The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-02
TIE CIllC0T TROUBLES.
a DESOLATED COUNTRY.
POWELL CLAYTON. THE AUTHOR
OF THE TROU BLES.

Especial Ds5ttvh T. 'hn Missouri ReDuhl cam
- uPnis. Jan. 20. The Appeal, to-mor-
Pow Wprrirg. publishes letter from Nj
y l. Moore vi Chicago to- Hon. Jrseph
Medill, the writer having just reached this
city from Lake Nlllag' ChicOt county,
Arkan.a., on hs way North. He gives
some very interesting facts relative to the
late outbreak at that place corroborating
every particular given in these dispatches
at the time. He saws that the town is
nearly depopul I'd, nearly all houses hav-
iug been abandoned that stock on the
plantations in tina. vicinity hi. all been
carried the lands are grown up in weeds,
and most every whit, woman IN company
with white men afraid uf their live. and
Getting away as fat rs possible. Every
plnntntion Is for sale nt II traction of its
former worth large portions of The little
crop uf cotton still IN the field, wasting
heroes riding in the streets and roads
with their gun. white men all gloomy
and detected, and not smiling face seen,
and in reply To- his own question MS to
what caused .his devastation, he said
Nothing. sir. Nothing ut all that is
peculia- to Chcot county. Nothing that
differs from almost any county in Missis-
sippi. Arkansas or Louisiana. Only the
great tidal wave that has been rolling
,ver the states broke little in Lake Viii
liuge and startled the whole country. But
he outbreak was as likely TO occur in any
other spot He eIonerntes the negro mob
tom all blame in the murders nnd out
RACES and says they were only tho execu-
timers. They only obeyed instructions.
they say the judge "f the county court
and his 81 bordinates gave the order, but
thy ere not TO blame IT they only obeved
tie instruction. - the governor VINO gave
him n carie blanche to run the business Of
the county, wno gave him blank commits
ons t. appoint all his sub ,rdinates. But
the governor acts only for his master-fo
Powell Clayton, sen.tor OF Arkansas in
Washington There believe is traced
the author az this great crime. To him,
to his satellites, to hi. thieving, worthless,
wicked crew of bandits, holding Nil Offices
in the state by hi, appointment, by his
frauds and impositions upon the poor un-
learned darkies.
The record Of his infamy in the state 10
we'll known; how he became governor
how he issued fraudulent certificates, how
he induced the legislature, composed large
" of negroes, two-thirds of whom cannot
read or write. to pass lave allowing the
governor to appoint all county officers un
Ill election IN 1872 how he issued state
bonds ad libitum how he became senator
bya fraud how he contracted with Hold
en- in considerations Of having him elected
governor, aud how this appointment plar
worked in Chicot county. H tells jim
| Mason, smart mulatto man raised on
| plantation ;hcrc, he will make him judy,
ut the county if ne will have leected to tn
state senate the man he wants. Ofcours
the muln,,o is created Judge, md also ha
appointments sent in blank for him to fl
up, for other county officers"
Tho writer concluded by an earnest ar
peal fora republican form Of government
in Arkansas, and commpnds the authnritie
70 n speedy trial and appeals to congrs'
and the president