The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-12-22
IMPEACHMENT.

We notice an article in the n. Y. Ec-
press on the subject OF impeachlng the
President. and we present the following
counts on which the proposition Is based.
list. The use Of the federal military
to control state and municipal elections,
as in the employment of |. 5. artillery,
infantry and t. s. engineers and ma
rines to intimIdate the people at the bal
lot box. a week since.
I'd. The known and authorized use OF
the salaries Of Fesleral ns'nnr- IN viola
i;sti0n or I. : laws, as a corruption
electioncering fund to sustain the Fed
eral administration.
81 Executive interference in the
state politics Of Missouri. not alone by
partisan letters, but by the use eff Federal
patronage.
Nobody expects Grant to be impeach-
ed by the present radical congress, but
We leave it to every fair-minded man to
say whether he shoad be, or not. on the
above counts.
"A radical congress was ready to
bring an action Of impeachment against
Andrew johnson for an alleged violation
Of the --tenurc-ol-cliice' act: but if all
the charges above enumerated werc full
ly sustained against Grant ot Use no
radical congressman would have courage
and honesty to vote for conviction IN his
case.
When the charge against johnson.
and the foregoing charges against Grant,
are compared we ask orr readers to
say where the impeachment should fall
johnson was charged with disrcgarding
Il partisan and unconstitutional law.
which has now been repealed by the
lower house. (for the accommodate Of
Mr.. Grant, and Grant has unquestion-
aily been uilty Of the violations Of the
Institution above charged
While the constitutions Of pr-nssj-
vania an Ne Yor expressly Pr idc
against the presence Of Uni States
90, or militia at the polls on election
lay, it is notorious fact that in both
states Grant did use the L. $ troops at
the p1lls-and also in ,labama. ar
kansas and Tennessee, and is about to
use them In e:a-anl did so far as
was in his power. attempt b. these
troops to intimidate the citizens aud al
tempt TO control the election liz these
States
Secretary Cox was driven out Of Of
fee By the President, because of his op
position to the use If the salaries of the
federal officers for electionecging pur-
poses and Grant enforced the dema 3D.
made by the politicians, for a part Of
the wages of his appointees to be used
for the purpose Of carrying the elec-
tions recently held in the various States.
lie made no secret OF his removal
from Office o. officials in Missouri for
the sole reason thai they refused to sup
port the intolerant and descriptive can
d.date for governor III that St2tc. who
found favor in the eyes of his najest,
Nov, if all these things are true. ard
we challenge contradiction, we again
ask any honest man 10 deny that Grant
should be impcached and removed from
Office.
We are satisfied that history will
write u. s. Grant down as an imbecile.
INSCRIPTIONS, tyrannical and dishonest
official. who want My violated his off
cial oath but, at the same time. we
have no doubt that he viii be fully sus.
tanned by the present radical congress
and that the articles of impeachment TO
wnich he is 50 justly answerable. would
no. receive single vote from the radi
cal congressman who now misrepresen,
the peoplc.-Roehcster ScaaacL