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VOL. XIII.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, NOVKMRKR :t0, IHt>7.
NO. 284.
Atlantu A<lv«rtlatMiit<iiiM.
I H. WILLIAMS & BRO.
INSURE I N THK
Southern Life Insurance Co.
til AIM tilt Kit IIY TIIK I.KUlHI.ATlKKH or TKNNKHHKIC ASH KKNTK KY
l h'lmn If if Wiuhl nylon City NutUmul /nleUlyenctr]
THK IMPEACHMENT CASE,
oenrhal
Commission Merchants,
AND DRAl.RM IN
OBAIS, BACON. LARD, FLOUR,
And all other article, in the Prodnre line.
onocbrib,,
Mqt'OHN,
tobacco,
COTTON 1’AIIINN, Ar.
OLD STAND,
BKOATIIR NT., .... ATLANTA, UA
CASH CAPITAI^, - - - - #200,000.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $1,000,000.
EIGHTY PER CENT. OF THE PR0FIT8 PAID TO P0UCYH0'.0ER8 Lm
niKmi>iiiN orntiBiiN.
I’realdent.
BRANCH OKVIfi:.
1.011 INVILI.lt OI'KM'KIIN.
It. <’ llHIKI.KY, i .
SAMUEL TATli, i ' l™ Prealdenla.
K. H. DAVIS, Tronwurur.
BEN. MAY, Seeretiny.
ATLANTA, OA.|
l’. n. SI’KNCER, Prealdent.
J. PHY I.AWHENCE, Vice-President.
A. f). HODGES, T'enaiirer.
K. T. IIOI'KINS, Secretary.
D. O. O'KKBPK, IfxaiaaluliiK Surgeon, AllenM, «tt.
A. R. Z. DAWSON, Gen’l Traveling Agent.
F&ANfe*? PERRIN, 1 0eneral Agenti.
ISVOver J. T. Junkina A Co.’a Drug Htora, Whitehall Street. ocSi—tint
t*N IJAND AND TO ARRIVE
fJinnKR HUNDRED BARRELS WIllsKY-allgrade,
Aleo, BRANDIES, OIN, Ac ,
Which we offer to the trade on moat favorable terms.
THE NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON. 1867,
W. M. WILLIAMS A BRO.
LIME, LIME.
W E are eole Agent* for RO0ER8' BIRD EYE LIME,
- Tv* aa, 1 * * u PJ r,or for All purpose, to any Lime
brought to thla market. Parties wanting to purchasen
—■* *“ J * ' It fo tlielr Itt-
Ktiaranteed good and freah article, will tlml
lercat to call and ace ne, or aend ua tlielr order*.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
I’lLL TRADE OF 1(U7.
CHAPMAN, RUCKER * CO.,
Whtteliu.ll Street.
A VINO added another mTmberT3A* dd “ ,0 “ l c * pl '
tal to our Arm, we are now extensively * n t * >e
V .
Commission, Grocery and Produce Bnpss
W. M. WILLIAMS A BRO.
MRS. J. FRANK’S,
Decatur Street,
Four Doors Below Old Masonic Hall.
IRON AND STEEL.
mWRNTY THOUSAND LBS. Itounn, Square
W. M. WILLIAMS & EDO.
FRESH PORK.
W E are now receiving Fat Hogt, and arc having
slaughtered dally to meet demaod. Persona llv-
■— in the city will be enpplled at lowaet market rates
'ngh . „
with any number and alze dealred, by calling or sending
“ «r» to our etore. Order, from parties at polmi
any
tbelr ordc _.
on different line* ot Railroads leading from thla place,
promptly filled by Expreseor Freight, as per Instructions
ocM—8m W. M. WILLIAMS A BItO.
C ORR A,
Whitehall Street, Weet Side
A lew door, from Alabama, afijolntn? Holbrook's
Ilat Emporium.
A T I, A N T A
GEORGIA
American and French Confectioneries
FANCY GROCERIES.
Fins assortment of
: WILL DIAL IN
Bacon, Flour,
WINES, COGNAC BRANDIES, LIQUORS
/UTTERS, CORDIA IS, SYRUPS,
I take pleasure iu informing the
LARGE aid WELL SELECTED STOCK Of MILLINERY GOODS
Unequalled In Choice Variety and Cheapness, comprising the
LATEST JPJURISTNOVELTIES.
Alto, Silks, \ el vets. Ribbons, Crapes, Laces, l.lusiona, Roches, Blonds, Nets, Embroideries, Ornaments, Fringes,
f rench Flowera, Oatrlch and Fancy Feathers in great variety, Dreea Buttons, Natlheads, and
Trimmings of every deicription. Aleo, a complete atock of
Dreea Goods, Fancy Goods, Balmoral and Hoop gklrfs.
WOOLEN 00008 Jp great variety. A meet superb atock of CLOAKS In all the moat fashionable de
*lgns. Particular attention I* called to my most magnificent selection ol
Shawls, Sontags, Nubias, and Hoods of Every Description,
Together with a largo atock of ENGLISH AND FRENCH CLOAKINGS, ME1T0N9, CLOTHS, Ac., &n
my moat beautiful selection of HUMAN HAIR.
