Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-01
ARKANSAS.
Status Of the Clayton ImbrSgllo-
Tactics and No sments Of
Both Parties.
Clayton Looking for a Safe Escape
From ths Legislature and AJAX
ious to be of for Wash
iHgtBn.
The I8hnsOn Men Desire 10 Con-
tiaus the Fight-MalIOFY
Played Out.
What Good Thing Will ClaytOn's De-
feat Bring to the Democracy
That's The Question.
Special to the MEMPHIS APpEAL.l

ASaA - itlH ~ ltLp @eaAle@l ~
That's The Question.
! Special 10 the MEMPHIS APPEAL.l
LITTLE Rock, February 28.-Since
the decision OF the Supreme Court in
| the quo warrantO case Of Lieutenant
| Governor johnson, the Clayton fac
| ton have been greatly Disconnected
and much alarmed. They counted
with such certainty that Mcclure and
/ his associates would sustain their mas
ter that they made no provision
for a contingency, which, when it
came, completely f00red them. They
have aIternated every hour since
Saturday evening, by cUrsing Nc
! Clure as a traitor and renegade, and
caucusing as to how the last emer-
! gencv Of Johnson substantiated as
! Lieutenant Governor should be met.
| Some were ia favor Of crawling" to
! the Republicans, whom Brooks bosses;
others desired to knock under, confess
/ defeat and ask for quarter through the
generous Democrats. All sorts Of
f backing and filling has been
| INDUCED in. The town was full
Of rumOrs, and you could make
up any story and feel sure Of a
| foundation. The Constitutional Con-
ventiou theory Of the Gazette was
talked over, but was utterly re-
/ iected by the Clayton men. The
/ Brooks men leaned that way
q little, but the Democrats. were the
only members Of the Legislature
found to favor it in full. All agreed
that a compromise was desirable, but
the devil Of it was to get either party
TO move first. The Clayton people
were eager, but the Democrats and
Brooks Republicans became more and
more shy as they discovered this
eagerness. Sunday was spent in eau
cusing and a free indulgence in whis-
ky and cigars. The negrO-minshel edi-
tors Of the Republican were closeted
all day with their hackers. Clayton
talked like a big IDjun; but through
it all it was perceptibIe that the back
down Of the Supreme Court discOn-
certed him. He was scared, but
would not acknowledge it. Monday
came and with it a show Of fight by
the Clayton people in the Senate. The
tactics proved they had thoroughly re-
hearsed their parts. They demUrred
to the notice Of impeachment served
upOn a minority of the Senate. They
cOntended that to make such notice
valid, a quorum should have been
present. They sought to give the
BroOks-Bepublicans and the Demo-
Gratis a chance to back down. The
managers on the part Of the House
were inexorabse. They would stick
to their programme or back down by
resigning. That was their temper on
Monday; that was their temper
to-day. The managers will resign
rather than be forced to play a hand
in the farce proposed by the Clayton
faction. They mean business, and
are prepared to brand Clayton in such
a way that he cannot enter the United
States Senate. It is hard to say vet
how it will terminate, whether the
re-notiRcation will be served or the
managers resign. If the latter, the
House viii have to re-aPpoint; and
In that event may, Tor the sake Of
peace, compromse and allow Clayton
to 20 sc0t-free upon his immediate
resignation. Clayton viii agree to this
if his recent appointments are con-
frmed. In view Of the possibility Of
Constitutional Convention, even
this might be consented to. No matter
what is done, the Constitutional Con-
ventiOn is necessary to the purifica-
ton Of the State and its release from
Clayton's harpies. As a sort Of blind, /
and in order that the public may be
lead to believe there is some virtue as /
well as fight Lett in them, the Senate |
engaged this morning ia a debate
upon the resolution reprlmanding
Senator CaraloG. The absconding
Senators are very indignant at the
excoriating they received from the
Senator for their skulklnR, forget |
ting they skulked that there might |
be no Senate to receive notice
of Clayton's impeachment, and |
holding that no Senate was pres
ent to receive the notice; yet |
they offered a resolution Of censure Of |
Caralof for his denunciation of their /
However, discovering its |
Inconsistency, they withdrew that res |
olUtion to-day, and appointed a coIa-
mittee to inquire into the truth Of the /
charges which runlOr made upon them /
and referred to in CaFalOh's speech, Of |
hiding in certain immoral places. 1t |
is regarded here as a white washing /
committee, and believed TO be for the |
purpose Of Matching grounds TOR the /
expulsion Of Caraloff, who has proved !
TO be an inevitable thorn in the path /
of the said Senate majority, trumpet /
ing their infamy to the public when /
ever they raised their heads in the Sen /
ate. Clayton is ready for his march to !
Washington. He has bis carpet-bag /
ready. and only awaits the set /
tlement Of present difficulties to /
leave. when his faction viii |
,alI to pieces. He viii not leave any |
one behind him Of his stripe to take
bis place. He wanted Mallory to sue
eeed him, but the latter did not have
enough to stand up to the
rack. Perhaps Mallory may be elected
10 Johnson's place by the Senate; but
here is that perh0ps, which, as you
zee, "perhapsed" the wrong way for
Clayton and Mallory ia the Supreme
Court. The Senate viii have many
and there viii be such a
iouabbIe as may let In a Brooks man.
Bat il ia hard to tell what a day may
bring forth. Now that the contest is
aeaf!nQ g close, and that the Brooks
Radicals are winning through the
help Of the Democracy, Wh9t and how
Is it to profit the latter becomes a Sc
rious question. II it profits them 70