Stanton, then and there being Secretary for the Department
of War, duly appointed and commissioned under the laws of the United
States, from holding said office; whereby the said Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, did then and there commit and was guilty
of a high misdemeanor in office.
ART. VI. That said Andrew Johnson, President of the United States,
unmindful of the high duties of his office and of his oath of office,
on the 21st day of February, A.D. 1868, at Washington, in the District
of Columbia, did unlawfully conspire with one Lorenzo Thomas by force
to seize, take, and possess the property of the United States in the
Department of War, and then and there in the custody and charge of Edwin
M. Stanton, Secretary for said Department, contrary to the provisions
of an act entitled "An act to define and punish certain conspiracies,"
approved July 31, 1861, and with intent to violate and disregard an act
entitled "An act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices," passed
March 2, 1867; whereby said Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States, did then and there commit a high crime in office.
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