Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-18
AnKAEsAs Is REnrErEn.

We congratulate the people OF our
near sister State on their delIverance
from usurpstion, despo.ism, boundless
extortion, fraud and villainy. After a
long tempestuous night Arkansas
emerges bright rs the morning sun
above the receding storm-clouds. The
State is free from corruption, free from
usurpation, free from Clayton and free
from military rule. All thanks to the
noble Baxter who has led the people Out
Of the wilderness. The deliverance OF
Arkansas sends a thrill Of joy 10 the
hearts OF Tennesseans. No mind can
now comprehend the future greatness Of
our sister commonwealth. Neville has
been breathed into her disordered IN
dustries. Her desE airing agriculture,
long robbed by carpetbag thieves, is in
spired with fresh courage. The climate
Of Arkansas is benigoant; her teeming
soil viii now be made 20 blossom with
all that makes a State rich. In q short
time the bleeding wounds Of this pros
trate young State will be stsuncbed, the
shattered limbs bound up and the peo-
pie viii be Joyous and happy in the
peace and measureless prosperity which
surrounds them. The telegrsphic dis
patches Of yesterday and the day
before tell as that the major
ity FOR Garland and the new
constitution viii reach serenity fUc thar
sand! Only think Of it, By fraud,
corruption and usurpation the voice Of
these seventy-five thousand voters mas
been stihed, and men in q small mi
nOrity have been declared As elected.
such infamy is enough 70 curdie the
blood Of every honest man. What
better argument could be addressed 70
prove that the State governments undei
Radical rule, the msnipulations Of the
carpetbaggers are mere frauds and usurp-
stions. IN every election for years, the
tax-paying people Of Arkansas have
voted by large mRjOrities for their
own deliverance, and in condemnation
Of their usurpers. Bot Clayton and ms
Infamous band have maintained power
by corrupting the baliot-b0x. In the re-
cent election, under the administrator
Of Baxter, the people had fair election
the whole fabric built up by the abuse Or
legislative power, force and fraud crum-
bled as ifi,y magic, and not a vestige
Of it is left, save the enormous debt piled
mp by rascality, and the bankruptcy OF
the tax-paying people, who have been
robbed Of their hard earnings by the THEW
ing bandits. The Democratic majority
in Arkansas is seventy-five thousandl I
And yet this State is made 70 vols To- 2
Grant and just such men as Clayton /
and his ring saw proper 70 name Was I
there ever such = mockery Of the ballot /
box? The result Of the recent election 4
in Arkansas-the majority OF seventy (
i've thousand against the kDaves who /
had plundered the people-clearly de-
monstEates to any reasonable person
that the small minority, who have SO
long maintained them selves in position
By the aid Of false registration, fraudu-
lent returns, and like devices, are even
worse men than they have been repre-
scented. And is IL strange that under
such circumstances the people have
been restless and continually seeking a
mode % relieve themselves Of these
POLITICAL robbers, and that this
tate Of affairs should sometimes
fraak out in scenes Of violence
,od 5ioodshed? II such a gov
,r,,peE. vas forced, by Federal bayonets /
/, Otherwise. upon either one Of the
,,.,.tl,ero states, it would not be tolerat-
! /. sIpgle month, and the loyal adher- j
ms III the great third-term project