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SAMTJEL BIBBLE, Editor.
.JlB&ih?l PIBBLK, Aaaociate Editon
CHARLES *H. HALL. PubU?her.
Letter.
?>nt *i vHifl fipv tyfT . 4
9 ?kl Rep*lratioii---lA<tutrr
^dpte?ewjiofjthe p?bK&tion>of vh&naw.etonTj
^apiiointea guardians of the tbll-gato fo tho
political waiters. So fir as
?f^^^er^ncernedrour^IiUtarx ?h"iofi"has
evidenced no disposition to. eater to tho wiah?s
ar very respectable. Tho period for. the:coin
i-iaenbsmbnt of ' Iho registration has Blot ye^Been
foed, but it'i? sd&o^
it month,.tho rcconstfucled whiles and en
"flf perfecting the- required" preliminaries fot
v?iingij b**<*?>* oh Itrf tiSa^ "Iwwa IPod ioll"
:v#^0u&^ atorf^Sat c
**bw >*iifjjx roi?^j-LimiooaJOTtmr>J^dft'-toJ? f
ta&e proportion of those .white? who w?re c\u
glide would at least registering
?Jtelo^tfidiftmojre,thau? tery small, minority
willprcsentthemselves before the August elec,
o^kif^n^u\J'}r^^ ^nfyiooaMKty1 ^f*tno' to]
ision of our State, even ,in comoliancQ
?Jfjf? n?) jy.rt -Hi {Irr* 1 4sdv ?E Wj 1
Md^^&rHNBra ?ji t^oj^gistfare^^je^t
< fbeir option any-applicant for! franchise, ? will
determine very many to adopt tlrn Perry policyi
^staml aloof "^r^^^h^m^ W
Telection-er its anticedents.. r. '
"? ^^C^^^ioia^Mvtn^- partially pbrog
" .v?%5s-auti^Uqudripg <eo\ict?4he'f disciples rand *d
:
1 ?Uli
immoderate/ imbibitions. ' Sonoo eight o'r'ton of
?jjjwprfotpre ?f rcsteuraptsj and.. bai[v. rooms
: coustitute the favored few, who Kre? permitted
^to re-open their establishments, and. of course,'
^tl?e^rt''4oing^a"7 flburMirfg^buslheBSi
gQue, {but jthis, djsBatfsfaption will
,, relieve itself oa?;r in private expressions of in
. -dignation. I aus Authorized to stato, that while
?tho powers that be, are supported by bayonets
^to anti-extinction '.or anti-discriminatiofa!
?Jeaysstica will be called. ?
?job a>t? tir/vii <^a?lj Fnn jfn*b i*.^ Jqjifl!
^Mhe^io^affe?^g;!direo0y: .the.^harle^ton
Savings Institution, und through it < many of
?tfur; people,' was on Saturday, despite strong
' and jiLst appeals, put into cxecutioftR Certain
? mcnt of the late war, had on iicp >sit in ita Trcas
4cma.ndod the payuicut in full of their claims.
; 5^te Directors doo^nihg^ to- mako them.' pre
ferred CTcditors, thoy invoked tho assistanco of
, tlid military,'who intervened in their behalf;
=nd an order was promulgated directing the
refunding of tho entire amount deposited.
>f^#no supplement td the order 'coolly^'jdiroistcd^
that in the event of a refusal, the Treasurer
and Directors should be soht to Castle Pinok
l^^e^^on^nd and ..sufficient ad
d^tional.ossete. to meet.the. claims,, wore tbere
forfl paid over to the military. The Company
bein'g insolvent, this forced measure | will-1 se
riously allect tho interests of many widows and
?' ? orpTmn's;'whose all Wets in the custodv of
the school for freedmon . established last
I week at tho old Marino Ilospitel, by, tho Pro
testant Episcopal Church, is in a very flourish*
re]FcondlUdn jvovcr 'etgh't hundred childrcu
? arc in attendance, and now applicants daily
9 present themselves. The Superintendent',
^white). is named ? - Taylor, from New
, igr^J hp is assisted by )ight Charleston Indies,
from families of tho tigbest t respectability,
This Work is as patriot it in its character as it
WIM* ehristianJ The fcoloied chlldrcri are to
SnmSaeai^d,' and it fs infinitely bettor that our
own people should Instruct' them "than tnat!
