Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-12-14
A Governor That Cannot Vote,
AN SENATOR ELECT INDICTED.

Isaac Murphy was Delegate, in 1860 and 1861, 10 the Convention held at Lit tie Rock, by which an Ordinance of Secession was adopted. In voting for Delegates, the people had also voted on the question of seeding, and nine tenths of the counties, including Mur- phys had voted against it. But upon the issuance of Lincoln's Proclamation, declaring war against the Southern States, the Convention re-assembled, and by every vote but one adopted the Ordinance, and afterwards united the States with those already confederated and at war against the United States. Murphy, weak, silly and unnoticeable man, of neither capacity nor acquire ments, obstinate, as weak men often are, voted against the Ordinance, to show his consistency, and then remain ed in the Convention until it finally ad- journed, voting for every measure by which the State was prepared for resist ance and aggression against the United States one of the first of these being to raise regiment and arm and equip it, and the offer of it to the Confcder- ate States, of which Arkansas after wards became one with the help of his vote.
 How he become Union man, after the adjournment and previously to the year 1864, we do rot know; but, be- cause he voted against the Ordinance of Secession, President Lincoln ap- pointed him Governor of Arkansas, when the State was about to be recon structed by a tentl>part or more of its white population, after the occupation of Little Rock by the Federal forces, and when the bogus Convention, com- posed in large measure of men self-ap- pointed and of those whose very exist ence and names were then for the first time made known to the people of the State, had manufactured what has since been enforced as the Constitution of the State, Isaac Murphy was elected Governor of the State by the United States troops and the fraction of the people who voted and under that cleo ton he is Governor yet.
 Of course the Governor proposed to vote under the Reconstruction Acts. He applied for registration, and his name was marked D (doubtful.) He presented himself at the polls, few weeks since, and his vote was rejected. Phancy his phelinks!
 Fishback, in 1860 recent importation into Arkansas, was Delegate to the Convention from Sebastian county, and voted for the Ordinance of Secession. The bogus Legislature, in 1864, elected him to the Senate of the United States. Arkansas was not considered sufficient ly well reconstructed for him and his colleague to be admitted to the compan- ionship of Wade and Sumner, and he was constrained
 ito blush unseen,
 And waste his sweetness on the desert air"
 We understand that he is now under indictment in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, for perjury, in taking the oath prescribed by Act of Congress to qualify him to hold some office (Com- missioner in bankruptcy, perhaps) with which it twas lately attempted to reward his fidelity and consistency as Union man of the first water.
 Some special legislation by Congress is needed, for the relief of these two patriots. It is easy to qualify Murphy to vote ; and as there are others, else where, in like condition with Fishback, we suggest to Congress the passage of a special Act of grace and immunity for the relief of all such persons, being good Union men, as have improvident- ly taken the oath prescribed for persons appointed to office.-Memphis Appeal.
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