Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-01
Order1Tne appears Consistency
and the Facts.

EDITORS APPEAL In yesterdays
AUdIdnche appears a card, signed "Vin-
dex," purporting to give a certain copy
of BeaumOnt's order, under date of Dc
tOber 81, 1865, in the Memphis Post of
November ., 1868, which "VindeNu in
his article in the AUdl0Rche gives Octo-
Der 81, 1870, and after gi ging his version,
which is false, then stated it appears
Colonel Curry had nothing to do with
the issuance of that order. Mr.. NindeX
states, also, that the APPEAL must have
received its information from little p. ID.
Beecher. Now, l will state that l do
not know who Frederick was that
signed the article referred TO in the APP
PEAL, but to satisfy Mr.. "VindeXr
and his friends, l will father his state
ment, and state that A. p. Curry and :.
b. Beaumont were members of the Re
publican Committee of the Num- fac
ton opposed To General Smith,
and that committee received fifteen
hundred dollars, and this order was made
to keep colored men from the polls, so
General Smith should receive a small
vote in this county, and Num- could
overcome it in the country counties.
NotO | will give A. p. Curry's letter to
the Post, November ,, 1868:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, November >, 1868.
EDITOR PosT-YOu viii please call
attention to the fact that all the Special
Deputy Sherifis appointed by me for
duty on election day, November 3, 1865,
will be designated by a ribbon, with
words Deputy Sheriff" printed there
on, and will be worn Onthe lapel of the
coat. All of said Special Deputy Sher-
ifs will be placed in charge of a regular
Deputy Sheriff, whose order they will
strictly obey. A. p. CURRY,
Sheriff of shelby county.
Now | will state Bulletin and AUd-
laHche of within a week previous to said
election) you find Mr.. Curry writing
letter to said Beaumont, indoors
ing his order and his action,
upon this Judge Hunter enjoined both,
hence appears the letter ! give of the
Memphis Post, November ?, 1865, from
Mr.. Curry. Almost two years previous
to the above date Mr.. BrownlOw ran for
Governor. Did you see any such order
prevail? No, sir, Mr.. Beaumont did
not oppose then, but Mr.. Curry and
did oppose General Smiths
election, and this was the trick to carry
out his defeat General Smith'sl.
Mr.. NindeX says that at the time of
the order of October "A, 1870, or 1868,
ever he chooses, I was candidate
for Mayer, and this was the cause of the
order. Now this is false; and if Mr.. Vim
.eX will take the Wdr off his eyes, or if
intoxicated will wait until he gets sober,
he will see NO Mayors election came off at
time; and when he asserts at that
time, or any other, that l attempted to
elections for myself by fraud, etc,
as Mayor against Leftwich, he is a
and talsifer, and he belongs to
Barbour Lewis, as he follows his exam
Pile. / will now give the law, page forty
Dne, Constitution of Tennessee, article
four, section three, which reads: "Elec-
tors shall in all cases, except treason, Jel-
my or breach Of the peace, be privileged
rom arrest or summons during their at
tendance at elections and in going TO
md from them" Under this provision
the constitution, where has any Off
a right to arrest a citizen if he takes
lis musket ON his shoulder or pistol in
lis pocket to the polls, until he commits
IN overt act. Respectfully,
I. ID. BEECHER.