Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-07

and at least one prominent cipizen. r.
W F1curaoy, Of P0ntotoe, has written
70 secretary stanton sndGen. Gfant.ask-
ing mat ten. Ord be required either 70
INQUIRY tse order or that he be removed
so az to give the position 10 ope rore
just 70 All classes. Mr.. Flournov wrote
q long letter to Gen. Ord, telling him
that y was absolutely necessary 10 Secure
both the peace and loyalty 81 Mississippi.
mat branch Of the repuhfiaan partv
should be organized to counteract TIE in
nuences OF b sectional party which has
always existed 10 that state. of course
such a party must rest in q great meas
1fe upon the support Of the newly en-
franehised population. But he tells the
general that 1t could not have an exist
ence unless 1t was placed under the Dro.
lection OF the government ~autborftfes
Ihose who wish 10 organize such q party
90 not ask the aid Of the military. hut
simply us protection, so that the menu
oers can freely exercise the rights Of free
men,. Mr.. Flournoy says that the dIsaf-
Iected nave construed the number 1--WE
order To- mean that Gen. Ord considers
the vote Of the freedmen to be secondary
TO his laborand obedianee to his Contract
thus recognizing him as a mere manual
lRborer who should not rise above that
station. Zen. Ord returns this letter
With the endorsement that he holds the
opinion that the most important duty
d~evolvlng upon freedmen is that they
provide by their own labor for their sup
port, and that he cannot. see that this
opinion can be construed TO the beneftof
rebels or union men 10 prevent poverty
and starvation samong the masses
the soil must be titled. Part third of
general order number five means this.
aud this only, and has no political bear
ing whatever, a. the general command
ing has no connection with political par
ties. He will neither prevent nor assist
party organizations. In his letters to
Gen. Grant and Secretary Stanton, Mr..
klournoy says Gen. Ord evades the point
Of the request Of the Mississippi loyslists.
He seems TO think they want him to as
slst in building up u republican party
there, while on the contrary they only
ask that they te prOteetedin their rights.
In q letter 10 a PROMINENT citizen here
Mr.. Flournoy remarks there is not q
square foot IN the state where a meeting
of whites and blacks would be permitted
to organize a republican party if the
military were not present, mObs and
murder would be the result. All the
freedmen and many white loyaiists are
anxious % form such a party, but until
they ca &c moF6 assurance from the
military authorities that they will be
protected in their rights, they dare not
do so.
Upon this subject, the Tribune itself
says, in a very Groeieyish hammer:
The rather B|ourbOn-like order OF Gen.
ord, directing the blacks nst 10 take
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vice given to 3 swimmer not 20 go near
the water. Gen. 0rd's obligatory counsel
is r~ightfully opposed by a prominent
lOyalIst Of Mississippi, the substance Of
whose views We give elsewhere. It is
| Gen. Ord's plain duty to assist in build
ing up q loyal party in Mississippi, and
when he uses the military arm of the
government to overaWe thu blacks at the
expense OF their franchise, he shows that
be has unlearned the lesson Of the war.
The white and black loyalists OF Missis-
sippi are anxious to make a party, and
Gen. Ord seems DESTROYS that there shall
be a white party, and none other. II
this be the case, he should by all means
be removed,
The Generals order Is much more like
the advice given a boy who can not
swim, not to 90 near the water. It will
probably be news to the General that
it is his plain duty ~to'sssist in building up
a loyal party in Mississippi. We had
not learned that that was part OF the
trade of a soldier. The officers Of the
army are generally men Of honour, con-
slider their military duties enough for
them to attend to, aud are not fond
of doing dirty work We rather guess
that Gen. 0Rn viii not be removed,
even upon the order Of Horace GREE
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