Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-11-21
ARKANSAS AGAIN.

Under the head of News by Mali we
publish this morning tolerably intelh-
,ible statement of the new trouble in
Arkansas, and which has again been
originated by those pestilent wretches'
he thieving. lying csrpet-baggers. The
result of the Arkansas election taught
those merceuary harpies that the time
for continuing their plunderings was
about to pass away forever, unless some
expedient was contrived to ar
rest their impending fate. So the Clay
ton.Dorsey gang of robbers bethought
themselves of the clumsy strategem OF
treating the late adoption Of the new
as null and void, as also the
elections had under it. To carry out
these schemes, this fellow v. V. Smith,
who had been elected Lieutenant Gov
ernor in 1872 under the old constitution,
claims that by the resignation OF Baxter,
that he (Smith) becomes ode jure' the
Governor of the State. Following the
usual plan of these knaves. Smith issues
n proclamation to the citizens OF the
State, and then telegraphs to Grant for
recognition. The latter parsonage is the
refuge and Deus ex-machina' OF all
these carpet bag scoundrels. They COM
NIT some outrage, effect some swindle,
cause somebody to be illegally arrested,
or perhaps murdered, and they fly at
once to Grant and his Attorney General.
Nine times out of ten these Federal OFF,
cials do Just as their villainous appli-
cants ask, and then the country is edited
with the usual tale Of Southern ontrages,
etc. 1t is time this state Of things was
brought to on end. Either the Southern
States ore invested with the right Of self
government, or they are not. If they
are, let them exercise it. u they
are not, do not any longer make farce
and mockery Of what should be the
sacred right of suffrage and relegate them
at once to a military or territorial rule.
This continual brawling by set of pest
ferrous swindlers like the carpet-bag offi-
cials of the South, is becoming beyond
endurance. They outrage every right,
all decency, every virtue, insult the very
name of liberty, let alone its substance
and render what should be the proud
and sacred privilege of being an Ameri-
can citizen, mockery and q reproach.
Here is the large and popnln"" 7s"'e Vi
Artansas. rhfun q few months since was
the scene OF petty war between two
contestants for Office. The struggle in
terrupted all business and the ordinary
avocations of the people, inficting an
immense loss of money, accompanied
with the sacrifice Of many lives. That
broil was commenced and carried on at
the instigation of the same vile set of
wretches, the Clayton-Dorsey crowd.
The trouble came to an end. copsti-
tutional convention was called, and the
result of its labors was afterwards adopt
ed by the people. Under it an election
was duly held and full staff of officers
chosen. This was all done, and it was
supposed that an era of peace and pros
perity was before the sadly oppressed
and long suffering people of the State
But no; up jumps another of this b snW
of robbers, in the person Of tbs claims
Smith, and by some When legal ouib.
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,na' ne 's {6eir purpose, it is delight
Itf to see how these carpet baggers will
boggle and stumble at some technically,
but when such considerations count
against them, they brush them away as
easily, as brawny armed housemaid
would few cobwebs. Probably the
most disgraceful part of the business is,
to see Grant and his administration PAN
der to the schemes Of wretches like Clay
ton, Dorsey and the rest OF their gang
By this means, Grant and his admins
tration have become directly responsible
for most of the constantly recurring
troubles that now afflict several of the
Southern States. In the Arkansas case
there has been two direct votes OF the
people upon the form of their govern
ment and the officers to carry it out, and
yet this vagabond Smith starts up, at
tempts to usurp the powers Of the State,
and then packs off to Grant and asks to
be supported. Every one knows that
this brawler would not have the impu-
dence to set himself up in opposition to
the expressed will Of large majority Of
the people of the State, if he did not ex-
pect to receive assistance from Grant
and his man Friday, Attorney General
Williams. What pass has the right Of
local self government come to in these
United States, when the tenant Of the
White House at Washington, can by
word make or unmake any Governor of
any State or any State government. II
that is to be the rule, in future Ameri-
can citizens might as we'll quit holding
elections and let Grant choose their off,
GERS and dictate the form OF government.
Talk about Casarism, the thing is here
already, and spreads its vast wings like
vampire over the broad confines of the
Southern States, and ere long will prob.
ably do the same in the North and West.
DURING the war it was reliable con.
traband that used to supplv the newsna