The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, July 27, 1867, Image 5
THE OBANGEBURG NEWS,
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT
ORANGE^URG, S.- C.
1
.Office of Publication.on Market-Street oucr fj
. . Post Office. V
. ? SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor.
? _TIRGIL C." DIBBLE, Aasociato Editor.
.* CnARLES *H. HALL, Publisher.
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HEADING MATTER ON EVEHV PA'GE.
' Oar Charleston Letter.
?of ?<??fi rq tii vlliil ?Tw ohJ.m oq*T . J?j
Registrars and TCegistratton?Liquor J?
t-cf Tho news of the publication of the namca of
th? appointed guardians of the toll-gate to the
^llbfcbo^b^
- considerabf^1 intent, pnd drew
IImF.wiJ ai?ifa exiled*, hu^ .wc-H l . ; i
In political matters. So far as the city ap
pointees are concerned our* Military Chief ; has
evidenced no disposition to. eater to tbo? wishes,'
%^he:Rao4catf or* ftfe Sb^fitfnAyV'fcbVte^ thd
itwob-iuilj?y>n vrfai>nVfti,lot?cL?K> on*. j
whites on our Board are,supposed to be cop
.seryatiyp ^nIthqir,.yieiws;end jpany pfthejepre-:
pentatiyes of our African clement are regarded'
as very respectable. Tho period for the cora-j
menccmeut of Ihe registration has Pot yet been;
fixed, but fo/is sdppose'd/'that db^?t ITie1 mi ddio
r'Sfihokt m'onthl.iho rccons'tnictedwnltes and en
.J^nc^^bjacks^ >$/:ha,ve. the opportunity
of perfecting the required preliminaries for
voting; btt( bb 'flf ,? 7 U ? Ii'??1 4: 0 " J
'^ttiougU if- p>oVable a montti ago' that J
gible would at least register?but I now think,
s it doubtful if more than a very small, minority
will present themselves before tho1 august clec
)frtj*i JrjU iO ? kv; i ?? p/r> t i-inr v>P St f m-J- j
^yrjth the prescribed regime and the unlimited
? power bestowed on the;, registrars, to, reject at
their option any applicant I for franchise, will
"determine very many to adopt th6;I*erry poKefo
' and stand aloof from any participation in tho
^election er its anticedcnts.. ' , .
atis? ni jars- ?v-..-) ? I ? : , ?l .litis j
? , General Sickles having partially abrogated
-?bis anti-liqudring ?dictj the disciples and i de
votees of Bacchus have recovered tkStr spirit*,
"and evince their gratification/by frequent and
immoderate/imbibitions. Some eight or ten of
tho proprietors of restaurants and bar rooms
constitute the favored few, who are permitted
ito re-open their establishments, and of course,1
"<!h%y are' doing a flourishing business. This
discrimination is not much relished by the.
jinany unfortunates whoso occupation?liko
tpthcil o's?is gone, but this dissatisfaction Will
. relieve itself only in private expressions of in
dignation. I am authorized to state, that while
the powers that be, are supported by bayonets
?no anti-extinction or anti-discrimination
Convention will bo called.
v An edict, affecting directly the Charleston
8avings Institution, and through it many of
our people, was on Saturday, despite strong
and just appeals, put into execution. Certain
Ignited States Soldiers, who at the commence
ment of the late war, had on deposit in its Treas
ury a considerable sum of money, have recently
demanded tho payment in full of their claims.
The Directors declining to make them pre
ferred creditors, they invoked tho assistance of
the military, who intervened in their behalf;
and an order was promulgated directing the
icfunding of the1 entire amount deposited.
Tue supplement to the order coolly directed,
that in the event of a refusal, the Treasurer
and Directors should be sent to Castle Pinck
?B?f. |A|1 the cash on hand and . sufficient ad
ditional .assets to rpect the claims, were there
fore paid.over to tho military. Tho Company
being insolvent, this forced measure will se
riously affect tho interests of many widows and
iprphans, whose oil was in the custody of the
Savings Institution.
The school for frcedmcn established last
? week at tho old Marino Hospital, by the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, is in a very flourish
ing condition ; over eight hundred children
arc !n'attendance, and new applicants daily
present themselves. The Superintendent,
(w|lito), is named- Taylor, from New
York; he is assisted by eight Charleston ladies,
front families - of tho highest respectability.