,TPik®' SWITCHES WATERFALLS, AO. The Noveltieeof the eeaeon, a handsome variety
of r ITKS, und many other articles too numerous to mention.
Hevlng bought my goods exclusively for cash, and alnca the late decline, I am confident that I can oiler great
Inducements, and request yon to examine my stock before pnrcbaelng elsewhere. Remember the piece,
AxnvToads
octW—tiljango
v AHaMmm
lleporta Irom Ilia J ndlrlary Commute*--
’■'lie minority and majority Heporta—
Neparats View or meeara. niaraliall and
Kldrldgr.
CHAMPAIGN F. WINES,
.V.t TURAL FRUITS AND PRESERVES,
Corn, Lard
Coffaa, Sugar,
Molaasaa A Syrups
every article usually loiiud In a first-class
Orocury btore,
AT WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY.
tWThe City and Country Trade are invited to call and
examtna our atock before purchasing alaewhere.
ocS— 8m
Helect variety of TEAS,
SUGAR, FOFFKK, CRACKEI1H,
HI TTER, C’HBKNG, HA HIM,
CRY REEF, RICE, MACARONI, VERMICELLI Ac
GREKaV FRUITH,
Nut a, Almouds, lUisonit, Ac. Large RMortmeiit of
PIPES,
CigarB, Smoking Tobacco, .Snutl,
Perfumery, Soaps, Fancy Articles, &c*
J. J. PSAIICB.
T. WHBLBSB. CMAS. A. FBAHCB.
PEMOE, WHELE88 A 80.,
COTTON FACTORS
CommiMaion Marchantp,
i ! JACKSON STREET,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
I tdTfitors and sail Cotton and otber Produce. Bagging
aud Boon lumlahed at market prlcaa. aapT—dm
PRATTE, EDWABDS A CO.,
TUB MINORITY RKI'OltT.
HeprencntBiivc* Jameii F. Wilson itnil Frctle-
rick K. Wootlltrlclfru Immlcd In n report, dlHsenl-
Ing from lltn conclusions arrivedutIty a mnjorlly
ol lltc cominiltco.
They any: On the fid day of Juno, 1807, it
wits di't'litrcd, by a hoIciiiii vole in tliu committee,
lliat, from the testimony then before them, it did
not appear Dial the President of the United
Slates was iruilty of such high crimes and mis
demeanors as failed lor tin exercise of the im
peaching power of litis House. The vole stood
—yeas, 5; nays, -f. On the 21st instant litis ac
tion nt the cominillee was reversed, and a vote
of live to four declared iu favor of recommend*
iug to Hie House an impeachment of the Presi
dent. Forty-eight hours have not yet elapsed
since we were informed of Hie character ol the
report which represents lids changed attitude ot
liie committee. The rccentness ol this event
compels a general treatment ol some features ot
the case as it is presented by the majority, which
otherwise would have Ween I rested ot inure in
detail.
The report ol the majority resolves ail pre
sumptions against flie President, closes the door
against all doubts, affirms lacts as established by
the testimony, iu support of which there is not n
particle of evideuce bclorc us which would he
received by any court in the land. We dissent
Iroin all lllis, and Irom the temper and spirit ot
tlie report. The cool and unbiased judgment of
the future, when the excitements in the midst of
which we live shall have passed away, will not
fail to discover lliat the political bitterness ol the
present limes lias, in no inconsiderable degree,
given tone to the document which we decline to
approve.
Dissenting, as we do, from the report ot the
committee, both as to (lie law of the case and the
conclusions drawn trout the lacts developed hy
the testimony, a due regard lor lltc body wlueii
imposed on us the high und trunsceiidautly im
portant duly iuvolved iu an investigation of the
charges prelerred against ihtrPresident impels us
to present nt length our views ot the subject
which tins been committed to us by a most solemn
vole of the House of Representatives. In ap
proaching this duly we feel that the spirit of the
partisan should be laid aside, and that the inter
ests of the Republic, as they are measured by its
Constitution and laws, alono should guide us,
and we most deeply regret that, in tills regnrd,
we cannot npprnvc ol the report of our col
leagues, who constitute a majority of the com
mittee. While we would not charge them witli
a design to act the part of partisans in this grave
proceeding, we nevertheless Icel pained by the
tone, temper, and spirit of their report. But re
grets will not answer the demands of the pres
ent grave and commanding occasion, and we
therefore respond to them by presenting to the
House the results of a carelul, deliberate, and,
as we hope, a conscientious investigation ot the
ca?o before us.
Messrs. Wilson and Woodbridge then proceed
to discuss tlie constitutional question with re
gard to impeachment,etc.,showing, by reference
in legal authorities, that au impeachment cannot
be supported bv uny net which falls short of an
indictable crime or'misdeireanor. English pre
cedents are referred to at length, and copious ex
tracts are made from tlie testimony of the com
mittee, in order to refute the reasoning and con
clusion ol the majority. They conclude as fol
lows:
A great deal of the matter contained in tlia
volume of testimony reported to the House U ot
no value, whatever. Much ot it is mere heresay,
opinions ot witnesses, and uo little amount of it
uuaWflSNtt'lent to the case. Comparatively a
lietore tlie Senate.
