e,fe. • , J. Chairman. Mr. HARDING.tieId tintbit ennelitn este had instructed bits to unite his melee and vote with the repreeentative• of the loVer millions In demanding the Impeach ment of the criminal who occupied the Preeldescy. ' Mr. fiIiANSS sold that in this coelee. Rae lb. Home taieuld speak but use Word, and strike but one blow, and that tbie blow should COMm first. Mnl STEVENS, of Pa o closed the de , bate. lice said I agree with thous gen , Gernert who •have, gone, before me, that this Is a grave sulOcet - and should be gravely treated.. It is as Important, too, lb. high °Metal who is tbe subject ef these . cluirgere end It Is Important to • nation of forty millions of people'- now free and repel!, increasing to hund reds of million. The official cher. arter of the Chief of this grand Mitten being thus •Involved,lhe charge, If falsely made. is a cruel wrong. If, on the other band, the misdemeanor and 4surpetienn charged egeinst hlm are true. be Is gently of as atrocious attempts to usurp his tberty a s destroy the haps Moose of nation as were ever per -- vented by the most detentable tyrant who ever oppered bet fellew men. Let s, _therefore, discum the question In - on partisan spirit, but with legal me-timer anti Imptridal Justice., The people desire no victim, sod they will endues no usurpers. The charges, so far as I shall dhows teem, are few and distinct. Andrew Johnson la charg ed with' attempting to usurp the powers Of other branches of the government. Irritate usurping the power to obstruct 'and regret the execution of the law, [with mbeprieen of bribery, and in the spen violation of the law, which de ;elate hie agile misderneaner, end sub- Jeet him to fine and ise_prisonment, and with removing from oaten tbe Secretary ~ of Wir during the session Of the Senate, -hellbent the advice or consent of the 'Senate, and with vieletlen of the sixth :section of the act *stilled "on act Teen biting the tenure of Pee. , 'oes," Terre • ha the papers referred to the Committee, which i may conilder more by themselves. In order to eustala im peachment under our Constitution, I do net hbld that It to netemary to prove a Crime is en Indictable offense, hr any act mahon in sr. I UPI) with the dis tinguished gentleman from Pennsyl vania. en the other side of the Heine, who holds thin to bee pufely politiclal pro ceeding. It is Intended for • a remedy for inalfemancis In *Mee anti to prevent • the continuance thereof. Be yond that It le not intended es a person al punishment for past effete's', but fer future example: leigetchnient under Our COI2ILiIUtIOS is very different float impeachment under Ithe English law. The framers of our Comnitution did not rely for safety upon the avenging dag ger of a Ifrutue, i . hot promised peacefnl remedies I which ennui,: prevent that immensity. England had two systems of Jurisprudence, one for the trial sad punishment of common of- fenders, and one for tits trial of men In higher stations, whom it was found dif denitto convict before the ordinary trl• Mirada. Thie latter proceeding wee by impeachment, or by bills of en attainder, generally practiced 'I lfi to punish ecial malefactors. But this system goon din generated into pelitiesi and per :meal persectillen. and men were trim], condemned and executed by tide Court from malignant motives. Such was the condition of the English lawn when our Conetautlon wan (reined, and the Convention determined to pro- Vide againet the ahum of that high power, so that 'revenge and Minishment should not be indicted upon politioal or eLIPM:en. Hence • the wholo pnuishment was made to ceneilit in re moval (rein office; and hills of attainder were ' wholly prohibited. We are to treat rhea question. thou as wholly political, in which, if an officer of the cloviinment abuse his treat, or attempt to prevent It to improper purposes, whatever may be his motive, he beetimen eubJect to iropeacistioent and removal from Wee., The toffee. being indicts. We, duos not pervert !IrepesehMent, bet it le nut nerniestry- tb sustain it. [See Stery'm coMmeetarins on the Constitu tion,. Madisen and Whore.] Such le the opinion of onreletneatary "dr' tun. Nor can Any case of latteactiment, tried In this country, be entail .where any at tempt wee mad* to prove the offenee In dictable and eriminal,- What, then.nretitetiflicial misdemean ors of Andrew. Johnson:disci...l by the evidence? . Onthe ed day of Macon, , tFt,7, Coverers pasaol an act entitled "an art reculattuo the twirler' of rwe ale :deli I Wee, - Among other provieions It enacted that no Weave wk.. had bevel' , pointed byaud su it the advice mad eau- sent of the senate, iihould be removed from office t the mmemat of the Smiete, until that if daring e awl' on a ausp.didon should be . made far rause. ouch rinse sheinid be re ported to the Ssinote i t btu twenty day, After their nest meentig. If the neut. should deem the nm''. of the allIpe•- twee sufficient, diet the till: r sheuld be removed and another appointed in on dead; but if Inc Ornate ,liaald refute to tower with the Preeident, and declare the reasons insuiliotent, then the officer ...tended atiould irietitsrlih ratans* the functinas of his snide and the powers of the pereen performing ital defies should cease. It Is especially owe Ided that the bodetary of War ehall hole his office dories the term of the President In oho= he now have been appointed, aad for one month thereafter, unless mato, cd be and