Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-13


Alter the supremacy OF law has
been established, and those who
were legally elected are free
I Once more 20 discharge their official du-
ties, it will be necessary to ascertain how
far Sere were any just grounds for COM
plaint against the sheriff or other Off
clals, ana il 50 public opinion will de-
mand, with irresistible force, that there
shall be no shelteTing Of criminal or il
legal acts behind partisan power. But
until this armed rebellion has been sup
pressed and the authority of the COVER
nor and other legally elected officers is
completely recognized and respected,
there is nothing to be done but to put
down force with force. It appears that
the governor, deeming extraordinary
measures necessary, has called an extra
session Of the Legislature. Meanwhile.
the forced resignation of the sheriff has
been accepted, and a new election or
dered.
From the New Orleans Republican, l0ih.l
Their chest friendsn taugh; the ne
groes of Vicksburg how 20 vote last Au-
gust, and are now finishing their eduea-
ton by teaching hem how the ballots
obtained through threats. force and
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city Of Vicksburg they have safe white
majority, and it is the boast Of the press
reporters that "not single city darkey
had behaved badly during the whole
fussu But Warren county, which in
cludes Vicksburg, is Of another complex
ion. Two years ago, at 3 general elec-
ton, the people Of this county elected
the regular officers, including a sheriff
He happens, by the meTest chance, TO
be c8iured. AT the municipal election,
held since, the whites, with the assist
ance of the "city darkeys," F" who are not
behaving badly, carried the day, and
have been ever since devising ways and
means 10 Gust the sheriff and all others
vino hold by virtue Of the oveTpOHering
Warren county vote. Not being able to
sustain a charge of malfeasauee against
the sheriff, they were forced to attack him
upon mis- official bond. It was declared
all Of a sudden and announced dOgmat-
ically that the suTeties were not worth q
cent. ThereupOn they proceeded to kick
up hub bUb and lock the sheriff up in
his own Jail. 1t would not have an
sWeYed their purpose TO rule him into
court, as they ought to have done, for
then he might either have proved his
suretles to be good, or given others, aud
thus secured another uigger in office.
None Of this for the gallant Vicksburg-
eTs. They appealed to bullets amt bar
ricades, and up to last accounts had pro-
gressed as well as they could have anti
cipsted. Forty or fifty Warren county
negroes have been killed, and the sheriff
has promised to resign. BY the time
their best friends get through with
the bloody business in hand, the
country darkey will be ready to vie
with his city brother in amiability.
In the meantime, we hear pOrtentOus
rumOr from Washington, which Tevives
the Oft-repeated story Of martial law,
both FOR Louisiana and Mississippi.
Other States may be included, though
not yet mentioned. If this congress
will make some such provision by which
TeC3lcitraDt States can be put at once
under the control of the military arm of
the government, and make apprOpTia-
tons for two years, very different
phase Of affairs will soon be developed
in several Of the southern States. We
are satisfied that some heroic measure
viii be resorted to by the present con-
gress to check the progress Of the war
made ali through the south upon the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments.
From the st. Louis Democrat. llth.1
The mayor Of Nicksburg, while his
name it is 0Lesry, must be cousin Of
the poor Woman's COW which set Chica-
20 on FIRE. For tie is q bully, and he
kicks, and his rhetoric is highly infiam-
atoTy. Perceiving that the duly elected
governor Of the State had issued a pro-
claDaation, he issues another, declaring
that 'fheTe has been no riOtOus assem-
biage in this city, that "the recitals in
the governors proclamation are nleretri-
ciOus and mendacious, and unjust to the
last degree and that the c0lOTed citi-
zens outside the city who, being organ
lied under authority of the State, are
marching toward yieksburg, must 'dis-
perse and retire TO their homesw Well,
who is governor Of Mississippi at this
writing, and is his name, perchance,
O'LesTy? The majority OF the voters
thought they elected an other man.
MT. O'Leary is a riOter himself. So
completely is he destitute OF all sense of
what a government of law requires that
he does not know what riotous assem-.
blage is. Ii was his swCTn duty, if he
only knew it, when certain persons as
sembled at the courthouse with their re-
vOlvers to cOerce county officers into
resignation, to arrest every one Of
those persons as a laW-breaker and
disturber of the peace, and, if necessary,
to shoot every one Of them. II he had
possessed as much sense of the decen-
cies of civilized life as an ordinary hog
has of cleanliness, be would have known
that be was disgraced in the eyes of all
law-abidiDg citizens if he permitted
such an sssenblage to occur and 10 work
its viii without interference from him,
the executive officer OF the city But
probably O'LeaTy himself led the mob,
With small park of artillery strapped
about him. We get pretty clear glimpses,
at times, from such prOclamati0ns as
this OF OLeary, and such dispatches as
the one calling One-fifth OF the voters
" the citizens" Of the conceptions of
self-goVernment which prevail in the
supposed tO-bepreconstTucted States.
They indicate that some people there
ab0uts have about as much respect for
law, and the same reverence for brute
force, rs a Digger Indian. The mayor
of Nicksburg seems 10 be one Of that
benighted class.
From Tie Mobile Register, 10TH
In another column We publish q full
account OF the several engagements had
at NicksbuTg between the white eiti-
zens, the property holders and owners Of
the city, and several bodies of negro
troops. As usual, this conflict is brought
about bya carpetbagger-Ames, and a
corrupt negro leader, Crosby. Both of
the Nicksburg papers-the Republican,
as well as the Democratic, donOunce the
course Of Crosby, and lay the blame at
his door. The people have constitu-
tiOnal right to assemble and petition for
a redress Of grievances. They met and
asked. the negro sheriff TO resign. They
bad the best Of reasons for preferring
this request. He signs his resignation,
and then attempts 10 remain in Office bV
calling 10 his aid an army OF negroes.
Amss, the sOn-ln-law of Butler, incites
the deluded negro to the violent course
be bas seen proper TO pursue. The con-
duct Of the whites appears to Us 30 have
been perfectly proper. LaWless sssem-
blages OF men, marching in arms upon
peaceful city, must be met
as Cicero met CataliBe with his
army Of freedmen as they advanced to
the assault Of Rome. The dissolute, the
pariahs o. society, the seifishly ambi-
tious, have always and in all ages OF
history gathered 10 their banners the
ignorant and sensu0us, and the easily
daped freedmen. Very seldom have
they ever won victories with such a mot
ley following. They will not win at
Vicksburg. A handful OF determined
men are defending the homes of that
historic city. Once more will the negro
discover that he is constantly being
urged TO deeds Of desperation to keep in
office a few wortbless villains, while
those who incite bis blind fury, leave
him to bis fate IN the hour of danger.
VIII he never cease 10 dash his head
against the solid wall which the white
man pTesepa? Successfully he has lost
to the dominion Of bis race the States OF
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Georgia, Texas and Askansas; he has
broken hmr strength in Louisiana; he
1has been hurled from his seat ia Ala.
bama, and dashed to the earth
rs q pigmy under the hand OF
giant. Perhaps Providence Is maxi
ing him mad ALSO in Mississippi,
prior to his destruction. Let tha 2isste
people Of Mississippi seizs this oppoItun-
ifV tn racorniga fhe cOlofline which has