Commission. Alercnants,
Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ca.
J N STORE AND TO ARRIVE:
A Gough, a Cold, or a Sore Throat,
Raqolm lnmadlato attention, nnd should b#
skackad. IfaUowadto costlnna.
Irritntlnn of On Longa,
n Ptnaastnt Tkrent Dliaaaa,
or Consumption,
la often tkarasnlt.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES
Barings direct laftuenc* on tka parts, (Ira Immediate
rcllet_For BroncMIU, AtlAma, Catarrh. ~
reus*. »ur anmwnw, iiiMnw, bwur/H, OOMUIItptttt
and Throat Dittam, Trochee art used with always good
Hlnnon and Public Speaker, usa them to clear and
atreagthan the vole*.
Ootaln only “Bbowm’s Beoitonui. Tnoonts" and do
not take any ot tbs viortkLut imitations that may be of
rerad. Bold svaaTwnan. orM)—eisMni
vr.
annuo pound, Clear Side,,
luUOO pound* Clear Rib Sides,
5000 pounds Shoulders,
85 barrels Lard,
14000 pounds Arrow Cotton Tie,
80 piece* Kentucky Bagging.
800 coUs Rope,
50 barrels Rosendala Car--"*.
60 barrels Louisville Cetnei.i,
800 bags Whit* Corn,
IU barrel* Cider Vinegar,
Cast Plows, Manufactured Tobacco, Ac.
All cash order* promptly filled. Consignments soli
cited.
aeplH—8m PRATTE, EDWARDS A CO
COTTON FACTORS,
Storage and Commission merchants,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
WAILEY’S
Hclf-F'nGtentnic. Wrought. Iron
BUCKLE TIE!
R. JOHNSON,
(Succeitor to UoUlogawortb A Johnson,)
31 S. Chari** Street, Baltimore, Maryland,
Manabcturar, and Dealer In
DRVaOISTS' AND CONftCT/ONMRS'
OR KEN AND FLINT GLASSWARE.
W. R. JOHNSON, B Charles Street,
lectures Roney, Glycerine^Palm, Castile and oth*
t soap*. Also, Pomade*,'Hair oils, Cologne*. Ex
i, Ac. OCM—uW
Manufacture*
Toilet
I recta,
NEW UO BAItHBL
FOR COTTON BA1.EM, dco.
Manufactured and for aeie by
SITUATED along SIDE THE RAILROAD, ENABLES US TO RECEIVE AND SHIP FREE (IF UHAYAGS
OUR COTTON WAREHOUSFa
Is of large capacity, thoroughly FIRE-PROOF, and our facilltlee for haudlliu; COTTON unequated ty any in the
South. We will Store and Soil Here, or ship lYnmthla or any other point, to
BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA,
NEAV YORK, nALTimORE,
SAVANNAH,
CHARLESTON,
or LIVERPOOL,
Making IVLlKLlt A I, CASH ADVANCF.H.^1 whendealr-d
;s. 6. LOW, Vulcan works,
- . TENNESSEE.
TURPENTINE STILL,
CHATTANOOGA, -
Manufacturer* of all kinds of
Bar and Plantation Iron,
Car and Bridge Bolts, Car Axles, Ac.
Above Tie aud Iron for sal* by
MrNAUOHT, ORMOND A CO.,
oc*#~lm_ _ Agents for th* Manufacturer*.
COTTON YAHNS,
KXTBA HEAVY BOTTOM,
ALL COMPLETE FOR BALE MUCH BELOW COST.
fiW Stills of all alas* bnllt to order and DISTILLERS
Fitted oat at the lowest rate*, by
New York City.
aug87—4ui
rtSDUUNDMINIST. c. a. rauuiY. J M. BCaOILL
F. PHINIZY & GO.,
COTTON FAOTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
At tbelr New Fire-Proof Warehouse,
JACKSOH ETHIET, AUOUITA, 0E0B0IA.
o.fi-lm
Under the Revenue Regulation, COTTON can be shipped to thla place underbill ol lading, by calling upon As-
aeaaur or Collector at point of shipment, without pre-payment ofRevi-nuc Tax.
The central position of Atlnutn offer* many advantages, making it an important Cotton Market. With Banking
fhcllltlea, and diverging Railroad*, cuables ua to »
J3TShip Cotton in Any
WE SELL THE BEST
Direction../
W E keen cpuatanlly on band a good aaaortmaut ol
YARN), menafketurud by the
Covington nnd Steadman Cotton Mills,
A T WHOLESALE ONLY.
(•"Orders filled at Factory prices.
HTEADMAN 4 HIMMONH,
ocl- kui Marietta street. Atlanta, lie.
IMPROVED COTTON CIN8.
Also, Bam, Rope, and Sweet’s Patent Iron Tie, tlie Best in Use.