with ti• element of the Senate no daresaid. • On the Inn of August, 155:, during the rooms of the Senate, the President retrieved the Secretary of War, 'ohne term of °Mee had not ex et red, requiring him to surrender the with the public property, and op piloted General 1.7. e. Grant Secreted', of War red "turps. When Andrew John son assumed the office of President he trek the oath to obey the Constitution of the United States; end to take earn that the lawn be faitlifolly narrated. This was a nolerun and enduring obligation. NW can he plead eiemptlon from It, on account of his condition at the time It was adniinifteretl I. him. Au at tempt to obstruct the execution of I the low, not • Mere. OnlisalaD, euieuating to negligence, which would have been ei tatOrtnettior, bat a bold ,onaplraer sea •Iteplpted by him to Ipl d taco the General ofjth• Army is old Men in defeating . llw , „olltßa, inn et this law, end when he bad !!.epended the Secrete- ry of War he appkint el General Grants secretary ,ad interim. with tie avowedpurpose et preventing the operettas of I thst law, if the %elite° should decide in tutor of the Eincreetry, and he miyatitat the General del enter Into each e. conspiracte to old him in oletructing tho rm.-47.w( the rS-efelally, laneWltli tanding the Semite teldlit deeld•ln his favor. This , Is iletnoti ey the General, anti • qtleatlOttnflenwit,r, rather sagely dianmed, , has or 'cif between them. and those gentletnen scam to cetusider thatttat ,111.111.12 ;la otie of importance to the public. In Ode they ere mistaken. Which is the mote et truth and which la the man Of falsolidel, to of po more public Importance I ban If it ore Bred between two Wocure individuals. If Andrew Johnston fell% the truth, then lie is guilty of at high onicial oulade- Meartnr, tar lit 1100 WM his effort to prevent the. eSeetllloll - of the laws, If the! eneral eemroanding tells the troth, t bent ho:Preettlent Is guilty of • high misilemead•r; for ho decleree the same thing of the President, denying - only libr Own complicity. No straw:neat can make the point plaices than the statement of the culprit, If he and the General Mid the truth, then he committed w Wei pedlar,' by refusing to take rare that the laes should be duly ex... Med. To show the itninsue sod guilty knowledge with which this was violated; wo have only to turn to the; proceedingfi, of the Senate, notifying • him of,, Ida illegal end 'Mil, conduct, and thtin to coneidtir that he lots since persevered in attempting to enforce It. Indeed, tio show his utter dis regard of the laws of his country, we hate only to tore to hie boa Annual Mesialge, in which he proclaimed to the public that the laws of Congrom ere un constitutional and not binding no the people..! Who after that can nay that such a man Is fit to occupy 'the I:olseutive chair, whole duty it In to vin dicate ooedienee and este that these very laws are faithfully obeyed? Than the greet beenty of the remedy and preven tive proem' is bitterly demonetratod. Ile I. dull and blind who rennet see its neeemity and tee' beneficial results end purpoees of the trial by Impose/ mint. By the Moth section of the act refer red to it Is, provided that every removal, appointment or ',employment made or exercised contrary to the provisions of this act, or that of making, sealing, countersigning, or issuing of arty rem. mission or letter of authority, for or In respect to any erten appointment or em loyment, shall I be deemed, and are hereby declared to •be high misde meanors, endue?. trial and conviction thereof shall be punished by elfin* not exceeding ten Osmium: d. dollars or by Imprisonment pot excelling five years, Or both, fetid punishment - is the &sere. (lon of the Court. Now Andrew , Johnson, en the list day of February, 1865,, issued Isis connate elouttry letter of authority to Lorenzo I Thome., appointing Mtn Secretary of War ad intertm, and commanding him to take poseeeition of the Department of War, and I. eject the Incumbent, E. M. Stentoo, then in bridal poesessien of laid office- Meru, if Ms act stood along, 'lt would be an lundenieble official roe- demeanor per ell, but declared tobe so by the act itself, and the party made indict able mad punt shab)eln a criminal proceed- ing. If Andritieblohnson ex. -tees with bare removal from office, IX he besot' lined and ininroemtedi In the Peniten tlury afterwards under Criminal pm. ceelinge, he miry thank the weakness of Congress and not hi. own innocence. We .boll propose to prove in the trial ' that Andrew Johnson was guilty of me- I preen of bribery, by otTerlng to General I Grant, if he would enter with him to his lassies violeaer, to assume in his steed the penalties and to endure the impriso I onment prescribed by the law. Bribery le ono of the .riffenree epecifically Ono . merated for which the President may be Impeached sod removed from office. By .the Constitution, article second, , median eviction', the President has power Ito uominne, end by, and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate to see ' point all officers of tho United sham who,e appointments are not therein otherwise provided for, and which shall bo eetablished by law, and fill all cacao- I des that may happen during tile recess of the Senate,by granting (=millstone, which shall expire at the end of their t next million. No where, either In the Comattetlon or by statute, has the President power to create • raceme during the