The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-11-18
PEASE ON THE WARPATH.
Ex-senator and ex-Postmaster
Pease, OF Mississippi, Waging
War On Grant and Ames,
Seeks an Ally in Our War
Governor.
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.


AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEWING A GENUINE cARPET-BAoGER-
WHAT MORTON MUST HAVE PUT IN-DIs-
GREET DEMOCRACY AND AMEs' IMPEACH-
THRS.
The Hon. Fl. r. Pease, exhibited States
senator from the state of Mississippi, and
also ex- postmsster of Vicksburg, was in
Indianapolis yesterday, and Sentinel rep
resentative succeeded in having an
interesting conversation with him. To get
at the true inwardness of Senator
Pease's peculiar relations to the republican
party and the country, it will be- necessary
10 state that he was Connecticut soldier
during the war and at it's close
made his home in Mississippi. He wa
a prominent republican, and when Sen
ator Ames bad himself elected governor
Pease was sent to the United States Senate
as his successor. Alter serving out the I'M
expired term of Ames, he was succeeded a.
senator by one Bush, a negro, but to sooihe
his lacerated feelings and let him down
gently Grant appointed him postmaster at
Vicksburg. During the late troubles in
Mississippi, when Governor Ames was
frantioally calling tor 20 eral interference
In the shape OF bayonets, to sustain
his rotten and corrupt govern ment, Pease
with some other republicans, took issue
with him and denounced his call for inter
ference, taking the ground that people of
Mississippi should be given halt a STOW to
manage their own affairs. For this, Presi-
dent Grant suspended him from office
under the tenure of Office act, which gives
him the power to suspend an officer in
the interim bewteen the meetings of coz
gress.
INTERVIEWING A GENUINE CARPET DAGGER.
Senator Pease was found by the Sentinels
representative at the Union Depot, carpet
bag in hand, ready to board the train for
Washington, where he goes to make fight
IN the Senate against his removal. His OBJ
iect in stopping off here, it is fair TO sup
pose. was to interest Senator Morton in his
behalf, and, in return, promise Morton the
support of his wing OF the republican party
in Mississippi for the presidency. Be this
as it may, Pease laid over In this city twelve
hours and interviewed Morton, and went
on his way with satisfaction stamped on his
eountenance. Senator Pease is tall, swar-
thy complsxioned gentleman. with a fierce
brigsnd.like moustache and a dangerous
twinkling, cold-steol eye. He is
straight as an arrow, and speaks veil with
an apparently acquired Southern accent.
He looks like finely mounted revolver,
harmless and attractive when not warmed
up and in action, but once aroused and
brought into play, dangerous and to be
avoided. Introducing himself and stating
his request for few moments conversation
on Mississippi affairs, the reporter first
asked Senator Pesse of the extent of the diff.
terence in the republican party in Missis-
sippi and the likelihood of the breach being
healed.
Senator Pease-The differences between
the republicans of Mississippi are not
nrflw nr irrn tIoH To-.
good deal depends upon the action
of Ames and his hackers. If they persist
in prescribing the best and truest men in
the party in the state, men who have risked
their lives, and openly, persistently and
effectively fought the fight for republican
government in the South, then trouble and
serious divisions will follow. If this fight
is kept up as mercilessly on these men as
it has commenced there will be resolutions
made which will seriously implcste many
in power and place, and stsrtle the coun-
try.
Reporter-Senator, do you think the late
election fair one, and does the result rep
resent the true and untrsmmeled sentiment
OF tha people of your state.
The SenatOr-It doubtlessly represents
the unanimous feelings of tho democracy
0oke) there has unquestionably been great
deal Of bad legislation in the South, and
much dissatisfaction thereat.
Reporter-Were the negroes inundated
to such degree as to prevent sufficient
number from voting to give the state to the
democrRts7
MORTON MUST HAVE PUT THIS IN.
Senator-The intimidation was not open
and bloody, but done covertly, but ef-
fectively, and in such a manner as not to
bring the perpetrators within the letter OF
the law. For instance, democrats, at all of
their meetings met armed with shot guns,
rifles, pistols and other weapons, and never
lost an opportunity OF displaying them,
and firing Them off ia the presence of the
negroes. They paraded the country in
armed bands, having with them frequently
pieces of artillery, which they would fire at
regular intervals on the various plantations,
terribly frightening the negroes. but iniur-
ing none Take this fact, in connection with
the fact thst the democrats were united and
very earnest, and that the state government,
although a reasonably good one, was un
popular, and the many republicans
luke warm, does not make the success of the
democrats very wonderful.
Reporter-Is there such state of anar-
civ in Mississippi as the extreme msn OF
the North represent; is there such bitter an
taoonism between the whites and blacks as
reported, aud don't you think that by proper
and reasonable efforts the democrats could
long since have achieved political SUGGEST
The Senator-There are many evidences
of a much kindlier feeling on the part of the
whites toward the blacks now than was dis
PLAYED Immediately after the war. II the
democrats had, Immediately upon their re-
turn home from the rebel armies. pursued q
lust policy toward the negroes and had