INsritilsIsi Urlut Mill*,
SMUT MACHINE'S,
for- Iluiitl. Iloi'su, nml Mluam t'ovver
ATTENTION FAMILIES I
JUST received a full aaiortment of choice
SHACKELFORD PROPERTY
AT AUCTION.
MORNING, the Mth Inetanf, at II o'clock, that
“ " tk*
beautiful Residence on Decatur street knows ne
Bh^jp^y. "““YrMSSacWSS
“* ,utaWf
FAMILY GROCERIES,
OYSTERS,
BRANDIES,
LOBSTERS.
WINES.
SALMON,
ESSENCES,
MACARONI,
FAUCES,
VKRMICILLA,
JAR PICELRB, anti
SAGO TOPI0CA,
PICULS la Barrel*,
ARROW ROOT,
PRUNES.
CREESE,
CURRANTS.
CRACKERS,
CITRON,
Extra Go.brn BUTTER,
RAISINS,
TEAS,
NUTS.
COFFEES,
CANDIES,
SUGARS,
SPICES,
HAMS,
CAN FRUIT*.
BREAKFAST BACON,
CAN VEGETABLES,
AC., AC., Ac.
uninm * cisuli.
■pvt—e
TUlWINh' WA TKR- WHA'h'LS,
MICKS' STEAM END INKS AND MOILEKS
relating to tlie failure to try, and admission to
hail of, Jefferson Davis; tlie assassination of
President Linco!n ; the diary ol J. Wilkes Booth;
his place of burial; I lie practice of pardon bro-
| Ueragn; tlie alledged correspondence of tlie Pres-
iilent witli Jefferson Davis; may be interesting
lo H I'einlor, l>iit is not of the slightest importance
so far ns a determination of this case is concern-
<d. Still, iinicli ol ibis irrevelant matter lias
been interwoven into t lie report ot ilia majority
and lias served lo heighten Us color and to deep-
1, , ,|,.,.pc-n iH lone. Sii ike out the siage effect ol
llii- iri eleveliint mulh r, an i the prominence giv
en lo l lie Tudors, 1 lie Stuarts, and Micheal Bums,
and linn h of ilia play will disappear. Settle
down up ni the real evidence In tlie case, that
which will establish, in view ot tlie attending
eireiinistiinei s, a sulwiaiilial crime, by making
plain liie eleiin iils wliieli comlitule il, and Hie
ease, in m.iiiy lespeols, d walls into a political
coolest.
In iipproncliing it conclusion, we do not tail to
n-'o -m/.e tin- stand points Irom which this case
; i-hi in- viewed-the legal and the political. View-
1 iug il IV,an I lie hinner, t-hu cam upon the law
i and lilt! lesiiuioiiy I iils_ Viewing it from the
I iIkt, the case is a success. Tlie President lias
. tpsappniiili d llie hopes and expectationsof those
I wli i placed him in power. He has betrayed
' iheir cniifelenre, and joined liaiuls with their cn-
; t-inies. lie has proved false to the express and
implied conditions which underlie his elevation
I to power, mid, in our view ol the case, deserves
the censure and condemnation <>f every well-disj
posed cilizen ot the Hepublir. While we acquit
him ot impeuchtihle crimes, we pronounce him
iruilty ol many wrongs. HU contest with Con-
pr, ,-s has delayed reconstruction, and inflicted
vast injury upon the people of tlie rebel States,
lie lias In-en blind to the necessities ol the times,
mid to the demands ot a progressive civilization,
lie remains enveloped in the darkness of the past,
and seems not In have detected the dawning
brightness ot the future. Incapable of apprecia
ting the grand changes which the past six years
l have wrmtglii lie seeks to measure the events
! which surround him by tlie narrow rules which
1 adjusted public atiairs bclore the rebellion, and
I its legitimate consequences destroyed them and
i established others. Judging him politically, we
must condemn hint. But the day of political
impeachment would lie a sad one for tlie enun-
iry. Political unfitness and incapacity must lie
tried at Hie ballot box, not in the high court of
impeachment. A contrary rule might leave to
Congress but little time for other business than
tin- trial ol impeachments. But we are not now
dealing with political offences. Crimcsand mis
(leameiinors are nmv demanding our attention
Do tin so, within the meaning of the Constitution,
uppcar" Host tlie case upon political offences,
mid we avo prepared lo pronounce against the
President, tor such offences arc numerous and
crave If Mexican experience is desired,
we need have no difficulty, for there al
most every election is productive ot a revolution
If tlie people of this Republic desire such a result
we have not vet been able to discover it; nor
would we favor II if its presence were manifest
While we condemn and censure the political con
duct of tlie President, and judge hint unwise in
the use of Ids discretionary powers, and appeal
to tlie people or the Republic to sustain us, wc
grill affirm that the conclusion at which we have
arrived is correct.
We therefore declare that the case before ns,
presented by the leslimony and measured by the
law, does not declare such high crimes and mis
demeanors, within the meaning of the Constitu
tion, ns require "Hie interposition of liie consti
tutional power of this House," and recommend
tlie adoption ot I he following resolution :
Umolced, That tlie Committee on the Judiciary
lie discharged from Hie further consideration of
tlie proposed impeachment of tlie President of
the United Stales, and that the subject be laid on
tlie table.