rememof the Senate, and fill It without the. advice endowment of the Senate ' ond yet the 2lst day' of Feb ruary' 1849, while the Senate wee in em the he notified the head of tbsoWee , Department the. he vrea•removed from' Wilco, end Lie, ancerseer ad intertm ap- ' ponied. Mere Is a plain recorded I violaton - of the Constitution and laws, which, If it stood alone, Mould mamas very honest end intelligent man give lila vote for Impeachment. • Tho Preaident had persevered in Ms lawleam counte through a long series of unJustilieble'aete. When the nog:tiled ConfederateStatie of America were cons quered and Ihmitleld down their arms,. find surrendered theirterritory' to the cl a restece ...tire or the Orivemmtmt, the I country i ~ belonged to Congress alone, according to weary principle of the-law of nations. Neither the Executive-. nor the Ju diciary had any rtgbt to interfiire with It except so far as. wan necessary to control it by the military, or until the' sovereign power of the nation had pros yided Mr Its. civil adtninintration. power put Congrens had any right to nay whther or when they should be ad nutted Io the Union no atatea, and entitled to the privilege , . of the Constl - lotion Of the Unbind buttes. Anal yet AndrovJohnaon, with unblushing hardi hood, rertook to , role them, by hie own po er alone - load them into full commu ion with the Union, direct them what governments to enact and chat cOnstittitioile to adopt. and send represetitativen to Congress according to his histructione. When admonished by tremens act of Congress, more than once. repeatedly, he disreg - arded the warning and Icolitiuned his lawless usurpations. He has ' , niece been kuMen to lures ob struete4 the rat of tholes governments by the authority of Con grese, and ban advised the inhabitants to resist the legislation of Congress. In my Judgment his condect with regard to that. trunnution was a high handed m— aul:option of poseer,which long ago ought to have , brought him to impeachment and Erbil, and to have removed him from his position of great mischief. Be ban been lucky in thus far temp. trig through false logic, false law, but his other acts, which will on the trial be 'hewn to he atrocious, are open evidence of ills wicked determiluition to subvert the laws of his country. I tract when all come to vote upon thii ques tion we shell remember, that although it is the duty of the President to set that the laws be exstrated, the sovereign power Of the natitie rente on Congress, who have been ',Meal around the Execu tion Mansion to defend lan right and, as • watchmen, to before bin obedient to the laws and Constitution. Ilia oath is tcompelo obey th "him to do it. io All e Constitutn, and our duly to it trnllerkaOtn .0111,..at10n, heavier than was ever assumed by moral ruler+. We aro to protect or destroy the liberty and !tapping'ss of a mighty people, and take care that they progress In civilisation and defend themselves azalea t every kind of tyranny. AR we deal wth the first greatpolifical malefactor, so , 'nil be the resnit of star PiDrt..l to perpetuate the happiness and good government of the human race. 'The God of our fathers, who, lonplred them with the thought of univer‘al freedom. will hold um respon sible for the noble institutions which they lirojeCted and expected no to carry out. This ie not to be the temporary triumph of a political party. but is to en dure in its consequences until this whole continent shall be filled w a free, un• trammelled' people, or ithal ith l be a nest of ehrinking, cowardly eleven. Tbeieatilng oft he speech wanconcinded at two!unnutss before tl re o'clock. the Ilene° then proceeded amid great but euimrelised excitement to voteon the resole Itin,:ite follows: •...12esotred,.That And rew/ohnson,Pww ideal Of the United State, bei.impeutied of high crimes end misdemeanors." During the vote gams , " were undo for the abeenre of Hamm Itobinnon, Benja min, Wash mune and Williams, and Van Hern,!of Nliwo.url, - Trlmble, of Tonnes eon, Pmeroy, Donnelly, liloonts, May nanl and Shollabarger. Ti °Speaker salted that be could not consett that Ws conntiteents ehould be dent .n SO grave an occasion. There fore. as a Member of the Hone, he voted aye. The:voto rusultod—Seas 153. Nays 47, en follows : ries. Alllsee, Crrlswold, Paine, Ames.; -. Maisel, Nittll.oli, 'seder's's, . Manisa', Peters, Arnell, Eller), Pat.. .Odor, 1 0 0. ) . }ll Kon er, P l i a l n ts, ilatle}l,, f linpklns. Poland, 8atedn u ,,,,.,..d" f In.)Pal•lOY• Itaidwin, 14 erased 111 V .Prlcs, Bangs, ilurlburd, P.sulre. Ireernan. Hunter. Kobertaos, Peett}, Ingersoll. Sawyer. Penton, Jencks. Schenca. Bingham, Judd. behoteld, throne, Julian. Seel eye, Blair,; , ' Kelly, streets, • ',nut well. Reiser, Smith. Ila °wowed!, .letehare, opelding, Drooshall, • hatch., Stark ll .weather 'Scotland, Latin. - Siemens, Cl. . Kotler, ' Lawrence (Postevena, Pa.. Colrel • Lawrence (o.lstokes. Clll.Ollll. Lincoln , Tire. Clare, (Kll.)Loar, MOW'. Cllko,(0.)' Lefai, -•-• Trowbridge, COOO.l LOuglltid {o, Twiteliell, oburn, Can Lynee, Doe. Mailer}, Van Parnam. Carvell,Mars.. Van Morn. rf .7 Coreale, alleCertey, Van Wyeir, .. tonne, MeLinrg, Ward. Dawes, liereur, Washborne.W. Dodge, Miller, Washburne,lll Drligs. Moore. Wastitearne, AC Kerrie}, Moorhead. Welter, Egglestas, Morrill, SY dime.. Pa. Elliott. Malls., Wilson, lows. Ferneworth. • Myers, Wilson. Ohl. Farr* Ilearcornb, W Liston, Pa. Fen}, None. Windew Fields, . twieut, Vroodlbrl ' dge, Orabelly, OM . . And 1.110 drosidrer—lO.S. -- -- - Adams, 4rover. N iblaak, Archer, Haight.