the ^ccds of animosity to us, and prejudice them
against bur intcrcet. Hostility between- tho
rV^'ca?'bO productive' of ndthing but cvil to
both white and black. W H?r?w
fl ?I l?.'i.r , vi? -r,-.iJ^.n/f ort ?fiff rf#wla Kvt?L>ni
IjT^W^ weather under whipti we are now, suffcr
^CO?t|r^fomar^ahly^ rej^-J
lat ions for tho thorough cleansing of tho
_- . _._._??-1
ble precaution has been CataAto j^flPV^ our
fellow PoTgB " e hope
rilltsum' u gon these
rbc suffered
we^efoRaW'.at
tempted on last Monday evening, to -end at
onco her troubles. wdJicrlifo, by. toking .poi
^rtnna^j^t
?uf?de. T&wv totteo wiser It bs' bravely to j
-'bear the ills we have" in lifo, than to ex
change thorn fhr-i'athejtajhjn) we know. ja<ft Jpg?
THE* NEWS.
fc/rrr ^-wjr yJ?ftTft? <w rv>nn nidi inmv> TL>vdl
vCQitcflions, tchich. now agitate the .jm
' ?_m ??' ? _?j_5_
ular $enHment tn $c section o/country in'wkich'
"?r why?mtm?nicaixpnMproperm willen, acco)
<era&itcgy> r.J i"?Mw rv*vj iarfJ ni^rfJ&bfMn$ v,w
The Dutch have Taken Hollaria^ j
[??e ^oiHhdl lama* hainbi ^tmthmT! MO
h&e'n^t?k^
I^Fcax.M?? Ssm^m\0Ff0^* sf^tpA
?f:49 negroes arid I? white-men, was in full
Masi^^e^?ttfrous' 0.^r-B0Wit*?v;nQVlngl
tj&re -stilllifelthe, gop^?phl\city men juried, and
true, who "have notlbowcd the knee* to Baa 1 j"
and the proceedings of the, Radical cohclavo
pie witn intense disgust. . wo will give turtner
TiiB "ttynsnttW ?tfFbiii* >ii>K-ou " :,t-. ?r^l
VWlfy fej> star !?#A|**;t? ,
; ; X^*^^^OBBCB?^iwS.]..
. , ? Whins ana4 um ms.
^"jrfcu/tVc^ it w, far beyond our
J??P^lji??l mid L^&AUrJtt ill^'3 wr".r
ken.', ^ly^ripus, meandering, yet.,merciful
areA? i?o^desjgned_^^^ ciraumsQribe
our actions and-their motives. "I pray that
T-hou* woulds't Zrccp thonuifrom the ovil." You
?ftlb on your past 'career and Sed chsefly blight
'l^'^'^M^^?^^tyoii ask;-.
at the
pharos
to assure you of comfort and joy ; and you
I wonder, why. God's mercies seem (o hover
around some, while others arc over in devious
shadow* 'br&vmbenms^ durk to
yo? ;'you aro weary, r ?
\-fJt'**' UToitfw^j*|B i jviu-^rr vfj M wJ :?.\:u .-.-.' i
I'^Veary of hoping?where hopo ftpms untrue,
Aa fair, but as fleeting, ns mornin?'B bright dew."
tv"earjr cjfsighing o'er sorrows of earth,
"Where iqTp's hrightoBt dreams will oft fade at
^H?fth1rtbvv; "
? jIomvI ,tr*4 ?.-?-?.-?r !la4 a : tii^"^ ;
J^ot us facerthU'fuets^before you adopt such
hasty^rfOlusibUS.1 ' if yon ?Vfra Christian, Or if
and bo undismayed. Life, 'tis a nursery for
e^e^ity j ^oiua.few. ofjuc thrivo ihest-for en
couragement, affection or praise; wc arc weak
like Ready to'?alfc^n?.ta 8ueh:'Our Father
give's appreciative friends, a loving home-circle
and an adequacy; or a superabundant support,
since Ho sees that such appendages 'will not
detract from our usefulness, and Our dopen
doncQ^upon'His love; . 'Yet* those to whom this
treatment is eafely applied aro in the minority,
for most of us have too great a love of the
world and its pursuits, to.be benofitted by such
a regifneh.
