Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-12


have been, | am sorry to say, rarely a:
cribeo to himself. Brooks has yigorou
head on his shoulders, and when he sal
that Hines was the first of Arkansas ora
tors and the best of his age In the whOl
/ country, l was certainly gratified tbs
I burly Old Brindie aseTibed such virtue
to a gentleman of whom, with otherS
| your correspondent entertained most fs
vorable preeonceived opinions, and th
! APPEAL may congratulate Arkansas o.
the acquisition of such a representatiy
1 in Congress. His success astounds tn
people. He ran ahead Of his ticket, an
was counted inn by the meFest acei
dent. He is not devoid of tact an
| shrewdness. Some DAYS after the el0e
| ton, and when the returns were all il
the Secretary Of States office, Hines en-
tered and asked for certified copy Q
! the returns. This was sought after b
had added up sum totals as shown him
and after he had discovered q mistak
Of one thousand In additions made b,
the Secretary. A little kindness AM
! careless persistency in the expression o
/ The wish induced the Secretary TO Civ
Air. Hines the papers a. red for, witt
the appended seal OF the commonwealth
As soon as Mr.. Hines held this in hi
own hands he pointed oat the arith
metical error, and am inclined to be
ieve that the Secretary committed hdT
kari that night. Never before was Their
man, in our day, as honestly elected
as honestly counted into office in Ar
kansas. Hines holds the. certified re
turns showing that he is entitled to tht
seat, and tears bedew the honest, sweef
face of Arkansas Radicalism.
THE TRUTH ABOUT 1T.
Nobody, am told, outside the sphere
of of1ice-holders, doubts BroOks's elee.
ton. His majority, even as the Law
was administered, in the rejection o.
many registered voters, was perhaps
ten or fifteen thousand. Surely mer
having no personal or partisan interest
ia the contest, would not utter such ex.
travagant lies. In a Fort Smith dis
trict, a prominent citizen tells me, the
Radical majority as returned and
counted, was greater than the whole
number of Radical votes east in that
district, and Brooks's followers there were
to BaXter's as three to one. All these
facts, and others worse q thOusand-fold
will be developed before the Congress
siOnal Commission. Senator Sherman's
resolution, as reported il the APPEAL
of yesterday, providing for an inquiry
into these facts, made Joseph Brooks
supremely blest.
THE MEN WE READ ABOUT.
1t is wholly needless to say that when
we see the men of whom we read as
masters of Arkansas, that our opinions
undergo material notifications. Brooks
is seemingly fiercest of all, as he was
when playing the role of Clayton,
whom he once Outriyaled in relentless
hatred of rebels. Once when the AP-
PEAL was truthfully told that Clayton
proposed to enfranchise the people OF
Arkansas, Brooks inteTvened by yappeals
to negro prejudices and ignorance to
wreSt power from Clayton, and the Sen
atOr, then Governor, was forced to re-
trace his steps in order to reacquire su-
preme power in Africa. Brooks went
down, and the people of Arkansas have
not forgotten, though they forgave, the
crime. If Baxter and Clayton renew
the scheme once defeated by Brooks,
the latter is impotent and Arkansas
will be redeemed. 1t was this want of
implicit confidence in Brooks that made
the late Liberal Convention in this city
an utter, absurd, wretched failure The
people, though voting as partisans for
Brooks, as men liked Baxter quite as
well. Baxter is eOgnizant of these
facts, and will surely desl most gener-
ously with the people of Arkansas.
POWELL CLAYTON.
This well-knOwn gentleman was born
Penn lErG araH toIt 80
sas in the earlier days of the Territory,
when nerve was one of the absolute
necessities of an emigrant. In person,
Clayton IS tall, slender, of light complex
ion, and nervous temperament. In
Kansas he was, by profession, civil
engineer; and in politics, prO-slavery
Democrat. When the war commenced.
he declared himself Union man, and
became captain of company in Kan
sas regiment, of which, in time, he be-
came colonel. For distinguished gall
lantry be was promoted to a Brigadier-
Generalship. At the close of the war
he made his home in Jefferson county,
and married most attractive daughter
of Arkansas. He remained quietly en-
gagged in farming until the reconstruc-
ton laws were enacted, when he came
to the surface as a Republican. From
that day forth he has been almost su-
preme master of Arkansas. Many
deep and grievous wrongs he has sure
ly done the State; but he has
often sought to retrieve his errors and
atone for the outrages committed. His
rivals have endangered his position, and
ever sought, whenever he proposed to
relieve the whites, to deprive him of the
support of the blacks. He has thus
been forced to retrace his steps, and un-
i'll this hour has never been free to pur-
sue line Of policy defined by his own
good sense, and by the dictates of Justice
and wisdom.
ELISHA BAXTER.
The newly-elected Governor is a tall,
gentleman of command
ing and dignified presence. He was
born in North Carolina in 1897, and is
iorty-five years of age. He emigrated
to Arkansas in 1852 and settled at Bates
vile on White river, where he has since
resided. When the Federal armies
entered Arkansas, Governor Baxter per-
asserted his adhesion to the
Union, and at the close of the war, in
the reorganization of parties, was affili-
ited with the Republicans. After the
State was reconstructed he was appoint
I'd Judge of the Third Judicial district.
and discharged the duties to the entire
satisfaction of the people. He has
always been conservative in his opinions
and instincts, and is. esteemed as a man
)f integrity and honor. His nomination
'or Governor at the Republican Con-
Vention was looked upon as triumph
jOr Conservatism; his inaugural address
md message gave general satisfaction,
md should be redeem the promises
made, he will win the erespect and graft
,ude Of all whose praise is desirable.
5Overnor Baxter in general appearance
resembles the Patterson
Bonaparte, and is Al man Of undoubted
ability. The Governors brother is the
John Baxter of Knoxville.
HENRY c. CALDWELL,
Judge of the United States District Court
or the Eastern District of Arkansas, is
/ tall, slender gentleman, of fine ap-
with head and face denoting
lot only kindly disposition, but INTEL |
ectual force of a superior order. Judge |
Caldwell came from Iowa, as Colonel of
IN Iowa regiment, and when mustered |
h.
n 1865 he was appointed Judge, and is |
egarded by the bar of this city as i'm
,artial and able. He is studious in his
labits-a gentleman in manners and as
'ecOming
JOHN MCCLURE,
of Arkansas, is of dimin-
tive stature, with a massive head. He
vas born and reared in Ohio, and well |
ducated. He read law with Judge
William Morgan, Democrat of the
sect. Naturally, Mcclure /
'eeame Democrat, and was such until
le plunged madly into Arkansas poll
les. He early entered the Union army,
nd was Judge-Advocate, like Barbour
Iewis, with the rank of Major, at the
lose of the war. He came to Arkansas
n 1865, and commenced cottOn-plant-
ng on the Arkansas river, in Arkansas