The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-30
NUMBER II.


The - 'lirindie-Ealisss and - Alinsfrelss' on
the War-Path-rhe Situation az
! last Accounts.
A dispatch from Little Rock gives thu
following summary of the existing con
test between Baxter and Brooks, for The
control Of the state government Of ar
/ kansas
Col. Rose, communicated the United
! States forces, has taken possession 81
the telegraph Office, and opeDed it (
the public, relieving Gov. Baxter's
guard. BE hEs one company stationed
at the Ashley House, where the tele-
graph Office is located, and has inter
ferred to such an extent with Gov.
Baxter's military operations that he
can make no forward movement on the
state-house.
In consideration of this fact, Gov.
Baxter has sent the following dispatch
to the president
A few days since, in the absence of
my counsel, ard at time wholly uncx
peoted, the circuit Judge of this coun-
~, court of inferior jurisdiction, rem
dered judgment in favor of Brooks
against me for the Office of governor oi
this state, and ttst without notice to
me or my conns,l ]. I was at once forci-
bly, put out Of my Office, aud that with
out any pretense Of 3 writ being served
on me. All this was done, too, after
the supreme court of this state had
twice decided that no court IN the state
had Jurisdiction Of the case at all, and
the legislature alone had jurisdiction.
At once, on being elected from the Of
fee, took steps to restore myself, TO oget
possession of the Office, and to carry on
the government The people are COM
ing to my aid, and are ready to restore
me at once. In making this organiza-
ton am obstructed by tile interfer-
ence of the United States troops in
displacing my guards from the tele-
graph Office, and now il is apprehendea
that there viii be further in erterence.
Such interference breaks me down and
prevents any effort on my part to re-
store the state government, and to pro
tect the people IN their rights.
begof you to modify any order to
the extent of such iBteFference, and
leave me free TO act IN this way to re-
store Law and peace as the legitimate
governor of the state. Such interfer-
ence does not leave me any chance TO
assert nay claim to the Office of COVER
nor in the interests of peace and of
these people who are hocking here 10
my support by the hundreds. beg
of you to remove the United States
troops back TO the arsenal, and per-
init me to restore the legitimate gov
ernment by my own forces, which
viii do promptly if the United States
viii not interfere. There is an armed
insurrection against the legal state
governments here, and cali upon you
to aid in suppressing it; but if you
viii not, then leave me free to act, and
order the United States troops without
an hours delay 80 their own grounds
and keep them out of my way. l have
been thwarted and delayed thus long,
and elected from my Office, because of
the fact that had heretofore disbanded
the militia of the state.
I make this earnest demand to repress
in urection and prevent domestic vio-
lence, under my sense of duty to the
constitution and laws of the United
States, as we'll as the state OF Arkansas
and / rely confidently, as have all the
time, upon the assurance contained
in your letter Of September 16, 1873,
to prevent the overthrow Of my official
authority by illegal and disorderly pro-
ceedings. Immediate answer is re-
quested otherwise bloodshed may be
the result. ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor of Arkansas.
The governors forces have been in
creased several hundred. The streets
are full of armed men. Brooks has
Withdrawn all his sentinels to a
point inside his barricade at the state
house. The troops of Gov. Baxter are
very eager to attack the place, and are
only prevented from doing so by the
presence Of the Ua ted States troops.
Late dispatches from Washington
are more than favorable to Gov Brooks,
and say that Baxter, in putting him
self above the law, has Undertaken
task that must prove disastrous.