The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-21
WHO'S RIGHT WHO'S WRONG,


right and who's wrVng about this Federal
Court matter? II IL is true, us the GdseHe
and Democrat 50 vociferously and franucally
proclaim that everything that has been done
by and through the Federal Court at Little
Rock during its recent session, Is in strict
accordance with law and justice, aud so fair
and impartial as to admit Of no question or
complaint why Is the history Of the facts
unquestioncd unlike anything that has oc-
Cured in oil the State since the dismal |
period OF reconstruction and radical |
misrule? Is II because this judicial mill has |
heretofore fallen miseiably short OF IFS plain |
duty or Is II because that class OF people in |
Arkansas called Democrats from whom |
these two champions OF strict morality and
| Justice the Gazette and Democrat, draw their
| legitimate means Of continued existence)
have so dcgonemted as to demand for the
public good this wholesale, unrclenting legal
cnstigation that Is now blotting the fair
pages Of Arkansas histor2
These are open questions, We aasert,
though these two Journals would have them
admit Of no debate at all. And is IL not
little strange that there should be 50 wide
difference spring up between four great
journals, all Of pretended Democratic
faith, upon the question OF justice
melted out to Democrats by Repub-
lican court2 Tho journals referred TO
are the Ga=cnc and, Democrat Of Little
Rock, against the great Republic Of st.
Louis, aud the faithful and vigorous APPEAL,
of Memphis; and It may be appropriately
observed, that Gascite aud Democrat are ar
uyed behind the battlemonts OF the Repub.
lican court, while the other two journals
are hemlding burning truths from the quar-
tiers Of prosecuted Democrats. How does
that look aud what does II all moan2
TnE MEMPHIS ArrE,I, Of recent date, east
lhorns In the path Of the Little Rock dailics,
and caused the Democrat TO get frenzied aud
frantic, aud ELECTED irpm II round Of abuse,
which IL poured on the head OF It's Memphis
contemporary In manner that is amusing,
10 say the least Of It. In its iit Of rage the
Democrat dcnomnatos TnE ArrEAL Ms alb
surd, pucrilc, indecent unmanly, yapid and
frothy. All that. however, does not answer
facts.
Following Is u part Of what TnE ArrEAL
said
p TuE ArrrAt's efforts In behalf Of the Democrats
of Arkansas. against whom the Federal authorities
there had ursnuizcd crusade, have had the elect
To stay the hnuds oi the prosecutors who. by the
aid O packed jufle. aud negro witnesses, wcrc ~ n
lair way "a tll The Federal prisons with respectable
citlzons whO.c only crime was that they were work.
ply y' some o Sd Sem no. S i pap' are ar S
, lug 10 explain away or apologize iug thc crusade,
but their Arguments are lame aud impoicnL The
4 | people are Ia tine posse sion OF the inc;s
II will be- seen from the excerpt that TIN
ArrrAL got In his prodding steel on the
a | L..
!. II intimntcs ns not q few people Of the State
/. are beginning to believe, that the pure and
~, unpurchasabo Democracy" Of the Little
- Rock dailics is not what IL should be-is moi
q thing to bo depended on in an hour Of
/. trial
- That there las boon at least attcmptc,
=, persecution OF Democrats, guilty at most o
J." uninicniionnl aud only technical violation
81 81 election laws, few people Ia this scctioi
% doubt, all the Little Rock journalistic yer
IA bo,ity tn the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Ga.ctc In a two column article In de
Tense Of the Federal Court against the scorch
a Ing criticisms Of the Fort Smith Times an,
{. many other papers over the State says:
"A "rhcy have not ialicrcd the least II
~ changing that the court was ouircrcd and uunn
ltci tn convict, when therc have bccn ~ mani
ucquitials o. convictions
A very much strained apology that tn
/ fact that "bs many have been acquitted a
TO tho number convicted should go a long way
a. according TO the Gasciie'a way Of thinking
toward convincing tho public that those M
~ acquitted were justly convicted. IN
" truth IL, those acquitted In many eases, wcf
q. subjects OF q species Of pcnocution-bcin
n. unnecessarily. unjustly aud dcgmdingl
dragged up before a court whore, most OF n
." are learning To believe, then Il little safet
'n and Justice guaranteed TO those who answC
I'd To the Democratic roll call. Again
n. Zach conviction, through jury Of thorough
~ | reliable white citizens aud n majority ui Dem
Dc cits among ~ numhcts with full power Ia nclu
or convict int they with respect Tor thcmsclyt
and thcIr saths. snw ptbucf to bring In ihc verdi
aud even plras ui guilty. Ia which the atiolncl
-. Tot the defense were permitted To asscss the nnc
u. al these have heen denounced ns partisan kcpu
ilcin outmgct aud every acquiilal, likewise will
ds out rcr lri 90 lt. morris has hccn hcnldcd ~
H. insult sccurr,l by "thc thunder u Justly indi
w nnut democratic scuiimrut'
he A mu,icrly effort at iusii6cationl WI
IN, the Gassii, be pleased TO tell H. reader
without cquiyocation how many Of tho
nu convictions were had by "a jury of tho
To- oughly responsible white citizens. and a m
re iority " them ncmocmtsg' Perhaps son
"a. did enter pleas Of guilty; what Of ~ Cou
they not easily forcscc the final result 81
W iarcical trial thcrc' Yea grant that
one or more cases the defendant
attorney was granted, with bombasi
~" show Of impartiality the poor pH,
gcs lcgc Of assessing a hno which the gull
ion should pay what of that Docs that Il
no, prove the practice Of political pcrccutio
81 and prove groundlcss the charge aud col
- plant from every quarter OF the State III
az the Federal Court has been made an cngi
ON Of oppression We are Of the opinion III
an. the Gai,Hc will have 90 employ moro th
~. two columns Of IT, space II Il successful
o'' mystidcs aud hoodwinks the thinking pub
OF Arkansas.
Ncs, "thc thundcr Of q justly indignn
lille Democratic sentiment" has done nj least
tho mite 10 curb the arbitrary sway Of Unjust
nj Little Rock. God only knows tho e
Nv that would have been reached had g
nj hands been ns naccidly indifferent and
,ur. supiuoly ohscquious as our contemporary
,cst the Capital city.
a, The Gassiie Is loaded with questions
!" putting of which Is gross assumption u
'op- iis readers are too ignorant TO see aud I
! in dcriand their meaning and impari. III
h one II many
"Musia man expect justice IN Afkan
10 be- measured ont io hin according 10 the a.
y 10 OF bis puliucsf'