The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-29

OF the past four years was, Il seems. not 20 the
taste OF Ex-Governor Clayton.
MsoLEscE AND ASSUMPTION.
Without authority, that know Of other than
that OF native insolence or that of the assumed
leadership OF the republican party OF the
State. ne peremptorily demanded OF me
the disbandment OF the militia. UnwiIl-
Ing, confess. to ALLEVIATE from the
support Of my administration in times still peril
ous, the support Of powerful adhcrent hitherto
I'm profession, at ieas steadlast to me- and IN will
ting above all to anord so much Is pretext Tor
power. yielded my personal feelings to what be-
iieved to me my duty, and consented TO the dis
oandment In the interests OF peace. OF
established government Of my own political
obligations had now pressed forbearance and
acquiescence to their limits. Some who may have
censured me In thought for so doing may better
understand my course when they remember that
was Governor Of the Stale. bound In duty to
avoid, II possible, that very condition OF things
which now paralyzes for time our happiness and
prosperity, and that my final assent to the
arrogant demand was given only when Mr.. Clay.
ton, with an oath. declared that unless did SO
assent should never have the benefit OF the quo
scayvanto decision which Mr. Justice Stephenson
these days the threat needs no explanation. To
those who understand 1t comment Ia unnecessary
II Ia to this condition or things that the
tribunal Of which Mr.. Justice Stephenson
Is o member, after decision beyond
appeal once rendered in my favor, that the gen.
tlemen who held the state House by barricades
and cannon SO warmly urged me to resort. l am
quite content that the decision Of the Court on
record, ana do not greatly care to 60 out OF my
way in order again to submit the government OF
the State to the tender merctes OF Judge Stephen.
sons coat pocket.
A RUPTURE WITH THE SENATOR'S
Senators Clayton and Dorsey continued, In ap-
pearance at least my friends. suit instituted IN
the Puisski County Circuit court by Mr.. J. R. Berry
against Mr. stephen Wheeler, the present incum-
bent of the once OF Auditor for the possession Of
that ONCE, was terminated by q writ OF
prohibition issued out Of the Supreme Court
upon the same ground Of want OF iuris.
dlcton that was declared in the matter OF the
Governorship. the writ forbidding the Circuit
Court to proceed in its determination Of the ques.
| ton. The case stood IN precisely the same atti-
tude, with an account brought by Mr.. Brooks in
person against me before the same Court for tie
recovery OF the ONCE Of Governor and the emolu-
ments Of said ONCE. This latter case, settled in
principle by the Of the writ OF prohibition IN
the Berry and Wheeler case, was really supposed
to have been to all intents and purposes dropped
by the plaintiff. Mr.. Brooks. Counsel on both
sides had at one time agreed to dismissal Mean
time Senators Clayton and dorsey made their ap-
pearance in Little Rock. An Individual repre-.
senting himself rs their agent, called
upon me and requested, In their name,
my completely At the coming election
In frauds suncent 80 carry the state In their in.
terests.
FLAGRANr OFFERS 10 CORRUPT BAXTER.
ON receiving my refusal no dared directly t.
oner me, as the price OF such frauds, United
States Jndgeship. and. 20 use his own expression,
LAS much money as l wanted.n '.n too con-
l consctenrous''-sucn, believe, was his phrase-to
perpetrate in person the desired frauds, I was
to be granted the privilege OF leaving the election
In the hands OF the gentlemen referred to. ana my
reward was to te the same. Illness prevented my
reception at the time Of Senator Clayton Senator
| Dorsey l did see, and he did most certainly bear
upon my mind theimpression that he Endorsed and
sustained the corrupt offer which had been made
me. Bafied BY my refusal Senator Clayton for the
first time openly placed himself In conjunction
with Judge Mcclure. and In opposition 70 my I'd.
ministration the hitherto contending factions Of
Mcclure, Clayton and Brooks notoriously coalesced.
and the conspiracy, the results Of which have
chilled the prosperity Of the State ana involved us
| in bl0odshed, was conc0cted. the half for
gotten case OF Brooks vs.. Baxter in the Pulaski
the pretext OF rcbellion. The case stood upon the
demurrer to Jurisdiction in the absence or AM
counsel and without notice, the demurrer was
called up overruled In defiance OF previous de-
cisions Of the Supreme Court and Judgment OF
! custer rendered, the
CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF 4 COMMONWEALTH DErosRD-
If deposed he had been-by the order Of Court o
q county, and, as thing of routine, upon the mo
ton cali 1t is not matter OF wonder that every
respectable attorney at the capital, including
many hitherto the Jealous parttsans or Mr.
Brooks, at once united in the public actor
Of solemn protest against such proceedings
BY an extraordinary coincidence Mr.. Brook
and mis- friends were convenient to the scene
ofjudgment. without awaiting the issue or the
writ Of custer and upon the overruling OF the dc
murrer no moment or time was given for the Hing
Of an answer on the merits OF the case. These