American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-12-04

ninety three men belonging to Western
Virginia, who upon the records OF the
| War Department were marked as deser-
ters from the army in time OF war, and
this upon the representation of private
aud interested persons. and without the
previous investigation by any officer Of
the War Department, for the sole pur,
pose of enabling such person to vote in
an election when pending in said State,
and with the expectation that they would
so vote as to support him in his aforesaid
unconstitutional proceedings, he then
we'll knew that the men so restored and
by virtue of such restoration would be
entitled to large sum of money from
treasury of the United States, in that
his message to the House of Repr1sen-
tatives, on the 22d June, 1865, and 9TH
er public and private means, he has at
tempted to prevent the ratification of an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed TO the several
States by the Houses Of Congress, agrees
ably to the Constitution of the United
States, although such proposed amend.
.meut provided among other things for
the validity of the public debt of the
United States, rendering payment of any
claim for slaves emancipated, or of any
debt incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States im>
possible, either by the Government of
the United States or by any of the States
re:ently in rebellion, he well knowing
| that the provisions inserted under and
By his dictatiou in the said illegal con :
stitutious for said States were wholly iu-
adequate to protect the loyal people of
| the United States against the payment
| of claims on account Of debts III !urred
by such States in aid of rebellion, thus
rendering it practicable and easy for
those in authority in the aforesaid lille
! gal and unconstitutional Governments
tnus set up to tax and oppress the loyal
people of such States for the beueft of
those who have been engaged in an at
tempt to overthrow the Government OF
the United States in that he has made
uilicial and other public declarations and
statements calculated and designed to in,
jurc aud impair the credit OF the United
states, and TO encourage persons recent
Iy engaged in rebellion against its author
| NV, to Obstruct and resist the rcOTganl>
zltlon Of rebel States so called, upon
! republican basis, and ca aIcuated and de
issigned to deprive the Congress of the
d lnited States Of the confidence of the
: aople, as well a. ito patriotism as in its
le nstltutional right to exist and to act as
y depart. eDt of the Government,
le w"h, under the Constitution, possesses
lie exNsive legislative powers, and all this
= 1.-The intent Of rendering Congress
r inca BILE OF resisting either his said
C, usurslons of power or of providing
re ana eeDrciug measures necessary far the
u pac'hG on aad restoration of the Union;
a and thin this he has exercised the We.
ed to poW'the power Of removal, of APP
ed polntme the pardouing power, and 9TH
a erconstlt onal powers OF his office for the
he purpose Delaying, hiudering, and OBJ
C. structlng preventing the restoration
If, OF the Un' by Constitutional means,
les and ior the rther purpose of alternating
es from the gornment and the laws of the
m, States those orsons who had been en-
ho gagged In reGon, and who, without the
nd aid, comfort encouragement thus by
he him gwen TO IN would have resumed
ng in good faith fr allegiance to the Con-
z, stltutlon, and with the expectation Of
lat conciliatlng the to himself personally
to that he might My prevent the restor-
en- alton OF the UhI upon the basis of tho
he laws passed by ,gress and further,
of that said AGdreW,hnson, President Of
" the United States,ansferred and sur>
At. readered and authted aad directed the
nd transfer snd surren of railway proper
MS ty to the va ue OF ny millions Of dol
it lars, to persons who'd been engaged
of IN the reoelllon' OF tprporations owned
NO wholly or in part bhch persons. he
st. knowing that in somatances the rail-
he ways had been c"nstrld by the Uni.
mr.. ted States, and that liners such rail-
nd ways had been capture,om the enemy
in IN war and afterwards hired at great
al cost by the United Sat and transfers
the aud surrenders being mi without au.
The thority of law and in vtion of law;
on in that he directed and Ied the sale
1b, of large quantities of yay rolling
ro- stock and other railway Party of tho
~ 7alue Of many millions 'ol!ars, the
an property of the United Sta BY pur>
tod chase and construction ttrporatious
n.y. aud parties then known to hto be un-
and able to pay their debts then ured and
ties due, and this without exaetiLom said
ga> corporations aud parties anycurities
on, whatever in that he directed order
nv, ed subordinate officers of th,overu.
,at ment to postpo@ and delay thollec-
be tion Of moneys due aud psyabb the
IN. United States ON account OF sucta,es
Of iu apparent conformity to an or pre-.
,oir viousy made by him that the rest
md upon certain bonds issued or guaeed
ha, by the State of Tennessee, in aid ,er>
,elr taiu railways, then due and unpaie
il. period OF four years and more shobo
nos irst paid out Of the earuing' ne
sfi. roads in whose bekalf the said \
a as were SO issued or guaranteed IN tn
MON conformity to such order aud direc
he the collection of moneys payable
rom then due to the United States was
uur. layed and postponed, and the interest
ORC. such bonds, of which he himself WI
! of large holder; was paid according to
the terms of his own order, thus CORFU