The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-10
mississippi Politics.


Of Ben. Butler, has secured the Radi
cal nomination for Governor. iii.
associates on the ticket are gentle
men of color and the Tupelo Stand
ard thinks there is no. possible chance
Of taking the negro vote away from
old Bcn's son.in law. They are said
| to lo;c him with o devotion and
idolatry us strong rs can link degra,
deh human nature TO an imaginary
idol.
This man Anos, IT, will bo RENE M
bcrcd, was elected to the Senate in
1870, while he was military officer,
stationed in Mississippi by Gen. Nc
Dowcll. lie had no more residence
or citizenship in the State than mad
any other military trampcr and
when his right TO represent tho State
was investigated by tho Senate, the
committee, composed of Messrs.-
Trumbull, Edmunds, Thurman, Conk-
Ling ind Carpenter, reported against
his eligibility. 1t WAS h3forc this
committee that A mes said "lt's doubt.
fulfil would have become citizen
if had not been elected" and on
this Nj. Clrpentcr made one of his bri.
liant speeches. Partisanship, how
ever, tslumrhcd over the law and, the
the truth, and Amcs was admitted.
lie has recently .mnle q pretended
pure! aSo OF q louos in Nhtuhe., but
nothing wac paid on it, and Mrs.
Amca will not stay in Mississippi
absolutely refusing to be an. ancom
pllcc in the transparent carrct-baS-
g'ng fraud.
Amcs doos not intend to hold the
gubcrnatoii;l office any longer than is
necessary to become his own successor
in the Senate. IIo will then hand
over the executive power of the State
to his negro conf cres, among whom
his special lieutenant, IIamp. Carter,
is said TO Go a b;giblaok mogul. II
Amcs succeeds in his diabolical plan,
the State will speedily lapse into the
condition Of Louisiana under Kcl-
.ogg or of South Carolina under the
lecherous Moses.
His opponent in the convention
Was Powern. who is the present Goye
ernor, and the rel prostn,ativc of the
conservative and better portion of
the administration darty. The con-
test between the two was very bitter,
and it is understood that Powers will
run as al Independent candidate.
Many leading Democrats. therefore,
urge that no party nomination. be
made. j. order that the conservative
vote may be concentrated against the
Massachusetts advcnturer. 1t is be-
licvcd that Liberal conservative
coalition can succeed. Many Repub-
licans arc afraid OF Ames, who is sus-
pccted Of being in favor of paying
the old repudiatcd debt. Thcro is Il
report that Butler holds $8,000,O0O
Of tho now worthless bonds. a pow
full lobby is certainly at work to re.
vivi(y them.
Oar special dispatch Of yesterday
morning from Jackson says that
Senator Alcom will take the stump
again:t tho Amcs ticket and per.
Laps the severe snub that he recently
got from Washington will add vigor
to his efforts against Grants favorlto
carpct-bagger. The way the snub
came about is this RubcrtJ. Alcorn,
Il nephew Of the Senator, was ap
pointed United States Marshall fcr
the Southern District Of Missi>si ppi
He had scarcely begun the duties OF
his Office when he received the fol
lowing model civil service .reform
Telegram :,
WAsn.NcToH,. D. g., July 8, 1878
70 Hon. Hojt. I. -1i:orn:
! You are represented here as having
supported the Democratic ticket il
the last Presidential election. 1.
this q fuct}
GEORGE r.. WILLIAMS,
Attorney.Genora!.
Mr.. Alcorn replied that he had
supported Greeley, lut did it OF Re.
publican principles. y few days af
tcrwards he was removed, and Leroy
Brown, fresh carpet .baggcr, was
put in his place. Mr.. flccrtl be,