St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-12
Mississippi Doings.

We suppose. now that the elections
are over. thai we can discuss tnc WAY
matters have been going "n tor some
time III Mississippi without >uhjrctin-
ourselves t" the charge of waving the
"hloody shirt We have already made
some extracts from the letters of the
Mississippi correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial Il we'll informed
man. VIII" does not appear t" nc pari.-
ulariy Republican in his politics. lie
l., hoWcNrr. Il friend of equal ii.ht,
and of the observance of the laws He
maintains that there has been tuI some
mouths Il substantial reign of terror in
large sections of Mississippi. that is.
wherever tcrroliZing is necessary to
break down the spirit of the culolcd
voters and to secure Democratic SUI
prenacN. His convictions. arrived at
from conversations with Il great many
De"..-.I:Its has b....,i that tlrt- p,uIorrtt-
L. leaders were bound to carry the State
without the least regard to the actual
Republican majority. Indeed. hc has
said that the larger that majority the
more sure it is to be overcome. for it
only aroIlScs the desperation OF those
Who welded the ku-KluX atruritn.S of
former days and are ready for any thin.
NOW To accomplish their designs.
Another corr cSpnndrnl, writing from
jackson, Miss. fully corrobolItcS thc>,.
views. He states that three counties
i'll Mississippi -Coah"ma. lazno. and
Pamela are minus their chief executive
officers. Brown. Morgan and Ozannr
being fugitiNc> from their respective
counties. and afraid to transact their
lawful duties us ShcIitf> on account OF
the openly expressed threats made
against their lives. The s"-cillcd com
pact between Gov. AmcS and leading
planters of which such Il flourish has
been made i'll the press by which the
planters bound themselves to maintain
the peace of the community. if the
Governor would forhrar to carry ont
his plan of arming the roIorcd militia.
has amounted to nothing. bccaIIse it
took ont of the Governors hands all
means of self defence on the part of
the law-Ihiding portion of the State.
Nllh the Government thus rendered
poWcIleSS. the Democratic leaders had
everything their own way. and that
way wa> not ut all consistent with the
maintenance of the rights of all voters
on election day is not only to he infer
red from the nature of things, Int Is
apparent from the avowalS of the local
Democratic press. We make IL few
pertinent extracts:
Let every box have at least five
men present as challcngcl>. Have it
understood that they will he present
until the last vote is counted. And
then accompany the box to the county
seat to see that the proper return is
made.
"Hdng the Rcgist,dr that proposes to
throw out IL Democratic vote or il Dem
oclatic box
"Hdmg tie Inspector of Election that
proposes to cheat You ont of the victory
10y throwing out your votes"
The victory is already won. If an
attempt is made to throw out Demo
cratic votes. hang the man That does it,"
Break the line that may be packed
around the polls to keep you from
voting, and make the man who attempts
Ia prevent your voting, or throw out
your vote after it is east. suffer the
''Rcgi>trars, inspectors and clerks are
hereby given notice that it will he at
their personal peril if they attempt to
dctraud the people of Il hard earned
victory over the thieves ring by count
ing ont. 1t has served their purpose
before. but will not he submitted to
again"
In Il community where every white
man goes armed to the teeth il will lie
seen that there is Il terrible significance
about these iuiumctions which makes il
difference between them
and the usual prc-clcction cNholtations
in this part of the country. Hang the
Registrar and hang the man." in
are t" he taken literally. |
when uttered in behalf of
the interests of the ''mconquercd and
Anglo-SaXon." as Mr.
Lamar calls him. This correspondent
SAYS that IA prominent Democrat in
formed him, under the mistaken I'M
preston that he was partisan sympa-
thizer. that the election programme to
be generally undertaken was about
as follows "All the roads leading to
large towns in the State will he picket
ed just before the day of the election |
every white or colored man who is not
known will be stopped. and if he is |