Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-25
THAT CARD.
Who is Clarence Collier, and who
are the Signers of the Whitewash-
ing Document Two Of the Gen.
tIemen Maa-handled by One who
Knows.

the APPEAL or thursday, gives an
entirely new character both to Collier
and Haynes; and as thestatements are
sOmuch at variance with the.faets, and
contradict so fatty the former state
ments of some Of It's authors, we pro-
pose with your permission, not onlytO
see who Collier Is, whose character Is
so foully aspersed; but to expose some
of those who take it upon themselves
to PREJUDICE him.
Collier is now about twenty years of
age. cameto Crittenden county when a
child, and has resided there ever since.
His family is good; his grandmother,
Mrs. Louisa Collier, was a Polk, and
an own aunt of James K. Polk; his
mother was daughter Of Robert Fort
the former family distinguished for
its statesmen and iurists, the latter for
its distinguished soldiers. The n re-
hecting honor upon Tennessee, the
other upon Mississippi. Clarence
Collier unfortunately killed young
Bethel, last year-nOne regret 1t more
than his own family. The case was
investigated by the Grand Jury of
Crittenden county, and he was-ac-
quilted.
Whether it was this unfortunate
difficulty and the shooting of Haynes,
or a desire to satisfy the demands OF
the Arkansas Radicals, that prompted
the unwarrantablea attack OfDOugherty
and his cOsigners, can be better judged
bv looking into the career and history
Of some of the authors Of said card.
| About One-third of the signers to said
card are notorious Radicals. Their
] III - T., .XsAa tho nuGGz .onh fhnrG-
by avoid exposure and the dangers OF
an investigation.
The Infamous document Orcard was
written by one Robert {. HemphlIl,
who WAS directed to do so, quite like
IL, by Haynes twin brother in vii
lafny, Mamie, the carpetbag Sheriff OF
/ Lafayette county, Miss, who IS now
at Marion engineering things. Hemp
hill has lived in Arkansas for about
/ fifteen wears, and his character would
not Justify him in Throwing stones"
He Is a dangerous and deceitful man,
who voted to disfranchise the white
Inhabitants and confer their rights
upon the negro. He has often sought
/ Office both in Arkansas and in Tennes.
see. but the first honor ever conferred
upon him was his appointment as a
! Justice of the Peace by Powell Clay
ton. He wore his hOnOrs, however,
but a short time, when finding him
incompetent Clayton very properly
supplied his place by n {, n. VIII
son, a carpetbagger with the fog on
| his brow, fresh from New Foundland.
Reuben Z. Redman, another of the
signers, brought the infamous doeu-
ment to the press of this city and was
/ active in getting it up. lie has a his
tory, and it is well known, and none
more contemplate or more pitiful can
be found. It is with lOathiGg that we
even think Of him, but when he
| thrusts himself forward he must be
pushed aside.
In 1866 Redman was elected
| School Commissioner Of Crittenden
county, and his constituents would be
/ obliged to him if he would explain
what became of that 100000 Of the sa-
cred fund which disappeared under hiss
manipulations. They would be still
more obliged to him if he would
make good that sum, in which he is
now a defaulter.
When the war broke out he was a
furious se~cessionist; his rawlings were
terrible-in military garb he rushed
into the feld-his attitude was threat
ening in the extreme, and those who
did not know him Looked with admit
ration, saying: When the Yankees
catch Redman they will catch q Tar
tar" But, alas! he smelt the battle
" from afar," and that satisfied him.
As soon as Memphis fell he came in,
and took the oath to the "Old flag"
which he admired more than ever.
But the cause was lost and the sur
vivors who maintained it for four
weary wears returned home to the bo-
SONS OF their families, with them
came some soldiers "WhO wore the
blue" some Of them gentlemen whom
the people of Crittendeu honor and
. treat as stockholders with malice in
their hearts and only wanted a chance
! to imbrue their hands in innocent
blood.
At first all was peace, all was quiet.
The Southern soldiers had given up
the sword and were pursuing the
peaceful ~avocatiOns of life, Their
/ neighbors in bluen were similarly
employed. This was during the adj
ministratiOn of Isaac Murphy, Coy
ernOr Of Arkansas, when everybody
was protected in his rights.
Redman seeing this, and feeling
bold in the piping times of peace,
again became a violent advocate OF
the &" cause" now lost. He could not
bear the sight of the Yankees who
fingered in Crittenden, but greeted
! them whenever he met them with
taunts and insults. They had done
him no harm, nor had any n of
them injured any one. But when the
evil spirit that had been concealed by
Haynes and his partisanS became
manifest to the world, and the county
of CFittenden deluged in blood,
women ravished, and the wall Of the
orphan and the widow greets his ears,
Redman becomes q sudden admiFer OF
Haynes, and, with others, makes
known to the world that he (Haynes)
is an " honest nan and a good citizen,
and has done more to advance the in
teTest Of the county than any other
man in it, declaring hima martyr and
Collier a murderer"
Such are two Of the signers-Mes5rs.
Hemphill and Redman. We propose
10 pay our respects to others as occa-
sion offers, and will make them wish
they had never heard Of the card. We
understand, however, that several of
the parties whose n2Dles appear as
signegs, say that they never heard of
the document until they did 50 in the
papers, and they denOunce the whole
thing, 50 far as they are concerned, as
a forgery. C~RITfENDEN COUNTY.
FAST FREIGHT.-Capt. Robert Glib
son Of this city has been appointed
agent of the WHITE LINE CENTRAL
TRANSIT COMPANY, one of the most
reliable freight lines in the United
States. Freight goes over the Mem
phis q Louisville II. r. and thence by
all rail to points East, while western
or return freights come the same way
and az the very lowest rates. During
the next cotton season we have no
doubt that the line viii do an i'm
mense business, while many Of our
merchants viii ship their fall stocks
over this line from New York TO
Memphis. The line is an old estab-
Iished one and is welIknown through
out the North and West. The Com
pany is to be congratulated in secur-
ing the services Of Capt. Gibson as To-
cal agent at this point.
EXTRAORDINARY NOTICE.
Monday morning we will show an in
voice Of Lawns amounting to some
1900 pieces, at the very, low price OF
I0l cents NOR ward CODla CARLY ifvou