Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-17
iAmes again on the War-PaIh.

From the New York sun, l4th.l
After an absence Of several months
from Mississippi, during which time the
negro lieutenant governor pardOned and
let loose oD the community q uumb-r of
the wolst black criminals from prison,
Governor Ames recently retuyned to the
State. His first important official acC
was to call upon the President for troops
to suppress q local riot which had &C.
cured at Clinton, but which he, as usu-
al, magnified into domestic violence ia
various parts of the State" without a
particle of Truth. The Well-knOWn act
of 1895 defines the cause for which eX-
ecutive Intervention may be asked snd
the manner of applying for it, as fol-
lows:
I'm case OF an insurrection in any
State against the government thereof it
shall be lawful for the President, on ap-
plication OF the legislature Of such State,
or of the executive when the legislature
cannot be convened, to employ such
part of the land or naval forces Of the
United Ststes as he deems neces ssry 10
suppress such il suTection.n
In his two applications for troops,
Ames does not even pretend that there
has been any insurrectiOn against the
any way appear that he made the least
effort to pull his wagon out Of the mud
before calling on Hercules for aid. That
would not have suited his purpose to
create an excitement on the eve of the
fell elections. The whole political power
of the State of Mississippi is now, ard
has been for years, in the hands of the
carpetbaggers and the negroes What
ever the government there is to-day,
they have made it. The blacks exceed
the whites in population by the last
census more than sixty-One thousand.
The militia of the State is organized,
Srmed and equipped, and under the
command Of the governor. The legisla-
ton OF the State has been shaped almost
exclusively for the advantage OF the
negro, and with a vindictive feeling
against the native whites, which Ames
and his associates have stimulated in
every way, in order to prevent harmony
between the two races, and to retain
power by drawing the colOT-line tightly.
This atrCciCus system Wss encouraged
at Washington in the interest Of Grant.
Troops and money were supplied upon
the demSnd OF an unscrupulOus COVER
nor, until the country revolted at such
practices, and compelled the admins
trstion TO release its lion gnp from the
throat CT the southern people. 1t is now
ascel sined beyond all doubt that there
was 10 disorder in either Of the three
counties upon which Ames based his
call for troops, except in the affIay at
Clinton, where the blacks outnumbered
the whites in the proportion of more
than one hundred to one. The prov0ca-
ton of that trouble came from a negro,
and the brutality with which three or
four young white men were murdered,
mut'lated, and their dead bodies robbed,
shows what fiendish passions were
aroused. On 8 former occasion Ames
declared. in the presence of scveral Of
mis- political friends, "the blood OF tWen-
ty-five or Thirty negroes would benefit
the Republican party.n That infamous
sentiment reflects the spirit OF his pO-
litioal conduct throughout, and
bis cruel disregard OF the lives OF
the Door creatures who have been
his dupes and instruments. While this
blOodshe1 OF CliDt ton may moi have been
il stigstsd, he was quick 10 employ il,
aud to fa'sify the facts for pOlitica use.
But the Misrepresentation was so pat
ent TO al the world, and - sJon over
taken by the truth, that the administ a.
ton was constrained to deny his de.
naaud, and to leave him exposed to the
contempt Of the country without help or
deferse. The bloody shiri has been
waved 100 of en- By demagOgues and
knaves TO produce any Imprt ssiOn on
the public mind but resentment toward
those who liz rslIt Intelligence by such
unworthy appea ; to prejudice aud pas
sion. The black man hss Cccupie / the
largest sha-e OF attention since the close
of the var, He has teen started fairly
has equal rights before the law, has