This work is as patriotic in its character as it
' &fruly Christian. The colored children aro to
?o 'cd?catdd, and it is infinitely bettor' that our
own people should instruct them than that
our bitter enemies should sow in their minds
the seeds of animosity to us, and prejudice them
against bur-interest. Hostility between' J.he
races can bo productive of nothing but evil to
both white and black. v.m ,
ingf continues romarkably go^d. Bigid, rogu;
Unions for the thorough cleansing ofthocity.,
. _ _ _M_._._i_._AJ
ellow
Ml
mid vdBk bcT suffered
ble precaution has beon ta^g?$? ^kwH^f^ our
e hope
upon these
ixr 8
^icUpn.
weary of breath,'' at
tempted on last Monday evening, to end at J
onco her troubles and her life, by taking poi
fortunately prevented the "conSummation'or tho
suicide. How much wiser it is, bravely to
"bear the ills we have" in life, than to ex
chango them Tor J^thers.thal we know not of"
.ifeetdsinfy.&ua&tmdJ noi *e oriw DELTA. ;
_.??? ??)! Mi ii - a
^PHE' ORANGEffiDIl?(NEWS.
tod ]3^fi^itDlw^ti.w?''iw.-'I
fcflrt (nvg?^ yJff^v;J iii rocc? v?y sitfi >hO'>-> vi'!l
V^hilk^erese^
?n*??/ owioYm j>o&Wca/j>os^ o/ovr
.?GVmai.^tyttf?^^ (e p?Mi&
contributions from our fdloxc-citizens ujTpnjhr,
should lean index of the various shades of pop -
uZcir sentiment in the section of country in'upjiich
'their cn?TO?cr'j'7ie?r*wuw*Tw??y-wy??rfvi??-.?i? tmw^
tendency!- eld; idw fvxw iaj?j ni T9ff4&b*rjn j v,sw
ii i rj ,n n n ji um. ' i ' i ' j i g
The Dutch have Taken Holland,
-aa gailthrf* Unr/w. f?l?tbi %* ;- ' ? ?
^B?H^ Radicals haven't taken Columbia.;
\yo have been there on a. bric? visit j and tho
great Union Republican Convention, consulting.
df<49"; negroes and 16 . [white men, was in full
blakt'. Thc: not?fi?us C. ?; Bow?n, having
paid his way out of Ca?tle Piuckncy with six
hundred dollars, is one. of the "great guiis" of
I that ."glorious army of freedom." But there
arc still in the good old city men tried and
jftTu?, who Mhaye not bowed tho knee to Baal;"
and the proceedings of the. Radical conclave
j'ar^'vicwed : b^' Vcspeetabio and Intelligent peo
ple with intonsc disgust. Wo will give further
injormptjon of,their, sayuigs and doings nost
yreek( .,2 i ? **} ?? & ft l$
uf- ? r. ??-! h .-j.' pirt Tha ouAROEDcnn sews.].
r ."' rWhini^d:>Tiiins.
' The'discipline of life, it is far beyond our
ken. Mysterious, mer adoring, yet merciful
are'the plots, designed by God, to circumscribe
our actions and their motives. "I pray that
Thou wouldn't keep thorn fronTtho ovil." You
gazo on your past career and see chiefly blight
ed hopes or unsatisfied longings : you ask?:
"can God bo my Father T* You look at the
future, and.there looms up uo especial Pharos
to assure you of cemfort and joy; and you
wonder, why- God's mercies seem to hover
around some, while others ore over in devious
shadows or sumbeams. The days are dark to
you ; you arc weary,
"Weary of.hoping?whore hope scorns untrue,
As fair, but us fleeting, as morning's bright dew."
Weary of sighing o'er sorrows of earth,
Where lovo's brightest dreams will oft fade at
their birth.
j Let us face tho facts, before you adopt such
hasty conclusions. If you arc a Christian, or if
you arc trying to live according to your Saviour's
commands, give to the winds thy fears, hope,
and be undismayed. Life, 'tis a nursery for
eternity : some few of us thrivo best for en
couragement, affection or praiso; we are weak
like Ready to Halt, and to such Our Father
gives appreciative friends, a loving home-circle
and an adequacy; or a superabundant support,
since He sees that such appendages will not
detract from our usefulness, and our depen
dence upon His love. Yet those to whom this
treatment is safely applied are in the minority,
for most of us have too great a love of tho
world and its pursuits, to be benefit t cd by such
a regimen.
