New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
The Election In Mississippi.

The Election In Mississippi.
VIcKsBuRa, MISS, Nov. IL, 1871.
To the Editor of the Ne,o National Era:
The election in this State passed of or
Tuesday last, and the Republican party was
triumphantly sustained Mississippi may safely
be depended upon hereafter as Republican
State. We have carried it by about fifteer
thousand majority. The fight was desperate |;
the Democrats brought out their best men
colored men were tempered with in every pos
sible way to join the Democratic party, ou'
Notwithstanding all this we were triumphant
Had we az good material to manage al the
v..;ons offices connected with an election as the
Democrats have, we GOULD, doubtless gain hV'
or six thousand votes 10 the State. But IL Is
too often the case that We have TO appoint In
competent colored and white men on our SD.
as Judges and clerks of election in some OF the
precincts Of a county, who allow themselves to
be managed completely by one or two Demo
cratic Judges or clerks. This has been PAIN
fully the case in this and other counties at tn
recent election. Bot things are getting better
every year our boys are hard at WORK AZ
school, and at every election we hope to be able
to have better managers. Our Legislature il
Republican by small majority; bur we shall
have terrible odds to fight against, as thu
Democrats have elected large number Of thei,
best and shrewdest men. This, however, viii
be good school for our Republican members
as it will make them stand to their posts mor'
punctually, and not be riding all over the Stat
with free passes on the different railroads.
Of course we have carried this county by al
overwhelming majority-not less than thre'
thousand We were in hopes that everything
would nave passed off quietly, but they were in
vain. Some of the Democrats certainly in
tended to skulk behind screen and pick of
some of our best and leading men. They
wanted for their chief victim our candidate for
Sheriff. Col. Chas. E. Furlong. AS early as
ten o'clock A. NJ. he Colonel Furlong) heard
that there was disturbance at one OF
the precincts in the county, and he i'm
mediately stepped into a store to write a
note to parties there; telling them to keep all
disturbances down as much as possible, and to
send the people home as soon as they shall
have voted. While writing the above note,
WIN. Ii. McCardle (of the notorious McCardle
case, few years snce) stepped into the store.
passed and repassed Col. Furlong several times,
and uttering TRADE of the vilest epithets
imaginable upon him and the Republican
party, evidently counting an opportunity for a
&c r;
near the store, while Col. Furlong's friends
were at least half mile off at the polls voting !;
but Col. f. would not notice him. This was the
first intimation we had that a riot, if possible.
was on hand, and leading men prepared them.
selves for it. In the afternoon, about four
o'clock, while Col f. was riding from one pre-
cinct in the city to another, he heard that there
was disturbance in the same neighborhood
where he was abused in the morning. He i'm
mediately rode to the scene aud advised the
few colored men, who were surrounded by
thrice their number of white Democrats, to 90
peaceably home, as they had done their voting,
when he was Immediately surrounded and
preyed upon by the great Southern chivalry
as a dozen cats would mouse. They drew
their revolvers and whirled them in the air
galantly, but none dared to fire, and it seems
that with concerted action a shower of brick
bats was hurled at the Colonel's head, one of
which made an ely wound on his right cheek,
and another struck him on his back, injuring,
seriously, we fear, bis kidneys. He was
stunned, but his faithful horse brought him
safely away from the scene of terror and disas-
ter. Had the colored men been allowed to
crafty their feelings, they would have resorted
to the scene, after hearing of Col. F's wound,
and would have retaliated in a manner that
would have taught these so-called chivalry a
lesson. 1t seems that one can see a spirit OF
intimidation brooding every day and, if car
ried out, will show itself on the day Of our city
election next month. This election will be
more desperate than our recent county election,
as our numbers are nearly equal; and, if threats
and intimidation will accomplish anything, the
Democrats will certainly resort to them. We
mean, however, that every Republican in the
sity Of Vicksburg shall be allowed 10 vote
without being trammeled by the opposite
party! The colored people here do not courl
disturbances, &C.. but, if they are disturbed
in the legitimate pursuit of their rights, they
will repeat some of the Lessons which they gave
the chivalry during our late " npleasau tness. ~
We are oil for peace but, if peace cannot b.
obtained by peaceabls measures, there ar,
other resorts from which we can obtain it,
CIvIs.