A history of the United States for schools . emove any civil office ^^^*holder without the consent of the Senate. Infractionof this law by the presi-dent was to be a highmisdemeanor. In spiteof this, the angry presi-dent undertook to defythe Senate by removingEdwin Stanton, secre-tary of war, whom he es-pecially disliked. Thenthe House of Represent-atives impeached thepresident before the Sen-ate for high crimes andmisdemeanors. If foundguilty, he would be incapable of holding office, andwould therefore cease to be president; and in that case,Benjamin Wade, president of the Senate, would havet
A history of the United States for schools . emove any civil office ^^^*holder without the consent of the Senate. Infractionof this law by the presi-dent was to be a highmisdemeanor. In spiteof this, the angry presi-dent undertook to defythe Senate by removingEdwin Stanton, secre-tary of war, whom he es-pecially disliked. Thenthe House of Represent-atives impeached thepresident before the Sen-ate for high crimes andmisdemeanors. If foundguilty, he would be incapable of holding office, andwould therefore cease to be president; and in that case,Benjamin Wade, president of the Senate, would havetaken his place. Chief Justice Chase presided over thetrial, and a two thirds vote was necessary for the vote was taken. May i6, 1868, it stood 35 forconviction and 19 for acquittal. The president wastherefore saved by one vote. Of those who voted foracquittal, seven were Republicans. During our Civil War, a French army had been sentto Mexico by Napoleon III., regardless of our protests, 1 From Savages Life of Andrew ANDREW 444 THE FEDERAL UNION. Ch. XVI, and an imperial government had been set up there, with„, Maximilian, one of the Austrian archdukes, for The French in emperor. After our war was ended, our gov- Mexico. . ernment said things to Napoleon III. whichcaused him to withdraw his troops. Then the unfortu-nate Maximilian was soon dethroned, and in June, 1867,he was shot. In the year 1866 permanent telegraphic communica-tion between Europe and America was established by. , . a submerged cable stretching from Ireland to Atlantic ^ ° cable; Newfoundland. In October, 1867, the vast territory of Alaska — valuable for furs, fish-eries, timber, and, to some extent, for metals — wasbought from Russia for about ;^7,ooo,ooo. Next year the Republicans nominated General Grant^, , for President, and the Democrats nominated The elec-tion of Horatio Seymour, who had been governor of New York. All the states voted except Vir-ginia, Mississipp
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