--. 3f s?*>0 * Wehte sf.-s ?i
God secs^^t wo..oliog.too jol^ely, to those
who are kind to us, and straightway Ho per
mits them, (just by natural versatility,) to
need us no longer, to slight us, and wc hro de
pressed.
>d) U
"O Heavon! wsreman.
/But constant, he were perfect; that.one error
Fills bim with faults."
We often' delight in bestowing upoii %ur
friends e+HTcp mdonts liberal favors, they thus
become part, and parcel of bur interests; then
if God tak.es .rom us the ability to continue
these, donations?-if our own mints must bo our*
tailed and our gifts *bo less often bestowed,
wo feel the reflex result, for those hitherto our
dear friends, seek elsewhere more ? eligible inti
macies, ?ometimcsjjouf hearts crave praise,
and pur lovo of approbatipn is so great, that
wo becomo unhappy becauso wo aro not gonc
ral ^ favorites, Wo forg<#, tlmt while noblo
deeds aronso thodovo of the Good, the IS vi)
j often feel towards'them," a pang of envy.
f
; to satiety, there is a morbid desire for some
thingo'ct ocyeml our'reooh. Unrest will rack
feeling and roaso bur belter
tense^ctionT' iq? hV V&fS**
,rt aro- better develo^?tl,'. whop j
-?omo ojDttw^d^ strepgtli.fco teat, i
not.,oipr,.abiclipg plaeo,.'hence.
j** - ? ', i i
\y ahd kin^iy^tcVches im not-to; rely iipot
its P.iusivo joys. Ho Jotfprs us religion, .(rpli-r
ancQiUjion "^im^ 6? thi^^oa^pi^^'B, fKme to
to jgoldcu; graces aud; char ms.1 i Heaven. g t ides
'before o?f vision, an enchanting picture; and
;lne'1i6pe^bf:ifnin^^
life.
Did I say, Hopo? Delicious Hope! she wings
^r'vjea'r^eat hours, and mantled with lteligi?u
r&Wpm^kfik cpnatepft ip; her aims. 'Sho show
-et% gladn*C8BiT eli-top*-.'*! I;-.??*-.? *yv Jv:'- ?
\f .i&6tf?Uil\ ?/<? ?<fict.Hsil.? 1n L a xf>l "'?v'r
After death ita-joya shall be, ? '
^r^rfwIj?aittgliseternKy/v^i 1*
? 4
Were Earth our germand goal, di&appoint
1?hu ??p v<'' * y, ? v . >v- T ?
meut might sadden us; but Jrcad, We. Oyeriso
(lightly,' Time; wiU trayel.. .-?The. panorama
rohapgeSj-r-and He, our architect, gives us
moonlight, sunshine and showers, each in'turn.
f shrikkTnb^, Oh'' ruoftal,' when jthott weariest,
I "This world's not all a fleeting*shew
For-man's illusion given;" V;
For he who'njchsurca out Iil'c'a.spnn,
In love to God and l?vc to ninn,
' ^ ^t3n earth Ksb tasted llcdven." ?
Daisy Dafet !
rJHNHhi... . . 7? . %
^W*WHf .i' i ?-f^--*:? wi ?? *.'
The Last. PrcsidbntiUl Message;
ti*?t * .it I* r*. iL.- ? v ? :.?
^TtfO>Veto of the second Supph-mcntary Act,
after repeating,the objections previously urged
against the constitutionality of the Kceonstruc
fripn* program me of Congress, concludes with
the following remarks j
y 'Within a perioddess than a yoar the legisla
tion of Congress has attempted to .strip' the
Executive department of the .Government of
some of its essential powers. The Constitution
'and the oath provided . in it devolves upon the
President the power and the duty'oo sec tjiaj^
the taws are faithfully executed., The Consti
tution, in order to carry out thiB power, gives
him the choice of the ogeuts, and inakes them
subject tuvhis control npd supervision. Hut in
tho execution of these laws the constitutional
obligation upon the President regains, but the
power to exorcise that, constitutional duty is ef
fectually taken'away.