God sees that we cling too closely to those
who arc kind to us, and straightway Ho per
mits them, (just by natural vorsatillfy,) to
need us no longor, to slight us, and wc arc de
pressed.
,40 Hcavon! wero man
But constant, ho wore perfect; that one error
Fills him with fault*."
We often delight in bestowing upon *bur
friends or dependants liberal favors, they thus
becomo part, and parcel of our interests; then
if God takes from us the ability to continue
these donations?if our own mints must bo cur
tailed and our girts *be less often bestowed,
wc feel tho reflex result, for thoso hitherto our
dear frionds, seek elsewhere more eligible inti
macies. Somctimes'our hearts crave praise,
and our lovo of approbation is so great, that
wc become unhappy because wo are not gonc
ral favorites. Wo forget, that while noble
deeds arouse tho lovo of the Good, the Evil
often feel towards them, a pang of envy.
? "Obi wishes granted, givo up not our wish:?
Bo tho abTOr^ng'"ithQught.of wealth, of case, of
fame or pleasure, though wo taste them, even
to satiety, there is a morbid desire for some
thing yet beyond our'reach. Unrest will rack
live pursuing empty phautonis. OnwardfpYihj
h ,of every ?Jweljer upon ,ihc.|
3 tho. choso? parasites of our
ry chastoii tho - passions,,
j fe^liu^, and roiiac- ?ur better
nlcnscr^aetiou. Tlio- powers of j
rt are better developed, when
some outward trial, .call their strength t?test.
Earth is. not ^ux^ abiding place, hence God
wisely ahd kindly teaches ?a not to rely upon
its illusive joys. Ho ^offers us religion, (roW
ance, upon him}; ds the philosopher's stone to
change the dross of adverse circumstances, in
ito goldcix graces aud.charms. U Heaven glides
before our vision, an enchanting picture; and
the hope of 'immortality ,^-With fullness of love
arnd ineffable joy,?lights up the lamp of life.
Did I say, Hope? 'Delicious Hope! she wings
our weariest hours, aud mantled with Religion
,^al)i8 t^c earth, upright In gait, slow iu her
promises, but constant in her aims. She shpw
et^ gladness; i- ?
a o 1- ?!s ,hat m sivc'.
Brightest blessings while wo live ;
After death its-joys shall be,
.'. -Lasting as eternity." i .
Were Earth our germ and goalK disappoint
ment might sadden us; but tread we. over so
(lightly, Time will travel. -The panorama
changes,?and He, our architect, gives us
moonlight, sunshine and .showers, each in turn.
ShVihknot, Oh mortal, when thou weariest,
turn thy thoughts towards Heaven, and know
that *tis not all ofiifc, to live ; or all of''dcafh
to die. \)
I "This w orld's not nil a fleeting*show
For man's illusion given;'*
For he who'tqc&surefl out life's span,
j In love to God nnd love to innn,
On earth has tasted Heaven."
Daisy Daft:%
Faju View.
?; j .< i t,
Tho Last. Presidential Message'.
The. Veto of the second Supplementary Act,
after repeating.tho objections previously urged
against the constitutionality of the Reconstruc
tion programme of Congress, concludes with
the following remarks: .
Within a period less than a year the legisla
tion of Congress has attempted to-strip the
Executive department of the .Government of
some of its essential powers. The Constitution
and tho oath provided in it devolves upon the
President the power and the duty to see tha^
the laws are faithfully executed. The Consti
tution, in order to carry out this power, gives
him the choice of the agents, and makes them
Eubjcet to- his control and supervision. Put iu
the execution of these laws the constitutional
obligation upon the Pr?sident remains, but the
power to exercise that constitutional duty is ef
fectually taken -iway.
The military commander is, as to the power
of appointment, made to take the place of the
President, and the. gcticrul of the army the
place of tho Senate, and any attempt on' the
part of the President to assert his own consti
tutional powers may, under pretence of law, be
met by official insubordination. It is to be
feared (hat these 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 the district
and the gcnoral of the army.
If there were no other objection -than this to
this proposed legislation, it would be sufficient.
