The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-01-20

must excite the profound amaze
ment Of the country. Assured OF
power through his great place,
Cameron has hft himself ON record
In lawlcss orders to his subOrdi-
mates, which Of themselves would
attest the intent Of the conspiracy
II not its methods, II IL methods,
however, that the committee enga-
ged are bent ON discovering to the
As to their aim. no one
prctends to mistake or doubt. To
this end Cameron viii be compell-
cd to answer for his directions to
the army, his expenditures Of GER
tain funds, his instructions from
the President, and his general re-
latious with Chandler in prostitu-
ting the military arm Of the gov
ernment to the reversal of the pop
ular vote in the three misgovorned
States. The man most implicated
in tho conspiracy next, however,
Is Chandler. Evidences are unn'is-
taxable that his voice was the first
that broached the more startling
conditions Of the treason. lie will
be given q chance to explain cer-
tain intimations that he sent over
the wires ON the night Of the No
vembcr ele ,tion, or rather at two
O'Clock on the morning of the next
day, when It became known that
Tilden had carried New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and In
diana, commanding certain persons
to claim North Carolina, South
Carolina, Louisiana and Florida.
When that dispatch went out It
was supposed that Tilden had also
won Wisconsin. He will be con-
frontcd by evidences Of his INTRIGUE
from the day Morton was ordered
westward until the night he tele-
graphed to the managers In the dis
puted Southern States: "Claim
everything money and men are
on their way to you." Those arc
mere hints and fragments Of the
evidences upon which this momen-
tsus Investigation Is to be ordered.
The resolution will simply recite
the fact Of q conspiracy to over
turn the government, and fix It
upon Chandler, secretary Of the
interior; Cameron, Secretary Of
War; Grant, President Of tho Uni
ted States; John Sherman, a Sena-
tor from Ohio, and w. I. Sher-
man, general Of the army, and cer-
tain others in subordinate capaci-
tics, such as Taft and Ruger. This
resolution will be presented for
adoption so soon as the Democratic
members return in force TO enable
them to pass It. Possibly It may
20 through tomorrow. II Is not
decided, however, whether It shall
be introduced tomorrow, but II
will be SO soon Us certain and very
material points have been provid.
ed for. This solemn resolution has
not been adopted hastily. 1t has
been discussed with profound so
licitude by the most temperate mer
Of the country. 1t was finally do
termined upon as q touchstont
which shall kill or cure. If th'
If the President and bis associates
refuse to comply, the complication
will be dangerously intensified
|The Democrats concede that tn
President will seek, with hi
friends, TO evade the Investigation
4
The conduct Of the Republicans Il
the House seems to warrant thi
in advance, since. cuery possibl
impeachment has been put in tn
way of the Democrats whcncvc
they have attempted to bring tn
President or his cabinet to boo
| for manifest transgrossions Of th
law and constitution in dealin
with the Southern States 1t wa
first thought that impeachmcr
would be the wisest measure, br
as that was reluctantly relinquisl
ed, the present design will answs
the purpose even better. BY til
examination Congress will estal
lish to the country, first, the exis
cnce of a carefully planned col
spiracy for the subversion Of Il
electoral result; second, the pc
sonagcs who have been warm 4
struments in that conspiracy; thil
the atrocious details which ha,
brought the plotting to the vel
verge Of success. How difficult .
undertaking is this imposed upc
Congress can best bc appreciate
when the escape Of Belknap Is r
; called, for even after his own co
fession, the partisan power inte
posed to shield him. There .
earnest expectations among co
servative Tildsn men, that this U
covering of the conspiracy mi
end the attempt, and that the la,
flal President will be inaugurat'
without further impediment.