Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-15
Ames at the Bottom OF II All, and the
Grant Administration Responsible
for Hitherto Aiding and Abetting
the Carpetbag Negroes.
What Ex-senator Peasc Knows about
AmeS-IncendiariSm in COahOma
COunty-Smith on His Trav-
els-COttOn-Field Thieves
Shooting at YickS-
burg-Etc.

/ New York TTtbaDe of Tuesday. edl;orIaIl
We presume it is not necessary st thi:
stage OF the present political canvass, OF
in the present political situation in tie
! country, TO call attention ID the fact
that the administration party has finally
| abandoned ali hone Of nsNing political
| capital from misrepresentation OF the
. condition OF affairs at the sOntb. and
living reports concerning outrages upon
( Republicans and intimidation Of negroes
/ il the southern States. And yet the
/ plain, unvarniskcG narrative of the feSis
| in the matter of the disturbances at
Friars Point, Mississippi, as given 10y
Senator Alc0ru. IN Celegcem to thy
editor OF the Tribune, furnishes so strik.
ing a comment upon the mischievQus
influence which has been exercised
upon the colOred people by the pursu.
I ance OF this Io,icy that we hope none of
our readers will neglect ID give IL q csrea
ful perusal. SeUa.Or Alcorn, though 8
citizen Oi Mississippi for many wears
| before the war, and southern
man in all his associations and
habits OF thought, is Rapub-
lican, and was elected by that party 10
the senate, after having been governor
OF the State, so that what he says may
ba relied upOa az at least free from the
bias with which an opponent Of the
party might be charged. His story of
the origin OF the trouble is impartial
and truthful, and, IS any enc who reads
it can see, entirely free from any parti-
san cOlOring. It disclOses q state of
things in the sction of Mississippi in
which these disturbances have occurred
which Is not pleasant 10 cOntemp ate,
but which, after all, is oniy the logical
and legitimate result OF the policy which
has been pursued by the administration
party for the past four or five years, of
arrsying the two races against each
other IN the strife for Office. The ne
groes Brown end Smith, one sher-
III and the other state senator. re-
ceiver OF public money, county super
lntendent OF education, and candidate
for the offices of circuit and chanCery
clerk, were only acting according 10
the light they had, and following the
examples set them by mea higher in
place and lighter in color in forming
saug little ring Of two, to administer
the affairs OF the county and feather
their own nests. They were only imi-
tating the example set them last year
by emissaries sent out from Washington
in inciting violence and a war Of races,
upon the strength of which they in
tended TO carry out their own purposes.
In the light of Senator Alcorn7s nara
tive the weakness OF the whole demon
stration is apparent. And yet there
were elements OF mischief in the move.
ment sufficient to make it dangerous
and 10 excite the gravest appTehensicns
OF law-abidiDg and weli-disposed cit.-
zens. What might have become of it
had Mr.. Williams been encouragement
instead Of Judge Pierrep0nt, and
had Governor Ames'4 call for
troops been responded ID Instead
OF denied, is question for thoughtful
men to consider. Many honest voters
last year were led to continue to support
the candidate Of the administration
party by the conviction that there was
no other course by which the c0lored
men Of the south could be protected in
their rights. The occurrence Of such
outbreaks as this al FTiars Point is bat
the natural crop of such instructions as
the negro politicians have had from lead
ers OF the Ames stripe. When they find
that Ames and his kind are djscOunte-
nenced instead Of beirg encouraged at
Washington, they will subside quietly,
and either earn an honest living or re-
ceive the treatment of vagr3nts.