Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-02-23
LnPE.sCsf.nE.vT.
rnE GOVERNOR aUILTT oY HIau CRIMES
AND AIsBENEANcRs

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JACKSON, MIss.. fsb. q, 1870.
n ,hc time approaches for thr H.
investigating committee to rrport,
general expectation stands on tip
tOr, Ircping over the trah>omr Of
popular rumor ia the hoIe of fully
NicN iHg the exact state at affair b.
hud thc ~svncs. The interest il oll
-cr,ablc in the l.cgiSlaturv and out.
During the past week the city has
lrcn fall uT visitors irom all parts OF
I thc state. aud all-irom the silk hat
ted and nohls town lion to the som.
hTro-cOwncd aud jeans cotcd gran
grr-~ccm more Interested ia the
subject or impeachment than Ia the
finding oi the Grand Jury, the ourn.
ions 90 the Courts, or the Masonic
Grand Chapter proceedings. There
j. no nislaking their Nicws OF what
should l,r dnuc with GoV. AmcS-
and ui Guv. Amcs | Will morc csIpcc
cially speak. AsIo DAVIS and Car.
duAn, thc imprr~Sion prevails that
bath will be- removed. The evidence
against Lieut. Gov. DaVi, j. said Ia
,lip'cily and cmphatirsilly Is,int g.
Impeachment. Aud Carlnzo shin
gicd all over with indictments, can
-'arcrly escape rcmo,.l irum Office.
Uuv. AMEs.
ana net able Ia cxplaIn why the
imprrssion has got abroad that arti.
clrs Of Impeachment will not bc pre-
iorrrd against Gov. Amrs though !
avn tonhicat that Il has not grawn
cat ui any expression ut the Com.
mittec; aud ! am equally a. CERTAIN
that II did not tnd It's cxistcncc la
di,bclEi IN the current charges
against him. These charges have
been 80 frequently IN print, that II
Is not nocc~Sary 10 rstatc them,
though to very briefly caption them
may assist thc msmOry Ot the read.
or:
WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE.
That Governor Ame- commIttcd "A
high crime aud ml-'lcmcanor in l,'-lt-
ins herself upon the people as Gov
crl'ur b. mot being in the intent
aud meaning Of the word a citizen
Of lhis state.
That IN appointing Judiciary offi.
GERS without the advice aud consent
Of the senate, he violated the Con
stiiutlon aud his oath oi oilicc.
That after appointing : 'ch officers
he removed them without ths inn
pcacllmcnt or address, as required BY
the COnst itutiai.
That with his approval, laws were
enacted creating otiiccs hitherto un-
known TO the constitution or 10 the
history Of the State, and that he iill.
al sach ofiicc- by appointing to them
persons who created them aud fixed
their emoluments-cOntary 10 the
Constitution.
That the Governor undertook by
means of an act passed by bic oon.
nivancc, and with his approval, 10
control the Republican press Of the
State and 10 build up q press subsi.
dizcd 10 his support for a TO election
20 the 4. \. Senate.
That be absent himself from the
State, leaving the Lieutenant Gov.
ernor In charge Of the Executive
! Office, Who sets al defiance the decis.
ION Of courts and jurics
That be visits the National cap.
tal, and msrcprcsents 20 and cmb.t
tiers the General Government against
the. people whom he preteDds TO
govern.
That he Il directly and indirectly
responsible for the riots and blood.
shed that have occurred In this
State.
That be has been the means Of ar
nying the races, one against the
other, and making possible the most
horrible of al civil strifeS
There are other charges ba. these
are fAT samples, and tbore Is no
doabt that In substance they are
easily sustained by the records Of
the Geserners's, Secretary VI States