Speech Of Mr Ewing Of Ohio

Author : Thomas Ewing, Jr.
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ISBN 13 : 9781332199099
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book Speech of Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, on Mr. Bradbury's Resolutions (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Ewing, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, on Mr. Bradbury's Resolutions The Senate having resumed the consideration of the resolution in relation to removals from office - Mr. Ewing said: I expressed my entire willingness on Thursday last, after listening to the remarks of the Senator from Indiana, (Mr. Bright, ) to join the issue tendered by gentlemen on the other side. And as it is impossible to adduce all the cases of removal, and to give all the reasons in all the cases, I was willing to take the two prominent cases selected by those gentlemen, and selected with very great care and caution, and to let them stand as the test cases. On my part, in behalf of the late Administration, I was willing, and am still willing, to admit, that if these removals, or if either one of them, was wrong, that all were wrong; and I expect a like candid admission on their side, that if those which they have selected as the test cases were right, that all were right; and that they will give up the contest, if the position which they have taken as to these their selected cases cannot be sustained. Gentlemen made their selection after the lapse of much time, and evidently upon much consultation. I infer the fact from their obvious accord in thrusting Gen. Lane and Col. Weller prominently forward as the specially wronged and persecuted victims; from the prompt and general rally at the instant to their defence; from the harmonious agreement of many voices in denouncing these especially as cases of mere naked proscription; and, finally, from the general concurrence of Senators in alleging, by way of aggravation, that the gentlemen thus removed were at the time on the Pacific coast. I do not know that this was the result of a caucus, but there was a wondrous agreement in the assumption of fact and its presentation in argument. By mutual agreement, then, we will take these cases, chosen by gentlemen on the other side. We will take them with all their circumstances of aggravation, and if I cannot prove that their removals were right and proper, nay, a necessary duty on the part of the late President, then I will agree that he acted upon a wrong principle, and that his removals generally were wrong. If I prove that these were right, then I claim from the other side the admission that his removals were generally right. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.