The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-09-29

WICH Is IN THE STATE wv KEN
Sept. 9th, 1876.
There is dismay in the Cros
Roads Sence we he'd the direc
tions Of Attorney-General Taf
red to us, threatenin the employ
ment NV troops in the Southern
States, about eleckshun time, VIZ
feel that all hope NV freedom j!
gone, and that we mite Jest g;
well git out our chains and go tC
clankin nv EN-, first ez last. .Whel
the Cross Roads can't run it,
eleckshuns III lis own way, theI
amt no more freedom. Freedom
is throttled, and ef she don
shreel now she is tull'er old viz
gin than | ever give her credit fol
bein.
What is the necessity uv sendir
troops down here on eleckshuI
day!"To perfect the miggers
Cant WE perfect EN-! Shan't VIC
hev the guardin NV the ballot box
and wont we see that everybody
votes, wich We consider entitled
to the ballot! This is an outrage
wich is we'll calkelatid to onsettle
the devoshen ny me and Issakel
Gavitt to the Government.
To show how Onnessary this in
reference is | will state that we
he'd already made full and ample
prcparashens for peaceful and
quiet eleckshum. We he'd organ
lied the white citizens nv the
corners into Il guard to preserve
| the purity NV the ballot box, and
to see that no disturbin elemence
come in. Uv course we eXcloodid
from the arrangement, Pollock,
Biglcr, and the two carpet-bag-
gers who hey Il wagon factory
here, wich they bilt ten years ago
and wich hcZ disturbed rs ever
sence, ez they are both Republi-
kinS. We he'd taken an invoice
NV the shotgun in the naber-
mood, ana had deIa!eu our iuick-
est ana most akkerlt Silo'S 20
yoosc en-, and he'd matters so
arranged that ther coodcnt be no
disturbance at the polls.
Our method wuz simple and
states manlike-I originated it.
!
That ignorance mite not be PleaQi,,
ed ez an eAcooSe'. we hotillea an
the nlggers within the limit NV
this precinct, that TO the polls OF
attempt 10 vote: lhat el lheE
WOOD keep keerlully at nome all
that day they WOOD NOT De moIeS-
tld or harmed, but that o1 ,hey
attempted to vote or IN any way
interfere with the eleckShun
trubDle WOOD inevitably ehsoo'
We also, IN the Intre6t OF peece,'
he'd men detailed to stand on eech
road to stop all nlggerS Wlcn
shood presoom TO move toward
the village that day, with Strlc'
instruckShens that el theY, periS'-
Id III comm, TO promptly DloW the
top NV ther hedS OH. ",feece. at
al hazards Wuz our determlha
shen.,
In the precinct below US they
Wuz not so cohSerV9'lTe., lopre-
vent trlDDle on elcckSlluh daS
they determined 10 XIII the heIl
Nv EN- before, ana very many NV
our people INSISTED 'iiaI lil%O 1 "u7
the pest metlou' pui l reIoo"cu
to 40 1t. am naturally cohSeFV-
atlVe ana yleIdlh'
10 snow now hluch we ueS!re
peece l VIII state that we heI TWO
nlgEerS AT the corners wen pro,
less Dlinocrlsy. lhey hahS around
Barcom ana we new toleraIld
EN-, Tor they act eI neerly el we
we 90 ez Is possible LOT niggGrS'
Ihey desired 10 Sote' ana Ieeklh
Pogram WIZ IN favor Nv lettlh Nv
EN- Our cltiAeilS prole'.Ila' i'S
establlshen precedent sed IS
saker Gavilt, "el one Niger votes,
why not all-,and when a nigger
votes the iiood-gates Is broke
down
BUT sed |, KIN we ali0rd to
lose them two votes Tor llloen
and Reform" i
"E we keep them out, ana need
them two votes, can't you ana l.,
in the interest Nv reform, vote