The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-01-05
THE TIDAL WAVE.
The Voice OF the Press On I'm,
parchment.
Vicksburg Herald. ]

fhIcksOurR Heralu
There is no question that Ames, Davis
and Cardozo have all violated the law:
of the State, time and again there is
no question that this can be proven to
the satisfaction of sworn Senators. This
being the case, how can the House escape
investigating these cases? The high
positions these officers occupy, instead Of
screening them, should cause honest leg
islators to thoroughly investigate their
official conduct But while we have no
mercy to offer Cardpzo, believing him to
be a swindler, thief and a suborner of
perjury, we are willing to act magnani-
mously towards Ames, and either allow
him to hold his Office, if he can satisfy
the Legislature perfectly that he will act
in future for the good of the State, or to
resign honorably. Right here the trouble
arises. How can he satisfy the Legisla-
Sure, when in the past he has only made
promises to break them? We think his
own self-respect should cause him 10
resign, as he must know that would suit
the people of Mississippi. If Missis-
! sippian could by any chance be elected
! Governor of Massachusetts,, if he deserved
the name of his native State, he would
resign without a moments hesitation, if
he knew he was as Objectionable to Mas
sachusetts as Ames is to Mississippi.
Tidal Wave.l
A few weeks since we expressed our
selves rather unfavorably upon the i'm
parchment of Ames. But the more We
think, the less excuse can we give to
support our views. That Ames has been
guilty of fragrant violations of the Con-
stitution, no one can deny; that he at.
tempted, and, indeed, did take forcible
possession of both the judiciary and
legislative departments of the gov
eminent, for the purpose Of advanc-
ing the interest of Ames that he
armed the militia in the time of peace,
in order to provoke a race war, are facts
which none can deny. And why should
he not be held responsible for these high
crimes and misdemeanors Policy no
other answer can be given, and that is no
answer ut all. We, therefore, after a
calm consideration of the matter, believe
that the Legislature should rigidly in
vestigate the charges against Ames, and
if guilty of the crimes charged against
him, and we believe he is, he should be
indicted, tried, convicted, and removed
from the high place he now disgraces.
Homestead.
We were among the first to insist that
the charges Of high crimes and INSIDE
meanors against Ames should be invest-
gated, and, if found to be true, that he
should be impeached. Can the Republicans
say less Are you in faver of the LegisIa-
ture blindly ignoring these charges, and
taking it for granted they are false with
out one word of inquiry? Be candid,
such Il rule for the government of that
body Of representative men? If so, how
could any officer, subject to Impeachment
and removal from office, ever BE reached
How can the Legislature know anything
Of the truth of chprges preferred against
any officer unless the charges be investi- |
gated? And IT, upon investigation, they
are found to be true, it necessarily fol
lows that articles of impeachment should
be preferred; otherwise the Legislature
becomes derelict Of its duty, false to its
high trusts, and particeps c,iminis with
the criminal.
Durant Advertiser.l
Our people are honest in their opinion
Of the guilt Of the Governor, and they
expect, naturally expect, those opinions
to be either confirmed or overturned by
his trial and conviction or clearance, after
fair and open trial, by the tribunal and
in the manner prescribed by law. I'll
charges are preferred against him, and,
after such trial as the law contemplates, |
he is either condemned or acquitted, the |
people will be satisfied but they will not |
willingly acquiesce in a policy that can
have no other effect than to allow Ames, |
without being held accountable for his |
past acts, to fill every Chanoellorship and
Judgeship with his political henchmen. |
Sub-Soiler and Democrat
With such charges as these resting
against the Governor Of the State, the |
next Legislature would render itself the |
most odious and contemplate body of |
the kind that ever assembled, if it failed |
to institute articles of impeachment. II |
the charges prove to be unfounded, or to |
have been exaggerated, his honorable ac-
quittal will relieve his character Of the
stain now resting upon it +; while, on the
other hand. if he is proved guilty, he de- /
serves to De branded with infamy. Let |
strict justice be done in the matter. The |
with nothing..else.
CEickasaw Messenger.
Viewing the subject in this light we
are inclined to change our views upon
the impeachment question, and now re-
gard the successful prosecution Of Ames !
before the bar of the Senate as absolutely |
essential to the future veal of this grand
old commonwealth. Let Davis and
Doza 90 too, we can well spare the trio.
Friar's Point Delta.
In the last canvass it was boldly an
nounced that Ames had instigated the
riot at Nicksburg in the hope that the
blood of twenty-five negroes might
aid his party. This alone, if proven,
should drive him in disgrace from his
office. Let it be Investigated.
Southern States.l
The story of this man from first to last
is without a parallel in history The
savage means he used to put himself into
the L. S. Senate discovered in him an
obtuseness of sensibility, disrelish for
true fame, morbid instinct for guilty
ambition which marks him the equal of
King Richard the Third, who, on a SINH
lar occasion, offered very high price for
a horse. We believe it is due to the
man, to the party, Of which he is the
representative in our State, TO the age IN
which we live, and to the beginning Of
the new era of honest rule with which we
propose to open the grand centennial
of American Liberty in 1876, that Gov.
mes shall be imDeached for high