Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-28
military Etiquette.


The desp0tism exercised by the usurp-
| ing military, cannot be more foreibly
illustrated than by an incident of recent
occurrence, in which the renegade Vir-
ginian Gao. II. Thomas, is somewhat
conspicuous.
Lieut. ] S. Payne has been ordered
under arrest to report at Nashville, Oh
! the most himsy pretext. The Knoxville
Herald says:
Lieut.. Payne was friend to President
johnson. When the impeachment trial
was in progress, he freely, but not unbe-
cOmlngly expressed his conviction OF the
Presidents innocence. For this and for
the further reasons that he did not make
boon companions of leaguers, negroes
ETC., and did not report regularly to
BrO1nloW for information or orders,
charges were sent from Knoxville to
Thomas, and the result, as we stated at
the time, was the removal of Lieut..
Payne with his men from Knoxville.
Aiterward Lieut.. Payne obtained leave
OF absence, and for few days past has
been in this city.
Lieut.Payne. there received the follow
ing order for his arrest:
LOUISVILLE, KY, June IS. 1855.
Lieut. J. ; Payne, 9th Z. S. Cavalry X aoxyiIIe
Tennessee:
Sir: L am directed by the Major
General commanding, to inform Won
that he is in receipt or copy of q Press
and Herald of Knoxville, Of 18th iust..
containing copy of the letter to YOU
from these headquarters dated Sth lust.
de IS also informed that you proceeded
To Knoxville sitter accepting the leave
of absence granted upon your application
for leave 10 proceed TO Missouri. You
are directed 10 acknowledge the receipt
of this letter without delay, stating
whether you are or have been ia Knox
vile since the leave of absence VA,
granted TO you, and you will also report
whether or not you furnished the letter
referred to or copy of il for publication
10 the Press and Herald, anu if so your
reasons for 80 doing.
Upon your complying with the above
instructions, the Major General com
mandlDg directs that you proceed To
your station at n Nashville, Tennessee, il
arrest, and report by letter TO these
headquarters.
very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
ALFRED 5. HUDGH,
Bvt, Col, Z. :. ~, A. 4. \ G.
Upon this most unsoldierlike order,
the Knoxville Herald has the following
commentary
Like true soldier, Lieut.. PAYNE will.
OF course, obey the order. We presume
the head and trout OF his offending now
viii be that by the publication referred
10 he exposed the miserable pTetexts by |
which Thomas sought TO cover up his |
contemplate partisan conduct. While, |
throughout the entire South the |
OfdciOusness OF Radical Government
officers, in matters purely political, is |
esteemed worthy OF special cOmmends- |
ton, the fidelity Of Lieut.. Payne to the |
President Of the United States, COM |
mander-in-chief, is held to be sufficient |
Cause for his arrest. No doubt it will be /
pretended that this arrest il ordered be-
GAUGE o. the publication of Col. Hough's |
letter, bIt 1t will be impossible to con-
eeai the true mOtive-iliy masked par
tisanship. This whole proceeding orig
mated ST Knoxville and in the Radical
camp. 1t is one of BTOwnlow's secret
proclsmatiOns-a covert special order
which 4hOmGs is underwriting 10 carry
out to the letter. II had its erIgin in tue
fact that Lieut.. Payne was q true sol
der, an educated gentleman, an adj
mirer end friend OF Andrew johnson,
and seOrned TO prostitute his position to
the behests OF Brownlow.