.1 \MUS F. \\ it,SON,
FlIKDKHICK K. WooDIIIllDIIK.
&(\
\V.- H*relve am! Hell mi Cfitmulaslou*, all kinds of PRODUCE anil I'ltOV ISIONS
Cora, Oatri, Wheat, Flour, Bacou, Lard, Salt., &c„
Our facllitiea for Storing and Balling HAY ar* uuanrpanteil
LIQUOItN AND TOBACCO IN LARGK SUPPLY
Of Variosa brand* and qualities.
Agent* lor the sals of PI.OWB, and other Fanning Implamaata 0»"rgla and Alabama LIME, aud Ucorgia
ROOFING SLATE. Will be pluase.i la fill ordar* for COTTON GOODS or other Menfiuiidl*.*
6LGNN, WRIttllT & C'ARR,
ATLANTA, UEOIIUIA.
VIEWS OF .MESSRS. MAIISII.M l. AM> EliDRIIMlK.
Tlie undersigned, agreeing with our associ
ates of the mii.orily of the committee in their
views of tlie law, and in the conclusions that the
evidence beforo the committee presents no
caso for the impeachment of the President,
might, if they had slopped there, been content
simply to have loinetl in ihe report which
the have submitted; but as they, as well ns the
majority, have tell it their duly to go lurlhnr,
ami express their censure and condemnation ol
U,o President, wc feel that it is due lo ourselvca,
nnd to the position we occupy, to present, ns
briefly as possible, a few additional remarks lor
tlie consideration of the House aud of tlie cottn-
WX. V. SHOWN.
BROWN'N HOTEL
nrroaiTB ukriiT,
MACON,
aug'Jt-ly
GEORGIA.
E.B. BBOWN AEON.
I O. XI. MINN1CK,
Light Carriage and Wagon Maker,
n Oanaan street, betweau Paca and Euuw,
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
14urftSfissfS£! ssrasrs?." 4
ley, Having determined that the evidence does
not show l list.the President han‘ been guilty ot
any act or crime for which, under our Constitu
tion and laws, he can or ought to be impeached,
tills conclusion, ha it seems to us, is tue deter in*
inallou of the whole question submitted by the
to our official JiiriHilietioii, or Justify us ns a com
iniltei! ol llie I'loiisi: ot Representatives, or even
tlie House itsell, us such, in challenging his offi
cial acts. Am iIn: report of tbemajority dm* not
charge tlie President with any act recognized by
any statute or law ot the land ns a crime,or mis-
ileinennor, we run but regard tlie charges pre-
Icrreil ns a political or partisan deinmislrntion,
tended nnd intended lo bring him inlo odium
and contempt among Ibe people, as an unjusti
fiable attempt lo excite their suspicions, “Spar-
yere roei‘n in ntlyt/m ninbiytimi." Wo utterly de
ny the right ol the roinmiitce, or any member
thereof, ns such, to do • his. As citizens, as pol
iticians, we limy criticise, find fault with, and
condemn tlie entire udininiKtration of tlie Presi
dent ; lint as a eominitten of this House, consid
ering Hie charge* referred to It—as members ol
Congress noting officially—we have no such
right, power or Jurisdiction.
The Executive is one of the co-ordinate de
partments of this Government, invested with
certain defined constitutional powers and pre-
rogrutives, over which the legislative has no
control, und with the constilulioiial exercise of
which tlie legislative department lias no right to
interfere. The original source of ail Executive
and legislative power is tho same—the people;
Hie warrant and measure of these powers the
same—the Constitution. In his constitutional
and legislative sphere in tlie exercise nnd con
duct of hisdep'iitnii-nt, the President is as free
to act and as independent ns tlie Congress, while
acting within tlie hounds prescribed tor it hy the
Coustitniion. He is no more accountable or re
sponsible to Congress than Congress is In him.
Congress lias no inure authority to censure and
condemn him Until In: lias to censure and con
demn Congre.-s. His discretion, exercised with
in the bounds ol Hie Constitution, is no more,
subject to the animadversion or reproof of Con
gress Ilian are tlie constiliilional mid discretion
ary acts ol Congress to bis. Neither Congress
or"the President, Inis any powers or authority
not derived Irom and loiind in Hie Constitution.
Tlie only question with reference to which the
committee were authorized toinquirewas wheth
er the charges against the President were true,
and constituted an offence or otiences subjecting
him to impeachment. Certainly, ii this is not
the only question reterred lo the committee, it is
Iheonly one which tlie committee as such lias
investigated. The political propriety of the acts
of the President has not for one moment engag
ed Ihe attention of Ihe committee.
We most certainly, having no oilier motive or
interest than to serve our country and do our
duly in tlie mailer relent'd to us, have never
once, iu the taking of testimony or liie exami
nation ol witnesses, supposed that any question
other than tlie impeachment was properly before
us, Tlie impeachment of tlie President, the
chief officer ol ibis great Republic, tlie bare in
quiry, with a view to ascertain whether he had
committed uny offense lor which he ought or
might be put upon trial before the most august
tribunal ot the world, impressed us, Irom tlie be
ginning, with most solemn awe. We endeavor
ed, in ihe investigation, to exclude from our
minds every question of mere politics, and, as
fur as possible, to be uninfluenced by party bias.
