New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-10
PAIN rAIK no ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS
suDer ouNxrseHAM TO THE CONWAY COUNTY

JUDGE cuNN1NGHAM TO THE CONWAY COUNTY
GRAND JUDY ON ASSASSINATION.
Little Rock March tspeeap. Tho charge Of
Jidge George s. Cunningham 10 tho Conway county
Grand Jury now sitting at horrillton, is exciting
much comment. He said In tho course OF his TO
rnafts.
sTKe recent assassination in this county was In
sugatod BY Others who ought TO DO hanged with the
man WIN fred tho gun that killed Clayton. These
parties ought not to DO exempt from p'tnishfnent 90
cause Of eny position or influence they might nave
In tho community. do not know who tney are
wish did. I would tell you But. MIND Tos' DO
littcal assassinations do not originate nom men
N che humber wallis Of life, but from some hneh haired
gentlemen who pretend to be respectable. and they
are the men We are after and who ought TO be hung
They tell you II Is politics Democratic politics.
have been hattering myself was Democrat, but
must have been mistaken. would Just as lief pun
ish q Democrats murderer as any other. want 70
appeal to you Democrats to punish crime whether
the criminal be Democrat or not; and II you always
40 that the Democracy win rule the country There Is
no man who does not know that murder ana assassr
nation are the result, and will continue TO DO the TO
suit, Of the methods that have been employed In Con-
way County. You must stop this banotoox soeanns
and force ana fraud, or your property WIN not 90
worth the paper the title is written on, The mean
est man In the county Is the professional politician
rhcy Try 10 scare you with the idea Of negro dornaa
ton What does tho law ssyl It says that they may
vote. Where have you heard any such thing
WHARF, have they d0minatedf want 70
sara TO you as Democrats. The rights Of citizens
must be protected. I would havo 1T every sefis
precinct In the country free ballot snd fair count
The law guarantees 20 every American protecton'
Tho question Is not is he Dcmocrat or Repupnean'
4 black man or white man, but Is he az American
ctiseri and his rights must be protected on election
dsy as on every other day.
Something occurred right here In this town, and
che partiss Who participated In this dsgracefu Snar
ought to be indicted. An American citizen, Judge
H. W. benjamin, recently deceased, was met at the
dspos and hiehsa and cuffed from tho depot 70 the
hotel and his hair pulled. and he was she's win
shooter, and the rights Of American cthonsnip
were yiolsted He did not GENE here to ouliaoAe
enybody. One man could not have done that; oas,
professediy TO see that there was fair election.
10 that vyas HIS object Il would not have hurt you
Al an II you had an honest end fair election ~
would have been q conplment 20 have naa
70 ne fsct mis- Government is won by tie ballot
and everybody who opposes fair and rec eieonon
"a reyoiufionary ard an enemy 70 his country Don't
out in the country and ihdlct sos goos man nan io e
these other fellows escape, ana thfR e9ms IN bsre
with hypocriticsl look and say: We find nothing
seainsf them Don't fool away your limo after min.
Sows when there are whales in sight IL you must
make discrnuation. get after these prominent men men
the people shall rule; but II this intimidation ena
fraud ard murder constitute deInec racy, may the
angels of mercy protect me from democracy YET
TIE parties who committed these acts are Democrats
The assasspation OF Clayton e tho natural result OF
the indgnities perpetrated on benjamin One IL the
natural sequence OF tho Others