, 1875-05-20
oo;nions Of Various Prominent Citizens
Of tho State.
Tho Complnints OF the Whites az to Mis-
government BY tho Hacks.
p,ooo,cd "hornl" Intimidation Of tho
Negro in tho Coming Polt-
ical Canvass.
A lace Conflict may Endanger the
Public Pence.

timidaltn short of actual volenco,-by keeping
The pegroca away from tho pollh,-wo carry tho
.IccItou thia fnl what would tho North say7"
"IfAney," waa my rcsponHo, " tint 1t would
10 understood at tho North that tho election had
bsco carried by intimidation. And. II YOU keep
m the wliito limo OF tho assumption that tho
uesro won't dare to vote, and II ho aoea dare.
,pl your people ma!troat single negro, fancy
5on will DO ilabla to feel tho military powor Of
Tho General Government, aa you haso not felt
It eince Tie Var. Uut suppose It beundorstood
IL .lTauco what III tho programme and additional
trpors aro posted hers, and Tho negroes nro told
to vote without fear. They outnumbcr you;
suppose thny beat you. l1avo you considered
how llis movement Of yours against tho pegroca
uay Irompt them thoh to retaato by piing up
moro taxoa aud multiplying oscos7''
"Wol,, The wll,to limo won't do, anyhow" said
my insorlocusor, "though what a!so can wo 90
unlesa indeed NO fall back upon that last ro-
sms,-
ABSOLUTE REFUSAL. TO FAT TAxEa
aud statye them out?" which Ia alan seriously
dlacus8ed
Bald Maj. Paxton, proprietor of tho heaviest
ison-works and n,acl.,ie.ahops In VicGeburg,
md planter rs well: "You want to Ect our
yewa about tho situation, POLITICAL and iulus-
tsipi and what we propoHo ding 10 hottor both.
I'll tell you for myself, and grnas many other
bpsiuesH-mon share my opiuion. I think wo
haye roaclcd lart-pan and tho country IL going
toimproyo, Wo have settled down 10 1t that wo
areu't goiug TO 1cayo. Wo intond to SEQ It out.
We are all poor, Md wo nrn taxed to death.
Tn working hard loso to mhko money enough
10 live on and pay my taxes. Many
people can't nay their taxes. Tho tcrrillo didl-
Guilty ia that tho political situation puralyzcs ta
dussry.-not 90 much tn1ualry ~ en,erprige,--
and credit IL destroyed. Ny explanation Of 1t IL,
that thngo u no region In tho world wliero tho
tller Of the soil cau earn suell profits for hts
labor. But the soil wilt not bo tillod successfully
arless tho lngo is directod by Ut ninn aud capt.
tal aud tho latter only goes vllogo there - coh-
adopce in its protection, Tnoro eau bo
no confidence Of that sort hoie. We
arc ruled By Ignorance aud corruption.
Tloro IL no limit to the tax that may b lovlcd
by County Boards ,lnder our Constellation,
though there 10 m net Of tue Legislature limit
Ing lhs total State and county lovy to 90 mills,
The Courts arc farce, With ucsto jurors. The
fsct Ia. II NO seeuro the Legislature, wo shAll at
tampt to correct our oduch.!ona! qualification for
Jurors. tho fact is, TOO, that, ~ voter, juror,
Aud witnoeB
"Tlr NEGRO IL 4 DEAD FAILURE"
"Nnht 10 you PloFUae 10 10 au0nt II -
tour proposition, said Tho Major, "ia to ut
tarly igaors tho uogro in pDlt,cH; to nominate a
Gcsct, ia avery county, Of our best men. The
negroes will then coma In With LIS; thsY want to
ba on the strong side alSnys; but you can't reach
them by compromise or arrangement. We know
tho1e Ia no hopo Of tho ucGruos voting with us,
either, on any mixed ticket, or on the whtc iine
except the few wa can personally influence"
n1tFt yp111A hn a ~ nF to ri
such statements, which every white man not a,,
oflco-hoidor gives In Mississippi. Tnoy COM
plntn bitterly, nnd not without roason, OF hig!t
ssxes, which. at last are no higher than In
nearly every ore OF our miSgoveraod great
cities. They complain Of domoraizcd in-
duaries, yet they vii toll, as n,any OF them
havo told rue, that tho bottom-iautls. OF which
herc are. in round figures, 10,0oo, 900 acres in
The State. can only bo workod BY the negroea,
mud that tic negrocg arc tho oasieat managed Of
my labosora In tbs world. With all ai,c damor-
lixatton Of labor. they got from ~ to 120 hanIR
pf lint-cotton por acre Tcnt por nnnnm, for tho
botton,-lAnds, which, deductlng Use Of muled,
sto., furnished tho la6orcr. leavca u ncr fncomu
Of frou, 9lU to SID per acre II tho aeaHon proves
good; and they do NOT and nanifostly wilt not,
york in the tlelda themselves. Thsy look to pol.
