The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-02-12

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ton OF truth, as furnished bv fhe test!InGn =
they submit to the Judgment OF this III uS'
and IT, the "rbitramen' at aIt impartial run
lie. The co'ir. usi.i, ~, - bt Et'-t
I Committee has not b,-~n >""2ht, or 'tr
sired, but has been forced on thetn Il,
convictions 81 duty. and gladly would they
have arrived at a different conclusion t''
! the honor of the State and its chief eXSc,i-
tive officer, if the testimony in the case had
justified them in doing
Your Committee, therefore. submit that
Adelbert Ames. Governor of The state OF
/ Mississippi. should be impelchnd and r.
moved from oiiic. for hi- Ollie al mi-cpi :
! duet in tie following Instance:
l. l. In refusing to execute the laws by fail
ling to remove w. NJ. Conner, Sheriff of
NOXubee county, from office in Angus,
| 1870 at which tire he was reported TO him
| as defaulter, holding twenty two thousand
dollars (S22, 0O0) of public money, and re-
| fnsng to pay over the same to the comfy of
NOXub bee.
case of NJ. L. Holland, State Treasurer, who
was reported to him by the Attorney GEN
eral of the State in the summer of 1875, TO
be in office and in charge of the State Treas
ury without having given bond and secu-
rity, as the law requires.
3. In calling for United States troops in
Jan uary, 1875, and causing A. j. Flanagan,
Sheriff of Warren county, to be elected from
his office by SAID troops, and another man
installed in his stead, in violation of the
Constitution and laws of the State.
4. In permitting II. Cassidy, Jr.. Chan
cellor OF the - District, and j. b. Deason.
District Attorney OF the - District, to
exchange offices. in violation of the Con-
StltutlOn and laws OF the State.
8. In permitting the cOnvicts in the
penitentiary. by contracts approved by
him. to be leased out to his partisan friends.
Messrs. French Il Jobes. in 1875. without
victs were leased to other parties within a
very short time, by French Il Jobes for II
large sum of money.
6. In the removal of w. b. Peyton,
Chancellor of the 10th District.
Z. In the removal of w. A. brennan,
Chancellor of the 18th District.
s. In the removal of Thompson Chris
tian, Chancellor OF the 4th District.
8. In the appointment OF c. Cullens, l.,
G. Abbott, j. ID. Barton and VIM Brock
ChancellOrS of their respective Districts.
10. In his abuse of power and violation
oflaw in directing Peter Crosby's return to
Vicksburg in December, 1874. and in sus-
tanning said Crosby in his efforts to take |
possession of tile office of Sheriff of Warren
county by force OF arms, whereby conflict |
between the races was brought on, aud
much blood was shed and many lives were
lost.
IL. For his official acts in arming the
militia of Kinds county in September and
October, 1875, in time of peace, and especi-
ally for detailing Charles Caldwell's COM |
pany composed of cOlOred men, to escort |
arms to Edwards Depot, said company be- !
ing differed in part by, aud the rank and
file composed of, colored men known to haze |
in the Clinton riot, and causing |
them. armed and defiant, to parade the |
ing from Edwards Depot, with the deliber-
ate intent to create disturbance and
plunge the country in Il war of races with /
all its attendant horrors.
In support Oi rhe foregoing specifications.
YOU Committee Is ot the opinion that the
proof will show that the Judicial Depart
lnent o: the State Government has not only
been tempered with by his Exc lency, bur
that he has sought to paralyZ 10 dwarf, TO
emasculaUe and to render it entirely sub
servirnt to las will.
That his ExceIlency has failed and
refused to execute the laws by nom
action in some instances and by the
of officers in others, whenever
promoted thereby. That he is responsible
for the conflict between the races at Vicks
burg i'll December, 1874, and for the loss of
human life which then and there occurred,
and that he would have been responsible
for greater loss of life in Kinds county
in the fall of 1875, but for the timely iuuer
ference of prudent and discreet persons to
prevent the same.
Without attempting to anylyse, to classify,
to cOniense, or to ree1te any OF the testi-
mOny in this report, your Committee here
with submit it to the House for its candid,
and impartial judgment. in
obedience to the terms of the resolution I'M
der which your Committee was appointed.
Your Committee recommend the adoption
of the resolution herewith submitted.
Respectfully submitted.
w. S. FEATHERSTON, Chm'n.
w. F. TUCKER,
w. A. PERCY,
ii. L. MULDROw.
port.
The vote has not yet been taken.
RESOLUTION.
The Committee also reported the follow
ing resolution:
RESOLVED, That Adelbert Ames. Governor |
Of the State of Mississippi, be impeached |
for high crimes and misdemeanors in office. |