The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-19
TIE MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN.

Judge Dent on Conservative Prospects and
the Attitude Of tho Administra tion-Coolie
Labor and Colored Trnctabilisy.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. Ia, 1859.
Judge Dent is here organizing his forces prepare
tory to moving into Mississippi and opening the
campaign. He will leave for Jackson, Miss, to-
morrow pass thence to Corinth, which will be the
conservative base OF operations during the fight
The canvass will commence in earnest about the 18TH
inst. and by the middle Of October both parties
will have arrived AZ DEFINITE conclusion as to their
relative strength.
Judge Dent is more than sanguine-he rs conf
A remark in this mornings New Orleans Republican,
that 'Judge Dent was Grant man, but Grant was
strong expression Of opinion that before
the contest had progressed far the tacit
WntS ni@ Tne PSesident sara Judge G Dent us
not hostile to me- but he distrusts my friends. He
fears that my nomination may Be trick Of the un.
reconstructed democracy OF Mississippi to regain
the control OF affairs. l am convinced IN my own
mind that at least four out Of five OF those who sup
cere. and when once the President finds that to be
the case shall have the support of the administra
the platform OF my party, and when he finds there
Is no. trick In contemplation oil objections win
cease.n
OF his ticket the aubernatorIal candidate for
Mississippi speaks jocularly, as combining all the
elements Of strength. "The second on the list 10
New York lawyer OF great ability and popularity the
third is o man OF color, who Will carry the colOred
vote; the fourth Confederate who will bring
over that element to side; the fifth 10 federal
officer, to concordance him, and myself, accord
ing to the testimony OF my opponents, am the prince
OF carpetbaggers SO all carpet-baggery ought to
support me.n
That the negroes viii largely vote conservative
Judge Dent regards as certain both from motives OF
interest and feeling. Strong indications OF an in
tention to introduce coole labor into the Mississippi
valley have given an alarm in the coOred camp,
and induced them to associate themselves
more closely with the owners OF the soil. 1--WE
do not want to introduce Chinese labor II we can
help it,n Judge Dent observed, "though must say
that IN California. where had 600 coolies In my en-
ploy could not wish TO have more peaceful, in
dustri0us and profitable class OF labOrers but the
negroes were born on the soil, and we would like TO
keep them there. Inevitable circumstances have
hOisted them out OF that position; we want TO give
them another. more secure and better position as
the allies and friends of the landO OF the cOun-
try. But II the coIored people prove impracticable
there 10 swift and speedy remedy In the introduce
ton OF Chinese labor, and the North ITSELF by con-
structlng the great nterOceanic road, has put the
power in our hands. The people OF Mississippi want
to retain the negroes they want them 10 have vote
because they feel convinced the cOlored people I'M
derstand that their interests ana the interests the
planters are identical, and because the increased
vote given by coored suffrage VIII give Mississippi
increased representation In the counsels OF the
natlOn.o