The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-09-06

and ask you, as a party to the eompro
mise, whether that was true or not?
THE CHAIRMAN. The statements tc
my mind have a different construction
not that intimidation was for that pur
pose, but that there had been intimida.
tior and outrages in the district, which
made the Republicans prefer a comprO
mise rather than take the risk.
/ Mr.. BAYARD. Just consider that in.
terrogatory with the correction of the
chairman. would like the chairman,
or members of the committee, to make
any correction when | fail to state she
testimony accurately.
A. l certainly never bad an idea that
there could be q pretense that there was
even a semblance of intimidation in Mad
ison county. | remember when | saw
an account of the appointment OF this
committee, or the proposition of Sena.
Morton to appoint it, l felt, and | re.
marked at the time, that there certainly
would not be anything to investigate in
Madison county, for If there was any
semblance Of intimidation prior to that
time was ignorant of it; | never heard
oft.
@. Did or did not the leading Repub-
iicans of the county oppose the Warner
ticket?
A. am not able TO say about that.
Q. After the COMPROMISE 1 speak of?
Al think the Somproruis.., or fu4
sion ticket, was almost unanimously sup
ported.
Q. Were you present on the day of
the election?
A. | was at Canton.
Q. Was there, 10 your knowledge,
any interference with the right of voting,
by anybody, at any time?
A. There was not There was more
Democrats opposed to the fusion than
Republicans. As well as could ascar-
tain, there was 4 minority of the Demo.
cratic party opposed to the fusion, that
warred against it, and condemned it bit
terry; extreme men and violent men, who
didn't want to have any treaty with the
Republican party at all yet, at the same
time, the compromise had an overwhel
ming majority of Democrats; fve-sixths
| should think, cordially approved it,
and a greater proportion of the Republi.
cans. | never heard of any dissatisfac
ton on the part of the Republicans, ex
cept at jackson
Q. That is not in the county?
y. No; but Warner, from jackson
it is understood, tried to distribut,
straight-out Republican tickets, or the
old tickets, and thus defeat the fusion
There is a large amount of absurd ties
timony by negroes in relation to the af
fairs of this county; but the testimony o
gentlemen of both the political parties t.
which we have referred, and which is t.
be found on pages, will set at res
. any question as to the legality and pro
priety of the election in that county.
: Hinds Countg.-Hinds county con
, tains the capital of the State. The o1l
J alleged disturbance of any moment il
; Kinds county was the Clinton riot, G
which we have heretofore given the fn
statement. With this exception no on
has ventured to attest a single act of il
: timidation or violence. 1t was the off
} cial residence of Governor Ames, VIII
/ himself stated, on page 80, that he wa
not a witness Of any act of violence @
t intimidation and a dozen witnesses hay
: affirmed without the slightest contradi
r tion that the election was entirely peace
: able and lawful, with the free right
+ every one to vote as they saw fit.
r ASSAULT UPON THE GOVERNOR s MA
SION.
4 At pages will be fonnd the de
: ositions of several colored men who we
! employed as watchmen around the &c
9 ernor's mansion for weeks before Il
v election. Their statements as to Il
firing upon the mansion is not only di
proved by Ames himself, (see page
but is incredible from the fact that 1
3 pane of glass was broken by the allegG
# bullets, nor does any mark appear upC
q the exterior of the mansion, nor w
:. any one hurt at any time.
;. Mr.. Barksdale, at page 475, dispos
!. of this ridiculous charge
le ABOUT THE GOVERNORS MANSION BED
u FIRED INTO,
\ Q. Some witnesses have been befo
\ this committee-colored men-who ha'
!, stated that the Governors mansion b
Il been an object Of attack, and | wou
- like to state to you here what Govern
, Ames said on the subject:
: Q. CftBY The CHAIRMAN.) }. Did yo
~ at any time receive threats or intimatio
- - of bodily harm to yourself?
- ga. As stated yesterday, no attem
" has ever been made to intimidate
20 personally. OF course no person ey
: came to me and said that if | did th
=, and so, certain consequences would f
~ low; but the mansion where live "
~ ~ fired into.
od od go. (BY MR. BAYARD.) At wi
~ time.
- ga. Just previous to the election.
:! go. (By TIE CHAIRMAN) DUR
:; - the day or at night?
y. y ga. This was at night. | may s.
U however, that l did not, at that tin
D consider myself in any personal dang
~ | did not think that they could well
~ ford to asasinate me. l thought it VOL
"a "a be too great a political hlunder, SC
nJ nJ l really had no feeling of that XII
~ but since then l have been inform
-, - that the thing was seriously consider
;ro ~ People were seen firing into my N
,ae w sion, and the trees were cut. Their
H. a bullet-hole or two in various parts
~. ~ the mansion"
~ 9. This testimony, some Of it at le
- referred to the Democratic Conservat
- meeting which was held here, in the
- - of Jackson, on the 9th of October,
- before the election.
'on - A. Well, l viii state that previou:
vos thai meeting, when it was known Il
- would be great crowd of persons,
bar spired by the enthusiasm of the cany
when there would be banners, MI
!. and all that sort Of paraphernaIia v
L,on gives interest to political canvass,
the it was determined by the Democ
authorities that no device, no flag,
ever banner, ana no thing should appea
that procession, or in the proceed
vol IN any way to cast ridicule or w
TWO the seBsibiIities of Governor Ames.
5ood a treaty of peace had been estat
ed, as it was called, between him
and the Democratic authorities. and It