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inlitri- mi K rrriii -hment. \\ itti motion to strike out nil 

 MW t'ill, 1*7; why hlumM tin- heads of 

 il. -11:1111:1. -MI- Ito made an exception? 187; reason why 

 not esc. :i\itun:H of the lawn 



mid nt of tin- ('..iirtitiiiion, itvs; their connection 

 \vitli tin' I'r Mil'-nt a peculiar one, 188; practice of 

 former yearn, 188 ; BOToral dlHtlnct subjects comprised 

 In iliii bill, 188; details, 188; amendment* moved, 

 189; the question i- .-imply whether tin- C'oiictitutioii 

 of the United M i:.-s shall or shall not bo observed, 

 isu; what .loe the bill provider 190; views of Story, 

 190; decisions the other way, 190; what will you gain 

 by this cniBadu on the President ? 100 ; amendment, 

 I'.N); Congress has the constitutional power to pass 

 i hi- bill, 190 ; views of the Cramers of the Constitution, 

 191 ; the bill only undertakes to control what has 

 been confessed by the advocates of this power to be 

 an abuse of the Executive authority, 191 : all the bill 

 proposes is to say in substance that when a man, under 

 the Constitution, upon the nomination of the President, 

 la appointed by and with the advice of the Senate, he 

 shall hold until bis succwsor is nominated by the 

 President and appointed by and with the advice and 

 consent of the Senate, 191 ; on what ground of power 

 is this bill proposed ? 192 ; only two possible locations 

 for tin- power of removal under the Constitution, 192 ; 

 what does the bill do ? 192 ; this senatorial pretension 

 examined, 192 ; what effect will be produced upon the 

 Senate by the possession and exercise of this power ? 

 193 ; give to the Senate domination over the Executive 

 to an extent not contemplated, 193 ; further amend- 

 ment offered, 193; a sweeping proposition, 193; it 

 will give strength and merit to the bill, 194; the 

 President announced he means " to kick out of office " 

 present incumbents, 194; all legislation of this kind 

 very dangerous in itself, 194 ; what a state of things 

 if all minor custom-house officers sent to the Senate 

 for confirmation 1 194 ; the officer at the head of the 

 proper department is properly responsible, 195 ; num- 

 ber of removals and appointments by President John- 

 son, 195 ; what is there alarming in it ? 196 ; the Presi- 

 dent has usurped the powers of Congress on a colossal 

 scale, 196 ; the duty of the hour is the protection of 

 loyal and patriotic citizens against the President, 190 ; 

 are you ready to apply the remedy according to the 

 measure of your powers ? 196 ; we are in the midst of 

 a crisis, 197 ; amendment lost, 197 ; moved to except 

 the Secretaries, 197 ; lost, 197 ; bill passed, 197. 



In the House, motion to amend by striking out the 

 words relating to the Secretaries, 198; carried, 198. 



In the Senate, amendment of the House considered, 

 198; Senate refuse to concur, 198; report of a com- 

 mittee of conference, 199 ; report agreed to in both 

 Houses, 199 ; bill returned'by the President, 199 ; pas- 

 sage over the veto, 199. 



In the House, resolution of inquiry relative to a vio- 

 lation of the laws in Maryland, 200. 



In the House, charges of impeachment against the 

 President, 200 ; referred to the Judiciary Committee, 

 200 ; further resolutions, 201 ; report of the Judiciary 

 Committee on impeachment of the President, 201 ; 

 minority report, 201. 



In the House, resolution relative to an investigation 

 of the riot at New Orleans offered, 202; report of 

 committee, 202 ; the "Louisiana Bill," 202; principles 

 of the bill, 203. 



In the Senate, resolutions declaring the true princi- 

 ples of construction offered, 204. 



In the House, resolutions relative to reconstruction 

 offered, 201; a bill for the restoration to the States 



lately in insurrection of their political right* 

 904, 90S ; what are the great questions that now divide 

 i .in? 906; meaning of term*, 906; the kgiatetire 

 power It the sole guardian of aoverelgnty, 906 ; what 

 power baa the President over a ubject till CoogreM 

 has legislated upon It? 306; though the President to 

 Commander in ( hicf, CongreM It his commander, 906 ; 

 Congress denies the right of the President to re- 

 construct, 208; further views of policy, 907; CongreM 

 uit the old rebel States have any existence, 

 207; to be regretted that inconsiderate Republicans 

 ever supposed the Blight amendments proposed to the 

 Constitution would satisfy the reforms necessary for 

 the security of the Government, 207 ; this bill an abso- 

 lute necessity, 207; insure the ascendency of the 

 Union party, 20T ; what la negro equality T 207. 



Two bills now pending before the House, 208 ; at- 

 tempts made by these two measures to induce the 

 House to depart from what has hith -rto been agreed 

 upon by the Committee on Reconstruction, 908; what 

 has been done thus for by the Committee on Recon- 

 struction, 209 ; article of amendment to the Constitu- 

 tion, its object, 209 ; a declaration of the judgment of 

 the joint committee, 209 ; this bill totally Ignores the 

 first duty of Congress to give the protection of law to 

 life and property in disorganized State?, 209 ; what do 

 the Legislatures of the loyal States gay ? 209. 



Object of the bill to remove certain incongruities in 

 the Constitution, 210; to get rid of the Constitution, 

 210 ; the decision in the Milligan case denounced as 

 Infamous, 210 ; Is the Court to be stricken down T 210 ; 

 three leading objects In this measure, 210 : to get rid 

 of the Supreme Court to depose the President to 

 correct "incongruities" in the Constitution, 210; the 

 doctrine that this Government can make conquest of 

 any of the States of this Union is at war with the 

 fundamental idea of the Government, 211. 



If thia becomes a law, it will be found defective in 

 that it does not afford any protection to the loyal class 

 of Ihe inhabitant* of the Southern communities, 211 ; 

 how do we stand to-day ? 211 ; efforts made relative to 

 impartial suffrage in the Territories', 212; will any 

 thing more favorable be granted to the rebel States 

 than is required of the Territories, 212 ; if this bill 

 should pass, and we go on with the impeachment, all 

 the great interests of the country will stand still, wait- 

 ing the result, 212; the people have already decided 

 several points of this great controversy, 213 ; that they 

 would trust to Congress rather than to the Executive, 

 213; what does the bill propose? 213; have we the 

 power to pass it? 214; demands of the national will 

 for certain changes in the Constitution, 214 ; relative 

 to future attempts at secession, 214. 



Amendment offered to sixth section of the bill, 215 ; 

 referred to the joint Committee on Reconstruction, 

 216 ; report of the committee, 216 ; a bill to put under 

 governments ten States now without governments, 

 216 ; reason why no governments have been provided, 

 217 ; for two years in a state of anarchy, 217 ; features 

 of the bill, 217; most complete of all the plans pro- 

 posed, 217 ; founded on the law of nations, 217. 



What dies the bill provide? 218; on what Is It 

 founded ? 218 ; the preamble does not embrace a single 

 truth, 218; these States are States within the Union, 

 218 ; no constitutional power to pass this bill, 918 ; 

 power claimed under the law of nations, 218 ; what is 

 the territory oC these States ? 219 ; who are the people 

 of these States? 219. 



This bill is the exercise of the highest possible 

 power of legislation which can be exercised under 



