Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-21
nrIan OF rEenoR * ARKAEs.s.

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NETGN OF TEBROR IN AREAEBAs.
Itis related Of Lord Pslmerston thst
when called upon TO explain the merits Of
the Schlsswig-Holstein question, be re-
plied the task was imprscticsble, for the
ressau that be had never met but one
gentleman who thoroughly understood it,
and he had died ~
This OF quoted wittieism OF the veteran
diploms. is suggested fy the political con-
dillon Of Arkansas, which, in its produc-
tiou Of Minstrels and Brindle-Tails, has
attained q fame equsled only by the bovine
psrfornaaree in the traditional chins shop,
and Bids fsir TO eclipse the belligerent
glories Of D1unybrOok Fair. That our
sister commonwealth il not likely 10 sur
render This hold upon the public atten-
tiou. is evidenced by the telegraph
10, epistolsry aud oral information
wa hsys recsived in regard TO
Chlc3t county. rhst section possesses
a populstion Of seven tboussud-one-
sixth whereof are white, tho remainder
coiorsi. some time since (ou the 1lth)
the voters OF Chicot baIloted and affirmed
8 proposition TO subscribe certain stock 70
two railroads Of Arkansas. Four days
subsequently, numerous residents Of Chi
cot met st Like village, and were in
grocery discussing the railroad subscrip-
tion, when dispute on ths vote arose be-
tween ons G. W. Wynn and John n.
les
lately arrived from Wsshington--the
latter 81 old citizsn snd hesvy
taxpayer. The one defended the vote,
the o.her opposed 1t, and difi-
Guilty occurred, resulting the stab
bing Of Wynn by Saunders, from the
Ell o.s Of which Wynn died. Saunders
was arrested on ths charge OF murder,
and, with two other white cltizsns al
legged co have been accessories, WAS oon-
finei Ia jsil within q few hours after
this incarceration, negroes of the county,
toths numbsr OF several hundreds, dock
into the town, aud, with arms, demand
the surrender of the prisoners. The shsr-
ii refuses compliance, aud guard is
placed al the jail. Comparative tIsn-
guilty rsigus until the 18th, when one
hundred armed negroes ride into town,
cnuosI th5 sheriff, under pain of death,
n give 10 them me keys of the Jail, and,
having obtained them, enter it. take there
from the prisoners, sna Kill them. Then
foiloE tne plundsring Of stores, the de-
naads fir money, anu such other lswless-
vazs ss ehauac5srz3 the performances of
1lobs.
Tae vhfts oitlzsnB are cOmpslled to
bssr tie cruslty-ths negroes lover seven
huad-o1) srs IN camp, and at the latest
aocouaJs did noe propose 70 dispsrse until
thsir various personal disputes with their
smolayers or other white men with whom
thew disagreed were settled. In the mean
tins lie cotton is in the field, with no
person 70 pick it, the white ciIizsns ars
refugees, and whss is done7
Governor z adlsy is informed Of sil this,
and in reply to the request for the execu-
tion OF the law, ne sslsgraphs that his ad-
iutsus TiI investigate me matter! The
sheriff o. the county Las declared thai
only Federal troops can quel the dis
turbance, for the rsssOn ne fegrs any
miIitia-necasEsTily = composed Of negroes
might frstsrnizs with The Insurgents.
The question now srisss-DOes the
government OF Arkansas propose 20
sxscuas its laws; or, indeed, is
shsrs a higher law for ths tr5stmsnt OF
mobz, whea tbs latter ars Of dark viszged
persous7 Il is very evident from the in
foruaion. before us, that this mob Is the
argsture Of JSusB ". Mason, the former
Ssass Bslz.0- -rom and probate judge Of
Cnicof county. This person was in tbs
Eihtar appointed 20 tho latter position,
znd, when no. confirmed, hasly refused
20 surr sndsr hts 5lios and called an srmsd
b0dy OF negroes TO sld him in ueiying the
Stsge au5nOrisy. Tho result WAS that the
white Judge resigned and Mason was
not Only not pGaisGsd t0r having violated
Ehs law bus ne, ta9 daher OF the Law,
was again lslned jIdss and given ths ex
elusive OnCisl patronage Of the county
As ae5nsequsucs OF al this We have the
o1trzgez aud confGsiol now being enacted
in ChicyE
The .-nstiOn's wards" In Arkansas, are
dets, mined 10 be recognized In the
forthcoming State Radical convention.
Mr. W. Il. Grsy desires 70 bs congress
man 81 large; Er. James w. Mason as
pires to me secrstsryship OF state, whilst
H.B.R Jblnson and g. 7. White are ps-
culIsriy ambitious. The qasrteste claim
10 be tho trustees Of the coiored vote, and
g. they provided the compromise by
which 4ssOn was reappointed judge,
Shresgening a bolt as the result OF nom
c0m9lsucs with their wishes, so ,too, viii
they be Invoked TO cause the dispersion
Of the runisns who are plundsring and
outrazing Chic1E. GOV. Hsdloy dare not
use force sglaat these rioters. be will
surrender 10 tAsms None of them will
be arrested, and Win their return 70
mo0iied industry, the hold Of Mason,
Gray, White and Robinson on She Radi-
G ,ls wiii bs increased, and their Omnipo-
tsnce oyer tie ensuing convention, Sc
cured.
We understand that an application has
bson made 10 the president 10 order regu-
lar troops 10 Chicot, ami II this course is not
taken, 81 sny time may we expect re-
currence Of these Uutrages by those resi-
dents Of Arkansas, who would seem to
bslisvs that whist there are laws in the
State, they csn be violated with impun-
ity By AL the folIoHers Of Gray, Mason,
Robinson and Wnits.
NoRKIsGMES VIII be profoundly In
...o-t..d IL, ~ aim Of l,r-aoress uactar-