New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-17

then and there conspire with the said FL
more and Harper, and other evil dis
posed persons, to organize 4 largt
body OF men. and did aid and con
uiye with said persons, and said EImort
and Harper, to proceed on the morning
of the twenty-second day of November
A. D. 1872 to the Eighth District Court OF
the parish of Orleans. and did c0nnive with
said persons and Gilmore and Harper tc
forcibIy and violently eject the Hon. Henry
c. Dlbble, Judge Of the Eighth District
Court for the parish of Orleans, from said
office, with the intent and purpose Of seiz-
| ing possession of said court, and of over
powering the Judge of said court, with the
| purpose and intent OF aiding him the said
! Warmoth, N a scheme in his unconstitu-
| tonai and illegal effort to remove and set
| aside the board of officers organized by law
| to correct compile and return the votes of
| the election held on the fourth of Noyem-
Der, \. D. 1872; and that said Warmoth,
Governor as aforesaid has issued commits
sl0ns to sundry and various persons, as hav-
ing been elected to offices, State. parish and
municipal. without any legal returns HAY
ing been made by the legal returning 9TH
GERS showing that such persons had been
elected all in furtherance OF his unc0nstitu-
tlOnaI and Illegal Efforts 80 remove and set
aside the board of returning officers or
ganiZed by law to canvass. compile and re-
turn the election held on the fourth day of
November, A. d 1872, all Of which will be
shown on the trial of this case. whereby the
said Henry G. Warmoth Governor Of the
State Of Louisiana, did then and there. and
in the cases in this article mentioned. COM
NIT and was guilty of high crimes and mis-
demean0Ts III office.
ARTICLE ".
That said Henry c. Warmoth, Governor Of
the State of Louisiana, at New Orleans. Lou
lslana, unluindIul of the high duties Of his of
flee and of his oath of office and in violation
OF the constitution and laws of this State, on
or about the ninth day of December A. d.
1872, and about the hour of two O'clock in
the morning of said day, did, at the resi-
dence OF P. b. S. PiLchback, Lieutenant
Governor of the State of Louisiana, appear
and offered to bride the said P. B. S. Pinch
back, Lieutenant Governor as aforesaid, by
the offer to him of $1,000 if he. said Pinch
back, would enter into and Join a cOnspira-
cy to organize the Senate of the State of
Louisiana on that day, the ninth December
A. ID. 1872, in the interest of said WarmOth,
and to break down the opposition to the
Fusion party in the Legislature, and to
place himself under the direction and con-
trol OF said Warmoth, Governor as afore-
said, whereby the said Henry G Warmoth. |
Governor of the State of Louisiana, did |
then and there commit and was guilty Of a |
high misdemean0r in office.
ARTICLE V.
That the said Henry c. Warmoth. Gov
ernor of the State of Louisiana, at New
Orleans, Louisiana, unmindful of the
high duties of bis office and of his
oath of office and in violation of the consti-
tuition and laws of this State with the in
tentl0n OF defrauding the legal voters of
this State out of their votes, of 0efrauding
the majority or the legal voters of the State
1ut OF their choice OF officers, and with a
view Of defrauding the presidential electors
aVoIa0Ie to the election of L. S. Grant for
President and Henry Wilson for Vice Pre-
3Ident Of the United States and of the Re-
publican candidates, to wit: William p.
Kellogg for Governor,5f G. C. Antoine
lieutenant Governor of the State OF Louis
ana. and others, out of their election for the
'tfices for which they were candidates, that
lie, the said HenryC. Warm0th, Governor as
toresaid, did by the promise of patronage.
hFe@ts OF dismissal from office and BY
bribery INDUCE and procure the Supervisors |
If registration in this State to refuse to
eglster large numbers Of legal voters of
his State, and to avoid by ar1ihce aud fraud, I
egIsterlGg large numbers of legal voters |
y net afordlng facilities sufficient to enable
he registered voters to vote in many par
she's whereby large number Of the legal {
ottfs' OF this State were prevented from
oting. and after the votes were cast in alb. {
tracing the votes so cast from the ballot f
OTts and Inserting other votes therein and 9
ouutlng the same, and after the count was t
late IN returning the votes different from
nc count thereof, whereby the said Henry
: Narm0th. Governor Of the State Of
.ouIslana, did then and there commit Il
Ign crime and mlsdcmean0r in office.
ARTICLE VI.
Thai said Henry G. Warmoth, Governor
tue State Of Louisiana, at the city of
CIV Orleans, unmindtul Of the duties Of .
S Office and of his oath OF office. in viola T
on OF the constitution and laws of this g
tate, on orabout the first day Of September. II
ID. 1872, did offer 10 bride Il. H. Chad =
lrn. supervisor Of registration fer the
aTlsh of st. Charles by offering to secure
T him the office of State TAX collector for pi
id parish ST Charles. if said r. H. Chad
I'm would return, or promise to return, Of -
e vote of said parish of ST. Charles to be VI
AIDE, returning the majority for William
Kellogg, candidate tor Governor, below q
hat it might actually lie in that parish. pl
hereby the said Henry c. Warmoth. Gov 81
nor OF the State of Louisiana, did then II
d there commit high misdemeanor in bt
ice. NJ
ARTICLE VII IN
That said Henry G, Warmoth, Governor al
the State of louisiana at New Orleans. a
uisiana, unmindful of the high duties of VI
office and Of his oath Of office. and in ~
1Iation of the Constitution and laws of - -
IS State, since he was impeached bv the I (H
,u7e OF Representatives OF the State Of ~
uisiana in the present case, and after the 81
Ht OF impeachment TO try this case was a. @g
5anlzed, and after by the constitution Of &c
5 State be was suspended from the Office "a
GoTern0r-Which suspension continues
ring the tendency of the impeachment
GA the eleventh day of December. A. D. v,I
2, assume to act as Governor Of this State.
7 did tho f.,,t