- Nicholson, Aztell, Holman. Ehelphe, ' Wt nee. liotebkies. Prays,. Barnum, Hubbard (ConNbord•ll, Here, Humphrey, Soso, Hoyle, ... Johnson. ditgnerves, Brooke. • Joues, Stewart, Barr, K :Stone, Carey, Escorerr, t, . Taber, Chandler, Harebell, . Trimble, (By) Eldridge, . McCormick, Van sass.. sox; Mcgullimgh, Van Trump, lied. ' Morgan, Wood, tilocibrenner, Siorrierey, Woodward-4.7 Geniality. Masson, Tits armeancenient of the remit elicit-, ed ;so manifestation, but the. lumense audience, which had filled the galleries and corridors all the day, gradually partied till it WAS reduced lees than one worth of Its original number. 11. r. STRV INS, of lows, moved to re consider the vote by which the resolu tion was agreed to, and also moved to • lavi Abe motion to reconsider on the 'table. The latter motion was agreed to, thel parliamentary male of making a de cis on final. 11r. STEYERS;,of Penn.:eh - ImM, then mated the following resolutions: Resolved; That a committee of two be appointed to go the Senate, and at ate bat thereof, in the name of the Rouse of Representatives and of all the pdople of tht United States, to impeach Andrew Joion. ' n Praddent of the United States, of ' high crimes and . misdemeanors in p ence, and acquaint the Senate that the house , of Reprmentattees will do due tithe exhibit particular articles of im peeachment against him 'and make good th name, and that the Committee do de mand that the Senate take order for. the aPpeartnice of maid Andrew JelnWon to answer said impeachment p Pesolved, That a committee of seven het appointed to prepare and report arti cleaa of impeachment against Andrew Jilallll6oo, Preehlentef the United Staten, with power. to send tor persons, papers and records, and to taketeatimonyuuder oath. Th. Demecratio members attempted to resort to tilllbustertng, but were cut oll; after an ineffectual effort, by a motion to suspend the rules, ao as to bring the Rouse Immediately to a vote on the ma hatmas. IThe rules ware enspended, and the. resolutions were adoted—yeas, one imam" and . twenty- four, nays forty- tyro. The SPEAKER then announced the 1 two committee; as follows: 'Committee of two to announce to the Senate the notion of the llouno--Itiesere. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and Bingham, Of Ohl; I Committee 'of seven to prepare arti :dee of impeachment - Messrs. Boutwell, Alassachunotte, SIeVOUS, Pthneylvania, Bingham, Ohio, Wilson, lowa, Logan, Illinoinjullan, Indian; and Ward New Toth. The House the; at twenty minutes pmt elm o'clock, adjourned, with the fol lowing letter, which was cent by the Pronident to Secretary Stanton and erhich ha s not heretofore been published: I Executive Mansion, Washington, Feb. Zat—Birt By virtue of the power and authority vented In me, all Preeident, by the Constitution and laws of the United State; you are hereby removed from the Warof Secreta of the Department of War and• your functions as such will ',terminate upon the receipt of this ea:m ien:Gentian. You will transfer to Brevet '.Motor General Lorene: Thom.; Adtil- - ;tant General or the Army, who this' day ken been authorized and empowered to lact no Secretary of War ad mterini, all 're cards, books:, papers and other public "property now , to your custody aid. ;charge. Itaspcaltully, yours, AIVDIUSIV JOESSON. To the How. E. 11. ISTANTeN, WWlbltig . ; ton, D. C. 1:IT! =1:1= [By Talogroplt to the CltUenrea titontte.l : Do]xmc, Fob. 21.—A fire on Center street, last night, destroyed tteenty•font -stores and mostly loss 550,C00. The buildings were frame and .duin surod. The stook In the store. was in sured for 120.000.; -Among the suffered ad Koch Bras., L.Herlemlua, Hayes, J.Floarlimaa, - Loni Kock. Allatrend A Graf, W. Daimon, S. H. Shyraees, A. Straus., P. Ploomtb4d,. D. Laud A Co. —The Clarksburg .TleCh says Mr. Perry H. Ralf, of mast chatty . WM run ever by the train els We g• atlas .H. 2 A 0. B. It., scrim glrareVreek, peer '..ltrldgeport. and It letup • - . bed a litle too freely, end lei - and a m -. proceeded as bras the hwent t• sleep. Ho was tortibli .. ',sod lii•d. to • /try short amt. - • - . 2 . - 4 i' EIPTION. FROM WASHINGTON, Message from the President He Attempts to Justi'fy.His Remo= va 1 of Secretary Stanton, (By Tales meta to Me liittmarge Duals.) Weedier/lON, Feb. et, 1888. The Presidenttaday sent to the Senate the following. message, whichwas read iii secret session; laid en the table, and or dered to be printed. The Senate reuse: ed from it the injunction of meresy. '- To the Senate of the 'United elates: I bays received-iv copy of the resole doe adopted by the Senate on .. .hee Mat instant, as follows : Whereas, The Searate have reoeayed and considered the communication of the President, stating that be had removed, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War„; and bee designated the Adjatent General of the Army to act as Secretary of War art interim, therefore, : ..flooolced, by the Senate of the United States, that under the !Com:Mahn and lows of the United Staten the Preselent .has no power to remove the Secretary of War, end dmignate any other officer to perform the dame ofthat °files ad In terim." This resolution le confined to the power of the President Co remove the • Secretary- of War, and to dedgnate enother officer to perform the duties of the office ad intertm, and by its printa ble is made expressly applicable te the removal of Mr. Stanton, and the desig nation to act ad iatcrie of the Adjutant General of the Army. Without, there fore, attempting to discuss the general power of removal as to tall officer,, upon which subject no expression of opinion in in the resolution, I shell confine myself to the question 114 thus limited, thin power to remove the Secretary of War.