We have seen a Congress that
seemed to forget that there was a limit to the sphere and scope of
legislation. We have seen a Congress in a minority assume to exercise
power which, allowed to be consummated, would result in despotism or
monarchy itself.
_Specification second_.--In this, that at Cleveland, in the State
of Ohio, heretofore, to wit, on the 3d day of September, A.D. 1866,
before a public assemblage of citizens and others, said Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, speaking of and concerning the Congress
of the United States, did in a loud voice declare in substance and
effect, among other things; that is to say:
I will tell you what I did do. I called upon your Congress that is
trying to break up the Government.
In conclusion, besides that, Congress had taken much pains to poison
their constituents against him. But what had Congress done? Have they
done anything to restore the Union of these States? No. On the contrary,
they have done everything to prevent it.
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