Whilst I hold the chief executive authority of
tho United States, whilst the obligation rests
upon me to sec that all the laws are faithfully
executed, I can nover willingly surronder that
trust, or tho power given for its execution.
I can never give my assent to be made re
sponsible for the-faithful execution of laws and
at tho same time surrender that trust und tho
powers which accompany it to any other execu
tive officer, high or low, or to any number of
executive officers.
If this executive trust, vested by the consti
tution in the President is to bo taken from him
and vested in a subordinate officer, the respon
sibility will be with Congress in clothing the
subordinate, with unconstitutional power, and
with the officer who assumes its exercise. This
interference with tho constitutional authority
of.the executive 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 a great public wrong to take
from the President powers conferred upon him
alone by the constitution, but the wrong is
more flagrant and more dangerous whon tho
powers so taken from the President aro 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 ono of these five district commanders,
though not ohngen by the people or responsible
to them, exorciso nt this hour more executive
power, military nnd civil, than the people have
evor been willing to confer upon the head of
the executive department, though not chosen
by and respons blc to themselves. The remedy
must come-, from the people themselves.
Th'iy.know what it is, and how it is to applied.
At the prcsont time they cannot, according to
tho constitution, repeal these laws, they
cannot remove or control this military despo
tism. Tho remedy, nevertheless, is in their
hands ; it is to bo found in tho ballot, and is a
sure opo, If not controlled by fraud, overawed
by arbitrary power, or from, apathy on their
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Washington, D. C, July 19, 18G7.
Washington Notyr.
)'? V.M A r^A ' l ; ?rr.A T
July 19.?In the House the reading of the
voto (message having beeiv. a concluded,, tljc
Speaker sorted tha^thoohjJctidnsof the4 Presi
dent would -bo cutcred at length ou the journal
in compliance with tho Constitution.
Mr. Stevens (Rep., Pa.) roao and said that
ho was disposed to have tho vote on the ques
tion at once. i
Mr. Boutwell (Rep.,-Muss.) asked Mr. Stev
ens to yield the floor to him. Mr. Stevens
complied, and Mr. ' Boutwell addressed the
House, closing as follows:
"Our duty ns we represent history and an
cestry?our duty,.- as. we contemplate tho
domandB, which posterity will uiuko us, in
my judgment, is here to investigate fair
ly, fully, faithfully, and without delay,
the eh arges that arc made against the
Executive of the country, _ and if foundod, to
arraign him deliberately, but promptly, prose
cute tho trial according to the forms of pro
ceeding, and if but ouc day his constitutional
term be shortened by the judgment of the
Senato, liberty will be preserved, and tho
country through coining ages, and mankind
through centuries, will bless that pcoplo'and
the representatives of that people who had tho
courage, as they merged from a great war, to
demand justice, to preserve the Constitution; la
protect liberty, and to transmit popular rights
to other nations.''
Mr. Randall (Dem., Pa.) would like the
chancp to mo** tho impcachcrs before the pco
?pic. IP* should like to meet thciu faco to
face, right in the enemy's camp. Ho nssortod
that they did not mean to impeach tho Presi
dent ; they did not dare to do it. What had
the President done that ho should bo im
peached ? 'Had he not been honest, faithful,
diligent and correct iu every particular? Let
them, then, if they dare, attempt to impeach
the President.
* * * * ; # * . *
Mr. Butler (Hop.. Mass.)?I admit that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (31 r. Randall)
uttered one truth iu his remarks, and that was.
that we dare not do our duty here in that re
spect. With shame,and confusion of lace, I,
for one, bow to the truth ofthat remark. And
the question is: How soon will we be ready to
do our duty ?
* * * -* * ?. m
The President declares that no particle of
the land iu the Southern States has become the
property of the I nited States by conquest. I
cannot lor an instant, allow that statement to
go unchallenged. Every (bot cd'land that was
occupied by the enemy of the Tinted States,
and was by the valor of its soldiers, repossessed
by the United States, became thereupon the
property of the United Stales.* To say that a
title by conquest pertains only to personal
property and moveablc things, is t<> ignore the
entire law of nations ; lor 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 Luid thus ac
quired. I shall, therefore, ask the considera
tion of the House to the fact whether or not
the right by conquest is not a perfect one, to be
exercised in our judgment as may seem best,
either in mercy, iu clemency, in justice, or in
right?precisely as wc please?and not other
wise. Having thus brought before the House
these misstate tuen ts of facts and wrong conclu
sions of'law, I, for one, am read)' to vote that
this shall become a law, notwithstanding the
veto of the President, and then sec whether he
will execute it, or whether the House of Rep
resentatives will bring him, for his former vio
lations ot the Constitution, before the Senate
' for trial, according to the mode, and the only
mode, pointed out by the Constitution to re
lieve the country from the oppressions of a bad
ruler.