Tho military commander is, as to tho power
of appointment, mode to Jake the .place of the
"President, aud the. general of tho army the
place of tho Senate, and any attempt on* the
.part of the President to assert His own consti
tutional powers may, under prctenco of law, be
pet by official insubordination. It is to be
feared (hat. theso military officers, looking to
the authority given by these laws, rather than
to tho letter or the constitution, will recognize
no authority but the commander .of tho district
and the general of the army.
If therefore no other objection than this to
this proposed legislation, it would bo sufficient.
I Whilst I hold the chief executivo authority of
the UnitetJ (States, whilst the obligation rests
f upon me to see that all the laws aro faithfully
executed, I can never willingly surrender that
trust., or the power given for its execution.
I can never give my assent to be made re
sponsible for tho* faithful execution of laws and
at tho same time surrender that trust and the
powers which accompany it to any other execu
tive officer, high or j low, of tg any number, of
executive officers. .
If this executivo trust, vested by the consti
tution in tho President is to be taken from him
and vested in a subordinate officer, the respon
sibility will be with; Congress in clothing the
subordinate with' unconstitutional power, aud
with the officer who assumes its exercise. This
interference with tho -constitutional authority
of.the executivo department is an evil that
will inevitably sap the foundations of our fede
ral system; but it is not tho worst evil of this
legislation. It is n great public wrong to take
from tho President powers conferred upon him
alone by tho constitution, but the wrong is
more flagrant and more dangerous whon tho
powers so taken from tho Presidont are confer
red upon .subordinate executive officers. Over
nearly one third of the- States of tho-Union
military power, regulated by no fixod law, rules
supreme.
Each one of these five district commanders,
though not chosen by tho people or responsible
to them, exercise at this hour moro executivo
power, military and civil, than tho people havo
cvor boon willing to confer upon tho head of
tho exoeutiv? department, though not chosen
by and responsible to thomeelves. ? Thoremody
most como . from the people themselves.
They.know what it is, and how it is to applied.
At tho present tim'o they cannot, according to
tho constitution, repeal these laws, they
cannot remove or control tilts' military despo
tism. Tho remedy, nevertl.clcss, is in their
hands if it is tar be found in the ballot, and is a
1 sure*ope,\f not controlled by fraud, ovcrawed
by arbitrary power,- or from, apathy on thoir
deuce in their patriotism, wisdom and integrity
I am stUl hopeful of til o -future, and that.
m
C., July 19,1867.
Washington Tfovrs.
ft ra yi ? rjrr at>
July 19.?*-Imthe House the reading of the
Tpto siucasagff having be*n^ |conchidcd, t?e
Speaker stated thattlm^Djlo??nse* -fho?l?rest
d?bt would -bo, entered at length on the journal
in compliance with tho Constitution; < oHj j
. Mr*. Stcveus ((Rep,v. Pa;)< roso and eaia\Xbac j
ho was disposed to. have .the vote on the ques
tion at once.,-, ' Met. ?>h: -.-{ inodtm-ft \in las '?
? t I il!f v'wl*-?*;?:! : * &H1
^.Mr. Boutwell <Rcp.,rMas?.) asked Mrv Stev
ctis to yield (the floor -to.him- Mr. Stevens
complied, and Mr. ?'Routwcll addressed the
House, closing as follows t-mm juiilmgO sttfvol j
"Our .duty ns we represent .hjstory and an-jj
ecstryr-riouKit d^y,., as - wo ? conMmpIjito.nthoi
dquiandp, whiqh,feppsterity will fmakecus^in;
my? judgment,- is^ Jaqron ,taa-.4uv^t(igtfto?ifair
ly, itfully*.. ^thfuUy,! ?,a?dvr,wjtiiout;T .dolay,|
tho charges that are made against , ,fhej
Executive of^hp, country,,and, jf(founded, to
arraign >;im,dcHberate|y .but nrpmptfj, .prose-!
