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