The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-12

q resistance to United States civil officers
since the election. To show the falsity
: of the last charge, we recently re.
> ferred to the undisputed fact that the
D. Z. S. Marshal, Capt j. L. Lake, soon
Of after the election, and when there was
l. reason to believe from exaggerated Radi-
!. cal reports that the passions of the people
!. were desperately infamed, sent noto-
rlous Radical negro into the county as
deputy Z. S. Marshal to summon wit
nesses to appear before the L. S. grand
: Jury tor the purpose of procuring indict-
E ments against citizens of the county for
, violating the laws of the United States
Judging the motiUe by the act, no other
conclusion can be reached except that
the object Of the United States Marshal
IN sending this negro into Amite county,
was to provoke the citizens and tempt
them to commit violence in order that
genuine COURAGE" case could be manu-
tactured and reported to Washington with
characteristic flourish. 1t was no
doubt argued by the authors of the plot
that the negro would serve as excellent
food for powder, and, that if he were
killed, it would be all the better for the
Radical party. However, they were
sadly disappointed. The negro deputy SO
far from suffering violence from the
white people of Amite was treated with
the utmost kindness. Not only was his
authority respected, but they exerted
themselves to aid him in the discharge
OF the duties which he was so lit
tie qualified to fill and which 5
were imposed upon him from the basest
motives, and to subserve the lowest parti-
san purposes. o
So much for the alleged resistance of .
those people to the authority of the United h
States. Now for the other branch of the
SUBJECTIVE, their conduct at the cleo.
ton.
The only box at which intimidation was q q
reported to have been resorted to, was n
Imckwoods precinct. 1t was charged that fl
CoL Powers, of Louisiana, with SQUAD of hi
some hfteen or twenty armed men, had "
broken up the election at Thckwoods; that W W
hey came charging down upon the voters, he
'ellng and firing guns and pistols to the di
great terror and alarm especially of the sa
'olored voters, and that some sixty or an
evenly OF these latter had been driven w
rom the polls; that the inspectors had
,oo,, x, ,,,yara,,,o7 81. 4-'1 Gu
are 70 oo,r+ +bo -; N0' SIP
f thing, Pr
Now mark how plain tale will mt W.
own this bugaboo story. 1t is state DC
lent Of two Of the Inspectors of Capt ga
-nderson who had charge of the militia 'ie
that box, and also of Mr.. Williams soy
no was acting there as United State, 'o'
Pervlsor, having been appointed as Chi
e representative of the Republican
lrty. pla
We, the undersigned, Inspectors of tba
election at Thickwoods, do hereby nla
tie that ON Tuesday, the I'd day Of are
'vember, A. D. 1875, the polls were tv ,
ened at the appointed place, and that don
ring the day all persons, of both sine
Tors, had the opportunity of voting Tax
thout molestation, and that the polls Tax
re closed at six o'clock P. NJ, and that Pres
tar as we know or believe, every man rfeS
10 desired to do so cast his ballot. We Il
,ther state that about half after fonr miti
lock T. NJ, Col. Powers, with some s;x The
~ came on the ground, but did not tho
9r to disturb anyone, or in anv ''0
nner interfere with the election age
dld not remain more than half an exec
IT. While Powers was on the ground carp
he person (but not one that came with lies :
Sers) shot dog and crippled him d..
that several shots were fred at him 'ii"n
which some alarm was manifested bnt nual
afterwards everything was peaceahIa State
orderly, and that colored men voted upon
to the hour of closing. so0o
THOMAS P. STREET.
w. L. HAYNES. Tn
ovember 3, 1875. eli