We were admonished that, in some sense, the
nation, the people, in tlie person ot tlicir execu
tive head, were on trial before tlie world, and
that personal animosity and party politics should
be inflexibly aud scrupulously torgotten and ig
nored. For nny cause to have shrunk from a
lull and careful iiivestigalioti of the great ques
tion of iinpenchmcnt was cowardice; to have
pursued it in the spirit ot party—lo have degra
ded il into a mere investigation of political pol
ity with reference to partisan success, would have
been meanness, nnd would have disgraced the
nation itself by scandalizing the nation's consti
tutional head. Wu repeat, therefore, that tlie
investigation of the committee was, so far ns we
took pnrt in it, with tlie sole view to nscertaiu
whether the President, tinder Hie charge pre
ferred against him, was guilt v of an impeachable
Stoifc Ww&e aulfioi'toll ‘Art-t-
pected to inquire into. Not a witness was called
or examined with any view lo proving a case for
merely censuring or condemning the political
action oi Hie President. No suggestion was
made, or iutiinatiou given, by Ihe majority of the
committee (ill the resolution ot censure was ot-
ferred that there was any purpose of considering
as a committee any but the question of impeach
ment. Nor was there then, as we understand it,
any purpose ol reporting such resolution to the
House tor its official action. We think, there
fore, that we are warranted in saying, that al
though inueli testimony, irrelevant, illegal, and
experimental, was taken, much that had no
hearing upon the question of impeachment, and
much more that was not testimony in any case
or tor any purpose, Hint none was taken with
any view except the impeachment. Hence we
insist tied it the connnitleo had the right and
jurisdiction (which we deny) to inquire into the
political and iliscretiouary acts of the President,
with a view to his condemnation, lliat it lias not
in uny legitimate and proper nmnner investigated
or attempted to consider that subject.
We do not impugn tlie personal motives of
any member ol me 'committee who differs with
us. Our intercourse upon tlie committee lias
been pleasant, and tlie courtesy with which we
have been treated uniform and uninterrupted.
Wc entertain none but the most kindly per
sonal feeliugs towards every member; but can
dor, and a sense ol duty, compel us lo declare
that we can find no warrant or excuse lor this
raveling outside or beyond liie subject with
which tlie committee were charged Io censure
mid condemn the President, except in the pre
judice and zeal of over-heuted parly lam.
The President needs und can ask no defense
from us upon parly grounds, or upon any other
than those which spring Irom offleiul obligation
and duty, lie was not tliu President ol our
choice, and was not uleeted hy our voles ; nor is
it necessary that we should agree with hint, or
juslity or approve all lie lias done. Neither do
we leel called upon to review nil the great mass
ot leslimony taken hy tlie connnitleo to show
Hint ids censure und condemnation are not war-
anted by it, though taken as it lias been, and
.inckullenged as it was in lliat regard. We do
not, however, believe Hie unbiased, Ihe unpreju
diced mind will be aide in the leslimony to dis
cover any just or reasonable cause for condemn
ing or impugning the motives by which lie was
actuated. Indeed, differing with him in opinion,
as we have, as to tliu policy and propriety of
many things he has done, and many more that
lie has lull umloiie, we leel compelled to declare
that tlie proots before us will not warrant n
charge that lie was In any instance controlled hy
motives other than those pure and patriotic.
Ilis greatest oflenco, we apprehend, will be
found to lie, that lie lias not been aide or willing
lo follow those who elected hint to his office in
their mol) assaults upon and departure from the
constitutional Government ot the fathers ot tho
Republic; and that standing where most of Ills
party professed to stand when they elevated hint
to his present exalted position, he lias dared to
differ with the majority of Congress upon great
and vital questions. He lias believed in Ibecon-
tinning ami binding obligation of Ihe Constitu
tion. that the suppression of tlie rebellion against
tlie Union was tlie preservation of the Union
and the States comprising it, and that when tlie
rebellion was pul down, the States were all and
equally entitled to representation in tho Con
cress ot tlie United States. Plantiug himself
(Irmly anil immovably upon this position, lie lias
incurred tlie tierce and malignant hatred and
opposition to till those who claim, by virtue of
the alleged conquest of tlie territory, and tlie
subjugation ot liie people ot the lately rebellious
States, the power nnd right to dictate to them
Uie constitution and laws they shall live under,
and the liberties they shall bo permitted to enjoy
In this difference between Congress nnd the
President, and tlie desire of each lor tlie adoption
l,v the country of Iheir respective view*, is, we
suspect, to ho found not only tlie cause for the
movement to impeach tho President, but of his
censure and condemnation. Out of it has grown
liie embittered feeliugs unit violent hatreds ot
tlie Pn»h’o it by his former triends.
