Richland beacon., 1875-09-18
Communicated !

no, at the bottom of It, and did vou
know Of whom You wrote. | AN sal
ioiicd the proper amends wouG not
nave been necessary The good char
acter Of Mr.. Siviy, who had tie tc-
mcriIy To resent an insult offered his
manhood and honor, on Saturday the
9Th inst. ut Clinton, Miss, thereby
developing prc-arrargcd riot which
resulted in his untimely death, was
Enthusiastically reflected upon in your
editorials Of last issue, and came with
out your usual good grace and charity
and without sufficient warrant for
such bitter comment. We have
looked in vain TO find an editorial in
which Mr.. Sivly is mcntioncd-ED. !
luu must pardon me for calling Won
to task and correcting a mistake that
would lead those not acquainted
with this noble young man to pre-
judge him rowGy OF drunkard and
not gentleman.
The writer knew personally, Mr..
Sivly, and Of his family. He has in
Kinds county large connection, and
Miss. can boast of no better people.
lie leaves those who loved him and
to whom he was dear Keep your
salt from their grief, Mr.. Editor, till
yea Know of hon YOU write.
The whi>kry WAS not purchased in
Clinton where 4 law prohibits It's sale.
The Young men brought the whiskcv
to Clinton with thcn and there was
Il" harm in their drinking it if they
choose. They We're modest enough
to retire and it is not claimed that they
were drunk or boislerous. 1t is
shown that after they had retired this
inpudent negro, a sclf-institutcd oil
cial, because he was in Il village
where negroes have bccn known to
slap the faces of white men with i'm
punity, did intrude himself upon this
retired party of gentlemen and did
undertake to rest from the hands of
Mr.. Slvlv that which DO official has Il
right 20 do, till an arrest is first made,
his propcrty-whCreupon Mr.. Sivly-
true to his natural Inheritance, true to
the blood that coursed his manly veins,
showed himself equal to the demands
Of the times and resented the insult
There should have been officials at
Clinton to look after violators of the
l,.w and to keep the peace.
1t is the duty of Marshai5 to look
after the wants of the people and to
call upon officials who neglect their
duty and permit disturbance.
The fault is not altogether on the
side you place it, Mr.. Editor, and your
writer counsels more discretion in
future. When our State was in tur-
MOL no paper il. Miss. cast a shadow
over our hope but gave their columns
to our cause, and every word was
praise.
1t has not been shown that
no whiskey was there, and it vas not
indirectly the cause but. as admitted,
the direct cause, for it commenced
over the very act of its use, and if it
was not at the bottom, it was the very
effervescence for the arousing of this
bad antagoDistic feeling-ED.
At Clinton there were not more than
/ fifty white men, only four or five of
whom were armed. On the other
hand there were at least two thousand
negroes, some of them brought guns
in wagons, on their shoulders, pistols
buckled around them and in every
way demonstrating that things had to
go their way or an emergency was
what they wanted l question the
assertion that whiskey was at the
bottom of it or that hot blooded white
men began the riot Those who
should know how this riot occurred
are dead. No coward was in their
midst and their names will be a guild
ing star to every true Misslppian till
that grand old State is once more free.
Let Mississippians "be worthy of their
country, their fathers and the proud
blood that coursed their veins" LET
them move forward for the glories
that await them" in this the hour of
their state distress. Let them not
forget their integrity, their virtue and
their manhood. Let those who disa-
gree with them he silent lockers on
or reap the fruit of their folly. Miss.
was not made for slaves and her sons
are counseled by her most gifted guar
dians to heave their strength at her
oppressors with force that will leave
her grand, proud and forever free.
That will forever rid her of Adelbcrt
Ames, the son in law of Ben, Butler,
the beast. MIsSIssIPPIAN.
The above communion is rather
indiscreet, when taken into considera-
ton that the Vicksburg Herald, the
". o. Bulletin, and all the leading
Democratic papers in the country de-
nounce the act of going among the
negroes as unwise, lmprudent and
calculated to work an injury to the
cause. "Whiskey was not the cause
yet it is not denied that whiskey was
carried there not only in violation of
the town orginance Of Clinton, but the
act was an insult to the good people
of Clinton, aud it is matter to be
regretted that some innocent people
of Clinton were sufferers.