The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
For the Clarion.
Discussion at Brandon.

4 DKANIOSs cLH Nd 1900
This morning about IL o'clock, Captz. II,
| i. Fisher, of Ohio, and Pease, of Connecticut.
carpet baggers OF the Radical persuasion.
| made their appearance in our quiet village,
for the purpose ofarraying and exciting the
black against the whites, and stirring up
things generally.
Fisher being the Chairman of the Exec
| utive Committee of the Republican party"
was waited on, and the terms of a discus
| sion agreed upon. At one O'Clock the ball
was opened. a Republican meeting was
called. Bill McGown, the most proper man
in the county to be the 1gure-head of the
concern, was called to preside, and every
decent white man and honest negro thought
he was in truth, for the occasion, the right
NAH in the right place.
Capt. Fisher spoke one hour and quar-
ter. Those who have heard him once need
not be told what he said and the manner in
which he said it. He spoke up for the Rad
zeal party with all his might, but did not at
tempt to discuss the real issues that are in
volved in the coming contest. lie seemed
to thinh highly of ''ye black man." and if
one did not know better, his tone and man
ner would seem to indicate that he was
struggling for the black man instead OF Fish
CT 81 Co.
Capt Harvey Il. Ware then spoke for one
hour and quarter in reply. He replied to
such parts of Capt. Fishers speech as he
considered proper to notice, and skinned
him alive" and then poured pepper on ''the
raw Capt. Ware has no doubt forgotten,
in these exciting times, the beautiful and
., he tho moot COWUPT.
In the lines headed, Cruelty to brutes CEN
sured."
Capt. Peasc of Connecticut, then arose
and spoke for one hour and quarter. He
started off in more dIgnitied and proper
manner than his colleague. HE speech was
ingenious and, from his stand point, about
the best that could be made. lie is the
strongest man of the carpet-bag persuasion
that has yet spoken here. He failed to meet
the real issues as did Fisher. He made
cute appeal to the old line Wings about the
proscriptive character of the old Democratic
party, but its effect was of no profit to him,
or his party. In conclusion, he gave the
negroes some good advice, which reminded
us of the advice that an incendiary would
give his associates, that after burning and
robbing all they could, they should be very
cautious in their words and conduct SO as
to give no offence! From his speech and
manner, Capt. Peasc is of the highest order
of carpct-baggers, Intellectually
Col. w. Is. Shelby then spoke an hour and
a quarter. lie spoke most earnestly and ell
oqueutly to the black men,and showed them
that when the voting was to be done they
were expected to do it, by the Radicals, but
in the distribution of the offices the carpet
baugers got the Hons share. He showed
how Lynch had been snubbed by them. How
Cyrus Myers had been overlooked and
Capt. Carliss, carpet-bagger, had been thrust
into the office of Sheriff of Rankin. He
gave other palpable instances of their neg
lect of the negro. He showed up the COM
mittee of Sixteen, the committee of Five
and, also, Capt. Fisher, Chairman, &c. But
the barbs did not penetrate Pease a nd Fish
ey's scnsibility. 1t was not their day to
feel.
Capt Fisher then spoke fifteen minutes
He attempted to answer Ware and Shelby,
but he failed.
Capt Ware then finished the discussion in
a speech of ten minutes. He read and conf
mented on Fishers testimony before the
Reconstruction Committeeman the An
thony Wells aflidaYits, and also Maj. Wof-
ford's short history of him and others of the
committee of Sixteen. If Ware will always
use his time to as much advantage and with
as much success as he did on this occasion.
he will never be liable to the accusation of
being an idle man. 1t is impossible to give
you II correct idea OF this speech. 1t was
all his friends could ask. This closed the
discussion.
The Radicals then went on with their
meeting. They had no Secretary. Fisher
read the resolutions from the Pilot, what
the effect was it is easy to tell, 1t represent
cd the full strength of the Radical party of
the county. The conservative freedmen were
generally at work and did not attend. You
may rely upon it, we are all right in the
FREE STATE.
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