cuto the( trial'according to the .forms of pro
ceeding, ana if but one day his.constitutional
term be., shortened by ,tho judgujent,of the
Sen,ato, libqrty will be preserved, au4 the
country through cquiing ages,.and. mankind
through centuries, will bless, that pcoplQ'and
tho representatives of that people who, had jtjyi
courage, as tiicy merged from a great war,.to
demand justice, to preserve the Constitutione
protect liberty, and to transmit popuiar rights
to other nations'." . . .
|. Mr. Randall (DemIV),; would Uke?thQ
cjianceto mnW impeaches hefgro the peo-i
?pie. II.C anouid like to moot thorn faco < to
face, right in tho enomy's camp. Ho asserted
that they did not mean to impeach the Presi
dent ; they .did not dare to do it. .What had
the President done''that' ho should bo im
pcachdd? 'Had he not boon honest, faithful,
diligent and correct :iu-ovPry; particular ? -JsCt'
them, then, if they,-dare, attempt to impeach
the President. id I i-: .? .
- * * I* *, .-?.?* - - ,&*-iS
Mr. R.utler (Rep.. Mass.)?I admit that the-,
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.' Randall)
uttered one truth in his remarks, and that was.
that .wo dare not do our duty here in that re
spect. With bhamc and confusion, of laco, I,
for oho, bow to the truth of that remark. And
the question is: How soon will wc bo ready to
do oiu; duty ? . ? '' ,
* . * * ?* * * *.
The President declares that no.particle-of
the land in the Southern States has become the
property of the United States by conquest. I
cannot for au instant, allow that statement to
go unchallenged. Kvery font of land that was
occupied by the enemy of the United States,
and was by the valor of its soldiers, repossessed
by the United Stuten, became thereupon the
property of the -United States* To say that a
title by conquest pertains only to personal
property and movcablc things, is to ignore tho
entire law of nations ; for while it has not been
usual in conquering nations to appropriate the
proprietary title of-the land from motives of
public policy, yet T-think T may challenge the
entire body of writers of the rights of war,'
and ask if there can be found any one line in
denial of the right to appropriate J/ind thus ac
quired. I shall, therefore, ask the considera
tion of tho House to the.fact whether or not
the right by conquest is not a porfect one, to be
[ exercised in our judgment as may seem best,
either iu .mercy, in clemency, in justice, or in
right?precisely as wc ploase-wmd not other
wise. Having thus brought before tho House
these luisstutemcnts of facts and wrong conclu
sions of'law. I, for one, am ready to vote that
this shall become a law, notwithstanding the
veto of the President, and then see. whether he
will cxecuto it, or whether tho House of Rep
resentatives will bring him, for his former vio
lations of the Constitution, before the Senate
for trial, according to the mode, and the ouly
mode, pointed out by tho Constitution to re
lieve the country from tho oppressions of a bad
ruler. . ' ?
Mr. Royer (Dem , Pa.) took the floor for five
minutes
Mr. Williams (Rop., Pa.) said ho sympa
thised very deeply with tho eloquent utterances
of his friend from Massachusetts (Boutwoll).
There was a time whon forbearance ceased to
I be a virtue, and he thought that tiino had come.
For tho first timo in the history of tho country
the Chief Executive Magistrate of tho country
strodo into the halls of Congress, into the Qqn*
' stitutional Chamber of tho nation, and . flung
.his mace, in the way of defiance at the feet of
Congro?s. When was this controversy to end?
