The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-03-14

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fern of wears and on said conditions Wneu
thev conld have been hired at prohG 10 Tue
STATE of $4,000. Third. That sa1u french !
& Jobes with the knowledge anu coneene I;
of A Ames. did on February u, $780, tne
Sama dav transfer two-tifths OF the cohVicts
gnftan nnder the contract thai day made
Win the Inspectors OF the Penitentlary, TO
F. Richardson. at net prohC ol 9',oool3
Richardson 10 maintain clothe ana guaru
said convicts; the said AmeS thus ailo""iS
l,is ma rtisan friend, French, TO make said
amount which rightfully should have gone
/ into the State Treasury. Fourth, thaC salo
1 Ames on May 18th, permitted ana
| aided the same parties TO make -, ZOo III che
same manner from the same person when ,it
! coplJ have beeu made for the State FlItl,
| That said A. Ames did on May 18Th,
/ 1874. and on other days cOnsplrc with salu
/ Freich to defame and SANDER one ". WI,
/ lev Wells d .strct Attorney OF the oh'teu
States and for the purpose OF securing Ihe
! assistance of said French, for the sald pur-
! pose said Ames cOrruptly required anu re-
/ ceiveG from French as condition preceuent
! to and in consideration OF the approval uy
him (Ames) ola contract by when french,
Powers and Jobes did secure large porGlon
of the convict labor of the State, that
! French should give MIN Ames a
letter intended to iniure, destroy ana de-
| fame said Wells, and prevent his gettlng the
appointment to the office aforesaid, Qetter
attached.) said letter was given TO ana re,
! ID
the contract with the parties named Tor the
convict labor.
sth. That on April 9Th, 1875, Adelbert Ames
did corruptly, without authority of law,
permit, etc.. II. Cassidy, Jr., then Chancel-
| lor and j. B. Deason, then DlstrIct-Attof-
ney, To exchange and swap offices.
9th. That Ames unmindful of the Constr
tuition and laws i'm 1874, did neglect and re-
fuse to appoint Chancellors while the Sen
| ate was in session, and did appoint them at
| I'D uit no mi the
Senate of its Constitutional right OF sharing
with him the appointment OF SAID Chancel-
lors and with the furCher intent to des-
strOy the Independence of the Judiciary
and make it subservient. Then follows
thirteen specifications to this article giving
the time OF the appointment and the names,
etc., OF appointCeS.
10th. That Ames with the corrupt intent
of DESTROYING the independence Of the jul
dietary on July Both and 3lst, 1875, attempt
to influence Chief Justice f. G Peyton to
control Chancellor w. b. Peyton, in decls-
ion about to be made by him on case,
styled The University of Mississippi VS..
Vicksburg & Nashville Railroad, ct al.
I1th. That owing TO the rulings and de-
cisions of said Chancellor Peyton in the
said case did wilfully, arbitrarily and cor
ruptly effect the removal of said Peyton
from the said office, etc.
II h. That said Ames did in violation of
the Constitution. remove Chancellor w. A.
document dated February II, 1875, notify
said BRENNAN that his appointment as
Chancellor ''has been this day revoked
and this because Chancellor brennan had
not decided in the Morgan hdbedS corpus
case as Ames desired, said order being is
sued pith the intent 70 corrupt, control and
degrade the Judiciary.
18th. Sets forth Ames' removal of Chan
cellor Thomas Christian in the same man
ner, on july 29th 1874, for the same pur-
pose.
l4h Sets forth the removal of Chancel-
l"r J. F. Simmons by Ames in the same
manner and for the same purpose.
10Th. That said Ames lid, on May 23d,
+ | lS74, ami before and afterwards. corrupJly
and for partisan purposes, with a reckless.
wicked and criminal disregard of the
wishes, rights interests and happiness of the
, citizens of the State, appoint to judicial posi-
: tons men who were VIGOROUSLY incompe
tent, immoral and dishonest; specification,
First. The appointment of j. ID. Barton as
chancellor who, he (Ames) knew was
guilty of forgery. Second, refers to the
same appointment. Third. The appointment
of L. G.. Abbot, as chancellor. who had been
admitted to the bar but a few days before
the appointment. Fourth and fifth The APP
: pointment of VIM. Breck, as chancellor,
who had little or no knowledge of the law at
the time and was charged with being de-
! faulter and a swindler and having been a
: party to fraudulent contracts obtained from
, the Board OF supervisors of Madison county.
Sixth The appointment of G.. Culins, as
, chancellor who was a practicing physi-
clan and only admitted to the bar Il few
days before the appointment.
10th. That said Ames Governor, ETC..
, and commander-in-chief of the militia
did in October 10th. 1875, with in
tent to incte riot and produce
J ored company of militia commanded
l by one Chas. Caldwell, a notoriouslv dan
! gerous, turbulant and obnoxious man of
that race, and whose lieutenants were of
2 the same character, to march armed from
5 Jackson to Edwards, through Clinton, in
Kinds county, and to counter-march by the
, same route, thereby attempting to provoke
peaceful citizens to riot and conflict with
arms, when he (Ames) well knew that such
riot and conflict would cause blOOOdS IN ed
and the death of many citizens of the State
} 18th. That said Ames did. on December
2 80, 1874, in the presence of Peter (r ,sby j
j. Spellman, James Hill, and l. d. Shadd
coiored citizens, with corrup5 design to
Drlng on conflict between the white and CO.
ored citizens of the State, IN Ike certain in
: 1ammatory and incendiary speeches as spec
flied: 1st. When the right of said Crosby
TO the office of Sheriff of Warren county
was under discussion, when An objection
was made TO Crosby, ATTEMPTING to take
possession of said office by force and when the
suggestion was made that such an attemp
would result iii boodshed. he (Ames) said !:
II ana other white men have faced the bull
'lets to free the colored people, and if they
, were not willing to fight to maintain that
freedom, they were not worthy of it, ID
That at same time, place and occasion.
Ames said, What if it does cost blood, the
: blood of the martyr is the seed of the
church" 81. That at the same time, place
and occasion, Ames said "that very likely
'nlteen or twenty negroes may be killed
/ but that would result to the benefit OF tho
"Republican party"-which said speeches
are highly censurable. indecent, and unbe
coming the Chief Magistrate of the State
, and tended to produce the riot and cnnfict
In Vicksburg, on December z, 1874, between
many citizens, thereby resulting in thc
hliling OF many citizens to the disgrace of
all lawful authority. VI