The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-10-26
THE CANVASS.
Washington County.
wAsmSoroE County, oct. 10.

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Eds. CLAEox:-Last Saturday was
the grandcst day ever witnessed in Green.
vile by its citizens, and the people from
its surrounding country. The city was
alive with enthusiasm, on account Of
having heard our swamp orator, Gen.
James Il. Chalmers, speak He vac
followed by Judge Warren Cowan, one
Of Warren couutys sons, and ho by our
efficient Chancery Clerk, Mr. Shadd.
TO say they all made effective speeches
would convey but a poor idea Of the
effect their several speeches produced
The Radicals had their greatest de
monstratlon few days previously, but
failed to get even u third the number
that grnccd our occasion. They were
addressed by Representative Lynch, who
failed signalIy to create anything like
the enthusiasm that porvadcd the ranks
OF our procession,
We had six hundred men in our grand
procession beautifully uniformed, to say
nothing Of the hundreds who Joined in
ununiformed The crowd was estimated
Ivy many who were in the habit of est.
mating large crowds, aud the lowest es
innate | heard made was twenty-five
hundred. The "Grecnville Brass Band
RECALLED us at intervals with soul inspir
ing music and proved, as it will always
prove, to be entirely in the interest OF
Reform. Many fat bulocks were slaught.
cred for the occasion, and no man went
away hungry.
Your correspondent had the "honor"
OF nm introduction to Mr. Lynch a short
time before he left Greonvillc, and drew
from the gentleman the following facts :
LIST. He said thdt he would be certain
to be elected if the election was con
Quoted fairly,
3D. He said, in the presence of said
gentlemen, that If he was not elected, he
would contest the election, aud he felt
confident the Democrats would stand by
him, don't mind seeing man Of con
fidence, but such bare faced impotence
is hardly excusabo. He certainly does
not know the sentiment of his own color
in Washington county. | don't believe
from Stoneville, on Deer Greek, to the
extreme southern boundary of our coun.
ty, on the Creek, he viii get fifty votes,
There may possibly be II few hundred
votes ON tho Mississippi River 70. him,
but he will certainly be defeated in this
county, and by good majority He i.
whipped already, and he knows it.
We never fail to get, in any portion OF
the county, an attentive audience of col
cred men-they say that any kind of a
change is more preferable than the past
regime, and that they are not afraid to
trust the Democrats for four years 10
come. They are beginning to witness
the change since last fall, and are coming
in rapidly. If We had Just two months
longer to work aud Talk with the colorod
element, We would carry our county by
two thousand majority.
predict the most quiet election that
has taken place in Washington county
since the war, will Gene off in Novcm
Der. There are few Republican leaders
among the colored people left in our
midst, who would be willing to sell them
selves, but we are not the people to buy
they are in poor market, and | am
of the opinion that they will have to
turn their attention to the cultivation of
corn and cotton.
Our many Democratic clubs are thor.
oughly organized, and are working day and
night We feel that any kind of thral,
dom Mould be more preferred in future
than to suffer again, such mdiguities as
we have stood at the hands Of the Re,
publican party The news FROM Indiana
and other States, is truly encouraging.
hope old Madison and Kinds counties
will keep "stif upper lip" and return
large majoritieS in favor of the principles
of Reform.
Yours truly,