* * * ?* * * . * '
It had boon widely disseminated through the
country that the charges against tho Executive
Magistrate wero merely frivolous. That opin
ion had found utterance on both sides of the
Houso, but thoso who hold tho contrary opin
ion wero prepared to show, whOnover they were
allowed to provo it to the House and tho na
tion, thn$ -thero was a case against tho Presi
dent. It was not for him to say what it was,
he could not do so without a violation of con
fidence ns a member of the Judiciary Commit
tee. * t4 * fttq mt *
Mr. Schonck {Rep., Ohio)acceptod fiyo mih*
utcs' time, and said it would suffice lor what hb
had to say. The Secretary of the Treasury, in
a speech dolivorcd sorao time ago to a mob in
thiatpfoy, hid said that ? ho regarded Congress,
$gj. Ho (Schonck) Lad sometimes fefcoo^jiggS
icmjeoVto ' think that Congress- hod|W&ad IpM
? VjjSr|i n doubt of it," inUrpo^l ftjj ?. lie ^
j^ja^Schcnck prococdecV^PiwJ^e? pg\$] jo^
. remark. Congross bad passca dno law after
another in its effort to carry out a system of
restoration of the rebel States, a?d those laws,
had beep rendered iJt\g*ltory. Jwel bem^i^ffec-t
"stricken down^nd'made inoperative by the BrW*
tility to "them,; to Congress, and to the p?lieyoT
Congress on the part of the Executive. The
President stood now as an obstacle in the path'
way. tnxspSLv t . * *
Mr. Stevep? (J&pX S.?tf?: I agree prei
eiscly with the eloquent speech of my amiablcj
colleague across thoway .(^Randall) that we can-j
not impeach the President of the UnltedL
States. But I say to our ?friends on this sidcj
who are urging that measure that they are urg-j
ing it'^in vain.'' The result of iriy motion'the
other day clearly disclosed that, and, without;
.attempting tb'tnako disclosures;'! uudejrtake toj
say that there are unseen agencies .at work-?!
there are invisible powers at wprk\in thj|s ooun-j
try which will prevent tho impeachment of the!
President. I have teken sohio pains W under-]
stand the composition of thei House 'and the;
composition of the Senate,and,! um.qifite cer-:
tain that there are chough of persons in the^
HousV'tfrtfW preV?fi^ the,pres6pta,tjptl:;0f ar-j
ticlcs of impeaclimciit; and secondly, thatl
there arc enough porspns in the-' Senate if ar-|
tides of iuipeuehnieut were voted, to prevetit
the conviction .of the President. So that I re
peat any attenrpt tainrp^nclr*tho President will
be vain and futile. It is ?j^iVie to p'icrca
ttic panoply ^uicftjuwoun^^^ White Housed
The i'rcsl?em'Vtarts by a^orlTng^n his mcs-i
sage what^ if true, ,would support all thCpresfj
o'fiiis argument." He says the Constitution of
the Hutted !?thtcs'Js tbeorctirjally opcr^ttve'fiJ
the$'c^riqtteft'd provinces of "Wc 'South'.' t,lf
that' was'trtto thou till wdT htyvo dpne here Sfj
Jrank usurpation. ? I dony that tho Ooristitution.
isiciihpr .-thooroticpUy.or actually iu oporatipu
in any pf theso S.tates. I am sorry to say that
not all our statesmen, profound as they arc, and
that'not all of our judges, learned as they are,
not cVcn'the high eat'among them, seem to havo
looted sltffieiently'to-1110; bottom-oftho law of
nations to underbuild the true condition of u
cpn<|uorcd,pppplc.. And 3*ct a sliglp) cxainiua
tiou of one page of Froftius, of half a page or
half a lecture of Ilutherfurd, onp pago of* "Vat?
tel, and even less than tti-t of the'l?st; nhcj
best, and tbrsct Of publicib^Scrg^nt \Vildi
man?wiil convirtcc every uttth that? thb- true
position of the date. (.-on iV.-h.-rate 'States - is thru
of . a conquered .territory ,of .tho.Uuitcd Sjtates.
That being admitted, all the rest of reconstruc
tion is r's easy as nny of tlie problems of
Euclid. Mnny' of our people have relied on
Blackstonc and Whoatoti and Other 'ancient and
modem publicists, and "havo ibedmnc' familiar
with ?thoui, while the occupant of the-iWliito
House was engaged in a very .laudable business.'
but one,not much calculated to instruct anil
adorn that cud of the human frame, Tlicrc*
fore, sir, I make allowance 'mud indulgence on
the errors of that honorable gentleman. 1 liow
movopthc previous question.
Messrs. Wilson (itep.. Iowa) and -PrUyn
(Demi, N. Y.)appealed tu Mr.-Stevens to allow
each of them some time.,to address thp House.
