The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1875-10-05

here" Mr.. Dixon being then satisfied
OF the truth of the reports which we had
formerly heard, called upon us aud we then
went to Mr.. L. j. Capell, and after n
calm consideration of the reports, We decid.
ed that one or two steps mast necessarily
be taken, that our houses must be closed
and our families removed, and the place
given up to an armed mob of negroes, or
We must collect enough men there t.
protect us and our property from insult
and injury. We chose the latter alterna.
tive, and by eight or nine o'clock on the
next morning, there was probably a hun
dred men at Rose Hill, and as il was
deemed as an affair of races altogether,
and not question of States, or counties,
or politics, and as we are situated vcrv
near the State line, aud very many of our
neighbors and friends and relatives are
just across the line in the State of
Louisiana, therefore there were probably
fifteen or twenty Louisanians with rs.
not more; that there was Winchester
rifle on the ground, We deny: We also
deny that Parker's deputy counted the
men, for we were present when he rode
up and left, and he could not possibly
have counted 0ne hundred men (who wete
scattered promiscuously jim soshort time.
We placed ourselves, early in the morn.
ing, under the command of Col Aloaes
jackson, who came TO Rose Hill without
any knowledge Of the excitement existing
here, and he hearing that two companies
OF armed negroes were coming down the
Liberty and jackson road, sent couple of
men mounted and armed to learn the
facts, and these are the parties who
halted-Parker and party, and when the
fact was made known, the assemblage, by
a unanimous vote, sent Col. jackson aud
two others as a committee to confer with
Parker, and tell him that we wanted no
disturbance, and were in favor OF peace,
but that if he and the negroes were de-
termined to force fight upon us we were
ready for it, and wanted il settled then
and there. Mr. Parker said he meant
peace, and should use his influence to
keep down disturbance, and was then
accompanied to to Kirkland's school
house by Col. jackson and Others who
we're present ; the ColonePs reasons for
oblecting TO Parker's going through Rose
Hill, was as he (Jackson) told me TO
protect him from insult by any unruly or
intoxicated persons who might be there.
And now regards the arrest of Jonnie
jackson. Mr.. Parker would have il be-
lieved that a public officer would be resist
ed IN the performance of his duty, by
the mass Of the white people here. Such
Is not the case. If ever there has been an
attempt made by Parker or his deputies
to arrest jackson, it is not known here,
Concerning the conduct of our Louisiana
friends, we will say that socially we are
bound together by ties that are inseper-
able, and that in times of trouble when
our lives and our property are threatened
by enraged and lawless bands of negroes.
we are restrained by no State, county, or
parish lines. AS to their conduct in the
adjustment of their own political matters.
which seems to trouble Mr.. Parker, we
shall have nothing to say, but shall leave
that to their own writer's to answer or not.
as they see fit. We herewith send you
certificate given by Messrs. Yeandle and
Mclean, who were with Sheriff Parker
on the 18th. HENRY G. CAprLL
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
this 18th day Of September, 1875.
lsEAL. r. NJ. NELSON, J.P.
We. the undersigned, certify that We
accompanied Sheriff Parker, on the 18th
inst, to KiTkland's Sckool.house, in the
lower part Of Amite county, and very
near the State line Of Mississippi and
Louisiana, and personally witnessed all
The interviews between said Sheriff and
citizens, IN which conversations occurred
IN reference to the excitement and state
of feeling that existed there on that
occasion, and expressly deny that any
threat or exhibition of bodilyharm TO us