 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 782 pages
...so much designed to punish an offender, as to secure the state against gross official misdemeanors. It touches neither his person, nor his property ; but simply divests him of his political capacity. ^ 407. Having thus gone through the subject of impeachments, it only remains to observe, that a close... | |
 | Impeachments - 1853 - 832 pages
...much designed to punish яп offender, as to secure the State against gross official misdemeanors. It touches neither his person, nor his property; but simply divests him of his political capacity." Now in this connection permit me to read again our own Constitution upon that subject: "Judgment in... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 1170 pages
...Case, 6 Am. Law Reg., NS, 262. t " Impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It i? not so much designed to punish the offender as to...person nor his property, but simply divests him of his Apolitical capacity." (Bayard's Speech on Blount's Trial; Wharton's State Trials, 263.) $ The earliest... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 446 pages
...much designed to punish the offender as to secure the Stale against gross official misdemeanors ; that it touches neither his person nor his property, but simply divests him of his political capacity. (Story, Commentaries, vol. 1, sec. 803.) All this seems to have been forgotten by certain apologists... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1868 - 552 pages
...Trials, 2UO.) IFtiiharrit'i Oatc, 6 Am. Law Reg., NS, 282. § " Impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It is not so much designed to punish the offender as to secure tho Slnte. It touches neither bis person nor his property, but simply divests him ot his political... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 436 pages
...disposed as anybody to amplify the judicial power. In speaking of this text, he says that impeachment "is not so much designed to punish the offender as to secure the State against gross official misdemeanors ; that it touches neither his person nor his property, but simply... | |
 | David Butler (defendant.) - Trials (Impeachment) - 1871 - 430 pages
...of an impeachment, page 644 of the American Law Register: "Impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It Is not so much designed to punish...offender as to secure the State. It touches neither *7 his person nor his property, but simply divests him of his political capacity." Then on page 646... | |
 | 1872 - 912 pages
...judgment, and punishment according to law' for his crimes." " Impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It is not so much designed to punish...to secure the State. It touches neither his person or his property, but simply divests him of his political capacity." That is further than we propose... | |
 | G. F. Hitchcock, Henry F. Walch - Trials (Impeachment) - 1872 - 996 pages
...that impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It is not so much designed to punish an offender as to secure the State. It touches neither...but simply divests him of his political capacity. It would, therefore, seem, from the nature of this body, that they were peculiarly and exclusively... | |
 | 1872 - 982 pages
...that impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It is not so much designed to punish an offender as to secure the State. It touches neither...but simply divests him of his political capacity. It would, therefore, seem, from the nature of this body, that they were peculiarly and exclusively... | |
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I have but one observation more to make on this point, which is, that impeachment is a proceeding purely of a political nature. It is not so much designed to punish an offender as to secure the State. It touches neither his person nor his property; but... 
