Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-04-17

/ tent have. l say to you that, SO far as
| In me lies, the ballot-box and election
machinery of the State shall never
again be made an engine OF fraud and
oppression as it was in 1872. This is
republican form of government, where
the voice Of the people should rule. And
so far as / am concerned, 1t shall rule
from this time henceforth, and so long
as / occupy the executive chair every
man shall have the free and undisturbed
right to vote as to him shall seem best,
and that vote once cast shall be counted,
as the man who cast it intended it
should be- Efforts nc doubt will be made
by designing men to convey the impress
sion that 1t is the duty Of the people to
rally to the standard Of man who no
doubt will claim he is governor of Ar
kansas, that you all know was not elect
ed, and who has no more right or claim
to the Office than any one Of you have
that was not candidate, for the purpose
of placing that man again in the execu-
tive Office. say frankly TO you that all
such attempts will lead to strife and
bloodshed, for l shall resist and suppress
the action of all mobs that may assemble
together under the banner or at the call
of Elisha Baxter. No man in the State
can more deeply regret strife and blood
shed than myself, bWt feeling as ] do
that self-government rather than self
aggrandiZement is in the issue, shall
employ every means at my command
to maintain its supremacy. Elisha Bax-
ter forced me from the legislature to the
courts, and thus far l have patiently
borne with the laws delay, a. all times
feeling that justice would be done meby
the judgment Of court of competent
Z IL H. Esw-..
office. When it is adjudicated that am
not there legally, will bow my head in
silence to the decree of the court, be it
what it may. The power that Elisha
Baxter used to force ME into the courts
l will use to make him respect its decree.
| To one and all l say, keep quiet and
pursue your different vOcations. Your
services are not needed at the capital to
preserve peace or good order. Should
the time come when they will be need
ed, you will be nOtified in due time
through the proper channels.
JOSEPH BROOKS,
Governor of Arkansas.
To-day the attorneys Of Governor
Baxter appeared in the circuit court and
moved to set aside the judgment of yes
terdsy; also, to correct the records Of
Monday, wherein it appeared that the
| demurrer in the case of Brooks Us. Bax-
ter was submitted by consent. These
motions will be argued tomorrow.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Governors
Brooks and Baxter have been telegraph
ed by Attorney-GeneraI Williams that
the President declines to interfere only
! to preserve peace in Arkansas.
The reports from Little Rock excite
! considerable interest here to-day. The
Republican members from Arkansas
called on the President and attorney
general to confer with them regarding
the trouble. Both the President and
Attorney General Williams were assured
that the question had already been set
tied in the courts, and that in the view
of the delegation this should be a final
decision.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The follow
ing telegram, in addition to that from
Governor Baxter, has been received
here:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, !
LITTLE Rock, ARK, April Is.
U. s. Grant, President:
Having been duly installed as COVER
nor of the State of Arkansas by Judge
ment of court, respectfully ask that
the commanding officer at the arsenal
be instructed to deliver to me the arms
belonging to the State now in his Gus
tOdy, or hold the same subject to my or
der. JOSEPH BROOKS.
After consultation between the Presi-
dent and the attOTney-general, the fol-
lowing kilograms were sent:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, /
WAsHINGToN, April Is.
Hon. Joseph Brooks, Little Rock:
am instructed by the President to
| say, in answer TO your dispatch to him
of yesterday asking that the United
| States commanding officer st the arse
nal be instructed to deliver the arms in
his custody, belonging to the State, to
you, or hold them subject to your order,
| that he declines to comply with your
| request, as he is not advised that your
| right to hold the office of governor has
been fully and finally decided by the
| courts Of Arkansas.
GIiO. II. WILLIAMS, Attorney General.
DEPARTMENT or JUsrIcE,l
WAsHINGrON, April Is.
| To Hon. Elisha Baxter, Little Rock:
! l am instructed by the President to
| say, in answer to your dispatch to him
/ of yesterday, asking for the support of
/ the general government to sustain you
| in efforts to maintain rightful govern
| ment in the State of Arkansas, that in the
| first place your call is not made in con-
/ formity with the constitution and laws of
| the limited States; and in the second
| place that as the controversy relates to
/ your right to hold State office its adju-
| dicatiOn, unless a case is made under the
/ so-called enforcement act of federal
/ Jurisdiction, belongs to the State courts
If the decision OF which you complain
! =, -, l.
/ son why it should not be reviewed and
q court decision obtained from the su-
/ preme court of the State.
/ GEO. Ii. WILLIAMS, Attorney-General.
LATER FROM LITTLE ROCK.
LITTLE Rock, April 16.-About dark
| this evening Governor Baxter issued the
| following proclamation, declaring mar
/ tial law in this (Pulaski) county:
PROCLANIATIoN-Wh an armed
/ rebellion exists in the county of Pulaski
against the State government, and it be-
| comes necessary TO employ all the force
at my disposal to suppress it; therefore,
( by authority vested in me by law, l
/ hereby proclaim the existence of martial
law within the said county, and COM
mand all persons capable of military
duty to assist in the putting down of
said rebellion. During the time that
martial law shall thus prevail every in
fringement of the right of peaceable
and well-GisposeG persons will be severe
| ly punished by whomsOever it may be
committed. The utmost respect shall
be paid by all persons to citizens not in
arms, and to their property, and to that
of the federal government. In testi-
mOny whereof, l, Elisha Baxter, COVER
nor of the State OF Arkansas, do hereby
set my hand, the private seal of said
State being now not accessible to the
governor Of the State. Done at Little
Rock this 18th day of April, A. ID. 1874.
ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor Of Arkansas and Commander-in-
Chief.
simultaneously with the issuance of