The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-03-04

from all these boxes without voting at
all, seemingly preferriu not to vote
III preference To voting against their
convictions.
Felix a. DoSs's district embraced
the precincts of Bright Corner Green
wood. Smiths Mills. and Jefferson
HE crowd was more or less holster
GUS at Bright Corner, and when a col
ored man voted the ratification ticket.
IL was generally remarked by some
white man that " will spot you for
that. A considerable number de-
clined voting at all some of whom
went to Greenwood and voted two
days afterwards. Parties standing
around the ticket box and keeping a
list of the names of those who voted
the radical ticket, seemed to intimi-
date the colored citizens more than
everything else combined. and this
was done throughout my district.
At Greenwood there was more or
less disorder produced by bad whisky,
yet there were some gentlemen. who
have heretofore stood high.that seemed
more or less disposed to be overbear-
ing and rude. At Smiths Mills and
jefferson. the election passed off quiet
ly, there being no person, however, at
either place disposed To contest in ell
from the best information we can OBJ
| tain. there was not a single ratifica-
| ton ticket in one district, as the gen
tleman who was appointed commits
sioner failed to act. Accompanying
| this report paper marked A shows the
total vote of the county Tor and against
| the constitution, and for each candi-
date. Total number of registered
vote in the comfy, is 4,037 number
voted, 5000, leaving l,02S in the ooun
| ty not voted. a very large proportion
of whom are colored voters; besides.
there was POI of the 5000 that voted
who were from other counties.
All of which is most respectfully
submitted.
+. 4. DOSS.
w. NJ. CRAWFORD.
Hon. JAMES WEIR,
Chairman Commute, dc.
Personally appeared before me. a
United States Commissioner for the
Northern District of Mississippi, Pink
Campbell (freedman.) who being
sworn. deposes and says that he is
voter at Duck Hill precinct, Carroll
County. Mississippi; that he went to
vote on the 10Th, aud was met by lot
of white folks, and Mr.. Drew wilkins
asked him how he was going to vote I;
deponent said he wanted To see what
was going on. had heard 80 much
about the democratic ticket wilkins
told him that was the best ticket to
vote and offered him one. ! told him
| did not want that ticket. il did not
suit me at all. lie said if | did not
take that could not take any. and if
did not vote that ticket ! would be
no more thought of thon a dog
Then Samuel Elliott asked me what
ticket | intended to vote. ! told him
| intended To vote the radical ticket.
and he said Lord God, boy, il you
vote the radical ticket. you will be
ruined" | said the speeches we had
heard seemed like they had told the
truth, and they told the black people
to vote for the radical party, and why
shouldn't we do so? He said the men
who had made the speeches were a
low-down set of poor white men that
had no money, and they thought this
good chance to get some and said
you had better not vote the radical
ticket there to-day; then lie. Elliott,
went to Mr.. Campbell and talked to
him, and Cambell allowed he would
die before he would do it. Captain
John A. Pomford told william if he
voted a radical ticket he must go right
up to Iankeedom. William Campbell
said if they would let him live and
vote radical ticket. and would not
kill him until he could 20 home and
get his family, he would leave and
leave his crop behind; that Col. Jim
and Tom Binford told him that he
could vote the radical ticket and he
should not be hurt there. but lie
wnuldn't insure his life "A mile from
there; that then "A tall soldier. with
red whiskers. took HIM off and talked
with him and told him to vote the de-
mocratic ticket. and allowed they had
fought for him four years and would
not tell lie. The men gathered round
him and forced him to the polls, and
forced him to vote the democratic,
and said depOnent further says that he
voted the democratic ticket because
he was afraid to do otherwise, and fur
ther says that he believes it was UNI
safe for any man to vote the republic
can ticket that day, and that nearly
all the black people wanted to vote
the republican ticket if they could
have done so without fear or threats
And said deponent further states that
the papers marked Il and & was signed
by the freedmen named therein, and
written by black man without the
knowledge of any white man, and
that they feel that they have been
forced to do wrong, and earnestly beg
that something may be done for them
that they may vote as their conscience
may dictate, without fear or threats.
and further saith not.
his
PINK u CAMPBELL.
mark.
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 9Th day of July, A. D., 1868.
I PHI EN