The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-10
Governor Anne. Cans for Troops.

Governor Ames formally applies to the
President, Sin accordance with section A,
article 4, of the constitution" to protect the
people of Mississippi against domestic vlo-
lence. He asserts that the emergency is
pressing that he, the Governor, is unable to
maintain the peace of the State, and that
immediate interference by the federal power
is necessary. 1t is now reported that the
President intends to issue proclamation
requiring the people of Mississippi to obey
the law and cease disorder
There is a part of Mississippi, lying be-
tween Vicksburg and jackson, which con-
tains a bad white element in its population
a rufianly crowd, which is fond of cursing
negroes and promiscuous pistol shooting.
There is no doubt at all that this part of the
white population forms pretty numerous,
dangerous class, always ready for strife and
habitually lawless. 1t is commonly said
elsewhere by Southern men of these people
that they are mostly the descendants of
negro traders and overseers who became
wealthy in the old slavery times and settled
on the rich bottom lands about Vicksburg
However this may be, they are there and
ready for ''row." There is in the same re-
gion lawless black element, which uses the
powerful negro majority in Warren, Kinds
and other neighboring counties to get itself
elected to Office, and uses Office only to steal
the public funds and to corrupt the planta-
ton negroes.
The main cause of trouble arises ont of
the fact that the black demagogues are the
friends and political allies of Governor
Ames, who supports them in all their
wrongdoing on condition that they shall in
thropic affection for the negro. He
is simply an INSCRIPTIONS politician
who plays with the negro vote and who has
before now played with the peace of the
State and with the lives of colored men for
his own purposes. If he had done his duty
as Governor there would be no trouble to-
day in Mississippi. If he had not played the
part of chief demagogue the evil and dan
gerous class ON both sides would not to-day
have the power or the opportunity to set the
laws at defiance. The honest and law re-
specting part of the community would be
predominant.
The spirit in which he has ruled Missis-
sippi was shown by his course in the Vicks-
burg riot, when Sheriff Crosby was driven
from the place This illiterate and vicious
negro brought his complaint to Governor
Ames He heard him in the presence of sew
eral of the most eminent citizens of Missis-
sippi republicans and democrats These
citizens, anxious for the peace and the good
name of the State, urged Mr.. Ames to pro-
coed to Vicksburg in person, where, they
assured him, he could arrange the dispute
without difficulty. The Governor refused.
Thereupon three citizens offered to go them
selves as a committee authorized by him, and
promised to arrange the whole affair justly
and peaceably. Governor Ames again re-
fused but he told the negro Crosby to go
down and tell all the negro preachers in
Warren county on Sunday to instruct their
people to come into vicksburg on Monday
with their guns. The poor negroes, accus-
toned to obey Ames, did so, and were met
outside the city and shot down by dozens.
Governor Ames stands charged to-day by
republicans in Mississippi with saying,
when reproached with his course, ''The
blood of twenty negroes will help the repub-
lican party" After the poor blacks had been
shot then Ames called for United States
troops, and with their help ralli ed the blacks
to himself again, because they saw him able
to command the federal interposition.