The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-01-02


"Certainly; there is nothing
clearer in our code. 1t is not only
his right, but is made his duty"
"yery well. Now suppose he
had summoned white men to act
as his posse, what would have
been the consequence? ?"
"Not one would have obeyed
him." replied the Judge, with en-
phasis.
Well, then, if he was to en-
force the law, what could he do
but summon negroes ?" | asked.
The Judge smiled, and then look
ed very serious. "You touch up
on point" said he, " that puzzles
us all. The plain truth is, a Re-
publican Sheriff in this State is
utterly powerless to enforce the
law in any such emergency like
this. Nothing illustrates ii better
than this case Of Crosby's. He
might summon forever, and he
could not get u white man to come
to his aid. And if he got negroes,
they would be shot down immcdi-
atcly."
Could anything more clearly set
forth the utter weakness of the
Southern negro governments
Hero is q staunch Republican
Judge, whose life has been threat
ened bythc whites, who says that
he would have marched out, gun
in hand, to prevent u Sheriif's
posse from entering the county
seat! Because the posse were ne
grocs, and their entrance would
have boen followed by tho gravest
results. How strange Is this.
What commentary Oh the South
crn governments.
After writing this much I took
the manuscript to Judge Brown
to submit it to him, so that if
had mistaken his language OF
viows, ho could correct It now.
! did this out of abundant caution,
for in matter like this mistakes
are aggravating. if not dangerous,
Judge Brown is we'll known in
Ohio, and what he says should
certainly have weight with the
readers of the Commercial. He
was q member of the Ohio State
Senate from Trumbull county, in
1866--67.
All the Republicans | have met
here, without eli exception, talk
in the same way about the evils ol
negro rule. Ii there is q white
man in Vicksburg who should ut
ter an opposition sentiment, ]
would probably find that he wa:
an oiliceholdcr.
Reader, in judging of the con.
duet of the white people Of Vicks.
burg take these things into con
sidcration: This is their country
they own it; they are more inter
csted in its good government arc
prosperity than any one else cal
possibly be. Yet in the rank.
fighting, on Monday, were the old
est and best citizens Of Vicksburg
and the largest property holders
They have borne much. In ma
king up your judgment consideI
their situation. do not believe
that you in Ohio would have stoot
what they have through all these
years without rebelling. II il
plain to me, after a protractcd an(
varied experience in the South
that the negroes are utterly unii
to bo the railing class in any com
muniiy. Their rule means ruin
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In Act Amending the ncyeya
Laws.
II. 3. No. G24, an Act entitled AZ
Act TO amend all Act entitled d;
Act to amend the Revenue Lawe
and for other purposes, approve,
April 5, 1872.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by tn,
Legislature Of the State of Missis
sippi, That sections /, 2, 3, 4, s, G
7 and 8, of an Act to amend thr
Revenue Laws, and for other pur
poses, approved April 5, 1872, b,
and the same are hereby repealed
and that lands that may hcrcaftc
become delinquent for taxes, shal
be sold by the Tax Collector as pro
vided in Article TX, Chapter %, 0
the Revised Code of 1871; Proyi
ded, That the advertisement o
lands by the Tax Collector shall b,
made Immediately after tho lst 0
January Of each year, instead 0
the LIST December, as provided ii
said article.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted
That on the 1st Monday Of Tebru
ary, II the taxes shall remain un
paid, and no sufficient persona
property can be found, the Collcc
tor shall proceed to sell said landai
now provided by section 1907, Re
vised Code 1871, and the ColIectoI
shall return the list Of all lands