The sun., 1873-05-19
Civii war Impending in Arkansas.

civil War Impending in Arkansas.
There are two commonwealth In which
President GRANTS craftsmanship, as exCm-
plincd In his treatment of the reconstructed
States, has had ample room to manifest the
genius Of its author, and these are Louisi-
ana and Arkansas. There more than else
where the personal influence and hnndi-
work Of the Executive has been directly
exercised with important results. In Lou
isinnn all the political movements of con So
qucnce tending to the maintenance of the
Administration policy have been executed
under the supervision of the Presidents
brothcr-n-law, who in important crises
has made liberal use of the telegraph In
order to keep himself in communication
with the White House. Therefore, what
ever the present condition of affairs in
Louisiana, II may bc reasonably ascrihcd
to the personal mtcipo.itipn OF Gen.
GpANT. What that condition is just now
is pretty thoroughly understood 10y the
public, thanks 10 the report of two llcpub-
lican Senate committees.
In Arkansas d'-p Il " personal iutcrpo-
sition of ri,~id,t GPtNr las boIrir I'M
portant fruits This state has long been
virtually under the control of u special
friend Of the Pr, iUcut. POWELL CLAYTON.
formerly Governor aii now IL incmbcr of
the lritcd states Scpatc. SIR. CLAYTON
was the representative of the Administra-
tion party in Arhau,as on the National
Republican Committee during the late
Presidential campaign, aud manifcs his
gratitude for the honor conferred upon
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ist7itiou. although II large majority of the
people voted the other ticket. Thi- j. II
way they have of fixing things in AIkan-
sas' Some time ago the people objected to
this manner of conducting elections and
Republican District Attorney procured
the indictment hy II Republican Grand
Jury of CLAYTON Tor being concerned in
hagrant el-c,Ion frauds; but GRANT
promptly removed the too ofiicious Dis
trict Attorney for fulfilling his oath of
Office, and showed his approval of Gay.
Tons course by hcstowine every mark Of
favor on him. since then ,LAy1uS has
done about n hc pleased in that state.
Lately, however, there has been commo-
iion among the faithful in Arkansas. Gov.
BANTER who was not elected but who
was counted IN by the CLAYTON officials, n
result acqucsc"d in under terror OF
GRANTS antaGonism, finding that all the
Respectable whilcmcn in the State aud the
most Intelligent OF thcnegrocs had become
disgustel with the corruption of the CLAY
ton party, had show "a Opposition To- con-
,iliate the better portion of the community
ny swing TIE col = shoulder to the ballot
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thieves who have reduced Arllunsns to its
present impoverished condition. Thi- has
excited the ire ~ The entire gang of public
pludorcr> who have SO long been engaged
in violating the freedom of elections and
dcpl ting property holders. \ plan was
therefore formed 10 eject BANTER from
Office. The legality ol his election was TO
be contested before the supreme Court
the Court was TO issue writ Of quo war
Ianto; the Chiai Justice wa, to grant an
injunction, and pending the trial the Lier-
tenant-Guvernor, who is "A true disciple Of
CLAYTON, wa, 10 be installed i'm his place
rs Acting Governor, which would give the
CLAYTON men iuil swing What makes
this scheme particularly interesting is the
fCo' that the Iiculcunut-Governo ran on
the same ticket with the Governor who
was 30 be uusratrd ON thc ground that h,
had never been elected, although thr GOV.
oruor, according 10 the ofncial count re.
rciycd Tie most votes.
This was the plan, ana It wa, one cmi
rcutly characteristic of the Admini,tra
tion, thoueh perhaps not so entirely 70
gardlo,s of tlr forms of law a. that pur
sued i'm the case of KELLOGG. But j
appears lihely thut there may bc dnirult,
in carrying it into execution. Gov. BAXTEi
does not Woposc 10 he ousted, and has re
organized the State forces, putting SOM
Tcdoubtublc Ku-KluN chicftans in promi
ncnt positions, and hc declares his iuten
tion to retain his Office by force of arms
lie has taken possession of the state arse
nal, and intends to keep it, Meanwhile tn
citizens Of Arkansas are armiug 10 tuh
part in the expected conflict. Nearly al
the whites and the better class Of nCgroC
sustain BAXTER, who, although ncvc
legally elected, has refused to he the sui
servIent tool of the CLAYTON faction, Will
the majority of thcncgroes and the carpet
baggers will support the CLAYTON cliqu,
In this emergency, if actual hostlitit
occur, CLAYTON will probably cali o
'INhFi W. i''Nlsll Alb'I''' ull'l E'N Au'llls
The Supreme Court of Arkansas meet
to-day, aud action will probably bc take
in this matter. What that action will l.
may be Inferred from an article in the Lit
tie Rock Republican, written by Chef Ju
tice MCCLURE, who in addition to admin
istering Arkansas justice, is editor Of a
Administration organ. The Chief Justio
in his newspaper says 1--WE labored ngl
and day to put Gov. BANTER whore he IS
we not only lnbored, but put more none
into the canvass 20 secure his election tina
he was worth before he came into Ollic
We did this hoping to secure the pcrpetu
ton of Republican rule in this state. "
knew all this time that our money was II
on Thoroughbred, but on IA horse witho
apedigree. when the Republicans elect,
Gov. BAXTER, we thought we had elect,
man who would at least in the dstrb
tion Of his appointments ana polite
power recognize mcrtorious services
Republicans rather than the open oppO
tinn of Democrats, ana reward the sur
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