Tlie majority of Congress und of the com
mittee linvo entertained and been prepared to
duciaro ul all limes, in Congress and out ol it,
even more strongly than is expressed in their
report, this same censure and condemnation.—
This opinlou whs not formed upon any testimony
taken beforo the committee, or upon any tacts
elicited hv its investigations. It was a political
opinion, mowing out of a difference ol views
upon political educations. It was tho opituon
with which tlie majority ol tho committee eli
te-ed upon Ihe investigation. It was that which
inspired ami stimulated nil iis inquiries aud
examinations. Hut notwithstanding these pro-
uimtiiu nmi m,wiiv»x*i -
.itlier by tint majority or minority, is without
our Jurisdiction, not Justified by tbo fuels, un
becoming one department ot tlie Government
towards the "titer, culnlittc 1 to bring reproach
upon tlie committee, tin: House, and tlie nation.
We cannot ignore tlie luct, Hint time Inis te en
spent and testimony taken by tl e committee in
endeavoring to ascertain it the President, In lii-i
official capacity, Inis spoken censoriously or con
demnatory ol Congress, with a view to Ids ini-
iniicliment therefor. Can it be more becoming
in ii committee of Ibis House, or in Hie House
itself, to go bevond its Jurisdiction and censure
und condemn the President, than for him to cen
sure and condemn Congress * is not the impro
priety ot the one ss apparent as tlie other 7 If
one Is hnnt-iichable, is not tlie other wrong f
What would be thought of tlie Supreme Court,
if niter having been compelled, in a case pro
perly pending before it, to decide an act ot C /, ii-
gress unconstitutional, it should, because it did
not agree to the propriety or policy ol tlie enacu
ment, declare its severe censure and condemna
tion of the Congress lor having pru ed itV Who
would hestitnte to pronounce this an unjustflahlo
and even unwarrantable interference with tlie
rights and duties ot Congress by tlie Supreme
Court, calculated to disturb the harmony ol our
governmental system, and to bring into unhappy,
if not fatal collision the coordinate departments?
Like tliis attempt to reprove or censure tliu Pre s-
ideut tor nets or wrongs not amounting to of-
Icnses—subjecting him lo the legal jurisdiction
ol the House ot Representatives—such an act
would, it seems to us, he sheer impudence—an
act on lltc part of the court justly meriting oblo
quy and reproach.
such interference Ity one department of lltc
Government with tlie other, without autbority
ot law, must, and will most assuredly break off
tlmt comity which should ut all times characterizo
their relations and intercourse. The end cannot
but be foreseen—the antagonism will ultimately
produce enmity and opcu hostility and uggre -
sions, whi.lt must result in the destruction ol one
or more departments, and, as a consequence, de
stroy our ay stem of government altogether.
With all due respect to the majority of tlie
committee, we cannot regard the charges made
against the President ns a serious attempt to pro
cure his impeachment. Without dwelling upon
tlielr utter failure lo paint to the commission of
a single act that is recognized by tlie laws of our
country as a high crime or misdemeanor, tlie in
consistency oi Ihe majority caunot tail to chal
lenge the attention ot tlie country. Acts for
which Mr. Lincoln was clamorously applauded
are deemed high crimes iu Mr. Johnson. For
every act so gravely condemned the President
had tlie suueliou and approval of his Cabinet,
and yet while he is arraigned before tbc world
as a criminal ot tlie deepest dye, they are not
only not impeached,but are recognized as special
favorites ot the party for impeachment. The
latter have even gone so far as to unite iu ihe
passage of au extraordiuary and unprecedented
law lo prevent the President from removing
these officers Irom the places which they hold.
Mr. Stanton, the late Secretary of War, gave his
emphatic approval ot the acts for which the
President is arraigned, and yet the ex-Sccretary
is a favorite and popular martyr, and tlie whole
country is vexed witli clamors for his restoration
to power and place. The President is held
criminally responsible for the acts of subordinates
of which he did not even have the slightest
notice or knowledge, and yet those bringing him
to trial enact a statute depriving him ol all con
trol over these same subordinates, aud they'are
deemed worthy ot the especial protection of
Congress. The President has used every means
within his power to bring the great State prisoner,
Jefferson Davis, to a speedy trial; and yet lie
has been denounced throughout tlie land for
procrastinating and preventing the trial, wbils
the judges and prosecuting officers having entire
control ot the matter have been deemed worthy
of tbc most honeyed plaudits.
Were ever inconsistencies more glaring and
inexplicable than these ? And can we possibly
be mistaken when we assert, that however hon
est may be the majority of the committee, the
verdict of the country and ot posterity will lie
that the crime ot the President consists, not in
violations of, but in refusals to violate the law ;
in being unable to keep pace with the “party of
progress” in their rapidly advancing inoveraeuu,
or to step “outside of and above" tlie Constitu
tion in tlie administration of tlie Governm-uu ;
in preferring the Constitution of his country to
the dictation of an unscrupulous cabel; in brave
ly daring to meet the maledictions nt those who
have aimed at the accomplishment ot a most
encounter the reproaches oi his own conscience
and the curses ot posterity through all time.