Mr. Boyer (Dem , Pa.) took the floor for five
minutes
Mr. Williams (Rep., Pa.) said ho sympa
thized very deeply with the olpquout utterances
of his friend from Massachusetts (Boutwoll).
There was a time when forbearance ceased to
be a virtue, and he thought that time had come.
For the first time in the history of the country
the Chief Executive Magistrate of the country
strode into the halls of Congress, into the Con
stitutional Chamber of the nation, and flung
.his mace iu the way of defiance at the I'w.l of
Congress. WLoii was this controversy to end?
* * * * * * . * *
It had been widely disseminated through the
country that the charges against the Executive
Magistrate were merely frivolous. That, opin
ion had found utterance ou both sides of the
House, but those who hold the contrary opin
ion wero prepared to show, whenever they were
allowed to prove it to the House and tho na
tion, that there was a ease against tho Presi
dent. It was not for hint to say what it was,
he could not do so without a violation of con
fidence as a member of the Judiciary Commit
tee. ******
Mr. Sclionck (Rep., ()hio)accoptod five min
utes' time, and said it would suffice for what he
had to say Tho Secretary of tho Treasury, in
a speech delivered some time ago to a mob in
this city, had said that ho regarded Congross,
ejjs. He (Scheuck) had Bometiuics |beCttJj-|?'
clhied to think_ that Congress- had^w-j^tcd
t||o tinkering. - J-\ g B i
^?N? n doubt of it/'%Brpo8i fijr. R-AJ
xDe^in.) |; \*
V$lr. Schcnek proceeded.-rffthout'hec^ug^the^
remark. Congress had passed ouo law after
another in its effort to carry out a system of
restoration of the rebel States, and thoso laws
hadjapen rendered nugatory, had been, in effect^
stricken down' and ''tirade inoperative by the hos
tility to them, to Congress, and to the policy of
Congress on the part of the Executive. The
President stood now as an obstacle in the path
"?^Y^-y ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Mr. StevepS' (?epi, Pa.) teaul: I ngree pre
cisely with the eloquent speech of my amiahlo
colleague across the way (Itandall) that we can-j
not impeach the President of the United
States. But I say to our friends on this side
who are urging that measure that they arc urg
ing it in vain. The result of my motion the
other day clearly disclosed that, and, without
attempting to make disclosures, I undertake to
say that there arc unseen agencies at work
there arc invisible powers at work in this coun
try which will prevent the impeachment of the
President. 1 have taken some pains to under
stand the composition of the House and the
composition of tho Senate, and I am quite cer
tain that there are enough of persons in the
House first to prevent the presentation of ar
ticles- of impeachment' and secondly that
there arc enough persons iu the Senate if ar
ticles of impeach incut, were voted, to prevent
the conviction ,of the president. So that I re
peat any attempt to impeach the President will
be vain and futile. It is imn^lpic to p'icrco
the pimopby ^Vichsurroumjstho White House.
*.!\e President starts by asserting in his mes
sage what, if true, would support all the rest
of bis argument. He says the Constitution of
the United States is theoretically operative In
the conquered provinces of the South. If
that was trno thon nil wo have done hero is
rank usurpation. I deny that the Constitution
is cither theoretically.or actually iu operation
iu any of these States. I am sorry to say that
not all ?ur statesmen, profound as they arc, and
that not all of our judges, learned as they are,
not. even the highest among them, seem to have
looked sufficiently to the bottom*of the law of
nations to understand tho true condition of a
conquered people. And yet a slight examina
tion of otto page of Froft ius. of half a page or
half a lecture of lluthcrfuru, one page of Vat
tcl. and even less than ttt?'. of the last, nnd
best, and tcrsct of publicists?Sctgeant Wild
man?wiil convince every mail that the true
position of the late Oonfcduratu States . is thai
of,a conquered territory of tho United ?States.
