Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-16

A.
the coudition of Lou;sians he1violsatly
took usttess in his own fhass and 4
their presence Dispersed TIA Jseisimase
Assembly of the ssate By nsssss - tn
army. 14.a A.. ,Iy 80
Sc. He. ordered his Secretary Of Wa
10 send The approval q the v6eie Cab
met to Sheridan fos the dispession u
the Legislature and bin han1 Il > sdes.
patch, though Il 10 known thsf be did
not take the trouble 10 cuusult any
nsenher sf the Cabinet IN tbe matter,
and that several nsenbsrs did sasunxly
di@pprDve Of these mensuess.
81 He refused 20 see o. hGap III
lcomssitfees -vtich Casenoas - -
~ eNS~ 0sleonue - 800 a.unonoornI ~
Congress fossde1 'os assertieas vbyek
the report of that eoM@issee q Coo.
gress showed to Be false and sroundless.
81. Thus he 6rxt issulted his Cabi.
net and then Congress in order TO car.
~ out bis personal aims. aud sought.
by artful misrepresentation and false
statements, made when tba truth vas
at his call and unoficially known to
him, to justify . dangerous usurpation
Of power BY the military aud the pros
tration Of civil rule.
IS. He endeavored TO intimidate .
Congressional committee into making .
report on the condition Of Arkansas,
to subserve bis own views; summcAed
them before him, told then, what they
ought tn report, and did ndt even take
the trouble to ask them what facts they
had found in their investigation. For.
tunately. they we're too Independent to
submit 10 his dictation.
80. One member Of that committee,
who made minority report in accor.
dance with his wishes, be rewarded with
the post Of District Attorney at Chica-
60. an Office from which be was lately
dismissed for incapacity.
81. He used the powerful influence
Of the administration to cause the pas.
sage of the Hateas Corpus and Force
bill, measure 6agrantly unconstitu.
tional, and, a. subsequent events have
shown, without the excuse Of necessity
or expediency.
80. He insulted the public sense Of
honor aud decency ~ retaining Mr..
Delano in Office long after the grossest
scandals had been proved against him
and his subordinates in the MANAGE
ment of Indian affairs; and when at
last compelled BY the dread of losing
an important election to dismiss him
he gave him . strong testimonial Of
character and expressed his regret at
parting with him.
80. In the prosecution Of the whis.
key thieves he gave bis countenance
not to the honest officials doing their
dutS, but to the political gamblers
and personal adherents whose crimes
were threatened with discovery.
40. When an honest but overzealous
prosecuting officer uttered words in
the heat of argument at which the
President chose to take offence, instead
Of pardoning his words on the score of
his honest zeal for the public interest
be ordered bis dismissal.
Al. He kept near him in the most
intimate official relations two men, Bah
cock and Luckey, when both were un-
der grave suspicion Of com ;.liciy in rev.
enue frauds.
~. He restored Babcock to his place
after trial which did not in the gem
eral opinion clear his character of the
eravsst susl sl.icions Of ih,6d.lity to pub.
lie trusts, and when the President in
his own examination was compelled to
admit that important papers had been
concraled from him by his secretary.
43. In bis sworn testimony in de.
fence Of General Babcock he had the
ins.,lence to say that he revoked the
order If Mr.. Bristow changing the su-
pervisors at his own will. without con-
sul,in2 the Secretary, and rs though
be was dictator.
A. Unawed by public indignation.
regardless Of public jecency. unmoved
bv the fact that State after State has been
lost by the party which elected him. be.
cause of his misconduct, he only few
days ago flung new defiance at
the people by accepting. the mo-
ment it was rendered, and "with re-
greet" the resignation of Mr.. B..lknap,
whose crime bad been aiready made
known to him.