Tics to mako tliom all prosperous, aud expect to
win in politics BY q campaign on tile wlnto llno,
aud totthout intimidation. against negro ms jor-
lily OF over 15uD0. Thu fact IL. 1t means intinl-
dstiou, as they confess when quietly pressed on
TINT point. only not such intimidation a. will
fetch down upon them tue strong arm Of tho
General Government. Thoy 10 on tue hypo.hs-
Els TINT tho negro III ooWaraly and dependent
creature, not to ba reasoned with,
nut TO nE DnlyEHi
and that tlloy can drive him by tho gnme OF
bluff. AZ thaY would put 1t. Their success In tho
flckshurg city eiecsiot, has cnco itngod them oil
over the state to beovo thRt this III tito winning
policy. II may bc, II al over tho State the feel
ing Of hostility on tho ona s!do., and terror on
tha other, 10 such Al shrco gentlemen horo, II,
one day, told 1t now was i'll Yic1Hburg, each ot
then ataoparAte ttmos nnl l,tacaA, using the same
phrase. namely. "Ino crArl Of pistol in tAa
street here now would cali our crowd of 800 mon
and thoy Alo 10 worked up that thoy'd got ia
lighting without stopping to usk what tho arBt
sIot was alou about" They talls about poaco
And order beug maintained, yet u Leading bunk.
q Of this city said TO mo. sesterlay: ~
wouldn't bo surprised to eae 4 crowd 20 10 tic
Court. House to-day aud bang that thief Carloxc
Tho sllngoa forgcr Of witnoaH-tce warrants, now
Atatc Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
lis has got stocked jury, aud hiH t.ial will be
"Wsll." I intorrup,od. "would you approve
II don't know that would, but something
Eot to be done, and our people
AME unow1So pEsrEnATR."
Bald another geutleMah ~ could now, In
House. taxa Cardozo OUT Of Court. hang him
and diferso before tho uovcrnment troops ata
toned here would have hoard of it."
With al tho complaint aeous negro Oh
sals thefe IL no negro Oh tho Bench ai tile Clr
sut Court nor il there . negro Chancellor i,
70 Htate; Ths highest judicial o'ioo IN th'
State held bv negroes IL that Of Justice OF til.
Peace. Tho noBro UoardB Of supervisors ar'
ths subject Of most complaint, aud doubtless
nos without cause, - might 5e tho eeSe wer
thev composed exclus lively Of whitea. Tho ta1
aion amounting to contiHcation chAre
~ sgatnas them Ia bad enough. O
agenteman who complained most bitterly o
tLls. asked vhas wero his ta1.btls. lie nro
d9eea tAem. The total los,eA woro 24:l3l'
mills wlloA iuoluded thoao made by tha Dcar'
ol Supervisors OF tAls county. T!,aso were mud,
on piantAt!on.}auds assessed 1t what, .hey VII
To-! you here, IL thar full prosont value. nut y
present there .s no aa!s for plantaton-lands, an
lboss which Will yield reutal ot from % 10 u
pes aero in lint-co.ton could Ia bought Vt o.
fet acre, Tho outstanding State Aud count.
set!p, slica IL quoted ~ from about 90 to y
eop's on tho dollar, IL receivable for ta1es, and
~ 10 Afsansas, tAxss aro pad BY brokers. a
ta sgrecd ratio OF Discount. There were
rpG,rx ntk.s& &nw