Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-12

the same. i urgently request that al
armed forces on both sides be disbanded,
so that the legislature may act free from
any military pressure or inhueLce. Inc
/ United States forces will give all neces-
sary protection to the legislature, and
! prevent, as far as practicable, all ylo-
! ience and disturbance OF the public
/ peace. Answer. .. s. GRANT.
/ BAxTER's REPLY.
LITTLE Rock, May Ito the above
/ dispatch Governor Baxter promptly re-
sponded, as follows:
LITTLE Rock, May II.
ToU. 8. Grant, President:
There is almost q quorum Of both
houses of the legislature present, and
they have power under the constitution
to adjourn from day TO day until they
have a quorum; and they can adjourn
no longer until they have a quorum.
When they have a quorum I am in IA
yOr of their adjOurning as long as they
please, until every supposed Brooks adj
herent is present. With this under
standing / will disband my troops in
the same proportion that Brooks may
disband his, but for the meeting
of the legislature at the usual place.
Mr.. Brooks must quit the statehouse,
and get as far from it west as am east,
and deposit the State arms in the State
armory, and let the statehouse and pub
lie buildings be turned over at once to J.
Nj. johnson, the secretary of state, to
whom, under the law, they belong.
ELISHA BAXTER,
Governor OF Arkansas.
THE LEGISLATURE WANTS FEDERAL
PROTECTION.
The following dispatch was forwarded
to the President this morning:
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, May 10, 1874.
To the President Of the United States, Wash
ington, D. G.;
We, the undersigned, members Of the
legislature of this State, have come here
to meet under the call of Governor
Baxter, on tomorrow, and we wish to
meet and settle the troubles now exist
ing here, as the country requires it, and
we respectfully ask the protection of the
general government while we meet and
deliberate. We hold the matter should
not be postponed, and all that we can
do to have q fair and honorable adjust
ment shall be done, and unless we are
protected there may be blOOdshed here
in very short time, and the conse-
quenee no one can tell. We are all
satisfied there viii be a quorum OF the
legislature present tomorrow under the
call of Governor Baxter, and we are
satisfied a quorum would be here now
were il not for the unwarranted seizure
and suppression of trains on the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad, neces-
sarily delaying members Of the legisla-
ture from the northwestern portion Of
State.
ISigned by Senators Scott, Askew,
Pollard, Jones, and others, and twenty
odd representatives.
The above dispatch was Endorsed by
thirty-fiye or forty members of the legis-
lature.
Governor Baxter to-day received about
six hundred reinfOrcements, among
them about two hundred colored men
from Jefferson county. The city is a
perfect military camp, and almost every
business house is closed.
LITTLE Rock, May l0.-GOvernOr
Baxter refuses to accede to the PROPOSE
tions submitted by the encouragement
Of the United States for a settlement of
the pending difficulty, giving the fol-
lowing reasons for such refusal: First,
he submitted substantially the same
propositions to Brooks, some time ago,
and they were Indignantly rejected,
Brooks announcing that he would have
nothing to DO with the legislature, that
it had no jurisdiction, aud he would not
recognize il or anything it might do.
Baxter alleges that there is a quorum Of
the Legislature now here, Assem- bled un- /
der his call, with the Presidents assur- |
ance of protection, and that they will /
meet tomorrow and determine the ques- /
ton. HewiIl recommend the call of a I
convention, with view /,
to re-submit the whole question to vote |
of the people.
Mr.. Brooks has not signified what he |
will do, but from the position heretofore
taken by him ne will refuse to accede to |
the attOrney-genera's proposed settle
ment.
BROOKS AND BAXTER TO ATTORNEY ]
GENERAL WILLIAMS.
WASHINGTON, May l0.-The follow
ing telegram was received here tonight
in response to dispatches sent to Arkan-
sas conveying plan Of adjustment for
the impending trouble there:
LITTLE Rock, May 10.
To Hon. George II. Williams, AttOrney-Gen-
eral JniJed states.
SIR-Yours Of this date submitting a
for the settlement Of the
trouble in Arkansas, Is received and
fully considered. A similar proposition
in all respects, except 50 far as relates TO
a joint call Of the legislature, was sub
mitted by me some two weeks since and
rejected by Brooks. l cannot consent
to anything that will in whole, or part,
recognise Brooks as governor. Either
am governor or L am nOtsgovernor. The
legislature has been called together fOr
the eleventh of this month. The mem
bers are rapidly assembling, with nearly
a quorum present. Now, with the be-
lief that they will receive the protection
of the general government in their
meeting and deliberations, l could
not lawfully disperse them, even
If / would, nor have l any
means of compelling legislature, that
might be convened under a Joint call, to
conform to the terms proposed. The
legislature might as well meet now, and
act under my call, because it might not |
return two weeks hence; and, in the 4
We are in confusion, with no I
governor, and in a state of I
war. To dispose Of all these matters / 4
have called the legislature for the elev-
enth instant, under the conviction that
it would assemble, and be protected by
the general government.
/ now renew my appeal to the Presi-
lent to protect the legislature now call
sd. II the legislature meets now, the
question may be submitted to it fairly,
and will abide its decision fully. l am,
therefore,, constrained to decline the
lerms proposed.
ELISHA BANTER,
Governor Of Arkansas.
BARRING Cross, May 10.
To Attornev-G General Williams washington. I
Your dispatch submitting a PROPOSE
ion to submit the question of who was
luly elected governor, and TO refrain from
Farlike demonstrations until the con-
est is finally decided by the legislature
II the national government, as proposed
n your dispatch, is accepted. My claim
o the governoTship OF Arkansas has al
'esdy ueen adjudged in the circuit court,
md my right 10 exercise the Office de-
dared by the supreme court in a pro-
seeding where the main question at is
,ue was, who is governor Of Arkansas?
[ feel 50 confident OF my election and
he justice Of my claims, that | am will
ing TO submit the question TO any Of the 4
tribunals you have named, apd peace /
fully abide a determination, at all times I
asserting that the only tribunal that can
have or has the right to c0nstrue the |
is the supreme court Of the /
State, which in its late decision in the I
case OF Brooks against Page, determined .
that the circuit court had both the power /
and the jurisdiction to adJ udicate my /
right to the office.
JOS. BROOKS, Governor Of Arkansas.
These dispatches will be submitted to .
the President by the sttoHney-general.