, 1875-02-07
ARKANSAS.
WARDS MINORITY REPORT,

Special Dispatch to The Caieaao Tribune.
WAsH1voroS, D. G., Feb. 6.-Ar. Ward, of T.
lnois, the single dissenting 1nomber Of the Com
mittee presents minority report. and takes IN
entirely diffarent view OF tho testimony. In bis
report he says:
II banditti or mob Of armed man mny take pos
session Ut Ste depose ita officers arrest its Judges
enco and MURDER provide it's way for holding and
Its officers to hold eetsous. and It's own otce1s
to de:lare the result and the fruit OF such @
Of such State and upon Congress. then
the present pretended Government Of Arkansas 1a
otherwise Those who will 1sal tho evidence must bs
satisfied that there \ reign OF terror throughout
Arkansas during the period in which the so-ced
entirely inconsistent with full and fair expression OF
the will Of the people on that subject.
After ass ring that violent acts were perpe-
trated in different p9rts of the State. Mr. Ward
continues:
- Hen in Office were impeached Without causa OF no
ticc and elected by military power: Property Of psi
vate ct:zens taken illegally and without compeu
satioo to tho owners. The Judges OF the Supreme
Court were arrested by arne force subjected to in
suit and abuse concealed, and finally spirited away to
be assassinatcd If any attempt should be made for
Of tnf5 man ths
co1ntry to awe and intimidato tho colorel people.
Even II their barbecues and jahilattons, men high
in command Of the so-calea militia, and at to head
thu tened ouiet and peaceabIe citizens With death by
hanging. baxter himself was daily mutterng his
curses and, surrounded by bis troops, selected be-
cause they desperate men md would fire on the
Supreme Court constantly uttered his profane threats
to arrest and hang driTa from the State the Last
Brooks man.
Attention is then called to some Of the moro
Objectionable featurea OF the new Constitution,
among which is the one orulttlng the clause iu
relation to loyalty. aad that III relation to the
recognition OF the sale OF school lands made un-
~
continues:
The Legislature hare inaugurated steps which LOOK
to tue practical restoration Of Slavery Bills have bon
introduced, rst, abo!shing the distinctions between
Sag1ancy felonies and punishable by imprisonment
in the Penitentisrg; second, setting up system OF
:, in t9 e3eh oo1ny ~ t Of H. sS
result Of these laws will be, that Ill coored men will
soon le driven from the sA.s, OF subjected to i'm
pr5soumeat
The report concludes as follows:
II these proceedings In Arkansas 60 unrehuked, aud
are allowed to stand as preceaent il American his
tory tuen Constitutions may be overhrown and tue
night Of maoses trampsd upon ty passt:s for any
edy. Il is 1eTotntion 1cz1lzed AMI secession
made easy. Te!s +,o3 5orn,al. ~ viii eP,!y a2;,y
Go,srnnent 1a Tbs fearful consequence to dow from
euch principle incorpo a:ed qto our law, need not
predict speculate upou- There can Be NJ stability
protection rceuztty mnortes, protection to
hbertJ. In this casa every form Of constitutions. aud
ITo tie Asscet1&ed Prees.I
THE AA1onl1T REPaHT.
WARRINGTON. D. e., Feb. 6.-Tos Select Con-
mittee Oh Arkansa, Affairs conclude their 1epors
~ follows:
Tho new Constitution we regard - Republican in
fo1u and in nsny respects Al taproTe1ntat upcR
that of 15es TIC conainitsee a1s Eas.nsd has the
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