Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-10

on thus pictures what PORTER j%ustihas
~ CLAYToN's Misrepresentation 90 hin1
! " OR people are p~ar0lyzed or po'OeTIess,
and don't kaow Uhot 10 DO. TheyJeel
that to attempt TO fight IN defense Of
Z " their pr2per@ and HUes, gdeg should
" Be stlccsssJuL (of which they hqcs no
% d5a69 they tc0uld- afterwards Be OVsr-
Eowerecl Gy Congress, and perhaps BE-
" treated 0s OUTLAWS and traitors and
'Js.Eag that this WOULD BE- the case I
{" Uo{i.fssr 10 ask you to see President
JOHNSON ucaAOut deiag, end ask him to
"giVs US, the citizens Of arkansas, pro-
"tcchoa from Hgs band Of ~HaGr0udeFs,
"uih CLAYgoS at lis head, or let rs Sight
IN s~sJ-dec5se. Es are Ul}lRg 10 put
a our lues and al U1t ie dear ia the
"scole.
Ks thl matter non stands, ue hare an
" unserupugous enemy waTriag upon IA
50 unaracd and dJsaseles5 people; end
ST The President don't haze q stop pat
4" to L, th,Ts Is no telling waere or ubea
I" tbs sJcltgHtc- ar.H stop"
a prominent citizen q Lafayette
county, addressed q letter on The = o.
Dscembe. 70 NazsTs. 2. a. HOWARD, A.
II. GARLAND and WILLIAM 2 MILLER
asking their advice and counsel as 10
what should be done TO save themselves
from the raPsoily OF the thieves and
murdsrsr5, who, uldsr CLAYToN's gene
rails, wera d~spredattBg in That section Of
coUatry. be says; " .He arc about ten
" or tcentg H3aes from these OpeT0tiols
" us hear something from them e. ~
day; they maze utterly Tuaned Lite
a" River coaa1y they hare robbed tie
/" people II eseTgtkjng; they hare taken
" the 6orles. males, al provisions, hogs,
" sheep and cattle, and haze dsspo1ed
4" Janiliss Of their clothes and bedding;
=" they hare catered stores and taken what
" goods they could make use Of and dcs-
" tFoged The balance; they lgaHt0a}y ar-
" rest men AID hOld them as hostages to
prevent the citizens from fighting them,
/" ~stgeorjng, # shot into. they le.3 i8snsedi-
"atsly Kill those they hold.
"Thess sre the mos. bssFsble parts o.
" their atrocities. 4 great number Of
"brulAl negroes have Joined them, and I
q was informed yesterday evening that
{" they were rEvishiEg white women.
=" Horror Of horrors! Are We to stand
/" still and suffer sueh atrocities in this
" the nineteenth century, in this Chris
" ti8n falkland say our hands sre tied ?
" We sre not organized fOr resistance:
" indeed, We are uu&sls to defend our
SELVES without conoeEt Of seton, and
" without help from other paris OF the
l." State.
Gentlemen, what shall we do? We
appeal to you; we Gppssi to al good
" citizens ia the State f1r help. VIII The
q good citizens Of the State Of Arkansas
4" stand sti! and permit CLAYTON, through
" his militia, to rob and murder our hon
" est snd dsrenseless l~aw-sbIiing people,
" dcspcl them q their property, and
"sufsr poor, dsienseless women TO be
" rayished by the brutal negroes, ard
" not resent II?
This Is no exaggerated tale. Il CONES
81 to as waE CttestsG 81 responsible par
" lies. We appeal 10 the STATE Of ATkan
q sas for help! We 0gPeol to tie Chris
" tian Wdr}d, one and ci!'
And smother citzsp, Iullentisl Ia Lit
tie Rock, writes on tbs IN OF December
from thst city = " We are iR a
h" dreadful condition here, as the papers
" wU inform you, and I greatly fear
4" open Q lCiU be the result 90 q very
" short time, if matters ere not arrested.
" can't you haze something done ? !
l." Tts Radicals here believe GRANT
" 1c.U endorse al this II he does, this
Sc country is ruined beyond al hope.
= = " The condition Of affairs here IS
81 more critical than L ever kaelC IL be-
81 fore"
So far az PORTER aud BABCOCK could
do it as his proxies, GRANT has endorsed
these outrages. Yet We hopef o- a rever-
sal Of their verdict when the COM
mander OF the armies OF the United
States shall come to realize how unrelia-
bic is the foundation upon which their ,
rest. st is impossible" he
will say, (f be IS the man We take him d
ioE-fzi, candid and impaEtia9 " that the 4
whole white race in Arksnsas-Bspub. .
sud Ds~mocEats-csn be lesgued, I
as CLAYTON says, against law and order, .
Where there is 50 much concurrent testi- =
nony i:om various portions Of the State, q
unwsrrsn5able outrages upon q
the perjons and the property Of peaces- ,
bly, disposed citizens by the militia, and q
must believe that CLAYTON is q deep ,
iyed villain whose powers as Governor o
are used for the destruction Of the peo- q
pie be should govern with wisdom snd .
moderation. 1 will sUccor these people >
st once, relieve myself and tbs Govern !.
nent Of the United States OF the deep !.
Inflicted By the conduct Of these =
cOundrels, VII. in the name Of flaw are /,
aurdsrlug, outrsging, burning and de- =.
and breaking up peacesble d,
Communities. l viii retrieve the gross ?
of PORTER and BABCoCK, by :
Xerting the strong arm Of the Govern
neat ia behalf Of this stricken people" =
his is what Gen. GRANT should say g
I'D DO promptly, II actuated by that -
tern justice that would not lDdict upon -
dowH-trcdden psOpie a wrong be :
not suffer in himself, nor double :.
nat wrong by endorsing = Justification Of ~
from the instigstor himself. II Gen. ca
RANT desires to giUe the people Of the "
'outh q proof Of hjs good intention for
eace ie has noW an oppOTtlmity that, il
ra5raced IN good faAh IA behalf Of tho %
Of Ayk0nsas, Uould be better ear SO
of ms future Gs President than anu ~
z h0s get QGeTeG through penny a-tinerg o.
= ty Lae mouths Of his political agents. n,
ADVICE 10 SOUTHERN FAsMRRs. g
Dr.. MALLET, Of Virginia, ia an sb!e 81,
ddress delivered last isl before an asso- q
iation Ct farmers snd h-oTtIculturists Of g.
hAt State, laid down the following rules &c
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