Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-07

to the people at Searcy on the twenty
ninth OF September, he Is there reported
in the Gazette, Of this place: "He allud-
ed 10 the false prophets who had pre-
dicted that when the Democrats and
Conservatives obtained power they
would ignore the rights Of the coiored
people, and put An end to the system of
free schools, and and quoted from the
Bew constitution those parts Of the bill
of-rights that guarantee to all men alike,
regardless Of race, color or previous con-
dition Of servitude, all the rights OF free
men, aud perfect equality before the
law; and he said that If he should be
elected governor he would use all the
powerthe office gave him to carry out
those provisions In good faith and to the
fullest extent. He read the ar
ticle providing for the establish
ment and maintenance OF a sys-
tenn of free schools in the State, and
said 1t was obligatory upon the general
assembly, and that the tax authorized to
be levied was ample TO support good
system Of free-schools, for both the
whites and the blacks, throughout the
State. He said that it was q matter in
which we were all interested; that it was
a necessity the negro should be educated,
both for his own protection against bad
and designing men, like those who have
hitherto had him in tow and for our pro-
lection against his ignorance thus mis-
guided. He said he would recommend
20 the legislature and use all his intlg-
ence toward the establishment and sup
port Of a good system Of free
schools" Other portions of the
Searcy speech are equally as
liberal, just and progressive as the
one given above. The future policy of
Mr.. Garland rs governor of the State,
which be foreshadOws in his speeches,
and his style Of speaking, and being free
from slang and vulgar, vindictive abuse,
show him to be an elevated man, some
thing more than a politician-a states
man. We think, however, that he is so
far ahead of many Of his supporters,
that he will find much opposition in his
own party, after he is elected governor.
There are in Arkansas, as in all the ex-
treme southern States, thousands of men,
some Of them leading men, who are op-
posed 70 q common school system, and
would destroy it entirely, il they had
the power. II is true, they are mostly
old men, but they have influence, and
cannot, and will not, give counteDance
and support to anything that had its or
igin in New England, as the common
school system in the United States did. !
These men were in the late Arkansas |
convention, and 1t was
through their influence that the Office of
superintendent of public schools was
abolished, and the general school tax
was put down to two mills on the do
lar. We differ with Mr.. Garland about
hn cFTfff nj ~ fhak far 20 70
with q common school system, should |
be without a State superintendent. |
After Mr.. Garland is installed as gov
ernor, as he no doubt will be in Novem-
ber, he will find, we predict, that he |
will hsve the Bourbons to encounter il |
he sticks to the policy be foreshadows, |
and it is to be hoped that he will, for
just such policy is the one needed for |
Arkansas, and the only one that will |
give it prosperity in the future. He will |
be in position to overcome the BOur- |
bons in his own party or OF the Demo- |
cratic party. II he yields to them inn
migration will be stopped, capital will |
be driven from the State, the school |
system will be crippled, or destroyed, |
and the State will stand still or retro |
grade. TIMoN,
LOOK OUT FOR BOGUS CONSTITUTIONS.
We understand the Republicans have
printed, as nearly as possible, a fac |
siHsiie of the new constitution. as printed |
in pamphlet form by this Office under |
the supervision of the secretary of the |
with several provisions so
altered and distorted as to mislead ignO-
rant voters. For instance, in the clause |
on franchise, they have inserted a Sec
tiOn which requires property quslifi-
cation for voting-that is, that no man |
can be voter who is not worth five |
hundred dollars in real or personal prop |
erty. We warn the people against any |
bogus instrument of this kind. There |
is no such provision in the new eonsti- |
tuition. Here is the provision under the |
head of franchise and elections" in |
article three, which fixes the qualifies- |
ton of voter:
Section l. kVery male citizen OF the United |
States, or male person who has declared his |
Intention of becoming citizen OF the same, |
OF the age of Jwenty-One years, who has re- |
sided in the state twelve months. and in the |
Young PreclheL, or ward one month next pre-
pose 10 vote, shall be entitled 20 vote at all |
elections by the people.
Thus it will be seen that every elector |
having the qualification prescribed above |
{ citizenship is made an electOr no matter |
whether he owns any property or net.
A wINDFALL.
Colonel John G.. Ryan, of Pine Bluff, /
has, after considerable delay, |
obtained possession of the will OF his
late brother, General W. A. G. Ryan,
made on the day before he was executed
by Burriel, in Cuba; and that by his
will the colonel comes into possession |
Of property valued at not less than one
aud fifty thousand dollars.
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION.
Hot SPRINGS, October . "A large and /
Indignation meeting was
held here this evening, and the Little
Rock Republican was denounced by |
both parties for its abuse OF the citizens
Of this place.
ESCAPE OF THE HOT SPRINGS HIGH
wAYMEN.
A few days since we published the re-
port OF an interview with Colonel John |
Bartholomew, superintendent OF the Ell |
PasO stage line, who was one of the pur-
suers of the Hot Springs highwaymen
When his party abandoned the pursuit /
the robbers were in the nation, and were
followed by Colonel Sumpter, sheriff OF
Garland county. Since then nothing
.,.- haI kaar, laarnaa of tha ,,,rra1,it