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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, MB 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