The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-09-27

WHAT SENATOR CLAYTON HAS
DONE. The State Gazette says; Some
of the effects of the defamatory haran>
que of Senator Clay ton, at his Wash'
ington serenade speech, may be judged
by the following extract from a private
letter ola gentleman in Iowa to citi-
gems Of Sebastian county, in this State.
He says:
"My own and five or six other fam
lilies were just on the eve OF moving to
your county, when we received Sena-
tor Clayton's speech at Washington,
and we are all afraid now to come. |
would be glad you would write and
give me the statement Of a number Of
union men as to whcther-or not there
is any danger in your section.
This is but one instance where the
scandalous speech of the senator has
proved injurious to the interests OF the
State. We give it as a specimen.
We will answer the above letter,
and refute the base SANDERS of the
Senator by the following extract from
letter Of the journal of Commerce
Commissioner at the South dated Lit
tie Rock, Aug, 1871;
The people are doing well. Cotton
has not yet been reached by the boll-
worm as it has in Mississippi and Louis
lana. The crop will be good tor the
acreage planted. The fgurers calcu-
late that the crop for 1869 20 was 300,-
600 bales, that for 1901 100000
bales, and they expect to keep up to
last years returns with the crop now
growing. Where the people Of the
South are doing well, as they are here
in Arkansas, they are generally found
to be n hardworking and cheerful set.
That is the case here. \ large major
ity of the white people during the war
sympathizedwith the confederacy, but
now they say they will support the
nominee of the National Democratic
Convention. The negroes are nearlyall
hboFers, and are working now better
than ever before. The State is act
ually in profound peace aud tranquility;
no horrid Ku>Klux alright, or dis
tur5 the dreams of any man, wo-
man or child, black or white, because
there are no Ku-Klux in the State.
The colored men aud white radicals
say this, and no better evidence Of the
truth Of the statement is needed.
Before the war the southwestern
counties Of the State were troubled by
two systems Of outrage; negro thieves
stole all tho chickens, and Texan
marauIers crossed the line to rob, MUIR
der and steal. The latter have been
known to kill the Judge on the bench,
and drive the jury from the courtroom.
No mans life or property in that inn
mediate section was considered safe.
Disturbances occurring since the war
weve not nearly so bad as those that |
took place before the war. All Ar /
kansas wants now is emigration and |
capital. The demand for all kinds of
labor is far greater than the supply.
4 man from Maine is received as
heartily as one from Georgia, if he
roes 10 Arkansas to be an Arkansian;
to till the soil or follow any legitimate
business. But politicians who go
there for the purpose of creating strife
between the races in order to get office
Immediately, had better migrate to
other places. The people here have |
no desire for such corners. Arkansas
has more schools and better school
system than any other southern State
Of its population, and the diffusion of
knowledge among the youth is yigor-
)usly prosecuted.
We once more call the attention Of |
farmers and others interested, TO the /
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