Article I, Section 2, Clause 5

…and are immediately reſponſible to thoſe aſſemblies, and finally to the nation at large—Thus we ſee, when a daring or dangerous offender is brought to the bar of public juſtice, the people, who alone can impeach him by their immediate repreſentatives, will cauſe him to be tried, not by judges appointed in the heat of the occaſion, but by two-thirds of a ſelect body, choſen a long time before, for…

The paragraph says the people "alone can impeach" through "their immediate representatives," which names the House's power of impeachment in Article I, Section 2, Clause 5.

…that he may be intimately acquainted with their particular circumſtances—The houſe of Repreſentatives is not, as the ſenate, to have a Preſident choſen for them from without their body, but are to elect their Speaker from their own number—They will alſo appoint all their other officers.

The paragraph says the representatives elect their Speaker, appoint their other officers and hold "the sole and uncontroulable power of impeachment," all of which are in Article I, Section 2, Clause 5.

The Houſe of Repreſentatives ſhall chooſe their Speaker and ther officers; and ſhall have the ſole power of impeachment.

The paragraph prints Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.

THE Repreſentatives in Congreſs poſſeſs the ſole power of •mpeachment: But here it may be obſerved, that they cannot •mpeach one of their own body; but have the power of expul•on, when two-thirds of their body ſhall agree.

The paragraph says the Representatives in Congress possess "the sole power of impeachment," the words of Article I, Section 2, Clause 5.

The same house will possess the sole right of instituting impeachments: is not this a complete counterbalance to that of determining them?

Says the House "will possess the sole right of instituting impeachments," echoing this clause's "sole Power of Impeachment."

They are liable to be impeached for malconduct by the House of Representatives, and tried by the Senate; and, if convicted, may be dismissed from office, and disqualified for holding any other.

Citing "the article respecting impeachments," the paragraph names impeachment "by the House of Representatives," the power this clause gives that House.

And the inference is greatly fortified by the consideration of the important constitutional check which the power of instituting impeachments in one part of the legislative body, and of determining upon them in the other, would give to that body upon the members of the judicial department.

Names, as a "constitutional check," "the power of instituting impeachments in one part of the legislative body," the power of impeachment this clause gives the House of Representatives.

Under these circumstances the right of impeachment, in the house, can be of but little importance ; the house cannot expect often to convict the offender ; and, therefore, probably, will but seldom or never exercise the right.

Names "the right of impeachment, in the house," the House's power of impeachment given in this clause.

The right of originating money bills, and of impeachment, have alſo been properly aſſigned to this bran•h; the term of ſ•rvice and the principle of repreſentation upon which its houſe will be formed appear likewiſe inexceptionable.

The paragraph says the right of impeachment has been assigned to the house of representatives, as Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 provides.

…observed, that as this was a Constitution for the United States, he should not have made the observation he did, had the subject not been particularly mentioned—that the words “sole power of impeachment” were so general, and might admit of such a latitude of construction, as to extend to every legislative member upon the continent, so as to preclude the representatives of…

Bloodworth quotes the words "sole power of impeachment".

The House of Representatives is to have the sole power of impeachment, and the Senate the sole power of trying.

Maclaine repeats the clause giving the House the sole power of impeachment.

The Constitution says, in one place, that the House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment.

Maclaine quotes the clause, introducing it as what "The Constitution says, in one place".

The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

The record has the clerk reading the preamble and the first two sections of the first article, and this paragraph gives the words of Article I, Section 2, fifth clause.