Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-13

One Of the largest meetings held IN
Pulsski since the war, Assem- blet there
on Monday. The meeting consisted OF
the best citizens Of Giles county, without
regard to former political status, color
or condition. The object wss to petition
Gov. Senter to remove the militia. AT
ter organization the meeting was ad-
dressed for about half an hour by Mr..
Gsrner, Senator from Lawrence, who
stated that he voted for the militia bill,
but he believed that the people were IN
earnest. He believed that the Governor
only wanted Rn assurance that the laws
would be enfoIce Every officer in the
county will testify that not one OF them
has ever been resisted in the execution
of his duties, unless by q criminal whom
be was attempting to arrest, which has
been the case since crime has been
known. Mr.. Reed, the Representative
from Giles. next spoke and IA
vored the removal Of the
militia. A committee Of three was sp
pointed to wait on Gen. Cooper, who
came down this morning and requested
him to address the meeting. lie sc-
cepted and made speech, in which he
took a chance at eX-President johnson,
whom he denounced as worse than JEFF
ferson Davis or ex Gov. Harris, he could
not tell how odious he is. He stated that
he had no animOsity against any man IN
tbiscOmmunity, and only wanted the
laws enforced. He asserted that the
resolutions which the committee hsd
sdopted were not satisfactory to him, be-
cause they did not ssy " We, each and
every one of US, do pledge ourselves to
ferret out and bring to justice the law
breakers in our midst" be spoke OF the
restitution o. property, but no one knows
ef auy that has bean taken except some
bee gums ssd chickens WDicl E.s militia
hsys taken. He intimRted that the citi-
zens did or could know the offenders, ana
i6formed them that they IA ght send up
a thousand petitions, but it Wou'd d do no
,oOd till they arrested and punished the
maskers. He said that he knew the Of
tenders. His speech was a conglomera-
tion Of eDite, bravadO and electioneeTlng.
He told tine negroes that they had oeen
left after hundred end hf'y years OF
slavery without dollar IN tdeiT pockets,
and that his militia was here TO pfoteeI
them, They spplauded him. me peo-
ple feel tGst they can look to no one iOT
protection, for Gen. Thomas Withdrew
the regulars, although theFs FAe peu-
ton that they should remain. \ dele-
cation Will sldTL AO-lIOtIOh " eRS 49,
Senter, and if he will do nothing, they
will lay the facts before President Grant,
Tine leaders ia the whole movement are
the leaders Of the RADICAL party In this
county.
The Banner Of Wednesday says tnst
IL has received an avalanche Of letters
from citizens of Pulaski commenting
upon this sff4ir, aud CoOper's outrsg sOus
conduct. One Of these CORES p)ndents
very ferventiy asks Who is our CIV
ern0T? We had rested satisfied in the
belief that Mr.. Speaker Senter was tC
succeed BrOWnloW and become Governor
OF Tennessee. Some OF Us had known
Mr.. Senter, and when it was announced
that he was Governor we felt relieved,
being satisfied that he would administer
the laws for the benefit Of all Tennessee.
Rnt it seems that Gen. Cooper is the mar
to whom We must pay homage. lie
talks to us as If we were slaves and hC
was our master. Our people had thought
they were trying to assure Gov. Senter
OF their good intentions, but it seems
that the ruling man is Gov. Cooper
Does Gov. Senter know that here in this
country the Executive OF the State is
Gov. Cooper
Another big "peace meeting was
held at Pulaski on Wednesday. RssOlu
tions similar to those passed on Monday
WeTa adopted.