II the subject were not too grave aud serious
a one for mirtb, some of the grouuds ol impeach
ment presented by the majority would certainly
be sufficiently amusing. The President is gravely
arraigned for arraying himself against the loyal
people of tlie country in vetoing the miscalled
reconstruction acts ol Congress, when (without
dwelling upon the constitutional right and duty
rG tlx. Prpairlpnt. in tint nrumiftc-fti ComrrusH itself
of tlie President in the premises) Congress itself
lias, for these same acts, just received liie most
withering and indignant condemnation and re
buke of tlie entire people from Maine to Califor
nia. Tlie impeacliers, forgetting that they have
been themselves impeached, and tliqBMie verdict
ttlreai
House to the committee
It is the commission by tlie President ot an
impeachable offence only that con autycct Mm
oi the tribunal ot last resort has already been
rendered against them, still persist in trifliu j
with the peace, satety, and prosperity of tlie
couutry by precipitating upou it this dangerous
question at a time so critical as tills, it is wicked
thus to tritle with the most vital interests ot tlie
nation, aud to disregard the voice ot a great peo
ple, when spoken, ns iu this case, so emphatically
in tavor of the preservation ol our constitutional
form ol Government, aud tlie rights and liberties
established by our Revolutionary lathers. Wo
will not attempt to add anything to the ubie,
and, as we|bclieve, unanswerable urguuieut just
presented by die chairman ot our committee up
on the law ot imputtchmeni. Had not experi
ence taught us tliu wniulertul diversity ot humau
judgments and conclusions, wu should find it
difficult to believe that there could, upon tlie
questions submitted to us, possibly be two opin
ions among candid and intelligent men.
Blind bigotry anil unbridled partisan rage, it
is true, can see crime in tlie most meritorious
actions, and men governed by these unhallowed
passions do not hesitate to drag to the stake or
the tortures ot the inquisition all who will nut
conform to their wretched creeds and miserable
dogmas. They substitute tlicir own crude aud
often crazy theories lor truth aud justice, aud
uuder pain ot severest penalties demand ot all
men to bow down and worship the idol they
have erected. That their own judgment may he
fallible, or that other men differing Iroin them
may be equally wise and honest with themselves,
uever occurs to their minds; and they will, with
out hesitation, question tlie justice even ot' tho
Almighty if tho ways of Providence do not con
form to their own crude theories. Tliis class ot
ineu has constituted a considerable portiou ot
maukind in ail ages, aud in none have they been
more numerous llitiu in our own.
They have luruishud tlie bigots and persecu
tors ot all times, nml their pathway through tlie
long line ot history, Iront its earliest dawn to
the present time, hits been iiturkud with carnage
and desolation. With such meu no argument,
bused upon tlie Constitution anil I'staiilUhed
laws, can have tiny solidity. They live and
breathe in a purer and higher atmosphere “ out
side oi tlie Constitution,’' and above the laws.—
They are too pure and immaculate to bo lettered
by the restraints of constitutions or written laws.
They are a law uuto themselves, and botli
meu'and gods must conform to their views and
theories, or receive their bitterest maledictions.—
But our people will never submit to have their
Chief Magistrate arraigned for trial for ollensi s
unknown lo the laws, nnd which exist only iu
tho excited brains oi his political enemies. U
would boa precedent disastrous iu its conse
quences, aud subversive ot our political t iusi bu
ttons.
SVe cannot doubt that tlie evidence herewith
this day submitted will lie received with one
universal burst of indignation by the American
people. If they retain any just pride in their
country aud its Institutions, they will blush to
And that the chiet officer of their Goveruincui
tins for ten months beeu subjected to the scru
tiny ut a secret star chamber inquisition, un
paralleled in its character in the annals ot civili
zation. A drag net has been put out to catch
every malicious whisper throughout the land,
and all the vile vermin who bad gossip or slan
der to retail, heartay or otherwise, have been
permitted to place it upon record tor the delecta
tion of mankind. Spies have been sent all over
the land to flud something that might blacken
the name and character ot the Chief Magistrate
ot our country. Unwklpped knaves have given
information ot fabulous letters aud documents,
that, like the is nit fotuo, eternally eluded the
grasp of their pursuers, and the chaw ever re
sulted only in aiding in the depletion of the pub
lic Treasury. That most notorious character*
General L. C. Baker, “chief of the detective
force,” even bad the effrontery to Insult the
American people Ire placing hia spies within the
very wall*of the Executive Mansion; the pri
vacy ot the President's home, hie private life end
habits and most secret thought* have not beeu
existing opinions and prejudices, tlie mluorlty of
tlie committee have bent compelled to find,
alter the fullest considerations and the most pro
tracted deliberation, that the President bad com
mitted no offence for which, under our laws, he
esn or ought to be impeached, and hence none,
m we Insist, subjecting him to the ofHqial Juris-
deemed sacred or exempt nom Invaaton; the
taehold have been examined,
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members ot his household
and the chief persecutor has not hesitated to
dive into the loathsome dungeons and consort
with convicted felons tor the purpose of accom
plishing the object ot arraigning the President
on a charge of Infemous crimes.
When we consider all thew facto, and that the
investigation has been a secret at patio one, that