- .1t is declared in the resolution "that under the Constitution and taws of the United States the Preeidenthas no power to remove the Secretary of War and iluignete any other officer te perform the duties of that office ad interim." AN to the question of power under the Con stitution, I do not .;propose at pees cent, to enter upon its diamenion. The uniform practice from the begin. uiug of the government, es Vital:dished by every President who has exercised the office, and the decisions of ' the Su preme Court ofthe United Statile, have settled the question in : fuer of the power of the President te remove' all oaken', exceptine a ems holding appointments of a judicial character. No, practice or any decision has ever excepted a Secretary of War from the general power of the President to make remov ing from office. it is only nenesary then that I should refer to' the power of the Executive tinder the law. of the United Stuen to remove from offin the Secreta ry of War. The resolution denies that under these laws this power bast any existence. In other words, it affirms that! no each authority is recognized or given by the statutes of the eountry. Wbat then are the taws of the United States-which deny the President the power to remove that officer? I know -but two laws which hear upon this question. The first in enter of time in toe Act of August Db. 17-ri, creating the Department of War, which, after providing for a Secretary us its principal officer, pro ceeds as follows: SIMMoIe 2. That there shall be in the wild Department an inferior officer, to be enpointsd by the said principal officer, to be employed therein as he shall deem i roper. 2nd to be called chief clerk in tee Department of War, and who, when ever the mid principal °nicer shall be re moved from office De the President of the United States, or m any other case of yammer, shall, during such vacancy, hove the charge and ,custody of all rec_ gird., books and pipers pertaining to the said Department. It Is clear that this act, passed by a Congress, many of whose members-ou ticipate, 1 he the formation of the Omni. tenon, so far from denying the-power of the President to remove the Secretary of War. recognize* it aielaleiting in the Ex ecutive alone, without the concurrence of the Senate, Or at any other depart . moot <if thefievernment. Farthermore, this act does not purport to confer the power by legialstaye authority, nor in fact was thereany ether existing legis lation throilifi which It was bestowed upon the Executive. The reCeddifind Of the power by this act is therefore com plete, us a rex:unit:nu under the Consti tution itself, for there was no other source or authority from which it could derived. • The -other act, which . refers to this queetion, is that regulating the tenure of ertein civil offices; paned by Congress methe second day. et Marc.b, - 1867. The first section of that act is in the following womb,: That every person holdirig any civil oiliest° which he has been appointed, by acid with the advice and consent of Senate, and tiny person who shall here after be appointee to any each office and shell become duly, qualified -to act there in, is and Wien be entitled to hold office until a successor shill have been in like manner appointed', and-duly qualified, except as herein; otherwise preidded; provided that then See — rotary of State, or Treasury, of War. of fine frOle of toe Interior, -the; Postmaster General, and the Attorney General, shall hold their offices respectively for and during the term of the President by whom they may have been-appointed, and for :one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the advice and outwit of the Senate." The fourth section of the name act re stricts the test of Office to the limit pre scribed by the law ereatiedi them. That part of the first union . . which precedes the prove., declares that livery parson holding a civil office, to which he has been Cr may be appointed by and with the advice add eminent of the Senate, shall hold such office until a successor ahall have been in like mauanergappoint egl. It purports to take from the RXISCIts tire, during the .fixed time artablianed for the tenure of °Moe, the independent power, of removal, and to require for guilt removal the concurrent action of toll Psesident and the Senate. The prOvieo that follows proceeds to fix the term Of office of the general beads of departments, whose term never bad been defined before, by prescribing that they shall hold their, oaks respectfully far and during Abe term of the Presi dent b,y whom they- may hue been ap pointed, and for ones month,. them. after, eubject to removal by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. iThus, as td these enumerated officers, the proviso take. from the Preeldent ohs power of removal, except with the 'advice and consent' of the Senate.. Bylte terms, however. be fore he can bet depriVed of the pewee to glinplace them, it must appear that he himself has appointed them. It Is only in that ease they