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Excerpts from the Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson HANDOUT C Excerpts from the Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Analyze these excerpts from the Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson and Directions answer the questions that follow. Feel free to annotate the document to aid in understanding it. Articles of Impeachment by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of Andrew Johnson1 of the United States, as such Secretary, … February 21, 1868 EXECUTIVE MANSION, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE SITTING Washington, D.C., February 21, 1868 FOR THE TRIAL OF ANDREW JOHNSON SIR: By virtue of the power and authority PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES vested in me as President by the Exhibited by the House of Representatives of the Constitution and laws of the United States, United States, in the name of themselves and all you are hereby removed from the office of the people of the United States, against Andrew Secretary for the Department of War, and Johnson, President of the United States, in your functions as such will terminate upon maintenance and support of their impeachment receipt of this communication. You will against him for high crimes and misdemeanors transfer to Brevet Major General, Lorenzo in office. Thomas, Adjutant General of the army, ARTICLE I who has this day been authorized and … Andrew Johnson, President of the United empowered to act as Secretary of War ad States, … unmindful of the high duties of interim, all records, books, papers, and his office, of his oath of office, and of the other public property now in your custody requirement of the Constitution that he should and charge. take care that the laws be faithfully executed, did Respectfully yours, unlawfully, and in violation of the Constitution ANDREW JOHNSON. and laws of the United States, issue and order To the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of in writing for the removal of Edwin M. Stanton War Washington, D.C. from the office of Secretary for the Department of War, said Edwin M. Stanton having been Which order was unlawfully issued with intent theretofore duly appointed and commissioned, then and there to violate the act entitled “An 1http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/articles-of-impeachment-of-andrew-johnson/ The First Branch | Congress and the Constitution Unit 4, Lesson 2: The Civil War to 1910—The Golden Age of Parties © Bill of Rights Institute Handout C, page 2 act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices,” States, did then and there commit, and was …, to remove said Edwin M. Stanton from the guilty of a high misdemeanor in office. office of Secretary for the Department of War, … … whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the ARTICLE IV United States, did then and there commit, and … Andrew Johnson, President of the United was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office. States, unmindful of the high duties of his ARTICLE II office and of his oath of office, in violation of … Andrew Johnson, President of the United the Constitution and laws of the United States, States, unmindful of the high duties of his office, …did unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo of his oath of office, and in violation of the Thomas, and with other persons to the House Constitution of the United States, and contrary of Representatives unknown, with intent, by to the provisions of an act entitled “An act intimidation and threats, unlawfully to hinder regulating the tenure of certain civil offices,” … and prevent Edwin M. Stanton, … from holding without the advice and consent of the Senate said office of Secretary for the Department of the United States, said Senate then and there of War, contrary to and in violation of the being in session, and without authority of law, Constitution of the United States and of the did, …issue and deliver to one Lorenzo Thomas provisions of an act entitled “An act to define a letter of authority in substance as follows, that and punish certain conspiracies,” … whereby said is to say: Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then and there commit and was guilty of EXECUTIVE MANSION, high crime in office. Washington, D.C., February 21, 1868 … SIR: The Hon. Edwin M. Stanton having ARTICLE VI been this day removed from office as Secretary for the Department of War, you … Andrew Johnson, President of the United are hereby authorized and empowered to States, unmindful of the high duties of his act as Secretary of War ad interim, and will office and of his oath of office, … did unlawfully immediately enter upon the discharge of the conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas, by force duties pertaining to that office. Mr. Stanton to seize, take, and possess the property of the has been instructed to transfer to you all United States in the Department of War, and the records, books, papers, and other public then and there in the custody and charge of property now in his custody and charge. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary for said department, contrary to the provisions of an act entitled “An Respectfully, yours. act to define and punish certain conspiracies,” … ANDREW JOHNSON and with intent to violate and disregard an act To Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, entitled “An act regulating the tenure of certain Adjutant General U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. civil offices,” …whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, did then and Then and there being no vacancy in said office there commit a high crime in office. of Secretary for the Department of War, whereby … said Andrew Johnson, President of the United The First Branch | Congress and the Constitution Unit 4, Lesson 2: The Civil War to 1910:—The Golden Age of Parties © Bill of Rights Institute Handout C, page 3 ARTICLE IX exist and be maintained between the executive … Andrew Johnson, President of the United and legislative branches of the government of States, … in disregard of the Constitution and the United States, designing and intending to the laws of the United States duly enacted, as set aside the rightful authorities and powers commander-in-chief of the army of the United of Congress, did attempt to bring into disgrace, States, did bring before himself then and there ridicule, hatred, contempt and reproach the William H. Emory, a major general by brevet Congress of the United States, …did, … make and in the army of the United States, … as such deliver with a loud voice certain intemperate, commander-in-chief, declare to and instruct said inflammatory and scandalous harangues, and Emory that part of a law of the United States, … did therein utter loud threats and bitter menaces which provides, among other things, that “all as well against Congress as the laws of the orders and instructions relating to military United States … which are set forth in the several operations issued by the President or Secretary specifications:… of War shall be issued through the General of the SPECIFICATION FIRST. In this, that at army, and in case of his inability, through the Washington, in the District of Columbia, in next in rank,” was unconstitutional, … Andrew the Executive Mansion, to a committee of Johnson then and there well knew, with intent citizens who called upon the President of the thereby to induce said Emory, in his official United States, speaking of and concerning capacity as commander of the Department of the Congress of the United States, said Washington, to violate the provisions of said act, Andrew Johnson, President of the United and to … obey such orders as he, the said Andrew States, heretofore, to wit, on the eighteenth Johnson, might make and give, and which should day of August, in the year of our Lord one not be issued through the General of the army thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, did, in of the United States, according to the provisions a loud voice, declare in substance and effect, of said act, and with the further intent thereby among other things, that is to say: to enable him, the said Andrew Johnson, to “So far as the Executive Department of the prevent the execution of an act entitled “An act government is concerned, the effort has been regulating the tenure of certain civil offices,” … made to restore the Union, … but as the work to unlawfully prevent Edwin M. Stanton, then progressed, as reconstruction seemed to be being Secretary for the Department of War, from taking place, and the country was becoming holding said office and discharging the duties reunited, we found a disturbing and marring thereof, whereby said Andrew Johnson, President element opposing us. … of the United States, did then and there commit We have witnessed in one department of the and was guilty of a high misdemeanor in office. government every endeavor to prevent the … restoration of peace, harmony, and Union. ARTICLE X We have seen hanging upon the verge of … Andrew Johnson, President of the United the government, as it were, a body called, or States, unmindful of the high duties of his office which assumes to be, the Congress of the and the dignity and proprieties thereof, and United States, while in fact it is a Congress of the harmony and courtesies which ought to of only a part of the States. We have seen The First Branch | Congress and the Constitution Unit 4, Lesson 2: The Civil War to 1910:—The Golden Age of Parties © Bill of Rights Institute Handout C, page 4 this Congress pretend to be for the Union, …If you will take up the riot at New Orleans when its every step and act tended to and trace it back to the radical Congress, perpetuate disunion and make a disruption you will find that the riot at New Orleans of States inevitable… We have seen Congress was substantially planned.
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