History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
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History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868
Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 -- Impeachment
After debate and Mr. Wallace's answer in explanation of the usages of
the department in the disbursement of moneys, during which it was shown
that no moneys could be drawn out of the treasury on the order of the
assistant secretary except when authorized by the Secretary of the
Treasury to draw warrants therefor, a vote was taken, and resulted as
follows:
Yeas--Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Corbett,
Cragin, Drake, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont, Nye, Pomeroy,
Ramsey, Ross, Sprague, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton and Wilson---22--all
Republicans.
Nays--Bayard, Buckalew, Conness, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Edmunds,
Ferry, Fessenden, Fowler, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Henderson, Hendricks,
Johnson, McCreery, Morrill of Maine, Norton, Patterson of New Hampshire,
Patterson of Tennessee, Sherman, Stewart, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Vickers,
Willey and Williams--27--16 Republicans, 11 Democrats.
So the testimony was not received, as it was shown in the debate thereon
that it would prove nothing against the President which the prosecution
had expected to prove.
No. 5.
Friday April 3rd, the Prosecution offered two telegraphic messages, one
from Lewis E. Parsons to Andrew Johnson, and the other Mr. Johnson's
answer, as follows:
Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 17, 1867.
Legislature in session. Efforts making to reconsider vote on
Constitutional Amendment. Report from Washington says it is probable an
enabling act will pass. We do not know what to believe. I find nothing
here.
(The State Legislature had previously rejected the Constitutional
Amendment.)
The response is:
U. S. Military Telegraph. Executive Office, Washington D. C., Jan. 17,
1867.
What possible good can be obtained by reconsidering the Constitutional
Amendment? I know of none in the present posture of affairs; and I do
not believe that the people of the whole country will sustain any set of
individuals in attempts to change the whole character of our Government
by enabling acts or otherwise. I believe, on the contrary, that they
will eventually uphold all who have patriotism and courage to stand by
the Constitution, and who place their confidence in the people. There
should be no faltering on the part of those who are honest in their
determination to sustain the several co-ordinate Departments of the
Government in accordance with its original design. Andrew Johnson. Hon.
L. E. Parsons, Montgomery, Alabama.
The yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Drake, and were as follows:
Yeas--Anthony, Cameron. Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness,
Corbett, Cragin, Drake, Henderson, Howard, Morgan, Morrill of Vermont,
Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsay, Ross, Sherman,
Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Willey, Wilson--27--all
Republicans.
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