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On rar ion— Rcfshed, Tine
r,j e iVo i larfis, Dooly, and
v oe a committee to carry
: following to the Senate.
\Ve are commanded by the
ot Rep: e Locatives to im -
peach at your bar, John Berri
en, efq. Trcafurer of this
fete, of divers high crimes &
rafdcmcanors, and wc do here
' names and in the names
c 1 >:■" citizens of the faid
b. y rnpeach the faid John
■■ cirmi ciq.: ’i J.ivershighcrimes
and mifdemeanors, accordingly.
And that they do demand that
the laid John Berrien be held to
(county until he be duly deliv
ered, by judgment of your ho
norable body, and that in due
time the fenace will be furnifh
cd with articles of impeach
ment againfb him.
Articles of impeachment, ex*
blbited by the Home of Rep
refentatives of the State of
Georgia, who poflefs the folc
power to impeach all perfons
who have been, or may be in
office, in behalf of thcmfelves
and ail the citizens of the faid
State.
To the fenate of the faid Rate
whole foie power is to try the
U ne, againftjohn Berrien, late
Trcafurer of the faid Rate, for
divers high crimes and mifde
(iieanors, that is to fay,
Article tbs ift. That the faid
John Berrien, Lite Trcafurer as
a orefiid, on, about, or before
tic 2iff day of November,
17 99> leffening the confequence
of his high appointment, con
trary to the laws and conßltutu
on of the faid Rate, preferib
•ing the rules and regulations of
the Treafury, and the conduct
of the Trcafurer, did embez
zle and fecret a certain proper
ty in the Treafury Office, and
in his care a, Ttafurer, to the
amount of nine thoifand nine
hundred and fifty dollars and
fifty two cents ; which hid pro
perty is called and knewn as
well as in the conßitution as in
the laws of this Rate, by the
name of " Yazoo Dspqfit” m
manifeft violation of his dut«s
us Treafurer, and of the righs
of certain individuals infared t'
them by the conßitution and
faws of this Rate.
. Art ids id. And that the fail
John Berrien, late Trcafurer as
aforefaid, contrary to his faid
oath of office, taken and fub
fcrlbed by him the faid John
Berrien, on the 20th ol Febru
ary 1796, in the words follow
ing, that is to far, “ I John
Berrien do folemnlv fwear that
i will truly and faithfully ac
count for all monies, certifi
cates, books, papers, and oth
er property, which may be de
polited in my hands, either upon
entering into the duties of office
as Trcafurer, or at any time du
ring my continuance in the
fame ; that I wall not upon any
pretence whatever, open, or
Laffer to be opened, any fealed
bundles, or parcels of money,
certificates, papers or other pro
perty which may be put into
my pofTeffion by virtue of the
faid office of Trcafurer (unle fs
exprefsly directed fo to do by
an order of the Governor, or
by a legiftqpvf aft c.r erder)
bu: that 1 will fccep and prefervt,
the fame umpencJ and unim
paired: and 1 do further fwear,
*har I will fvhen required either
oy the authority of the Exe
cutive, or by the aft or order of
the Lcgiflature, deliver up all
or any part of Inch monies, cer
tificates, books, papers or other
property whatever, as may be
tie pouted in my polLeffion as
1 realurer, in conformity to a
ny Rich aft or order.—That I
will at all times during my con
tinuance in office, make and
receive all payments and deli
veries of money, certificates or
other property whatfoever,
which may be neerfiary, in con
formity to Executive afts, and
to warrants drawn or to be drawn
by the Governor, Prefidcnt of
the Senate, and Speaker of the
Houfe of Reprefentatives, for
the pay of the general alfem
bly.—And I do further fwear,
that I will in all refpefts in the
faid office of Trcafurer, con
dud and demean myfelf with fi
delity, prnftuality and inte
grity. So help me God,
" (Signed)
“ John Berrien.”
Did open or fuffered to be o
pened certain fealed bundles of
property, called and known by
the appellation of" Yazoo Dc
pofit,” and thereout did em
bezzle, and take the fum of
nine thoufand nine hundred and
fifty dollars and fifty two cents j
and on or about the faid 21R
day of November, didrefufeto
deliver up to the aft and order
of the legiflaturc thro’ their
committee of finance, appoint
ed to inlpeft the Treafury, all
or any part of Rich property
called " Yazoo depoßt,” to
the amount of the faid fum of
nine thoufand nine hundred and
fifty dollars and fifty two cents.
By which direft violation of his
facred oath of office, the faid
John Berrien, late Trcafurer as
aforefaid, has committed the
the dignity and charafter of the
Rate, and has Riakenthc confi
dence placed in her officers.
And the faid Eloufe of Re
prefentatives by proteßation,
Riving to thcmfelves the liberty
of exhibiting at any time here
after any other accufations or
impeachments, againß the faid
John Berrien, and aKo replying
to the anfwcr he ffiail thereto
Re, and of effiering proofs to
te premifes, feverally nr col-
Iftively, or of any other im
pediments or accufations that
ffiaibe by them exhibited a
gamffiim, as the cafe ffiail, ac
cording the cußom and ufage
of legia tures require : And (
they that the faid John Ber
rien may>e put to anfwer to all
and everyrf their faid articles
and may L committed to fecu
rity ; and Rich proceedings,
examination trials and judge
ments may 1 upon him, uled
and had, as Agreeable to law
and jußice.
'iruly taken fiy the Journal^
George R. Tavton, for
Hines Hol 1 clerk.
Alfo entered on hc j oum al
of Senate the 26th t y 0 f
vember, 180c—anc.^ u jy ta j._
en therefrom.