That being admitted, all the rest of reconstruc
tion is ;:s easy as any of the problems of
Kucltd. Many of our people have relied on
Hlackstonc and Wheat on mid other ancient and
modern publicists, and havo bcomno familiar
with them, while tho occupant of the White
House was ongaged in a very l;iud.;blc business,
hut one not much calculated to instruct aud
adorn that cud of the human frame. There
fore, sir, 1 make allowance unid indulgence on
the errors of that honorable gentleman. 1 now
movojthc previous question.
.Messrs. Wilson (Ttep., Towa) and Pniyn
(Dem., N'. V.)appcaled to Mr. Stevens to allow
each of them some time to address the 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, und that
the authors he has named are authorities which
cannot be disregarded here, but whoso opinions
and views are conclusive on tlio question be
fore tho House. The difficulty is iu applying
that law to the enso before it. The gentleman
front Pennsylvania in the Thirtieth Congress
announced what 1 considered to be, aud what
the country considered to bo, a startling propo
sition ; that, by reason of the proclama
tion of blockade so-called, the war had
become a war betweon nations, and hence
forth it was a struggle between two great par
tics, and that the conquering party had a right
to do with the conquered what it pleased.
That was in the face of tho solemn proclama
tion of both Houses of Congress, passed un
animously after the struggle had reached its
height, aftor tho first battle of Pull Hun, that
it was not a war between nations, but it was
a war to enforce the provisions of the Con
stitution, acknowledging all the rights of the
States, aud declaring that as soon as the strug
gle terminated, terminate how it might, these
States were to bo restored to their relations to
the Union. Tho facts of the case heretofore
do not bear out tho inference which the gen
tleman from Pennsylvania endeavors to give,
the very sound law to which he has referred,
but, ott the contrary, places us in a position in
which ,wo have said to the world that those
principles of law do not apply, and did not ap
ply to tho struggle in whiolt the North was en
gaged with the South. As to the gentlemen
from Massachusetts who first spoke (Mr. Pout
well), we all know that this, subject of impeach
ment has become so thoroughly imbedded in
his mind, that on no occasion docs he fail to
-ptcscnt it to tho House. Wc arc hero called
upon to disohnrgo a -501011111 duty under the
Constitution, and declare whether, notwith
standing the reasons which tho President has
assigned against the passage of the bill, it shall
become a law. Instead of discussing that ques
tion, tho gcniIonian from Massachusetts has
honored us with the reason why thc.Pvcsidont
Should bo. impeached. SoJV.O of them 4 . lj9
lievc, he attempted to draw from fa language
of tho message. JJut how does that
tnVc I What docs, tdioproaidont toll" yon; a*
tcr ho has qeytorod -.t uat this act ifl?u nniL.fn
gftsat principles of English liberty ? What
docs^ho tell you? Whcro does fee appeal?
*n\says he appeals to the ballot-box. Is tho ??"
geuJcman from Massachusetts afraid of that ?
Hfi/well may be, as it will soon tell a story that
be utterly at variance with the views pie
'entertained. [Derisive laughter on the Re
publican side of tUe House.] Part of the
speech of the gsnfloman would bo very well in
a political electioneering room, aj.d part of it
would have beeil very Well In! the y car of the
French revolution, but it does not fit tho tem
per of our times. ..If .there ? bo.- anything r.of
constitutional libiirfcy left, , that 'a- gentleman
occupying the position he docs, anid under such
views?
The fall of tho {Speaker's hammer bore in
dicated the close, ofy the live minutes allowed to
Mr. Pruyn.
