Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-28
FROM POPE COUNTY AGAIN.
The Carnival Of Pillage and Terror
COntinues-ClaytOn's Ring are De-
termined to win by Blood.
Democrats, Liberal Republicans or
Personal Enemies Selected for
Vengeance by Murderer
Upham.
The Last Militia Order Of a Bloody
Minded JOker-NOW You Think
yOu see Safety, and Now
you Don't.
From the little Rock state Journal liberal

From the Little Rock state Journal liberal
Republlcan).l
The carnival of pillage and terrorism in
pope county continues. The malicious, thleN-
ing gang. dignihed by Hadley and Upham as
@nOdsOn's militia pursue their daily and
nightly rounds OF plunder. Like swarm OF
locusts they fly from plantation to planta-
ZION settling down upon one at a time, and
appropriating or destroying nearly every
movable thing There IS method, too, IN
their madness The victims seem TO be Sc
lected according 70 plan. They are, we
believe. almost without exception, the obj ject
OF the political or personal spite and malice
OF some Of the marauding crew. They are, as
"a rule, either former Denaocrdts, B11ndte Re
jJtsJicJuiS, or personal enemies. We learn that
The Brindle Republicans are
THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERERS,
though We have learned OF instances Of help
less women being ruthlessly terroTized and
despuiled Of all their stock and other necessa-
ries OF life, and left destitute and despairing.
And this is one of the Sta:e-hOuse methods of
r.,rurdsS-uQ! Certainly a very TT companion
niece for the ClaytOn-Baxter canHRSS in the
Northwest and the campaign Minstrel press.
This Is the ring mode OF rewarding friends
and furnishing enemiesi To speak seriously,
the Ike was probably never seen in a acivilized
country. Certainly not in any nation pre-
tending TO be republican, and TO be governed
by the peOplei Proven
ASSASSINS, HIGHWAYMEN, AND ROB-
BERS,
armed and licensed by the Governor, are
turned loose TO raNage an Innocent, law-abid-
ing people! The simplest statement OF the
case Is enough to make ones blood run cold (;
TO IRE the heart Of every lover OF his country,
or friend of his racei And this state of things
has continued for weeks and months, yes,
nearly three months; and still exists with
rierceness and fury unabated 10 this moment.
The latest official development respecting the
matter is the address OF General Upham 70
the citizens OF the county. II Is singular
document. Upon Its face II processes desire
10 restore peace and confidence 70 the cOun-
Try: and Vet II fails to give the afflicted people
- l7Hn Ia p
sued in the future by DOdson and his men.
No assurance is given that the murdenous
nodSuu will be removed, or induced TO resign
she responsible office which he has forfeited;
and a reliable man in whom the people viii
have faith that ne viii not
MASSACRE HIS PRISONERS,
apDoiuted in his place; none that Dodson will
MOI SIN De allowed TO make the arrests Of the
1sz1-s,ns alluded to in the address fmOSt, If not
ayerv one Of whom, by the way, are probably
as innocent Of any crime charged as any citi-
ems OF the State)s none that the parties when
-4rraS-rd chall be guaranteed a fair and impair
zial examination before the proper mag1s-
srates OF the county! There Is not even the
Slightest intimatiOn in any part Of this pecu-
liar document that DOdsOns band OF robbers
shall be disbanded. OF even curtailed OF re-
strained in any respect A reinarkaDle OtiJe
All along been supphcating for peace and de-
IIverance. Why should not this
DIABOLICAL MILITIA
no y-fflldrawnt They have done nothing but
steal and terrify for monthsi There is no
armed force in the county opposing them. Ey-
sr- pretsnse 10 the contrary is the sheerest fab
rlcaiion. The citizens have their private weap-
ons at home for self-defense, and that is all;
and those they have a legal and moral right 10
keep. This magnanimOuS paper Goes INFORM
the good people that they have " no reasons to
fear that ~ they viii be summarily punished,
or tried by court-Inariial and shot" Vel,
surely that is gratifying! That assurance so
expressed ought TO inspire the good citizens
with unbounded confidence in the Com
ruanding General" at once They are also
fu dorned that the rumor that
INNOCENT PERSONS WILL BE MADE TO
SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY
is false. Well, is il any wonder that such a
IuInor prevails when the people have read in
Governor Hadley's proclamation TO them the
distinct intimatiOn that II one OF the county
officials should be killed the innocent citizens
-GouId suffer forit? The " General Command
ing " refers more than once TO certain citizens
whom lie designates as guilty. OF hlgh
crimes The -" General Commanding, being
wiser than the law, reyerseS the maxim OF
li liberty. and presumes them to be guilty until
they are proven innocent. SUI ne qoea hoJ
-eign 10 name the persons whom ne Ihus
officially assume 10 De guilty. II he had done
.hat h. would have laid better foundation
for niS
APPEAL 10 THE ALARMED CITIZENS !
10 return and gather their wasting crops.
Which OF them. however innocent, can feel /
thar be is not included among the persons
whose guilt OF some high crime IS thus arDl-
trsIriIy aSSumeds Who Of the best OF them
knows but what while harvesting ms needed
20, ne NAV be suddenly arrested by the vii |
famous DOdsOn and his men, as the innocent
old man Hale was, and GfterWard snare Ihe /
same terrible fate Of Hale ana Tucker2 II !
this proclamation OF the "COmmandlng Cen 1
.lral" really means peace, the public viii see
iaat 10 is very singularly constructed lnsIrll-
ment for that purpose. II, on the otner hanu'
rests under the fatal auspices OF Dodson II is
more Ineligible.