The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-01

cry uaf ana has examined ffty-five wit
q'teat mas oeen complied with, and quite a
| lI''IiioeI 81 witnesses has been summoned
! ahu examined at the instance OF his FvceI~
/ iency. the Governor. and in fact IN ,,boo
! presence before, and examination bv vo,r
| committee was requested by him have
Deeh summoned and examined fully. with
| the exception OF one whose Illness afrar h.,
| was summoned, prevented his attendonda
Inc testimony taken has not been ey norte
| and with view OF developing bur one side
OF the case, but your Committee has. in
| harness and Justice. endpayored m raa,.F =
| conclusion fully justitled by the nronfs 81
| both sides, and impartial as between tbe
| people OF the State and his Excellence fhc
| governor our Committee has considered
| u a question of too much importance 70 an
init OF hasty or superficial examiuation
| Ana III pursuing this inquiry its member.
nave endeavoreI to diyest themselves Of al
partisan feeling and political and tcrsl,noi
prejudice and to keep steadily in view tI,a
one great object 10 be attained bv fEis in
VestigattOn, that i, TO ascertain whether tIe
official conduct of Governor Ames has fur
nt.hed the people of the State with oro,tn(lo
"hIch would Justify and demand ii, i'm
parchment. How far your Committee has
succeeded in excluding from their dcIibrra-
tons all improper Influences, and ia blsiuv
6helr report upon the impregnable tounda-
ton OF truth, a furnished by the testimony
they submit to the Judgment OF this House
iild To the arbltrdmcnt OF an i'm partial pub
lie. The conclusion reached by your
Committee has not been sought or de-
sired, bur has been forced on them by
convictions 0 duty. and gladly would they
nave arrived at different conclusion for
the honor of the State and its chief txtcu-
tive officer, if the testimony in the case had
justified them in doing So
our Committee, therefore. submit that
Adelbert AmeS, Governor of the State of
Mississippi, should be i'm peached and re-
moved from office for his official miscon-
duet in the following instances
l. Ia refusing 10 execute the laws by fail
ing 10 remove w. NJ. Conner, Sheriff of
oXubee county, from office in Angus
1879, at which tine he was reported Ia him
as defaulter, holding twenty two thousand
dollars (S22,000) of public money, and re-
t4sing to pay over the same to the comfy of
NoXubee.
La refusing to execute the laws in the
case of NJ. l.. Holland, State Treasurer. who
was reported to him by the Attorney Cen |
eral OF the State in the summer of 1879, to |
be in office and in charge OF the State Treas |
ury without having given bond and secu-
rltY, is the law requires.
3. Ia calling for United States troops in |
January, 1879, and causing a. j. Flanagan |
Sheriff of Warren county TO be elected from |
his office by sand troops, and another man |
installed in his stead, in violation of the |
Constitution aud laws of the State
4. Ia permitting H. Cassidy, Jr.. Chan
eellor OF the ~ District, and j B. Deason,
District Attorney OF The - District, to
exchange offices, in violation of the Con-
st'tution and laws OF the State.
.. In permitting the convicts in the
penitentiary. by contracts approved by
him, to be leased out To his partisan friends
Messrs. French x Jobes, IN 1875. without
pay or com pPnsHtion, when the same CON
Victs were leased 10 other parties within a
very short time, by French q Jobes, tor
large sum of money.
g. In the removal of w. Is. Peyton.
Chancellor of the 10th District.
Z. In the removal of w. a. brennan,
Chancellor of the 18th District.
s. In the removal of Thomas Chris.
tian, Chancellor OF the 4th District.
g. In the appointment of c. Cullens, l..
c. Abbott, J. d. Barton and VIM. Breck.
Chancellors of their respective Districts.
10. In his abuse OF power and violation
of law in directing Peter CrOsby's return to
Vicksburg in December, 1874, and in sus
tanning said Crosby in his efforts to take
possession OF the office of Sheriff of Warren
county by force OF arms, whereby conflict
between the races was brought on, and
much blood was shed and many lives were
lost.
II. For his official acts in armng the
militia of Kinds county in September and
October, 1870 in time of peace, and especi-
ally for detailing Charles Caldwelfs COM
pany composed of cGlOrGd men, to escort
arms to Edwards Depot, said company be-
ing Differed in part by, and the rank and
file composed OF, colored men known to have
participated in the Clinton riot and causing
them. armed and defiant, to parade the
streets OF CLIFTON, going to and return
ing from Edwards Depot, with the deliber-
ate intent to create disturbapce and
plunge the country in a war of races with
al its attendant horrors.
In support of the foregoing specifications
you~ Committee ls Of the opinion that the
proof will show that the J6dici2l Depart
ment of the State Government has not Only
bean tempered with by his EXcellency, but
that he iiss sought to paralyze, to dwarf, to
emasculate and &c Tepder it entirely sub
servicnt to his will.
That his ExceIlency has failed 9nd
refused to execute the laws by non
action in some instances and by the
his personal or partisan interests would be
promoted thereby. That he is responsible
for the conflict between the races at Nicks-
burg in Decen Der, 1874, and for the loss OF
human life which then and there occurred,
and that he would have been responsible
for greater loss of life in Kinds county
in the fall of 1875, but for the timely inJer-
ference of prudent and discreet persons 10
prevent the same.
without attempting TO apalyZe, to classify,
to condense, or to recite any OF the testl-
mony in this report, your Committee here
with submit it to the House for its candid,
and impartial Judgment III
obedience TO the terms OF the resolution I'M
der which your Committee was appointed.
Your Committee recommend tie adopton
of the resolution herewith submitted.
spectfully submitted.
W. S. FEATHERSTON, Chm'n.
w. +. TUCKER,