hove any tenure of office, or any independent Tithti to hold during the term of the President and one month after the unladen of him official fruntions. The proviso., Munn , ' fore, gives no tenure of office to any one , of these officers, who has been appointed by the President, beyond one month af t ter the accession of his successor. In the curse of Mr. -Stanton, the only I appointment under Which be beide the office of Secretary of War was that don furred upon hinsly my immediate pre cocenor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Be has never held from me any appointment as the head of the War Departaient Whatever right halted to hold the office was derived from that original appointment and -my own gut femme°. The law was not intended to protect such en Incumbent of the -War Department, by taking from the lewd deut the power le remove him. Thus, in my judgment, ie perfectly clear and the law . itself admits of no other constriretica. We find In all thst portion of the first • aeetien which precedes the proviso, that u to civil et deers ramoV generally the President 1. depriV ed of the of no n proviso ta plain that If there had been els no dd proviso that power would jest ea clearly have been taken from him so hr as it applies to the coven heads of departments. But for rumps, which were pa .doubt . satisfactory to . Congress, these principal 'officers were specially provided for, end ea' to them the ; express and only requirement's that the President who has appointed them shall no.: without: the futrice, and consent of the Senate, mmoyethemftonsofffes. The consequence le that as to My Cabinet embracing the officers &situated in the 'lst section of the act, takes from me the rent without the etrecurrends of the F! one of them I have appo W inter b l ut a n y does not protect l eech of them aa' ;any not appoluts . • 6l I C r % ta my 0 ..teLtiressiZAllonoe of this act, then, shows that while in ens inett, of the metionproeislon Is made for , offtherigglienlly, in another clause there is edam of Officers designated by their, . o fficial title., who ,are exentred fromtle , . . C, . . general term, of the law, and In refer te . nueof the e highest character, learneetly sue° to whom a clear dealt:len= FM, the l ti of the San est &gaunt reso to on mede es to the general power of mineral e which charges me, in what I have limited In the feet clause of the section. on ne, nith• violation or th e Cr"editn. This distinction en, that as torrach ofth elon and laws of the United. States. enumerated ornate as hold office under ie iii PSlgn nd -ei the appointment of the President, the le Aernattw'Jodee..eacia, aerneorcier, Feb'. power of removal am only bie exercised e , elm San as' ertnneselle• by bin: with the consent. of the Sens* e. The New York Henside eoreesiodolont ' while as to those who hairs not been afe ne • • , .1 pointed by him there is nolike denial of hewn the renewing as the monein...en • his powerto displace them. It would • • en' Interview , with Adentarre General_ violation of the plain meaning of • ne e ,. ; . • • • - enactment to place Mr. Stanton u• • • P tel teen. Tbomu said. "1 shell go down this footing, as these ;herds of' depot in War Department at Use ertual hour. _menu have been apPebitcd myself. Ve Secretary of War ad infer& to all in -..es to him this law give. him no ten • • - Tatum purposes, wi th out any reserve oMce. The members of my Cabinet, p ion a er doubt that my powers meant are who have been appointed by me are by . be pe r fectl Is tlmata u wen those .of this act entitled to hold for. en • month after the term of my of. iFenlrel "rent,. en= en lice obeli awe, hot Mr. Stante• inewt et the De l enneent • ba ns ' ord er. in 'could not, aminst the wishes •of m Ott name of the President, sly° instreee 'Bons to subordinate ofeceni, and direct 'ant:censor, hold a moment teenialler. f Ilho genera l work 0 the Department. Of he were permitted. by that sucrose. • ebe _ uapleauntfat me hold for the fiat two wake, would th , iln"1"•" will fiery 'to and offlcers there who may tie or•- Rememeor have no power to remove him i e „„_,, to dieteirerd, my orders. It may But the power of my successor over him le.."' s ha nto be Some personal would be no greater Si= my own. I d re Fr e nem er my own, but Ilia= no other my successor would have the power t. ve ts than to use the elder oonfeired remove Mr. Stanton alter permitting him to remain n term of two weeks ..ir re" t rin y re me, and order them Under Meese If rem to obey the Legitimate au betrectse he as . appointed by his predecessor, 1, who have toter . e ated Mr. Stanton no more then .But whaleboat the great Mogul him self f halltiaton to be left sererely alone? two e right rem m oy rtai e sin h ru e pen . Lb . ' nada the nneetion." • .1.: "Ile has already refused to vacate, and. same ground, namely, that he was note. pointedby me, but by my predecessor. suppose he willPendet RI. •r•theniti Under this colustruction of tee Tenure , Da my own option I should decline in Oftlee act, I have never doubted my pow- Dec fmree;brt_if President_ chi . or to remove him. - Whether the act was me to enllnea mr° l 9 l 7. nere.?... 1 . 