Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-03

and constituted in the South, Governor
Alcorn would have himself placed. He
! would array old Wings against old De-
mocracy, and If the colored voters them
selves be discovered he hopes to lead into
the paths of moderation and peace the
great body of the white and colored people
of the State. 1 give you the facts and you
may inquire into the probabilities of sue
cess. Sust now Gov. Alcorn is supreme
master of the situation and the native
born colored people stand by him with
unfaltering faith in his wisdom and devo-
ton to their true interests.
AN AFFAIR OF HONOR.
There is another irrepressible conflict
pending which has begotten deal of feel
ing at Jackson. il is asserted that
the pre- cprietors and editors of the
PILOT were not legally chosen pub
lie printers, and an election occurs, when
Mr.. Butt Hewson becomes candidate
against the Pilot. From this contest Gov.
Aicorn stands aloof Hewson's son is the
Governors private secretary, and eXtrem-
lists of the Legislature assert the Cover
nOr's adhesion to Mr.. Hewson, A per-
sonal conflict has grown out OF this affair,
and hostile meetiag between Senator
and Mr. Hewson is anticipated. Mr..
HeYsOn has posted the Senator as liar
in the Nicksburg Republican. Grants
party is OmniPOtent in Mississippi, but at
Jackson, inst now, there is no peace. 1t
is not the less true that Governor Alcoru
reigns, and that the citizen negroes adhere
TO hin with unfaltering fidelity
EXTRAORDINARY FACTS.
There are no courts IN esse in Missis-
sippi An interregnum was begotten by
the adoption of the new constitution,
which provided for the creation of new
system of judicatOries. The Legis-
latUre, failing to establish courts,
leces silent. Though the laws
have no executors or expOuuders,
and though no criminals may be pun
ished, there was never such perfect order
and Quietude. While Ames reigned we
are told that laWlessness was supreme;
Federal soldiers and officers, 1t is said,
were wont TO barriGade houses they oecu-
pied: and If their allegations and those
of the Bureau were credible, life was
nowhere safe in Mississippi. Without
courts. without bayOnets, without the
flag, with negroes making laws aud
negrO-elected Governor at the helm, the
state Of Mississippi at no period within
twenty years, was more quiet, and the
people were nevar mCF9 industriOusly
devoted to tasks of cotton production.
Is il true that brute force begets the very
evils it is intended to allsy? or, was Nor
ton a simple retailer of unmi1ed lies?
COTTON FIELDS.
Just one year ago traVersed the aoUn-
try between Memphis and Jackson.
There are now very nearly two acres pre-
pared for cotton for each one Of twelve
months ago, The fields are. in a better
state of cultivation, and in the vicinity OF
Canton, Grenada and Pamela the fields
are all striped with green. The young
cotton in lines of deep verdure stretches
along the sndl6ss filrFOws. A circus and
menagerie was giving exhibitions along
the Mississippi and Tennesset road.
Mighty multitudes of blacks were on at
tendance, and there was a gorgeOuA dis
play OF red bandanas. Farmers com
plain that at this most important juno
turs all industrial avOcatiOns are aban-
doned, ana hssEy losses entailed upon
cotton growers. When the snoE next
crosses the State IL must needs pay at
least $1,000 license for each exhibition. It
has ~ sf5CSht loss of five or ten thousand
dollars to the people ~ each county which
it has traversed. The Legislature, ! was
Informed, will consider the question at
once.
MAGNIFICENT SCHEMES
The two practical questions which ab-
sorb most attention at Jackson affect the
proposed railway from Jackson, or some
point farther north, and from Nicksburg
TO Mississippi City. The bar at Ship
Island has been thoroughly examined by
Governor Alcorn's employees. 1t is of
solid earth, and does not consist of a
body of mud or sand heaped up, as at the
Ealize, by the waves of the cult Once
deepened, the navies of the world might
float in safety in this land-locked harbor
thus rendered accessible. Mississippians
say they would free themselves
of that commercial thraldOm through
which New Orleans eXacts from almost
the whole State ten per cent of its eX-
ported products for the bare privilege OF
having access to the sea. The other great
absorbing idea of the Legislature and of
Governor AlcOrn involves the perfection
of the levee system, by which the cotton
production of the State may be augmented
to an incalculable extent. II is proposed
to build A levee, and along or parallel
with it, not many miles-distant, rail-
way line connecting Memphis and Nicks-
burg. These are the leading practical
measures considered by the Legislature.
OF the worth Of this body we shall know
more when its supposed purposes are
chrystalizsd into laws. d.