PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 



PUGH, GEORGE 



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not having voted against him, and that he could not 

 be again put mum trial. 



JUM \Wk. It wus 



Ordered, That the paper presented by the drf-mlnnt on the 

 18th InaUnt be (lied ID tills ouuai- ; and tin- dctadMt having 

 f ii;.-.| to answer to the merits within ton days allowed \<\ th<> 

 or.l.-r of die S.'iisiU' of tin- (ith Instant, the trial shall proceed 

 ini tbf 6th of July next as upon a pica of not guilty : /'/- 

 I'h it the Impeachuient can only proceed while Con- 

 gress Is In session. 



<-d. That the Secretary Issue subpoenas that may be 

 applied for by the respondent for such witnesses to be sum- 

 ni. >ni il. at the expense of the United States, a* shall be al- 

 lowed by a committee, to consist of Senators Frellnghuysen, 

 Tlnirm:in, and Chrlstlancy ; and that subpoenas for all other 

 \\ ir ii "I--, for the respondent shall contain the statement that 

 tin- witiii'ssc.s tlnTiln named are to attend upon the tender 

 on lifli.ilf of the respondent of their lawful I'n-.s. 



July 6<A. The case was opened on the part of the 

 managers by Mr. Lynde, who, in closing, and in an- 

 swer to a question, stated that the managers relied 

 upon and referred to section 1781 of the Revised 

 Statutes, and also to section 5501, to sustain the 

 Impeachment, 



The examination of witnesses to support the alle- 

 gations of the articles of impeachment was then 

 proceeded with, and witnesses were produced and 

 sworn on both sides and examined, the trial occupy- 

 ing until July 20th. 



Argument on the part of Mr. Belknap was com- 

 menced on that day by Mr. Blair, who stated the 

 propositions of the defense, as follows : 



The questions are : 



1. Whether the order dismissing the impeachment on the 

 ground that more than one-third of the Senate have voted 

 against the jurisdiction shall be granted ; 



_'. Whether the question of jurisdiction be not involved in 

 the plea of" not guilty " ordered by the majority of the Sen- 

 ate to be entered for the respondent ; 



8. Whether the facts alleged In the articles are proved; 

 and 



4. Whether the evidence established any improper conduct 

 on the part of the respondent. 



Mr. Manager Lynde followed, claiming that the 

 impeachment should be sustained. 



July 21th. Argument continued by Mr. Manager 

 Lapharn, Mr. Manager Jenks, and Mr. Black. 



July 251A, 26th. Argument continued by Mr. Car- 

 penter for the defense, who claimed, on the evi- 

 dence 



1. The respondent stands before you nnier examination 

 for almost seven years' administration of a great executive 

 dc[i:irtment of this Government, to which he was appointed 

 for his ability, and his gallant service for the Union in the 

 field. 



2. We have shown that he possessed a spotless character 

 from boyhood to 18(59. when he was appointed Secretary of 

 War; and that his administration of the War Department 

 has been characterized by energy, ability, and Integrity, 

 never questioned save in the single transaction now under 

 examination. 



8. And in regard to this transaction we have explained 

 every circumstance relied upon as evidence of guilt, dis- 

 pelled every suspicion surrounding it. and we point you, in 

 [i.Tt'r;-t confidence, to all the direct testimony in the case, 

 which conclusively and emphatically acquits the respondent 



and on the law that the Senate had not jurisdiction. 

 July 81st. It was 



Ordered, That on Tuesday next, the 1st day of An crust, at 

 12 o'clock meridian, the Senate shall proceed to vote, with- 

 out debate, on the several articles of Impeachment. The 

 presiding officer shall direct the Secretory to read the several 

 articles Mirri'sslvcly, and after the reading of each article the 

 presiding officer shall put the question following, natnelv: 

 " Mr. Senator , how say you ? Is the respondent. Wil- 

 liam W. Belknap, guilty, or not guilty, of a high crime" or 

 'hiirh Miisili'iiii'iiimr," a> the charge mny be "as charged In 

 this article?" Whereupon such Senator shall rise in his 

 place and answer " guilty," or " not 'guilty." with his reasons, 

 if any, as provided in the order already adopted. 



