Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-01
For County trustee,
A. WOODWARD.
For State and County Tax-COuectOr.
GEORGE II. POWELL.
J.. HARVEY MATHES
COL A. p. CURRT-HIs RECORD IS A
MALIGNANT PARTISAN.

MALIGNANT PARTISAN.
The Avalanche is unable TO under
stand how il is that a Radical Sherit
can control the politics Of Shelby coun
ty. If the public will bear with US W,
viii enlighten our contemporary. Tn
AUdldRche Of yesterday says:
The assertion that the present official
Of The courts would not occupy them to
day if Curry had held the election, in
wolves one of two propositions: Ii mean.
that, if they We're elected, Curry would
have made a fraudulent return: or i
neal that Wright would have declared
them elected, no matter whether they
received a majority or minority of tn,
votes. If the latter, the gratitude mus
be won through corruption Of the ballot
box, and the compliment, TO say tho
least Of il, Is questionable. But this in.
ference is asunjust TO General Wright a.
the APPEALS charge is unjustto COlone.
Curry, who, in point Of personal integ,
nty, viii certainly lose nothing by com.
parisOn with General Wright.
This is very pretty talk for Colonel
Curry, but his career as a Radical part.
SOL SAEAAA-1 a AAEAhbC4 VI Tic AAdulCd
Executive Committee, while acting as
SherifofShelb cOunty-dOes not justify
the assumption Of the Avalanche. In
the first place, Colonel A. P. Curry was
elected Sheriff because the white tax
paying people Of Shelby county were
disfranchised, and by a system OF
villainy, outrage and fraud unpar-
alleled il the history of elections,
Colonc. Curry was first elected Sheriffin
March 1858. P. NJ. Winters was his
opponent The white people were dis
tanchi-cd; the negro vote was sufficient
TO have elected Curry; still fraud was
nesOrtei % for the purpose Of making his
election sure. In proof of this assertion,
we make the following extract from the
local columns Of the AUa1anche, the
morning after Colonel Curry's election
TO the Office Of Sheriff:
Early iE the morning the black ruff
ans tlo possession Of the Sever h
ward, and wildly and fearfully they.
rushed things through. As soon as q
OEA4oNaANf EdIEtdSE dDpIDdCllGu Llt
polls, il WIS depleted Of all its insignia.
The cotton strapped to the horses har-
ness, if IL bore a Democratic meaning.
was torn from the hcFsesh side; the
drivers taken from the seat. and, in
more than one instance, terribly beaten.
Every Conservative negro who appeared
at the polls up TO eleven o'clock ran the
risk Of his neck, and it was as much as
a mans life was worth to appear on the
scene up to thathOur. Wewere ourselves
palpable and living evidence to much
Of this, for we know that hadit not been
for the exertions of Colonel Beaumont,
a couple If gentlemen and ourselves, a
poor negro whose only fault was that he
had in his possession Conservative
tickets, would have been torn TO pieces
by the ignorant, Infatuated mob, About
this time things grew so bad that Col
Onel Beaumont sent for the military,
aud Captain Estes, of the THenty-Fifth
Infantry, witha detail of men were sent
70 control the s%coUndrels, who
were carrying things with so
high a hand. As soon as he
got on The & -Ound, the SC n subsidized,
and no mOre difficulty was apprehended.
We viii mention a few incidents of the
occasion. A negro named Albert Smith
came 10 the polls, presented his-ticket.
and when questioned he said that b.
voting for a sick man. 1t WIS "a
clear attempt at illegal voting. W.
asked Captain Perry, the then officer imf
charge, 10 take him in custody. He re-
fused TO do so, and apparently did not
the attempt at illegal voting an |
But his superior did, and
Colonel Beaumont had the negro ar
Ifit had been left to Perry, the |
negroes could have driven every white
man from tie polls, and his official
baton would never have been raised in
their defense. We are satisfied that the
head Of the force was disposed to do /
right yesterday. We saw it. and on
more than M occasion we witnessed
his imPartiality. At the Seventh ward
we saw more than a dozen in
stances IN which emigrant negroes, fur
lished with certificates, attempted TO
-Ote. We will medtiOn another instance, /
/ man named Frank Anderson, vino at
lempted TO vote. He was from Walnut
Bend, Arkansas He was a resident of
Memphis three weeks, but he thought
he had a right to vote. He tried it, and
10 Martin Kelley he was taken
ntO custody; still another, and we
hink they were all voted: Mr.. A. Nj
Mitchell, a planter, on his way I'D to
New Madrid, with forty hands, landed
Iere on election morning. The boat
vas to start at ten O'Clock, but when
he time rolled round not 3 negrO was
o be found-they had al got papers, one
in scrip, and the privilege Of the
10y. They all voted, and how many
.undred Others we cannot tell. An APP
was made 20 the commanded
( the post to guard against this very
and, as the correspondence viii
how, he refused the request Of the
We have heretofore neglected
D mention that in the proceedings at
he Seventh ward polls a negro,
AIMED RiusOn, was nearly killed for an
Expression Of his opinion. A Catholic
REST VINO approached the polls, perhaps
n a passage to a sick call, was assaulted
the negroes, and driven III ct Wnisi
y the r3oble, along GayOso street, until
E found some means Of escape. An
her incident: AnegrO named Jamt
n wa arrested for PLAYING the lock {
anne, and on his person were found no
than four certificates Of registration.
In the editorial columns Of the AUd- d
Hchc, on the eighth Of March, the !
ltor said, in alluding to Vurfy's cleo q
on:
The county eiectiony Yesterday resulted i
the complete success Of the Radical9 .
iket. At the time of this writing we n
not received the complete returns, q
It enough is known to satisfy us that z
e Conservatives have not elected alta
an. This extraordinary result is ex- a
chiefly ia the TACT that the Rad "
negroes took possession of ballot T
'Xes in several precincts, voted as often Il
they chose, and were fully sustained O.
every violent act by the police. M
Risky was dealt ont freely TO tbelD
Mississippi, and other i'm n
rted negroes, and they faithfully per w
rmed the low work expected Of them. k
he Conservatives worked nobly, though d,
L with the judgment and system al
licn the occasion required. But il eI
Duld have been almOsta miracle 10 50
ereome the odds registered against US OF
the Radical machine appointed to re- tc
the strength of the Radicals I'm u
emphis and for fifty miles around. o,
DIV successful Brownlow's special fir
ent was in registering his pets, and h,
s~franchising the white citizens and al
.'nservative cOlored men of Shelby W
unity, the election of yesterday will 70
J. Fraud, violence and every species d,
corruption were freely employed to tr
yister a certain set of Radical blacks I'll
d whites who would stuff the ballot g,
X, intimidate Conservatives, and pI
the election, regardless Of the @
necessary 10 be. employed. Tie n.
registration had been declared a,
II and void by King Brownlow, that 5,
Is might be prepared which would 6
rTy. The Radicals had it all in their d,
m hands, and the Conservatives were II
mpelled 10 enter an unequal and one @
led contest. To say Ihat a real cleo 10
Ii was held yesterday, would be 1ncor- bl
4, for the people who pay taxes had no ps
ice in il. TSe humiliadng spectacle A