The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-09-23

schools and you find nothing new on
the subject. They have simply by
their legislation acquiesced' in what
has been done by Democratic iegisia
ten. -
THE TROUBLE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Senstor AIcorn's Views ON the Ames Ad-
ministratf0n.
Wash. Special to the Chicago Times.
Senator Aicorn, Of Mississippi, who
is in the city, has expressed himself
very freely. in an interview with the
Times upon the sub
ject of the troubles in his State. He
strikes the keynote of the situation at
once. by saying that the Ames system
of governing the State has put pre-
MUM upon murder. Ames' course in
the State has been so obnoxious to the
best people there that it has been made
socially uncomfortable for the unwor-
thy Governor. He is absent from the
State most of the time, and has left
the local government in the hands of
Davis, the black Lieutenant-G Cover
nor. With this man criminals have
for long time gone scot free. With
out the fermality of trial notorious
murderers have been pardoned out of
Jail before ever being made to appear
ina Court of justice. One of the
worst cases Of this turning out MUIR
derers upon society, cited by Senator
Alcorn, is that of a man named Bar
ryntine, living near the center of the
State. He is of good family, but dis
sipated. a certain gossiping widow
in the town where Barryntine lived
made too free, he thought, with the
name Of his sister. The widow, it is
reported, told stories about Miss Bar
ryntine straying from the path Of vir-
tue. Whether these stories were true
or not, does not appear. At any rate,
the enraged brother sought revenge
upon the widow. He went to her
house, dragged her out of it, tied her
up by the heels, and then emptied all
of the chambers of his navy revolver
in her body. 1t was fiendish, hor-
rible murder. The people of the coun-
try rose up, hunted Barryntine down,
secured him in the Penitentiary, and
then demanded that he should hang.
Within three months of the time Bar
ryntine was arrested Davis pardoned
him out. In Mississippi, it is claimed
that this pardon was purchased by the
murderer's friends for the sum of
$500. 81
Senator Alcorn himself had color
ed man prosecuted for stealing pork
from his plantation. The man was sen
fenced to three years in the Peniten-
tiary. The colored man set out for
jackson with the Sheriff to undergo
his sentence, but came back with the
same Sheriff, pardoned by the Lien
tenant Governor on account of his col
or. s0-ia;i i4sdfl
s Senator Alcorn says that this noto-
rious pardonihg of the very worst
criminals, by the State Government
has virtually put premium upon
murder. There are plenty of dissipat-
ed young ruffians in the State, who
have thus been encouraged to follow
the amusement of shooting, as there
is no danger of their being punished
so long as they have any money. This
one class of men, unrestrained by the
law, is the sole cause of all the trouble.
The better class of people there are
only too anxious to have things peace
able, on account of the safety afforded
property. The darkies are timid and
win never fight unless imposed upon.
So that really the class of disturbers
is so small that, it is a crying shame
that Ames confcsses himself too weak
so control them.
Senator Alcorn says that Ames OBJ
tains his control over the colored peo-
pie by representing himself as the
Of General Grant. Ames
has filled all the Offices of the State
with thieves and plunderes, SO that
the State that was once $4,000 Repub-
lican, when it elected Alcorn Cover
nor, will, in the opinion of the Sena-
tor, give this fall a large Democratic
majority. ss ~