IMPEACHMENT. 



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ises according to the Constitution and laws of the 

 United States. 



Hereof you are not to fail. 



Witness : , and Presiding Officer of the 



said Senate, at the city of "Washington, this day 



of , in the year of our Lord , and of the 



independence of the United States the . 



Form of precept to "be indorsed on said writ of 

 summons : 



THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ss : 

 The Senate of the United States to 



You are hereby commanded to deliver to and leave 



with , if conveniently to be found, or, if 



not, to leave at his usual place of abode, or at his 

 usual place of business, in some conspicuous place, a 

 true and attested copy of the within writ of summons, 

 together with a like copy of this precept ; and in 

 whichsoever way you perform the service let it be 



done at least days before the appearance day 



mentioned in said writ of summons. 



Fail not, and make return of this writ of summons 

 and precept, with your proceedings thereon indorsed, 

 on or before the appearance day mentioned in the 

 said writ of summons. 



"Witness , and Presiding Officer of the 



Senate, at the city of Washington, this day of 



, in the year of our Lord , and of the in- 

 dependence of the United States the . 



All process shall be served b^ the Sergeant-at- 

 Arms of the Senate, unless otherwise ordered by the 

 court. 



XXV. If the Senate shall at any time fail to sit for 

 the consideration of articles of impeachment on the 

 day or hour fixed therefor, the Senate may, by an 

 order to be adopted without debate, fix a day and 

 hour for resuming such consideration. 



The court was organized on Thursday, the 

 5th of March, the oath heing administered to 

 the Chief Justice of the United States by Asso- 

 ciate Justice Nelson, and by the Chief Justice 

 to the Senators present, except Mr. Wade, 

 whose right to sit on the trial was challenged. 

 On Friday the 6th, at the close of the debate 

 on the point suggested, the objection was with- 

 drawn, anil the oath was administered. On 

 Friday, the 13th of March, the trial com- 

 menced. 



The Chief Justice entered the Senate Cham- 

 ber and took the chair. 



The Chief Justice (to the Sergeant-at-Arms) : 

 "Make proclamation." 



The Sergeant-at-Arms : " Hear ye ! hear ye ! 

 All persons are commanded to keep silence 

 while the Senate of the United States is sitting 

 for the trial of the articles of impeachment ex- 

 hibited by the House of Representatives against 

 Andrew Johnson, President of the United 

 States." 



The Secretary read the Journal of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Senate sitting for the trial of 

 impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of 

 the United States, on Friday, March 6, 1868. 



Mr. Howard: "If it be now in order, to 

 save time I ask that the order which I sent to 

 the Chair be passed by the Senate, informing 

 the House of Representatives that the Senate 

 is organized for the trial of the*impeachment." 



The Chief Justice: "The Secretary will 

 read the order submitted by the Senator from 

 Michigan." 



The Secretary read as follows : 



Ordered, That the Secretary infonn the House of 

 Eepresentatives that the Senate is in its Chamber, 

 and ready_ to proceed with the trial of Andrew John- 

 son, President of the United States, and that seats 

 are provided for the accommodation of the members. 



The order was agreed to. 



The Chief Justice : " The Sergeant-at-Arms 

 will introduce the managers." 



The managers on the part of the House of 

 Representatives appeared at the bar, were an- 

 nounced by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and con- 

 ducted to the position assigned them. 



Managers. Hon. John A. Bingham, of 

 Ohio ; George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts ; 

 James F. Wilson, of Iowa ; John A. Logan, of 

 Illinois; Thomas Williams, of Pennsylvania; 

 Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts; Thad- 

 deus Stevens, of Pennsylvania. 



The Secretary then called the names of Sena- 

 tors who were not previously sworn. 



Messrs. Edmunds, Patterson of New Hamp- 

 shire, and Yickers, severally, as their names 

 were called, advanced to the desk, and the 

 prescribed oath was administered to them by 

 the Chief Justice. 



The Chief Clerk then read the following re- 

 turn appended to the writ of summons : 



The foregoing writ of summons, addressed to An- 

 drew Johnson, President of the United States, and 

 the foregoing precept, addressed to me, were this day 

 duly served on the said Andrew Johnson, President 

 of the United States, by delivering to and leaving 

 with him true and attested copies or the same at the 

 Executive Mansion, the usual place of abode of the 

 said Andrew Johnson, on Saturday, the 7th day of 

 March instant, at seven o'clock in the afternoon of 

 that day. GEOEGE T. BKOWN, 



Sergeant-at-Arms of the U. S. Senate. 



WASHINGTON, March 7, 1868. 



The Chief Clerk administered to the Ser- 

 geant-at-Arms the following oath : 



" I, George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Sen- 

 ate of the United States, do swear that the return 

 made and prescribed by me upon the process issued 

 on the 7th day of March, A. D. 1868, by the Senate ' 

 of the United States against Andrew Johnson, Presi- 

 dent of the United States, is truly made, and that I 

 have performed said service therein prescribed. So 

 help me God." 



The Chief Justice: "The Sergeant-at-Arms 

 will call the accused." 



The Sergeant-at-Arms: "Andrew John- 

 son, President of the United States, Andrew 

 Johnson, President of the United States, ap- 

 pear and answer the articles of impeachment 

 exhibited against you by the House of Repre- 

 sentatives of the United States." 



Mr. Johnson: "I understand that the 

 President has retained counsel, and that they 

 are now in the President's room attached to 

 this wing of the Capitol. They are not ad- 

 vised, I believe, of the court being organized. 

 I move that the Sergeant-at-Arms inform them 

 of that fact." 



The Chief Justice : " If there be no objection, 

 the Sergeant-at-Arms will so inform the coun- 

 sel of the President." 



The Sergeant-at-Arms presently returned 

 with Hon. Henry Stanbery, of Kentucky ; Hon. 



