Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01
Editor Of the Jackson Dtspat,
STATEMENT OF Mr.. HAYNES.

Mr. ROBT. GATES:
Al your request have read q. r. BO "a :
card, and in regard TO what Countee said
and Mr.. Boyd's silence, ] DO certify that
twice during Countess speech be alluded
to Boyd as his friend and the friend Of the
colored man; and urged the negroes to vote
for him. The hrst time he alluded to the
peculiar friendship Of Boyd to the negro
race he said that he, Countee, was 4 candi-
date for circuit court clerk Of Haywood
county, and that Mr.. Boyd was supporting
him and that too against his own uncle,
the present incumbent a white man. At
the time the above was uttered Boyd was
sitting near the speakers stand. and in
about thirty feet. Countee spokedistincily
and in a loud voice; and l cannot see how
Boyd could have failed to hear the remark.
He certainly did not deny Countess asser-
ton. 1 believe he heard il.
Boyd soon afterwards removed his posi-
ton to about twenty-five yards from the
stand. The remarks by Countee were sub
stantially repeated near the end Of his
speech, while Boyd was twenty-five yards
distant. The voice in which Countee ut
loud 10 have been heard by Boyd.
Respectfully,
ROBT. W. HAYNES,
Of the Courier Herald.
These certificates, Of gentlemen well
known and Of the highest standing in Jack
son, ehectually settle the question Of veraci-
ty between the Wing and Tribune and Mr..
Boyd. They fully substantiate everything
that we have said, and impale Mr.. Boyd as
a political contortionist and mountebank
who would ride into office on principles
that he has not the manlIness to fully and
squarely avow. Every name TO these Ger
tifcates are the names Of white men-men
whose intellectual, social and moral worth
are above reprOach in Jackson. In this
whole matter we pity Boyd; and our chart
ty is so great that we even pity his plant
tool, Countee, the blatant negro who in
exposed the hand of his i'm
beetle chief
In conclusion, Boyd was here TO fill an
especial appointment 10 speak to the ne
groes of Madison county. Not having the
ability 70 speak for himself that duty was
levolYed on Countee, the negro. Countess |
speech was an ingenious argument through |
,ut to rally the negro vote to Boyd, and his |
-epetitiOn Of the statement that Boyd was |
him for circuit court clerk was
lsed rs overwhelming evidence Of Boyds /
leYotion to the negro race. These facts
,rOven by competent witnesses show that
Boyd must have heard the material points
f Countess speech, and that he did not
eny or object to anything whatever. Al
sether, Tne facts we nave proven ana
,oyd's card, show that he voluntarily as
umed responsibilities which he would
ow abandon. That he would now hide
,om the fury Of storm that he and his
.iends raised. That in his terror at the
,arful results caused by his own acts, he
seks to save himself by deserving his !
lends. With all the facts before them we
* the people if untold disasters would not
,llow the election of such a man. With
lem, whose highest interest he is aspiring I
prostitute, we leave him and his cause.
p. S.-Since writing the above the fol-
wing dispatch was received from Browns I
lie in answer TO an inquiry addressed to !
aiding wyers of that city, as TO whether !
ley endorsed B. p. Boyd for Chancellor. !
he answer reads:
"Emphatically NO. We thought that q
Professional courtesy demanded that we
Ike no active part in an election between y
How lawyers. Since it has assumed n =.
1litical aspect we regret that we did not
D so.
T. K. Leigh, II. W. Bond, Z
NJ. Estes, John L. Bond. :
j. w. Z. Moore"
18th this additional endorsement of Liy-
gstOn, fifteen out of twenty one of the
,ofession in Brownsville endorse him for :,
over Boyd. Col. Porter is absent,
his name would doubtless swell the .
Imber. Where now is Boyd's boast that
majority OF the lawyers Of Brownsville
ere warmly supporting him over Living
on. This additional fact makes clearer :
I'll, that the intelligence and virtue of this :
laneery division are for Livingston, the
ninenb tried, and true, while the igno- q
nee, passion, and partisan hate of the
me are supporting Boyd. This makes
e issue fair and square. White men, !.
here will YOU stand2