The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-16

been party illegal and fraudulent contracts let out y
Board Supervisors of Madison county, in SAID state ne the
said Brock being President of the said Board OF Supervisors
SPECIFICATION
In this that Jackson in the county of Hnds IN the oa
Mississippi while acting such Governor, heretofore
ON the fifth day February the of Lord one hou
sand eight hundred and seventyve, did, wfu corruP anu
for partisan purposes nominate appoint the office OF
Chancellor of the Eighth Chancery District of the state OF WIS
sissipp Cullen who at the time OF said appointment
TIE said Adebrt Ames Governor aforesaid we'll knew was
wholly unworthy and incompetent discharge the hlgh ou u
the office of Chancellor by OF the fact that the sa
lens at the time of his appointment pracIcng I
that he pracced law but privately examined ana
the bar only days prior to his appointment
Chancellor and with the distinct that when
bar aforesaid he should receive from the a
Adebert Governor aforesaid the SAID appointment
Chanceor whereby said Adeber Ames Governor OF the
of Mississippi did, then and there commit and was guy
of high msdemeanor in office.
ARTICLE XVI
That Adebert Ames Governor the State of Mississippi and
being by virtue thereof of the Militia OF
said State and having power call forth the militia execute
high duties of his office and of his oath OF office and OF
of the peace and charged duty of seeing that the laws
are faithfully executed did, the 10th day OF October A u
1873 in the county of Kinds in said State
riot and produce conflict between the two of
citizens of the State certain company of the organized
citizens whose Captain was Charles Caldwell VIGOROUSLY
dangerous and turbulent and obnoxious of that race and one
m more of whose Leutenan were of the and
race with guns and of escort to
from the city OF Jackson III SAID county
of Hnd the Edwards Depot i'll the county of Hnds
and these thus armed to march and
counmarch and through the region OF said county OF
Hnd between the city of jackson and Edwards Depot and to
parade the Clinton said county of Hnds
which within their said route of march, he the said Adelbe
Ame Governor aforesaid intending and continuing provoke
peaceful awabiding said county and State to
wrath and violence and conflict and collision with with
the said militia armed aforesaid and we'll knowing that in
the named and exed of the people along
said line of march, and said county of Hnds of the existence
he the said Adeber Ame Governor aforesaid
we'll aware such conflict and collision and blood
shed and death of of the citizens of said State likely
result hereby the said Adelbert Ames Governor aore
him. and did thereby commit and guilty Of high INSIDE
Office against the interests and dignity of said
, ARTICLE XVII
That Adebert Ames Governor of the State of Mississippi
proprees thereof in the county of Hnd said State
Sd day of December A D. 1874 when and where
State assembled to-wit: Peter Crosby j. j. Speman James
Hill d. Shadd and divers others of said did then and
eonc betweeo hs be ppd oooa ezona
in the and hearing of said cored citizens make and de-
liver certain incorporate and nfammatory speeches. which
forth the several specifications hereinafter written
stance and effect, that is to say
SPECIFICATION
In this that the Governors Mansion the city of Jackson
in the county Kinds and State aforesaid the day and wear
aforesaid when and where the right of Peter Crosby to
the office of Sheriff of the county Of Warren in said State
present to attempt the part of said Crosby
where suggestion made that such attempt would cause
oodhed he the said Adebert Ames Governor aforesaid
with the intent AFORESAID dd declare in substance and
have faced the bullets free the coored people and now
if they are not willing to fight maintain that freedom they
unworthy of it."
SPECIFICATION
In this that the third day of December A. d. 1874 Zone
thousand eight hundred and Governors
Mansion In the city of Jackson the and State
aforesaid when and where the right of the Peter Crosby
the office OF Sheriff of the said Warren was being
debated and when and where the remark by some
then and there present. that said Crosby attempted by force
take possession of said office Sheriff. there wopd he lvo
lost he the said Adebert Ames Governor as aforesaid with
intent aforesaid did, in substance and effect declare among
other things that ay What if it does blood the blood
of the martyr Is the seed of the Church,
SPECIFICATION THIRD
In this that the third day of December D 1874 (ono
thousand eight hundred and sevenyfour) at the GOVERNOR
Mansion in the city of Jackson the county Kinds in said
State when and where the right of the said Peter Crosby
possess himself of the office of Sheriff Warren csunv in
said State being discussed, and when and where the
suggestion and opinion OF person then and there nre
en was made and given that attempt by said Crosby
to possess himself of said office by a posse of neao
only would boodshed in Vicksburg he the SIS
Adeloert Ame Governor, aforesaid, did in substance
and effect then and there, declare That ver I'LL
fifteen or twenty be killed. that it would ran
to the benefit of the Republican party Which said uttern
declarations and speeches highly censurabe Indecent as
unbecomng the Chief Magistrate of State and said declare
on utterances and speeches tended produce and bring
certain riot and armed conflict the city of Vickburg in
county OF Warren, short time thereafter towit on the