1°., • constitutional or not, it was] always my e hanthe e - w er it aie th r fdtth t en: r an d : 4l nel .. n n o te a T t e e r i. opinion that Lt did not secure him from '• shall removal. I wee aware tint there were /his disagreeable badness b e fore Imy doubts as to the construction of the law ;whet Isbell do."' and from the first _deemed it desirable i -nersamlaw wren irreirrod. that [it the earlleat tenable moment In an interview' irlth Secretary Stan these doubts should he settled, and the On by the same orarespendeqe-the for- . true construction or the act fixed by a 'titer stated be had not isaued_say order declsfen of the SupremeeCourt of the ee p re v e nt G en e r ie reee eee e entering the . United States. My order of :suspension War Department. Re also sated it wam in August last was Intended to plane= impossible for Ida to state whet eaten eau: to such a position as would make would take If Thomas Insisted on sa resort to a Judicial declaim both nee- 'owning the duties of the WiO Depart emery and proper. My undenstendin • merit kilo action will depend altogether and wiehes, however under that order :,on.th• movements of Gen. Thinned( of muspenion, were 'frustrated, and the Claaols anal! Tsui matetTILIO Ett lets order for Mr. Stantonet removal was . DOSSING COXIIIILIDL a further step towards the accompliah. , • went of that purpose. • The same correspondent ie Informed . - • t • that numerous dispatches' ime been re , • I repeat that my own convicuon as lei ceived from the Grand Army of the Re _ the true constrection of the law, and see public a secret military ormadeation, to the conetitutlonality, were well est-lo with pate established in all parts of the sled and were =stained by every mom-1 ; country. endorsing the action of Com ber of.my Cabine including Der. Stan gams. The green/ tenor of those . • doS ton himself.. Upon the question of cone patches ts, tnat the members of the stautionality each one in turn d .Grand Army of the Republic will. net Itherately advised me that the tenure' Coneresemertkrewn, and iferielento of =lee set was unconstitutional in used In ejecting 1 ,,,, enntint. ., 3 are - Upon the question whether OS DD': ready to come and put him back. The thine menthe. who w ar°e PF eint ' 4 ' order Is reported In • greet state of ax ed by me p predecessor, that' an tool 4: citement, and is maminottely resolved from me the power to remove them, thew, to take aides with the policy of Congilela members empbaticelle, in rneeenee ete and defend It In all ita =names If alt the others Munnin the Cabinet, said; fai r. brought,. inch am e x t »m it y. . _ that they did not come within the pro;; visions of the ace, and that it was no peon - in•earrten D aLCLITia TO AID ens rant toction to them. No one dissented frond,' DDSS.. this construction, and I underetootßi The 1111 thile of Mei7lendlee••Pro ffe r ed mllltary them all aczoniesce l in itse; their services 000_r the President, - o r.a Pro d ro e lo t. lo i .t correctness lln a matter,of ch armee en • inmoce I was not disposed to„ rest mP ported, and this apart is given color of own op* 'was. though fortified: by truth from the prase:ice of Screened Censtaftl ' onte -1 adytnere. I have therefore , awDnu. Mro7 11 . 110 : 1 , who ben bad an sought to beteg' the question at as early if Interview with the President. • day as possible before the !Supreme: _ • THDQI3O ,WDIUSANTO. • Court of the United Suttee for final and It is supposed : the application fora author:rave decision. f- writ, directed arsine Mr. Stanton, to is respect to so much of the re:elution!, show cause Why he retams am relate. to the demetistion of an °Meet the War Departing:et, win =sgillgi to act as Secretory of War ed interim, t me m,, have only to my I have exorcised thl.f menucermet or i x& .s - wrste, power under the provisions of the firs section of the • Act of February lathe The Senate referred the nomlnition 0f 1795, which, BO far es they are applicable; Tlso e rnas Ewing as. .„irentar_lerl' Atrare. or War to to vacancy caused by removals, I unit the locamatee,elannttery derstand them to be still forage Tee legislation upon the subject 4 - ad interim appointments .in Sae e 1 Departments darns se to tin' War once se follows. Thesection of thhl act of the 7th of August, 1789, made provision for a recency in_the ve r y essh of a removal of the head of the WarDOI pertinent, and upon each a racancl: the charge and custody of the record books and papers to the Chief der Next by tae --act act of the Bthi of May, 11792, section eight. It to provided that in case of =cane* wesaioned iby death, absence from thie seat of Gove rnment, n of sickness of t= head of the War Department, the Prod, dont may authorize a person to perform the duties of the office until a sumee'l is appointed, or the disability removed. The act, it will be observed, does not fee the moo of a vacancy removal. Then by the first antion of tie: yet of February 13th, 1795, it le provided that In case of any vacancy the !'resident may appoint apemen to pee: form the duties while the =can= eg. lets These are followed' by that of tee 211th of February, 1863, by the first eat then of .whicti provision is again made for a vacancy caused by death, reside tion, absence from the seat of goy moat, or sickness of the head of ere en eccol ye department, and uponthe malt mace Mauch a vacancy. power is givym to the I remittent to authorM• the head I of any other executive department, or other °Mare in cite= of said depart= eta, whose appoinureent in vested in the ' President, at hie death lion to perform the duties of said respfe. tive atom until a successor to appoint+ ed, or such absence or inability kiy sickness shall