Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-05
4 DELOCRA7IC DOCL'HENT.
THE METHOD OF INTIMIDATION PRAcTIcFD !
MISSISSIPPI.

MISSISSIPPI
Correspondence Of the Near York Tunes.
WASHINGTON, Sunday, Jan. 2 1875.
The following preamble and resolutions passed
by the Democratic Conservative Club Of Cooks
vile Noxubee county, Miss, on Dee. II, 1875, viii
serve to illustrate the feeling existing in that
State and the methods of intimidation and per
secution practiced toward native white Mississ
ippians who dare to follow their personal con-
victons in the exercise Of the ballot. Mr.. NJ. NJ
Homer, who Is 90 terribly mathematical by the
Cooksyille Democratic Conservative Club, is a ma
tive of Mississippi, and large planter, who owns
and cultvates 10000 acres Of land. The preamble
and resolutions were refused publication in the
FOCAL paper of Noxnbee county, and in conse.
quence were sent TO and published by the Column
bus Weekly Index of Dec. "a.
! Whereas, NJ. NJ Horner, in the late election
acted in manner totally offensive to the interests
of the white men of the country, and the policy OF
onr Democratic Conservative Party, by violating
his promise to act with said party; by starting an
opposition ticket with his own name, connected
with two scallawags, CT. l.. Wilkerson and Bill
Parmenter,) and negro Robert Lacy,) which
was loahsome and despicable, and injurious to
of his friends and putting others in their places
equally despised, and by him and his scallawsg
associates distributed and placed in the hands Of
the negroes on his own plantation and of the
neghborhood, and at negro church on Sunday ::
| Resolged, FIrst-That we unanimously consider
him q traitor TO his country and an enemy to his
neighbors.
.Second-That henceforth we have no moral, So
cial. or political association with such beast in
mans clothing; nor will we countenance any who
condescerds to associate socially with him.
2Aird-That these resolutions be considered as
applying as much to |. L. Wilkerson as to II. NJ.
Horner.
Tourth-That the Macon Beacon be requested
to publish these resolutions and send copy to
each Of the two above mentioned traitors.
fJA-That as Bill Parmenter has rcpudated
and seeks TO be white man, We extend to him
our cordial sympathy.
Done by order Of the club, at Cooksvi!le, Dee.
IL, 1875. j. l.. HIBLER, President.
j. r. D. KING, Secretary pro tenn.
The foregoing preamble and resolutions are sc-
companied by the following explanatory epistle
addressed to the editor of the Index by the Secre-
tary of the club, and printed in the Index mme-
diately below the published action of the club
SIR. Iuclosed we send you the action Of cur
democratic club at Cooksville for publication, as
we have failed to get it published in our county.
Our editors have published similar documents on
others, for instance, Bob Ford. Bob is poor
man, and they must have thought they had moth
ing to lose. They are willing to grind the poor
and uphold the rich. We have yet TO learn that
few hundred dollars acres of poor land ele-
Yates a man il society, when that is all that you
can say for him. Please publish and forward &C
count TO the democratic club Of Cooksville. Done
by order OF the committee. Publish this card
j. X. ID. KING, Secretary.