Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-15
POWELL CLAYTON.
The Hellish Plans OF a Selfish Corma.
rant and UnscrupulOus, Infamous
Politician.
- Expose by One Who KaoNs the
Tricks Of the KuaVe Of the Radical
PGek-A MGr6erous Career.

EDITORS Ag'sEAL-The developments tnuch
tlis the A'etle county trouble IN. hut the lenitI
mat Isolts OF the heilish plans inaugurstc,
aouF years ago by that arch-uend Powell Clay
toh> lie still rules Arkansas, anl il as un
-StupulOus as any Uau governed by an igno
eie ambition. Has ideas OF government srs
those eCtusilng Grant and all bis sdbor,lI
haus. hc thinks force should always bs
1se9 where absolute. uuQucstiuntng. blind
~ Nho questions mo Wisa9m or sound
fhat law.
In other words. i'm Arkansas LOYALTY con.
sists not IN o5egfaC the igW, but Ia 0spr0r.
SAG f. The idea Oi rCllng by kindness, a. De,
tore the war, Is foreign 10 all CiaytOn's brutal
instincts The Idea o. permitting The peo-
pie 70 choose even their own local officers, in
counties OF towns is SubvrfsiNe OF all Radical
plans Of governing tae state. Magistrate,
anG c0nslable- IN counties and townships
and Mayors and Couucillnen IA townA and
villages are
NOT ELECTED By THE PEOPLE
most concerned in the selection Of well.
known and honest men but tbpy an an.
pointed by the Governor, and you NAV well
believe that they are almost universslI, d,
strangers 70 the people, and as often the viii
Alng, INSCRIPTIONS tools OF desnat 20 whom
-hey crook the pregnant hinges Of the knee,
mat thrift may follow ftwninE." l. II a won
der that oar people complain Of this despot-
lSnl@ l. II a wonder that they are bending All
Their energies a. change a set OF rulers W-ltfl
laltrn on their troubles? i il a wonder thai
"a parcel oi Interruptions kHaves who have
der, resolve upon anv and AL desDersts.
means 70 fier'eiuafe their paNera Hence the.
tro1oles IN TINS state. abe white population,
"a lo'or Sas three hundred and siNtv-tvu
tnuCSand; the black population. ore hundred
ana lWfniN'-tW Thousand. Here are three.
whites 10 one black. A. n general r1lte m.
10y al Leagues" and the Royal Blues-~
it-f art the ready, simple dupes OF about 81
tA'ussln0 white EEaves; ana II is ail-impor-
ts,llL lhal these latter Shuuld keep the NEGROES
e-A'liltered against the Old white citizens.
THE MOST DEPRAVED,
men are generally selected for all the state
and county Offices, and they are wholly un-
rapullous s 10 the means of ruling 'fslrfr.
dupes ana maintaining power. Hence tho
'iiStrau cllsins clauses in the present constitU-
.toli- rope county but illustrates Woodruff
ilai gentle lamb, Gpharn. Conlmanuer-in-
chief Of the State militia. has been senr 10
rope county Ia settle all troubles. He beEins
ms Work by letting his 'dOgs OF war burn
doNn lhe 11f0s7lr ONCE al RussellViIle be
cause the editor has been denouncing Radical
rule III lsoS the same bird Of prev WAS sent 10
= goaruu county by his master, Clayton. He
ma been secretly arfsiing the negroes in that
county and some lndiscreet man shot al him
rom rom the roadside and wounded him. Has
LITTLE ROCK
DE laid his grievance before Clayton who sent
MN back with parcel ot myrmi-
ions a. characterless a. shimselL He
Jaw. piliaged the merchants and citizens
az augusta Organize q drum-head court-rnar-
ilal- and speedily lost twelve or thirteen
citizens, who were spotted =" and VINO were
known TO be 0pen and avoved oppOnenfs or
their plans. Ia lSifl, Nerger murdered Crane
the Mayor OF Jackson, N ississippi. Il was
iIt ~ ~ o.sL cay on the pubic street, and IN
: ~ ol eitl@eiis. he was tried before a court
composed OF the Officers Of the army, but therr
va NO SeereSy about the trial Friends and
counsel attended him. aud witnesses were
summoned in his behalf THE uroree5 in1s
Became matters OF record and history. BuI
n A Au-,-st;i, twelve or thirteen citizens We're
: 81 HEw O JOS H#.Hn -
and bruugnt.befous his druITl-head cuurt-Inar-
iial- There l. no record OF their trial or con-
.,eilInAi ' ION. They were allowed no friend
ucei no witnesses 20 prove their
INNOCENCE.
They were adjudged and condemned before
iri al, and all now known Uf them l. that thev
were " lost, as Poole, another carpetbagger
~ North Carolina proposed To lose citizens
mere Justice was a mockpry: vengeance
only ruled pham : dccrceS. and this maSsa- !
aug t-s-siF TIA 49, YET eilllu- unrlNalleu
~ an us norfore By any event ia American
history. The massacre OF Wyoming has been
"a passed Tor that was the act OF Indians al
v ar With the whites, while tint, was the deed
of white men in "a time OF profound r,aae.-
In June last an attempt was made 10 get mn "A I
false alarm about kuklux in Woodruff county /
lut II was discovered and one OF the IOyaI
seague, man named Meninger. went be- I
lore Magistrate Esquire CrgSSettI and dis I
closed the whole plan.
". =. CAMPBELL.
tst ol our mD>i prominent citizens aud D
Iauhchest merchants, took down the tes-
luony of MeninEer, which was given
under oath, and published I'm my paper.
.ue Augusta ButistiH. Meuingpr states that \
z was determined by the league To do some
ming % get NoOcruu county under martial
aw and have the militia sent % Augusta as }
"a leyo- To this end some Of the league were TO ]
!iSgUi>s themselves a. kuklux. were 10 20 10 n \
-ertaln place, ana were there 10 be fired uuon
lN DINERS OF the league, who were then 10 dis
lefse and testify that they had seen and had q
-onnict with the kukluX. and send a Mes
: - tiie atfoclous plan concocted by the lead
aS ttaulcals In Woodruff last June Blanch-
I'D, Ihe county Judge. an '.iutpcrted knaye."
enl my ROUNDS OF ammunition: and Adams. /
ne present Radical nominee for sheriff, was
enL 20 Little Rock for arms. But Meniugrr'S I
DISCLOSURE BLEW Up THE PLOT.
ND they can now do nothing bur .danv 4"
" ms was pub 'lshed ia my paper, - the
.fudaNls OF one OF fhelr own crew. deemed
Q 30 important that n large number OF extra
upies was struck OF and sent TO many OF my
rlends here, as well as 20 most OF the leading
';1i'ers east OF the Mississippi. These papers
ere alt put on a steamer Carrying the river
hey were all Suppressed. As the Radicals
lad no wish TO see a statement Ike that from 4
ne OF their own members. the mali agent in
'ar,p ance y ms duties, suppressed the papers
,'ft'ti Ililg III. SuD-eq uently 4 sent several
attracts, by private hands. 10 the Louisville I
nd -. Louis papers. and the affair thus be-
anne Known These things illustrate Radical
ule IN Arkansas. II j. one o. hatred toward
0ulhefn citizens and pham Is hat the tool
7 clayton, who, while totally devoid OF all Z
~ all5lDetes oI statesman, has proven 10
ne world f!lal he is eminenuy qualified 70
scuttle ship or cut throat"
September Il, Is72