The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-03-07

was added plundering by the Freed
mems Bureau agencies, the cotfol
thieves, and military, to an extent onl,
exceeded by the local carpet-bag gov
ernments which superseded them.
The minority review these subject
at leagth and repeat they feel conf
dent that they are sustained in th'
assertion that there is nothing in th'
evidence tending to show that there il
either combination, conspiracy, de
sign, or desire on the part of any res
pectable number of the people of thu
South to deprive the colored race o
any of their civil or political rights
and there is certainly none either tt
subvert or interfere with the legiti
mate authority of the Federal or State
Governments.
VAN TRUMP ON SOUTH CAROLINA.
Appended to the views of the mi
nority is paper drawn up by Mr.
Van Trump, the minority member o.
the sub committee visiting South Car.
olina. lie states the election of 1876
took place on the 10Th of October. In
looking over the official report of the
Adjutant and Inspector General, il
would be observed that. while the
distribution of arms to negroes eX-
tends up to the very day OF the elec-
tion5 not a gun was placed in theiI
hands after the day of election, and
the expiration of the ten days allowed
for the Republican Election Commits
sioners to retain the ballot boxes in
their possession. This was the ex-
citing cause of whatever trouble and
disturbance existed in Sonth Carolina
in 1870. 1t was then that Ku-Klux-
ism showed its head. and even the
miserable testimony of the negroes
themselves showed that the principal
object of Ku-Klux visitation was to
search for these heavy arms distribu-
ted among them bv the Government.
The impeachment of Grant.
In recent editorial, the Patriot,
published within stones throw OF
the White House, and with ready ac-
cess to the necessary documents to
substantiate charges, asserts that if
Congress were to impeach Grant, the
following facts could be proved:
He conspired with degraded dema-
gogues of foreign countries, with
HO
existed, for the use of the ships, arms,
and men of the United States Navy,
in the furtherance of schemes of per-
sonal ambition and private plunder.
He conspired with the same parties
for the spolition, arrest, mock trial,
imprisonment and oppression of Da-
vid Hatch, an American citizen, and
others, in foreign country, for COM
with the American press.
He instituted war with foreign
nation, with which the country was
with perfect amity in violation, not
only of the Constitution, which disa-
bles the President for making war,
but of subslsting treaty stipulations
with that power.
He negotiated with body of DOM
inican usurpers, led by Baez, and car
ried into effect compact between the
two nations, Notwithstanding the
United States, through the rejection
of the proposed treaty by the Senate,
had rendered it criminal for him to
do any act under it.
He manipulated $1,5OO,OOO in gold
by paying it over to his profiigate
Dominican accomplices, in pursuance
W q treaty HOl yOt DluQluS VI III all
sense valid, and which afterwards was
made null and void.
He violated the statutes regulating
the pay and duties of private secreta-
ry of the President, which offence is
aggravated by the establishment of a
ring at the executive man
sion.
He vDlated, as a boon to his own
son, the statutes regulating the privi-
lege of leaves OF absence of officers of
the army.
He accepts land, goods and money
in consideration of appointments to.
office, and aggravates the abuse by
accepting all manner of
and favors, to the great scan-
dal of the public service.
He violated, conspicuously, i'll the
case of General Sickles, the law which
forbids the holding of both civil and
military Office, by making that officer,
requiring him to resign his
commission, diplomatic rep
He has illegally suspended the writ
Of hd6eas corpus, thereby violating all
the laws of the statute-book, in fur
therance ofthe civil supremacy, and
the act of 1870, providing
for obstructing the pro-
gress of the courts.