come; provided, that no JOB vacancy =MI be supplied ila the =mime aforesaid for a longer period than six months. This law with some modificetions, re-enacts th el het of 1797, land provides, as did that act, - for the sort of vacancies to tilled; but, like the act of 1792, it malt= no provision for a vacancy occult:died ' by removal. It bee_reference altogether to vacancies anal ne• from other canna According to my coustruetton of thelliet. of 1863, while It implicitly repeals:Rte :act of 17$4,regulatiog the :meaner therein described, it has no bearing w ever on No much of the actof 1795 'Op- . piles to I recency caused by remelted. The act of 1795 therefore furnishes' the rule for I a recency occasioned b y. 1 removal, one ot the vaeancies exprinely referred to In the' set or 7th of "Vas 11789 • creating the Department of ex Certainly there is no express .repeiriby Use act of 1863 of the act of 1795. ..fhteme peal, if there is any, Is by inipßeathl l 4, and can only be admitted so far aa there his a clear intopelstency between 'e.= t= rent - The act of 1790 ht !dil -1 consistent with that of 1863, ad :to a yeeancy occasioned by death, reigns. lion, absence or sickness; but not It all inconsistent as to a vacancy canoed by removal. Itts assuredly proper thafthe President should have the same power to rill temporarily a vacancy or:castle:led by removal, as he has to supply a tiace made vantaby death , or expiration - 11M a term. ll', for Smetana, the incumbent of an office should be' found wholly ieinet to execute the (auctions, and the rinblia serene [Mould retina , hie imatediate ex pulsioei a remedy shouldexist and Es at once applied, and time ,be allowed - et= Preeldent tonolect and appoint anaPae ser, 'as is permitted in case a vacancy catned by death ,ert! We termination of an elder lean The necessity therefore for an', ad idarelS appointment is just as great, end *teed may be greater, in cases of anneal than In others. Belbre it be held, there forae, that, the power given bys the ea of 1795, in cases of removal, is abtogahiel by succeeding legislation; an ere:does repeal ought to appear. So Wholdoome a power should certainly noel be taken away by tome implimations. It may be, however, . MAR In fhb, as in other eases I so implied *peal, doubts may ariSe. it s tonfesseeW one of the • subtlest debatable rineollorue which arise 'in - the construction orstat utes upon such a question. If linsive fallen into ani erroneous 'conatroletion, I submit - whetter it alioulife be characterized as e a ykdatione of allele' duty and of law. 1: Inayedeenuel It proPer,invindieation of the course which I have conefelered it my duty to take, to place . befalls the Senate the reasons upon which I hays bead my petr/nee al though . I have been tectvead by every member of my Cibinet , that the entire tenure =lnset is decon oultutionae and therefore void, Mel al- Weigh I have eXPttm/F eenoriDiad :in the veto message which I bad thefitettor to submit to Congress, when I refftrned Me bill foe considerat ton, I have refraln tel from - making a removal Of any °Meer cannery to e oehrions of the law, and have only th Mere gilded that power In the ease of Mr. Statiton e nbietre M. my judgment, did not anteXtbin its . provisions. l have Mules dto iproceed with the greatest eireatespeoe on, and have tined Only, l / 3 sitiePreme aad'exceptionsicasee I auerelly i eellow. the =use which I have markedefin for myself as n general rule,faithfaleilto ex ecute all laws, though pasearceter !fly oteecitens on the seers' of constlntional- Ity. In the mown instance I Ines sp. waled, or sought to impan e l° Sea eirisi. arbitrer flied by the tOdatitutiode for the determination of allow* guanines. To this conies I have been basllliby, the, solemn :obligations w upon me to sustain Inviolate tho ipmeert. of the high nem commttted to ll'fy bind. Whatever be the consequennienMerelyl personal to my elf, r could nor allow ahem to prevail against a publleany so clear to my own mind and imineitexateres and' U. what was point= ba4 certain. MX had. been, Dolly [idelind I when 1. - removed Mr. Stanton,e that In then =Reuling theleugnammlteeidtony, handetnyOWnraMontl WasenreferelloW, - Inelld netbave hentated. fly Intulitinae . . . .. . l', : . . -...,..,...---- ...--,,,,,,-^t.,...,-....,,,,......,74,1,-...v,-,,,x MEd .Sl3Var Winn . L. lintrinsta IND INTIMUAY. 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I ch t was the judgment of the-Court exonerating himself and if. °nevelt from &erase brought against them by the Govern- . ment. The Preeldent interrupted Mr. Ravin and refused to allow Man to pro ceed. Mr. Karin insisted on reading the document. Mock disorderand oon fardon followed, whereupon the Prost dent declared the sitting-for the day din- solved. The Government members then retired. The Liberals remained, loudly protesting aaralnet the arbitrary action' I of the Presient. Thwere finally palled from d the building by the °facers ' and the gas .extlngnlehed. = wal7l ..-4)a Astarte - I , Ifebraart:3o & at the Mercy lloepltat. 4011.11 S..WAJLDE, Vath less et We 14,. ranirrsl.4ll leave W CaUsielfalPfeeeed to 11117'. Cenit•sy. 8211100STMI, at kalf- past alas Weleek. " • • oLIIffUITSTJIL Beads" sa , 'aim let , IS. o'elecig. at the easldente of his r. G. licantelt. se. Soho hrlev. alter . a {SOTS .111.50 a, Mr. HUEY OLNHAUIIOI.. to see of II ream 'wrath, sad IS day. 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