The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-02-10

"ed. | charge hinlswitlI wicked and cor
rupt.abuse Of the power Of appointment 10
and removal from Office; hrst, U dispaclng
those who were competent and faithful IN
the discharge Of their public duties, only PEE
cause they were supposed 70 enteIsaln poe
litical preference for anothefj md secondly,
in bestowing them on creatures Of his own
viii. alike regardless of the public welfare
and his duty to thecountry,
ss3d. I charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanor Of aiding 70 excite q disc
organizing and rev dictionary spirit IN the
cou ntry, 6y placing on the records Of the de-
artnents Of State HE objections To law as
carrying. no constitutional OBJ ligation with II,
whereby the several states ct this Union
were invited TO disregard and disobey law
of Congress which he himself had sanction
ed and sworn TO see faithfully executed
from which nothing bat disorder, confusion
and anarchy can follow.
's4th. charge him with being guilty Of
| high misdemeanor in retaining men IN Office
for months after they had been rejected by
the Senate as unworthy, incompetent and
| unfaithful, with an utter defiance Of the pub
| lie will, and total Indifference to the public
interests.
"5th. charge him with the high crime
and misdemeanoF of withholding his assent
10 laws indispensable to she just operations
/ OF governments WHICH lnVOlN6u ~ C9Hotleur
tional difficulty on his part; of depriVing the
government Of all legal means OF reven ne,
and of assuming to himself the whole pow
er Of taxation, and Of collecting duties of the
people without the authority or sanction Of
law.
"6th. charge him with an arbitrary, de-
lspotic. and corrupt abuse ofthe veto power,
to CRAFTY his personal and political resent
ments against the Senate ofthe Q. States for
CONSTITUTIONS exercise Of their prerogative
in The rejection of his nominees to Office,
with such evident marks Of Inconsistency
and duplicity as leave no room TO doubt his
disregard Of the interests Of the people, and
j his duty to the country.
; & 7th. / charge him with cross oficial mis-
/, conduct, in having been guilty Of shameless
e duplicity, equiVocation, and ialsehood with
e his late Cabinet and Congr which led TO
8 idle legislation and useless public expense,
: and by which he has brought such dislOnor
7 on himself as to disqualify him from admin
7 isteriDg the government with advantage ,ho-
e nor or virtue, and for which alone he would
i deserve to be removed from Office.
y 9th. charge himswith an illegal and un-
: constitutional exercise Of powers in inslitu-
ting commission to investigate past trans
actions under former administration Of the
customhouse in New York, under pFetence
of seeing the laws faithfully executed with
having arrested the investigation at a time
: when the inquiry was to be made as to the
!, manner in which those laws were executed
= under his own administration with having
: directed or sanctioned the appropriation OF
= large sums of the public revenue 10 the COM
= pensation of officers of his own creation,
: without the authority of law which, if sane
! tioneds would place the entire revenues oil
: : the country at his disposal.
!. "9th. ] charge him with the high misde,
q meanor of having withheld from the Repre-.
) lsentatiVes of the people information called
6 for, and declared to be necessary 10 the in.
Vestigation of stupendous frauds and abuses
alleged to have been committed by agents Of
the government, both upon individuals and
l. the government itself, whereby he himself
becomes accessory to these frauds.n