Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-17
BILL OF INDIcTMENT


before they are again entrusted WIN
political power: ga
!. We charge them with having
plotted treason against the Gov
ernment and with having attempt
ed to dissolve the UEion and estab-
Iish an independent Southern Con-
federacy. ~
2. We charge them with having
stolen and appropriated to their
own use the rifles, muskets, artil-
lery and ammunition Of the United
States.
3. We charge them with having
attempted to take the life ofMr
Lincoln, when on his wayto Wash
ington in 1861, and with having
organized to prevent by force his
Inauguration as President, although
he had been constitutiohally elected.
a. We charge them with having
organized and equipped armies, and
with having commenced and carried
on the war of the rebellion. ' Hi
5. We charge them with having
opposed every measure of the
government to suppress the rebel
lion. "-.- 1919
6. We charge them with having
given aid and comfort to the Iehels
in arms during the war.
7. We charge them with having
discouraged enIistments into, and
with having encouraged desertiOns
from the Union army, thus making
drafts necessary.
s. We charge them with having
organized secret societies and hav-
ino melted riots to prevent the
draft from being enforced. Hoas
9. We charge them with having
refused ro give our brave and patri-
otto soldiers in the field, fighting 2
for.the life of the nation, the right
to vote. -
10. We charge them with having
murdered 100000 of the nations
brave defenders, and with having
manned for life as many more.
II. We charge them with Having
starved, tortured or shot down in
cold blood 10000 patriot soldiers j.
in the prison-pens Of the South.
12. We charge them with having
perfected plan by which they
proposed to liberate all the Con
federate prisoners at Columbus, In
dianapoIis and Chicago, to place
arms in their hands and send them
forth in connection with the
"Knights of the Golden Circle,
"Sons of Liberty" &c, to burn the
cities and villages of the North, lay
waste its fair fields, butcher its
peaceful citizens, and, by waging
war in the rear, compel the Govern
ment to withdraw its armies from
the South, and thus suffer treason
to accomplish its wicked pur-
poses -... II
13. We charge them with having
attempted to introduce q fatal and
malignant disease into all the large
cities throughout the North. er
IA. We charge them with having &
assassinated, through one Of their
vilest tools, Abraham Lincoln,
| President of the United States. .
I Is. We charge them with having
opposed every measure, adopted by
! Congress since the close of the war,
to restore peace, harmony and secu-
rity to the country
16. We charge them with having
created, by forcing upon the coun-
try without cause, a long, bloody
and expensive civil war, a vast
public debt, and with having i'm O
; posed upon the people Untold sor-
rows and burdens grievous to be
borne.
II. We charge them with being
responsible for high taxes, high
prices, derangement Of business,
&C., which are only the legitimate
: fruits of the war, ralg
Is. We charge them with favor
:. ing fraud, corruption and malfeas
ance in office by endorsing the
administration of President john p
son. '
10. We charge them with having
J in full operation, to-dPy, numerous
D secret societies, known as Ku-Klux
!; Klans, whose members, being the
! sworn enemies of loyalty, have, by
: their lawlessness, their many heart
| less murders and high-handed
crimes, instituted a reign ofterrOr
all over the South.
I 20. We charge them with beinga
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