Mr. Stevens consented, to do so, and yielded
first to Mr. Pruyn, who said : I agree with the;
gentleman from Pennsylvania as to these first
principles which he at the foundation of -the
national law to which he has referred, and that
the authors he has named uro authorities which
cannot be di-regarded here, but whose Opinions
and views are conclusive on - the .question be
fore tho House. The difficulty, is in applying
that law to tho case before it, The gentleman
from Pennsylvania in the Thirtieth Congress
announced what ! considered to be, and , wb<et'
the epuntry considered to bo, a startling propo
sition ; that by reason of the proclama
tion of, blockade so-called, .the war had
become a war between nations, and hence
forth it was a struggle bptweon two great par
tics, and that the couquoring party had a right j
to do with tho oouqucred what it pleased.
That was in the faco of tho solemn proclama
tion of both ?Houses of Congress, passed un
animously after the struggle had reached its
height, after the first battle of Bull llun, that
it was not a war between nations, but it was
a war to onforce tho provisions of the Con?
stitution, acknowledging all tho rights of thp
States, and declaring that as soon as tho strug
gle terminated, terminate how it might, these
States wore to bo restored to their relations to
tho Union. Tho facts of the case heretofore
do not bear out tho inference which the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania endeavors to give,
tho very sound law to which ho has referred,
but, on the contrary, places us in a position in
which ,wo have said to tho world that those
principles of law do.not apply, ai:d did not .ap
ply to the struggle iu whioh the.North was, cpj
gnged with the South. As to thp gentlemen
from Massachusetts who first spoke (Mr. Bout
woll),' we all know that t,hiasubject of impeach
ment has become so thoroughly imbedded . in
his mind, that on no occasion dues he fail to
?present it to tho House. Wo are.^hpre called
upou to discharge a solemn duty under the
Constitution, and declare whether, notwith
standing tho reasons whioh the .President has
assigned against the passage of the bill, it shall
become a law. | Instead of discussing that ques
tion, the- gcutlpma^vfrpm^u>|as^<dius?^Uj has
honored us with thq reason w.hy tajj&riotyrft
Should ijbo., iiur^hedf^.^cpv^of . \ic.v^j
liftvvbo ?ttcnmted,, [a draw f^^ ^
*f,*ho,{ ipewage,) Olutihow &i .jhat SShK
q\*c$ .ibWbat doe^e^reakloij* teU^'yob^af.i
P*t principles of English liberty? What .
U^?ho teli yon f Where does he appeal ?
jflfcpys he appeals to the ballot-box. In tho y
eman from Massachusetts afraid of that ? -
ell may be, as it will Boon tell a story that
be utterly at variance with the views $he
Entertained. [Derisive laughter on the Re
publican side of the House.] Far! of the
speech of the gentleman would bo very well in
a political electioneering room; ar.d part of It
wdut'd have Very Well in! the; year of the
French revolution > but it .does not .Si. iho tem
per of our times, rIf?
constitutional llbtirfey
occupying tho position he docs, and under faah
views?
The fall of the" Speaker's hammer here'in
dicated, the close of; til? Jiv.cminutos allowed **
Mr. Pruyn.*
Mr. W4to<!of^
tend to occupy one moment of. tho time of the
House on this question, until it seemed to be>
rendered necessary by^tne irregular course
wliichMJhaSy'beoft^puraued byWdoffciy co&
leagues of the "Judiciary Committee /Untie*'
and Williams), and some of the words which1
have falle^frbm tho'1ip^'o*^rgentl^B#
tfroto Pennsylvanm.(fit?*en*i> *3 yV"^??^
When the House of Representatives charged
'tho Judiciary Commi?feeawfith tho investiga
tion of this c?se, I'ttld ' not nh^ersTamTIh&t a
majority Of tlic Hb?so sent the' :c*lff4oa?fc
Committee for that Comtnittce to act upon it
wholly as partisans^ . ? understood that so far
ns it imposed an obligation upon me, it wnB.tO"
I fearlessly and'mitlifully investigate thai, case,
1 C?t aVff- m^n^r of ^
House of Kcprcsentatives-.of tho Uuitod States;
and, let mo say, that I havo pushed the inves
ftigatfon imthaf llg*?, ^ttd.f^?ritf HWST
that no amount of political pressure sha!
