Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-04-29
THE ARKANSAS MIDDLE.
Gov. Baxter 10 President Grant-Plain
Talk from the Governor.

In a dispatch to the President Oh the
10th inst, Gov, Baxter, after reviewing the
history of his litigation with Gov. Brooks,
says in reference to the position of the
United States troops:
At once, on being elected from the office,
| took steps to restore myself, to get pos
session of the office and to carry on the
government. The people are coming to
my aid, and are ready to restore me at once,
In making this organization, / am OBJ
structed by the interference of the United
States troops in displacing my guards from
the telegraph office and now IL is appre-
hended that there will be further interfer-
ence. Such interference breaks me down
and prevents any effort on my part to re-
store the State government, and to protect
the people in their rights.
beg of you to modify any order to the
extent of such interference, and leave me
free to act in this way to restore law and
peace as the legitimate Governor of the
State. Such interference does not leave
me any chance to assert my claim to the
Office of Governor in the interests of peace
and of these people who are fiocking here
to my support by the hundreds. L beg of
you to remove the United States troops
back to the arsenal, and permit me to re-
store the legitimate government by my
own forces, which / will do promptly If
the United States will not interfere.
Speaking of the merits of the contest,
the Memphis Aoayanche says:
The public interests of Arkansas are
safest in Governor Baxter's keeping and,
while viewing it as still an open question
whether he or Brooks was actually elected
-one to be decided only by a closer
analysis of the character of the vote than
was made at the time-we trust he will be
" OCT q liGb ri nl1 m ffaa
he has held for sixteen months. But,
whatever the final decision, the conflict is
but another illustration of the evil ten
dency of mere political craftsmanship in the
management of public affairs.
Brooks is an extremist, violent. reck-
less agitator, who delights in turmoil and
strife, in which he is more than willing tc
take the chances. Baxter, ON the other
hand, has proved himself safe, conserva,
tive Governor, unlikely to do anything
rash, or hurtful to the public interests, and
consequently has won a popular conf.
dence not possessed by any other Chief
Executive since the war.
On the other side, Little Rock CORE
spondent of the st. Louis Democrat says
Congratulatory dispatches have beer
pouring in during the day from all parts o
the State. offering aid in men and materia
to Gov. Brooks, and counseling firmnes
in maintaining his position at any cost
All parties and classes write in common
dation of his course, as Of right over usur
patton.
Washington authorities defer to tn
judgments of the State courts, but com
mand United States troops to enforce Law
and order and prevent bloodshed.
The judgment of the Circuit Court wa
to-day made final ny Judge Whytock
with no appeal nor motion for superseded
by BaXter's counsel.
1t is universally admitted by all partie
that Governor Brooks was elected by ma
jority of votes at the gubernatorial election
fact which Baxter himself has repeated
iy admitted, but claiming the office b.
virtue of the non-action of the last Genera
Assembly.