 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 762 էջ
...drawn in question before the Senate. "It is thus seen that four senators have declared by their votes that the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the revenue, had been guilty of the impeachable offence of ' assuming upon himself authority and power... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 784 էջ
...drawn in question before the Senate. "It is thus seen that four senators have declared by their votes that the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the revenue, had been guilty of the impeachable offence of ' assuming upon himself authority and power... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 էջ
...at the instance of some of his friends, modificd his other resolution, so as to read as follows: " Resolved, That the president, in the late executive...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The resolution was agreed to : ayes, 26 ; noes, 20. The passage of this resolution, which took place... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1855 - 452 էջ
...of some of his friends, Mr. Clay then modified his other resolution, so as to read as follows : — "Resolved, That the president in the late executive...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The resolution was adopted by the following vote :— TEAS. — Messrs. Bibb, Black, Calhoun, Clay,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1855 - 714 էջ
...lines around it) the resolution offered by Mr. Clay, and adopted on the 28th of March, 1834, viz. : " Resolved, That the president, in the late executive...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." The expunging resolution which was now adopted, by a vote of 24 to 19, and immediately carried into... | |
 | William Jay - 1853 - 684 էջ
...relation to the suppression of certain papers in the New York Post Office, has assumed upon nimself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both,' instead of protesting against the charge, you would be compelled to acknowledge its truth, and you... | |
 | Henry Clay - 996 էջ
...presidential guilt of the sort or magnitude requiring impeachment. "It simply affirmed that he had 'assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.' It imputed no criminal motives." Criticizes the friends of the president for introducing the constitutional... | |
 | Robert J. Spitzer - 1988 - 206 էջ
...bill. 4. The motion to censure read: "Resolved, That the President in the late executive proceeding in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon...Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." (Congressional Globe, March 28, 1834: 271) 5. Kent first proposed this amendment on December 24, 1833... | |
 | 1989 - 90 էջ
...Senate censured President Jackson for his act of defiance. The Senate resolved that the president had "assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred...constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri dismissed this action as "a mere personal censure — having... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1906 - 304 էջ
...moneys from the Bank of the United States, the Senate passed a resolution censuring him for assuming a power ' ' not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Two years later, with an administration majority in the Senate, Benton's "expunging resolution" came... | |
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Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both. 
