New-York tribune., 1875-03-04
TIE PRESIDENTS ARKANSAS POLICY

GLOOMY FEELING IN TIE STATE CAUSED BY The
Observation-Disclosures OF VOTERS DENIED
HOPE OF A CHANGE IN NORTHERN 0PINIoN.
TO the EditOr OF The Trtbune
SIR: The country Is in a strange condition
when a few words from one mIn impaul the hoerVes
OF half asmon people II is not improDer TO say that
President Grants message on Arkansas has createda
gloom throughout this State not surpassed in darkness
by any ever created in Poland by an imperial uklse ls
astounding want OF logic and contempt Tor all the prn
ciples of free government only add TO its melancholy
i'm port lie says that the minority have been intIni
dated therefore the rule Of the majority must be over
thrown It has not generally been supposed thAt uhuer
our system OF government the minority ought 10 coh
troll But If being defeated at tue Daot-oox 1hey
may claim to rule under pretensc OF having Deeh luIu
dated and The President may decide whether ney nave
been intmdlted not and id3tfy their cIahOr OF noe
as he sees 1T improbable that every discounted
minority may make i similar appeal, leaving the Pres-
dent the privilege OF confirming or annuing All cleo
tIons at VIII. But abou: this f.3t of intimidation.
When tnc CARPET ggers Texas undertook TO over
turn Constitution Of tha state they taeGrapned
The President Tor al gip& some intOrnltlos IN thc
election; but the Attorney General rephed mat as theS
had part In the election 'hey ouTht 90 !nl1 II,
results Fr0p this carpet bdcgers TOOK hcr cue s
Summer. Clayton, ID irsey Mcclure, et ~ gcHuS omnc
held u convention and resolved NOT 10 VOlc III Tue
coming election that they might not De estOppeu rs
thor Texas brethren had been. Tdi' was mere ruse
They knew Gen. Grant says. that they were muoy
ana would stand chance ia 1ir election Bu IN lew
counces they had mdjoriles. rHey tad II privately ~.
dcrstnOd that they would veto rywherc against INC
cOustitutiOn and that they wOul run canulues Nhci
ev,r hoy had a chance Of eecnS item, and thIs they
elected some Is Or 90 members OF the COusttutGha CoI
ventiOn-sOme white ANA some DiAck men, ,iOWtHcr
they pretend that they did not vote az all during
the examination here before the Poland Committee Que
of attorneys tor Brooks alleged thaI me M leau-
had been intiuddtcd and kept from VtlnI a. tn 'neh
recent elecuons upon winch Judge P0land sa!u ,i
strange tnat you say lnl1 5ou w. @ , 40
and kept from voting, when vo assert hat you au uc
tcrmined not 20 vo,e IN any event"
20 much the Intimidation Of the minority OF "h'cA
the President speaks. - 4. Ill.,
Bat the President says that it IS dangerous 20 alow
tine people OF this STATE 10 lot any ne" ' ~
lest they may violate the pledges made uhucr the re-
construction laws out II - not cou'enueu W any % orI
that the Constitution OF 1874 Is NOT III perfect accoTu
with the Federal Constitution, amendments and Az 40
pun IN "A people for Ohense winch contesscdy theV
have not committed Il an act wn'ch eau hTuf We @ s
fed in morals, statesmanshp or reason You peopT W
the North been very nuch messed anu "e are tu
of it, Long may your fields yield their prohhc crops
your industries your sous anu daughers grow
m peace You quite free Go aud thank God at once
You known the fearful scourge OF suc gov
full sense which comes only OF experience now ulucn
worse famine. pestieuce, all sorrow III Is 70 naNe
and most the other officers men OF sun lower
scale Of being udalgng IN rapine ana rODDTes, ress
ia rolled backward: aud the paohc n, we"iIe tbe
is gaqgrened Montesluiea saId sal roI ahat sreS ,ue
as ours that when OF the states has lo! ne, oeI
the others will help her 20 te We @ w
bittered against that they want 10 see our nus e
iIr.n inpaverIshed or wandering homeless Is this
the result OF years OF peace feel that TINS u not
go and that interests bound up In the presfu
problem as must transcend that party spirit when
formerly baptized the whole country In olood-suca in
rrcst as mus later affect every citizen OF tue
RepubIic. The President also said tha5 BfOoHs was
counted by fraud but he did not mention tnl he
fraud was committed by Clayton Dorsey, and Mcclure
who are now seeking to overthrow the state doseru'
lpent on tnat account As for the lrreguary Oh Tue
manner OF adopting the Constitution, we nave the
opinions iurists Judge Jamlson judge Cooley
and Mr.. OCOuor that there are % state constitutions
ma fe IN precisely the same manner. b.
LtE!e Rock Ark, Frb. 10, 1915