Teße John Bost f, r
WlifclAM IvOBERTSO!^’^
t %
Will reman* on record
to all poderlty ? and your chil
drens children Major may have
it thrown up to them—you are
really to be pitied !—Now for
your familiar lieut. col. Wm.
Melton of Greene—can he de
ny but that he was captain of a
company of tories during the
revolutionary war ? and that he
was with the notorious Britifh
tory plunderer col. C unningham,
his burnings and robberies on
fait catchers, and cl few here in
South k arolina ? And is lie not
recognized oh oath, as plundering
and robbing the houfes 6c plan
tations of a Mr. Anderfon, n
then Camden didrid, and a
Mr. I 4 fridge about 20 miles
below 96 ? at the former with
the point of his (word at her
bread, obliging Mrs. Anderfon
to open a died and hold the lid
while it was plundered and ran
facked, and Mr. Eikrulge loft
his life in purfuing the party to
recover his negroes—but our
legiflature have'taken this cha
rade r up, and damped him too
Major with eternal infamy, as
a man whfe conduct zvas too infa
mous to he deferibed on ‘paper ; as
follows, to wit:
In Senate Thurfday , December
1794.
The Senate took up the re
port of the committee to whom
was referred the communication
of his Excellency the Govern
or, of the id December ind.
which being read and amended,
was agreed to, and is
“ That on the depodtion of
William Butler,* and Ruflel
Wilfori, both of the date of
South Carolina, fully dating the
conduct of William Melton,
formerly of die date of South-
Carolina, hut now of this date,
knowingthe faid Melton previ
ous to the war between Great-
Britain and America, and that
during die war he had plundered
theJcttlernents of South Caroli
na of negroes and herfes, and
WHOSE CONDUCT WAS TOO IN
FAMOUS TO BE DESCRIBED ON
paper— Your committee are
of opinion that no appointment
whatever can be valid or confid
ent with the laws, and refolves
of this date, that Is held by any
perfon or pe.rfons, who come
within the meaning and intenti
on of the ad of the genera] al
fembly, “ for afeertaining the
right of aliens, and pointing out
the mode of admillion of citi
zens , paded the 17th of Feb
ruary, 178 5.”4- And your com
mittee are further of opinion,
that on proper charges being
exhibited againd the laid Wm.
Melton, to theofficercommand
ing the divifion or brigade to
which he belongs, or to his 1
Excellency the commander in
chief of the militia of this State,
they, or cither of them can order
a court of enquiry, to examine
* From the high ft an ding of
Major General Butler, and Mr.
Wilfon , no doubt can 0:1ft of the
fall.
f This lazaj excludes end de
bars the Colonel from holding a
Ccmmiffim —he had better accept
the challenge capt. Roy ft on pre
fented him—take a half a dozen
more fbet~~ani reftgn.
. AV*r .
the links and take the
flcps on thc rc port nf i lieh co u rt.
~ I true hxtrail from the Journal.
In the Heufe of Rcprtjmuuivts n
28 th December, 1 •
Head, and agreed to.
Geo. R. Cl \vton, for
Hines Holt, Clerk.
And tills i$ the man, who with
a certain Major, a member alio
of the lad legislature, Iworr,
that a well known revolutionary 1
whig, Should never hold an
office again in this date, and
they only voted for the damn’d
rafcal as Senator to Congrefs, to
fend him out of the way.
1 bus, Major, from your fal#
ling into error, by your embez
element of the 9950 dollars 52
cents, and your direfl violation
(f your Jacred oath of office,
which your country has charged
you with—you fee with what
company you have united—with
whom you have got connected
—had you held faithful to your
trud, kept pure and uncorrupt,
your known pride would have
upheld you from fuch a connec
tion—but one faJfc dep oft re
duces nun to the mod falleu
date—what might not your
dancling in Society have been had
you kept firm and truft-worthy
—how happy would it have
been for your podcrity, but
now you appear with the com
munity as it were,
“ Cut off even in the bloSTorOf
of your fin;
“ No reckoning made, but fent
to your account,
" With all your imperfections
on your head!”
Once more in, the Louifvillo
Ga/ette, I bid you adieu—and
you may as well let me red in
peace; fur Should you again
didurb me, I wall begin to-*-
Harrow up your foul,
And awake your mind to all the?
horror, of dcfpair.
A.
A LIST of letters remaining in
the Peft-Office at Louisville,on
the fir ft day of January 1801,
which, if not taken out before
the fir ft day of April next, will
he returned to the General Pcft~
Office as dead letters.
SAMUEL HAMMOND*
7, Thomas H. Kenan, 2, Jef
fe Eipkin, Col. John Davis,
Col. Andrew Burns, 2, Deo
cldian Davis, Benj. Whitaker,
Benjamin I tow ard, Margaret
M‘Neely, Stephen Johnfon, Dr.
John Hall, 2, Col. John Cobbs,
2, Benj. Baldwin, Ruflel Brown,
Nathan Powell, Richard T.
Cofby, 3, Robert Craig, John
Twiggs, 2, Lydia Hartfield,
Peter J. Carnes, 3. Jamea
Mitchell, Jofeph Clay, jun.
Charles Harris, John B. Gerar
dean, Mathew Knight, H. Q.
Caldwell, William Kobinfon,
Willie Shepherd, WilliamTho
m-L, John Colt, Charles Cadi
ty, Robert Iverfon, Maj. Dav
id Adam ~ James Young, Maj.
Franklin, fofeph Rogers, Ar
chibald Woods, Col. Mofea
Speers, Redden Blount, Arthur
Fort, George Philips, John
M'Cormick, Roger Lawfon,
Benjamin Moore, Andrew Ken
nedy, Richard Brown.
' JAS. BOWMAN,