And each Senator shall be permitted to file, within two days 



after the vote shall have bwn to taken, hi* written opinion, to 

 be printed with the proceedings. 



August Int. In accordance with such order, the 

 Senate proceeded to vote on the article*, with the 

 following result: 



On the first article : 



GUILTY Messrs. Bayard, Booth, Cameron of Pennsylvania, 

 CockrelL Cooper, Davis, Dawea, Dennis, Kdimmdn. if onion, 

 Hamilton, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kelly, Kt-rnan, Key, M < 

 McDonald^ Merrlmon, Mitchell, Mornil, Norwood, <>.'k-iliy, 

 Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent, SauUbury, Mn-rmaii, 

 Stevenson, Tburman, Wadlelgh, Wallace, Whyte, and With- 

 ers 85. 



NOT GUILT? Messrs. Allison, Anthony, BoutwelL Bruce, 

 Cameron of Wisconsin, ChritUiancy, Conk ling, Conover, Cra- 

 gin, Dorsey, Eaton, Kerry, Frellnghuysen, Hamlln, Howe, 

 IngallH, Jones of Nevada, Logan, McMillan, Paddock, Pat- 

 terson, Spencer, West, Windotn, and Wright 25. 



Most of the Senators voting " not guilty " stating 

 that they did so on the question of jurisdiction. 



Oa the second article : " Guilty," 3-;, the same Sena- 

 tors who had thus voted on the first article, with 

 Senator Maxey, who did not then vote. "Not 

 guilty," 25. 



On the third article, same vote : " Guilty," 86. 

 "Not guilty," 25. 



On the fourth article, same vote : " Guilty," 86. 

 " Not guilty," 25. 



On the fifth article : " Guilty," 87, same vote, with 

 Senator Morton, who had been prevented by an ac- 

 cident from being present at the other votes. " Not 

 guilty," 25. 



The President pro tempore : " On this article, 37 

 Senators vote 'guilty,' and 25 Senators vote 'not 

 guilty.' Two-thirds of the Senators present not 

 sustaining the fifth article, the respondent is acquit- 

 ted on this article This concludes the action of the 

 Senate on all the articles of the impeachment. The 

 Chair will call the Senate's attention to Rule 22, 

 which provides : 



And if the impeachment shall not upon any of the articles 

 presented be sustained by the votes of two-thirds of the 

 members present, a judgment of acquittal shall be entered. 



" If there be no objection to complying therewith, 

 the Secretary will be directed to enter a judgment 

 of acquittal. Is there objection? The Chair hours 

 none, and it will be so entered." 



PUGH, GEORGE ELLIS, died at Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, July 19, 1876. He was horn in that city, 

 November 28, 1822. He graduated at the Mi- 

 ami University in 1840, began the practice of 

 law, but when the Mexican War broke out he 

 became captain in the Fourth Ohio Volunteers. 

 In 1848-'49 he was a representative in the 

 Ohio Legislature ; was elected City Solicitor of 

 Cincinnati in 1850, and Attorney-General of 

 Ohio in 1851. In 1854 he defeated Salmon P. 

 Chase in the contest for the latter's seat in the 

 United States Senate. He sat during the six 

 years beginning March 4, 1855, serving on the 

 Committees on Public Lands and the Judiciary, 

 and was defeated by Governor Chase for the en- 

 suing term. In 1860 Mr. Pugh was chairman of 

 the Ohio delegation to the National Democrat- 

 ic Convention held in Charleston. During the 

 war he defended Mr. Vallandigham. In 1868 

 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor of Ohio. In 1864 he was defeated 

 as a candidate for Congress by Benjamin Eg- 

 gleston. In 1873 he was chosen to the State 

 Constitutional Convention, from which he af- 

 terward withdrew. 



