Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-25
DORSEY AND BANCROFT

the hef1UoitcuH says 'neNeF word"
SHORTFELLOW.
MARION, ARg., December ., 1872.
EDITORS APPEAL-I have lust re.
turned from Little Rock, and stop here
on my way home. / take advantage of
the fact of idleness to tell YOU what /
have seen and know. il visited the
capital mainly because ! am interested
deeply in State affairs, in levee and 9TH
er bonds and, OF course, in the coming
collision between the two Governors
elect This last event Is not dangerous,
and may not occur at all. Brooks Is the
author OF all our woes, OF infamous leg
islative acts, of perfected and perpetua-
ted disfranchisement, and no white man
will fight for the old psalmsinger Hel
ought TO be Governor; BaXter's election
was eiiected by villainOus frauds, but il
is 10 crime Of white citizens Of Arkan- /
sas, and only destroys the moral power
Of those adventures who now control
the political machinery OF the State.
SHAME, sHAMEi
may add that the old party leaders
about Little Rock are wholly corrupt. /
They have been kept out in the cold so |
long that they are more nervous and /
fidgetty than in Tennessee, and made I
mOEe stupid blunders-tO say nothing of 4
secret crimes and coalitions which must 4
yet coue % light The country men, 4
bers viii steer clear of the politicians I
about Little Rock. They are moi 10 he 1
trusted. Baxter is the best OF those TEL
lows His neighbOns speak well of him.
Democrats, Conservatives, Republicans
and Radicals all speak well Of Baxter,
and Of Mcdonald and Dorsey. Morally \
and Intellectually, these threezstand first
and foremost before the Intelligent
white and cOlOHed people Of the State.
and Of one Of these three q United States
Senator will be made Bowen is blow
ing nightly. He has means
and local influence, and has a
bellows here that fsns the flames TIL one
here ia Little Rock would think the
whole country ablase. It is nothing
bot the local force of BOwen's personal 1
presence and the little local e0mbina-
tons which he makes on the spot. They
are nolsed abroad from this center Of
railroads, and telegrsphs aud neWspa-
pers, ano thus Bowen is much lifted up.
But It - all empty, aud gas and m0Oa-
shine. The great heart Of the people is
Ritn the men | have named, Mcdonald
and Dorsey, who, though staHnch Re
publicans, are known to be learned,
honest. patriotic and identified in svery
way with the practical Interests af the
people OF the state which they have
made their home and in which they
have invested their money. / need not
tell you that in this county Mcdonald
is omnipOtent. R.LM.
FoRg sxIrf, ARRASsAs. December Isl 1872
EDTTORs APPEAL-So much has been
written concerning Arkansas politics
that the people begin 10 tire, aRd would
have the subject buried. With ful
knORle6se Of these facts, ! cannot re-
aist the temptation of writing this COM
mEnieasion, as see an artistic from Lit
Rock, signed sif5hOrtfellow, which beans
the esT-msrks Of q certain individual
who favored the Hunter moveme0t, and
who, I believe, Is mistaken in the facts
in regard 10 the late election, or IN the
feeling which exists among those who
advocated the Brooks ticket. He
claims that the followers of Mr.. Brooks,
except a a'spcll- -IssOiCn ies p cOneede the
election Of Mr. Baxter, and propose 10 [
tamely submit. I know not 10 whom
he refers, or the ''tgeA K51Olca few" but ,
of this am certain, that nearly the en- (
tire reform party Of the Northwest do {
not cOncede the election Of Mr.. Baxter,
even BY the count at the regular polls,
without any regard to the ballots east at
the special polls. II Is true that the Of
bcials At Little Rock have 50 manipuiat-
ed the returns, besides throwing out the {
returns from several counties, which
gave mai0rities to the Reform ticket,
that Il appears that Baxter is elected. :
But from the original returns, filed in the /,
Secretary OF states Office, Alr. Brooks /
was elected by q handsome majority; ]
hut after they had passed through the :
hands0 of the ''StstehOuse ring a change +
was made, and Baxter aud the entire f,
ticket declared, BY Jimmy I
J johnson, elected.
THE LITTLE ROCk RING. &
The cOnditiOn Of Arkanees Is dsplors-l {
bic, and the boldness with which the S
frauds and Outrages have been commit I
ted by the Clayton faction is due te the
encouragement given them BY ssWell [
known feWN malcOntents at Little Rock. !
who imagined that they carried the !
votes Of the Democratic party ia their G
breeehes pockets, but aWOke one fnei Z
ia OctObsr 10 ind that the peo- ]
pie had ropudlated them. Then, instead I
Of yielding gracefully - the voice of the {
people they did eFything to defeat Z
the Brooks ticket They were at one {
tine leaders, and were followed with ina d
plicit e0nhdeBce-their names were Z i
feNel cf strength among the DsEnoofs- .