Mr. Wilson (of' Qh'ie*)I sald^Ttfid not 'in
tend to occupy one moment of the time of the
House on this question, until it seemed to be1
rondo, id necessary by the irregular course
which has been pursued by '-two Of my col
leagues of the Judiciary Committee (Butler
and Williams), and some of the words which'
have fallen from the lips of the gentfeman*
from Pennsylvania (Stedens.) *" *.-P.n*
When tho House of Representatives' charged
the Judiciary Committee with the investiga
tion of this case, I did not understand that a '
majority of the House sent theCake'to 'the
Committee for that Committee to act upon it
wholly as partisans. X understood that so far
as it imposed an obligation upon me, it Was.to
fearlessly and faithfully investigate that case,
?ot as a member of tho l^y QQWniHtee'of the
House of Representatives of tho United States;
and, let mo say, that I have pushed tho inves
timation in'-that light, and I affirm litre f6-?ajy'
that no amount of political pressure 'shaT?tuni
me aside from tho conscientious discharge of
my duty (.as,11, find i\\e -case, controlled r;bj/0ho
laws aud the facts. [Applause on the Demo
cratic side of the House] I have no sympa
thy with the course or political conduct of tho
President of United1 States'j'b'ul, sSfhc is
entitled to have the charges mndo against him
investigated .according to law, and tOfhaye^tho
case returned to the House, as the facts aud
the law will warant. Tho gentleman' from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens) has said there are
secret influences at work." It is easy for any
man toTcnst suspicion upon all other men, when .
it is necessary to carry by forc^ of party or
ganization anything which he may desire to
provO successful. I do. not k&ow^ Vofwh^t* In
fluences the gentleman refers, not only control
ling, as he, pays, the uc^iqn of Uic^ mcuibTS of
i,!'o House, which' wilV prevent' nYticlcs of im
pcachu.'^nt being presented to the Sonatc^but
controlling mcmbors of the Senate who'arc
to sit as a l'tifjUfi* toC%;w*'Ol* iiiiJI?^Ifal^flt^ikj^d^
the solemnity of their oaw.'-' Sir. is every* raani
to be run down because ho caWot look upon*
questions just as fcorao other mon view them ;
is every man to bo bounded' down in thiu
cbuntjy because he will not surrender tho right;
of private judgment. Have we come to tliat?
Here the fall of the Speaker's hammer indi
cated tbc termination of tho gcutlcm'au'g 'flvo
minutes.
Tho House then proceeded to vote upon.the
passage of the bill by Yens and Nays, :\ ,
The vote resulted in?Yeas, 1U?; Nay*,
22.
The Speaker announced that two-thirds haV
ing voted iu the affirmative, the bill had again
passed the House, and, with tho objections of
tho President, would be transmitted to the
Senate for its like consideration.
July 19.?In the Senate the veto message
was read, and the Second Supplementary Bill
was passed over tho Veto by a vote of 30 to j^.
The* Chair announced that the Bill having
been passed over the veto by a vote of two
thirds of each House, was a law.- ?*V?fc*
July 20.?In the Sennto there was an ir
regular discussion regarding adjournment, in
which the President was denounced as contu
macious, and Mr. Chandler said there was Ol.
sort of hybrid concern in the Senate called'
conservative Republicanism. ,**
Mr. Fcssendcri took further remarks of Mr,
Chandler as personal, and said he had but one.
thing to say : .The Senator from Michigan
says what is not true.
Mr. Chandler hurled back Mr. Fease<f'icn's
contempt with scorn, when the amiable contro-,.
vcrsy was interrupted by a motion to go into v
executive session.
The Senate adopted the report of tho Com
mittee of Conferancc, aad* adjourned to the.
21st of November. ,f
In the House, tbc Judi iaryjCoqiniii^w^s^'
authorized to scud for persons and papers^ on
the question whether Kentucky, Maryland and?
Delaware have Republican Constitutions?
The preamble and resolution ordering tbft.*
Scrgeant-at-Arms to bring Lafayette C. linker
before the bar of the House, for -contempt in
refusing to appear before tho Judiciary Com
mittee, was pushed.
A resolution Ordering tho Judiciary Com
mittee to report the evidence taken in the im
peachment case, was passed by a voto of 57 to
13.
This result was applauded by tho impeach
era..,
The Conference Committee reported on ad
journment from 4 o'clock to the 21st of No
vember, which was agreed to? yeas 61( ^"yS
?16- it r* i
I The excitement ,
Vory grcr' . tf. Wm ?#? ?\
| ? -vj the luipoachcrs, faking,.advantage0
ox a thin Ileuso., carried theirpdintof of defitag
HIP pvidenro to bo reported arid ptlntbd^n\,
Wilson, Chairman of tnc Judioiary Committee,
who "ha* strongly opposed , the. movement' ,
trifled ever tho matter nntil the 'Speaker?*
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