d with that appointment? Whose Presidential
term is Mr. Johnson now serving out? His own or Mr. Lincoln's? If
his own, he is entitled to four years up to the anniversary of the
murder, because each Presidential term is four years by the
Constitution, and the regular recurrence of those terms is fixed by the
Act of May 8, 1792. If he is serving out the remainder of Mr.
Lincoln's term, then his term of office expires on the 4th of March,
1868, if it does not before."

At the conclusion of General Butler's argument, the Managers submitted
their testimony in support of the charges brought by the House. Some
twenty-five witnesses in all were introduced by the prosecution. Many
of them were merely for the verification of official papers which were
submitted in evidence. The President's speeches defaming Congress were
produced and sworn to by the reporters who took the notes when the
President delivered them. The Managers concluded their testimony on
the fourth day of April and the Senate took a recess for five days.

On the 9th of April Judge Curtis of the President's counsel opened for
the defense. He had no labored introduction, but went directly to his
argument. He struck his first blow at the weak point in General
Butler's strong speech. Judge Curtis said: "There is a question
involved which enters deeply into the first eight Articles of
Impeachment and materially touches two of the others; and to that
question I desire in the first place to invite the attention of the
court, namely, _whether Mr. Stanton's case comes under the
Tenure-of-office Act?_ . . . I must ask your attention therefore to
the construction and application of the first section of that Act, as
follows: 'that every person holding an official position to which he
has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office
and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is and shall be
entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in
like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein _otherwise
provided_.' Then comes what is 'otherwise provided.' '_Provided_
however that the Secretaries of the State, Treasury, War, Navy, and
Interior Departments, the Postmaster-General and Attorney-General,
shall hold their offices respectively _for and during the term of the
President by whom they may have been appointed and for one month
thereafter, subje