The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-16

of the new government nomination so
scandalous that the Senate Immediately
and unanimously rejected it,
%. In spite of this he still retains
Shepherd in favor rs one of his most in
innate associates.
"a. He shocked the public sense of
propriety by inviting to the White House,
on a public occasion, Harrington, the
confederate of Shepherd, person then
undergoing trial for felony, and never
acquitted Of the charge.
25. He consorts constantly with men
of doubtful character, and still has among
his intimatcs both Shepherd and Har-
.rington.
26. In their defence he even went so
far as in an annual Message to understatc
by several millions the debt of the Dis
trict of Columbia; a gross attempt to de-
ceivc the public which was immcdi-
diatcly exposed in Congress.
27. He was party to an intrigue
whereby his own salary was doubled, and
caused it to be privately understood in
Congress that the bill raising Congress
iona1 salaries would not receive his sigma
ture unless his own salary was doubled.
%. He was for months engaged in an
attempt, at last successful, to make one of
his intimatcs, Rufus ingalls,, Quarter
master General of the Army, and held
vacant the Russian mission as tempta-
ton to General Meigs, who stood in the
way of this scheme.
90. He supported Kellogg as Governor
of Louisiana without authority from Con-
gress, confessing that he did not know
who was the rig ghtful Governor, and on
his own will alone; and he has used the
army for many months to hold Louisiana
down for this favorite.
30. He did not scruple last year to
grossly misrepresent to Congress and the
country the condition of Louisiana and
other Southern States, in order that he
might thereby support his corrupt per-
sonal followers there.
81. While Congressional committee
was in New Orleans investigating the
condition of Louisiana he violently took
matters in his own hands and in their
presence dispersed the Legitimate As
sembly of the State by means of the
army.
SO. He ordered his Secretary of War
to send the approval of the whole Cabi-
net to Sheridan for the dispersion of the
Legislature and his banditti despatch,
though it is known that he did not take
the trouble to consult any member of the
Cabinet in the matter, and that several
members did strongly disapprovc of these
measures.
39. He refused to see or hear the COM
mittee which Congress had sent to New
Orleans, and sent message to Congress
founded on assertions which the report
of that committee of Congress showed
to be false and groundless.
"a. Thus he first insulted his Cabinet
and then Congress in order to carry out
his personal aims, and sought, by artful
misrepresentation and false statements,
made when the truth was at his call and
unofficially known to him, to justify a
dangerous usurpation of power by the
military and the prostration of civil rule.
35.. He endeavored to intimidate a
Congressional committee into making
report on the condition of Arkansas, to
subserve his own views; summoned them
before him, told them what they ought
to report, andsdid not even take the
trouble to ask them what facts they had
found in their investigation. Fortunate
ly, they were too Independent to submit
to his dictation.
36. One member of that committee,
who made a minority report in accord
ance with his wishes, he rewarded with
the post of District Attorney at Chicago,
an office from which he was lately dis
missed for incapacity.
81. He used the powerful influence of
the administration to cause the passage
of the habeas corpus and force bill, a
measure fagrantly unconstitutional, and,
as subsequent events have shown, without
the excuse of necessity or expediency.
30. He insulted the public sense of
honor and decency by retaining Mr..
Delano in Office long after the grossest
scandals had been proved against him
and his subordinates in the management
of Indian affairs; and when at last COM
PEELED by the dread of losing al impor-
tant election to dismiss him, he gave him
strong testimonial of character and eX-
pressed his regret at parting with him.
80. In the prosecution of the whiskey
thieves he gave his countenance not to
the honest officials doing their duty, but
to the political gamblers and personal
adherents whose crimes were threatened
with discovery.
40. When all honest but oyerzcalous
prosecuting officer uttered words in the
heat of argument at which the President
chose to take offence, instead of pardon
ing his words on the score of his fonest
zeal for the public interest he ordered
his dismissal.
IL. He kept near him in the most init
mate official relations two men, Babcock
and Luckcy, when both were under grave
suspicion of completely in revenue frauds.
42. He restored Babcock to his place
after trial which did not in the general
opinion clear his character of the gravest
suspicious of infdelity to public trusts,
and when the President in his own ex-
animation was compelled to admit that
important papers had been concealed
from him by his Secretary.
43. In his sworn testimony in defence
of General Babcock he had the insolence
to say that he revoked the order of Mr.
Bristow changing the supervisors at his
own will, without consulting the Secre-
tary, and as though he was dictator.
A. Unawed by public Indignation, re-
gardless of public deccncy. unmovcd by
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 a new defiance at the peo-
pie by accepting, the moment it was ten
dered, and "with regret" the resignation
of Mr.. Belknap, whose crime had been
already made known to him.
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