Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-14

dictstiou q charge Of bTibsry sgaiIs
Colonel q Wiley Wells, thsn Unite
States district attorney, row Republics
member OF congress, ard q strong pei
sonal enemy Of Ames. 1t is proven b.
the records that French did give 70 III
governor such a charge, and that b
afterwards gave to Wells q most abjac
and humble apology for and retIa otiOl
Of 1t. Wells s~ears that French tell
him st the time the retraetion va
given that Ames had compelled him t,
sligo the charge IS the price OF hi
(Ames's) approval Of the penitentiary
coDtacts, French now denies this-sC
that the truth Of this specification turn
upon question Of verecity between
these two distinguished Republicans.
SiSth--Tha removal Of Chancellor w
B. Feyton. There was pending bsfor'
Chancellor Peyton suit TO which The
State was a party, and in which the
governor felt much solicitude. The ar
! Eument Of the case having closed, snC
The matter taken under advIsemeDt ia.
til the following morning, the attorneys
fof the State called that night on the
| governor aud informed him that they
feared an adverse decision. The COVER.
| nor sent, at nine O'Clock st night, fol
Chief Justice Feyton, the father OF the
! chancellor, and urged him to use his
influence with his son to procure 8
| favorable decision. Il is said that the
| venerable chief Justice forgot fox once
| the Christian thickness Of his manners
and turned loose on his excellenoy some
! expressions much more D inted than p0-
lite. The son decided the case adver5e
to the governors wishes and was re-
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pesled- 10 the supreme court and the
chancellor's decision declared correct
and affirmed,
Sev5nth-Ihe removal of Chancellor
brennan. One A. 4. Morgan The OF the
negro wife) was elected sheriff o, Yssoo
county. His opponent, the former sher
if (boTh Rsdicals), refused to surrender
tbs office. An armed collision ensued,
In which Morgan killed his opponent.
After long and IStient trial on hGbeG8
corpus, Chancellor brennan refused
Morgan bail. He was forthwith dis
missed from his position, and new
chancellor appointed who admitted
Morgan to baiI, Before his remova!
from Office, Chancellor brennan al.
pointed q sheriff pro tempore, Wills
Morgan was in js'l, IS Ee was author
lied by law to 40. After his removal
from Ofiice, he called on the governor to
ask its Cause, and was informed that he
was removed b cause he had refused TO
bail Morgan, aud because the party
whom he had appointed sheriff pro ten.
pore was q Democrat,
Eighth-The removal of Chancellor
Christian. Mr.. Christian was confessed
~ the ablest chancellor in the State.
Having been removed be called upon
his excellency to learn the cause, ard
was informed that it was because he had
no stump speeches for the Republican
party Ia the canvass Just Gle ssd, aid be-
cause he had failed to send to the Re-
publican State executive COMMITTEES the
amount OF money assessed by said con-
mittee against him in common with all
the officeholdsrs OF the State.
Ninth-The appointments 10 the posi-
lions Of chancellOrs, of Cullens, Abbott,
Baton, Stone and Breck. These men
were not lawyers when they were ap.
pointed chaucellOrs, or II lawyers, they
were licensed as such at the same time
they were appointed chanceIiors. One
of them, Baton, had beer guilty of
forgery, and the governor wss spprized
of the fact before the appointment was
made.
TeDth-DirectiDg Peter Crosby, the
colored sheriff OF Warren county, to re-
turn TO that county and arm the negroes
thereof, and attempt the capture OF the
city OF Vieksburg and the re gaining of
his Office by fofce. Crosby bsiDg ia
Office, without any sufficient bond, re-
signed his office in Obedience to the de-
mauds of q large meetinS of the tax.
payers OF the county. He proceeded to
Jackson and Represented to the COVER
nor that ne hal been forced to resign
aud to fee for his life, by an armed
mob. A meeting OF prominent Repuo.
licaDs was convened for consul alton at
the executive mansion. The attorney
general of the State being PIE ;ent and
called on for his opinion, advised that
CFosby's resignation, il extorted from
him by force was not binding, and that
he could regain his Office through the |
courts. he therefore couuselied resort |
to legal measures. This advice was con
Cured in by a number OF those present. |
The governor advised that Crosby should |
return to the county, summon an armsd |
body of followers and recspture bis
office by. force. Crosby became much |
st this suggestion, and showed |
an evident disiBeliuation to act upon It. |
the governor made an ex- |
cited speech, in which he said, among |
other things, that himself ana |
many other northern men had |
barred their breasts to the |
storm Of battle fighting for the freedom |
Of the negroes, and low If they would |
not fight for themselves they deserved |
to be re-enslaved When some one |
suggested that the course advised by the
governor would lead to the slaughter Of
the negroes, he replied that 1.-THE blood
Df the martyrs was the SEED Of the |
church." and subsequently added, in
ower tone, that 1.-THE blood OF fifteen or
twenty negroes would be q good thing
Tor the Republican perry" These facts
are proven by half dozsn witnesses, all
of whom are republicans. Crosby went
iOrth under this advice, attacked the
,ity of Vicksburg, and was repuised with
4 loss of more taan fifty negroes slsih
The governor In the meantime had mott
led the Federal commander at New Or
cans that he expo eted fight at Vicks-
burg, aRd would probably need assist
ance. Dr.. Bowman, a prominent citi-
ZEN Of Vicksburg, much alarmed at the
attitude OF affairs, came to
Iscks-n and besought the governor TO
10 something to avert 8 collision. The |
governor replied that the white men of
had long desired fight aad
hat he was now "plscid." To Dr.. Bow
mans renewed suggestions, his excel
ency continued to repeat contemptous.
y and with smile, "they wait fight
md 1 am placid! ] am placid I am
'lacid!' d.. Bowman left him in DIES.
'sir, and told one Of the supreme judges
hat'a fight at Vicksburg was inevitable
md that the governor was determined
@ brig 1t on.
E'eventh-The sending Of Charles
Caldwell's company OF oolored militia
trough the town of Clinton during the
asst canvass, and attempting thereby to
ring on war Of races. It will be re-
rendered that President Grant refused
turing the last canvass in Mississippi to
uppiy Governor Ames with federal
roOps, until he should have demonstrate
d that there was violence in the State
which the STATE militia could not quell.
/ was after this that Cald wells COM
ANY was marched through the town Of
linton, escOrting some wagons loaded
With arms, to be delivered to another
olored company, in caDp st Edwards
Depot. Caldwell and the men eompos-
ng his company had been Prominent
.ctors In the great riot at Clinton few
yeeks before in which many men