me aside from tho-conseicntious discharge of
im^ot?ft*?"M?? Afe* y^^^onfroUe^ by tho
I laws and^^bc,,facts. , [Applause on the llcmo
cV.it i c Vi Je of the House.] I have no sympa
thy with tho course or political conduct of the
Pretlucoi#^?UH!te8^rf is
entitled to have the charges made against him
case returned to the Huuso, as the facts and
the law will warant. Tho gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens) has said there are
scored mflu?nctfs W wofE. It is easy for any.
man to cast suspicion upon all other men, when .
itr' is nccossary to carry by force of party or
ganization anything which ho may desire to
;PVoy{ :4cVosfrulI $ ^nol^y&fwlilk? V
fluenccs the gentleman refers, net only control
pcachu-'^nt being presented to-tW Psn'ale'^nt
coufcrollirig mcmbors of tlid-Fe'natd^&arc
to sit as a high ^'"t of impeachipvnf. '?ndc&
the solomnity of their oitL*Sir,' is ovWy^&anx
to bo run down becamfo ho' cftWot look upom
quest u)n.s:j ust us pomo other ?men view'-'them ;
is every man'' to be 'hnun'dert1 dWu hi thXu
cbuntjy bccnuW ho will no^ surYdudcr the ri'ht
>f private judgment. Have wo como t<> that?
Here the fall of the Sp^lkb^j^U^r^ndl-" '
.t?ated the termination' of thorgcu(16?iau'a &?s
minutes. t , . ' ? .
^ TJio.H9.u.se^then proceeded to vote up n the
passage of.0io'bill by Yeas and ,
The voto rcsultod in-t*Yeosv 10U; Nay-%
B 'The-Speaker announced that two-thirds hav
ing voted iu the affirmative, the bill bad again
passed the House, and. with the 'objections' of
the' President, would he transmitted to :t!?e
Senate for its like consideration. 5 " :! ' ^ J
Jvj.y 19.~Tn the Senate the veto mcssa^
was1 read, and the SecondS u p p lerne n ta ry J?I
was passed oycr the rYojio '^^9^.%^^
Tu? Chair annogftcedy tfce* ..tte^iljL having
beet passed over the veto by a vote of two
thirds of each Hotiso^Was afilaw.1 1
!^1JtoO.-In the Senate thertf ^ 'iW^
regular discussion regarding adjournment^aa
which the President was dc^bun^cd as j&nluj
maciousj'ianll Jlr^Cnandlor "saic( there,;'
sort of h'ybritf^coneera / in. the tSeoato <
conservative Republicanism.1 .<# ^
Mi^r Fessemlen-took furflior remavks of Mrv
Chandler as personal, and said he had but one.
thing to s;iy : -.The Senator from 'Michigan
says^wbafelrtfot ?rW.: ? 1 -ly-^ J?
1 Mr. Ch?hdler hurled back Mr. Fessobdjn^
contempt with scorn, when the amiable ebnt''
vcrsy'waB interrupted by a motion to go"''(nto>v
executive session. , "T.
The Senate adopted the report of the Com
mit'tee' of Conferanecl and* ndiournod Itdlhe.,
21st of November. . w .,^ n
authorized, to send for persons and^^paporS|On
the question whether Kentucky, Maryland and I
Delaware have1 Republican ConstituttohV1
The prcamblo and '* rcaolutfon ordering that*
Sefgeant^t-ArrnB lo bring J<nfhyett6* t).; 'lftlc#
before the bar of,$0' Hd?sc,'' for ''^o^ltntjl
refusing to appear before the Judiciary C^ffi*
nnttec to report tho ovidenco taken in (lie im
peachment casoi was passed by a voto of t>7 to
43;* r[ \.? -?? >v.>.4?'y***%i
This result was applauded by the impotfeh
^iL?'l * . ? i
Tho Conference Committee roportcd on ad?
journmcnt froni 4'o'clock to^\he 21 et ef Ne
yomj>cV, \vhich was agreed to?yeas <i\{
Very gro^ , ,i ]{01^ **\
? i the inipoachcrs, <aking,.advantage?
jf i ^ H???0, carried thelr^olbt ?f\jrdefitig ,
m be reported ^hd prinVed *
Wilson, Chairman of the Jiidioiary CommiUcv
wha shift . strongly oppasod tho - movement, %
trifled4 over tljo matter until the Speaker^