Southern shield., 1870-06-11
THE ASSESS0RSHIP OF PHILLIPS
 COUNTY. %

and. audeed, the entire State, as to Who is the Assessor of Phillips county, came before the Board of Equalization last Monday. We say 1t is question of moment, and of more than usual interest to people who have vet some gemblance of liberty left.
 It will be remembered that II. B. ROBINSON, in March, 1868, was elect ed (at the time other county officers under the new Constitution were cho- sen,) County Assessor, an office that had been created by law. But the Governor, and few oficious indiyid uals who were looking forward for something to turn up, concluded that ROBINSON, who has the attributes of gentleman, If he is cOlored, could not be used for their own selfish pur poses, determined, Nolens polens, to 7 oust him, and put in creature whom they could use, and who had an infiu- ence at that time with the cOlored voters of Phillips county. This was the notorious negro preacher WHITE, who, in the House of Representatives, declared that this already desolated country should be made a bowling wilderness, unless radical rule should prevail. Well, in the spirit of ruff tianly tyrant, such as graduated at the Border Ruffian School in Kansas, be- fore the war, CLAYTON removed, or rather attempted to remove, ROBIN SON, and appointed WHITE, the enemy of every decent white person in Phil lips county. This was about the com laencement of the year. The act, at the time, was denounced by the writer of this, and some of the best law yers ill Phillips county, as gross usur- patton of power, and a reckless disre- gard of the constitution that he CLAY row had sworn to support. The ap- pointment was peculiarly offensive to the taxpayers of Phillips county, who regarded this creature (WHITE) asnot only an ignorant, but most vicious negro, as his declarations in the Legis-
  lature had proven him to be. He went ln, however, and attempted to make an assessment, but his inso- s lent and notoriously unjust course in an official way, if "official" can at. fach to such creature, filed his pa 2 pers. ROBINSON, who also claimed to be Assessor, (and if there is any re- gard paid to tbssl tbsslte constitution and laws .,,,r,,11, of the fbe, by the higher trl- nglI!vs,c ciap ..,1Ihe ceuch,) filed his assess -'of the State, 7wil nday last the Board bunals, declared eh is ompo-moie i ment,-and on Mol lThe bird called th~--1 of Equalization, hhnetician: alssed of the County Judge, md nd sSoT5unty Sur vevor. the Clerk and the Assessor, in accordance with law, organized. There being a question as to who was the Assessor of Phillips county, the first three qualified until they could deter mine which of the two assessments they should recognize, which would de- terlnine the question so far as the Board was concerned as toward the person to recognize as such. Both parties were represented by able and jealous counsel, ROBINSON by Maj. PALMER, and WHITE by Gen. TAP PAN. After listening to elaborate ar guments, the Board adjourned until Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, when it met, and without dissenting voice, declared the assessment filed by ROB- INsON the legal one, which of course recognized him as Assessor of Phillips county, thus showing a proper regard for the constitution and laws of the State. and determination to allow no executive interference in our county affairs, unless warranted by that ln- strument which Governor CLAYTON seems to have lost sight of when he attempted to place this notorious negro preacher in an office of such importance as Assessor of such county as Phil lips. It was an insult to the under standing and feelings of every true lady or gentleman of Phillips county, and the Board of Equalization has had the nerve to reject his man, and rebuke this unlawful and unwarranted act OH the part of tic chief executive officer of the State. Lt< t.-
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