The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-08-03
ORG NlzE FOR THETA w SPEECH or MAJ. BARKsDALE.
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Ny first impulse is to mingle congrat-
u~lations with you Tonight upon the
great triumph which was won over the
Radical party in the election of Novem-
Der last.
The change which was wrought by
the election last fall. was as if, by
some sudden freak OF nature, Il scene OF
darkness, desolation aad horror had
been transformed into one of brightness
aud beauty. A change could not have
been more complete than that which
was wrought inonr State in rhat extra
ordinary election. ut did not come too
coon. 81 You all know that the people had
been driven to a desperate condition,
Their condition was indeed pitiable.
Serving. the opportunity, bands OF ad-
venturers came down to feed and fatten
by excessive taxation. When they came
to frame tie Legislative Districts, by
increasing the representation of those
portions OF the State where the non.tax
paying and ignorant element predoinl-
mated, they had hoped to get control of
the legislative department. They ais"
conferred upon the Executive the pow
or of appointment to Judicial positions,
and by this means they got an opportu
nifty to eorrapt thisdepartment. Thank
God! they failed in many honorable ex-
ceptious! For six long years these nd
ventu1ers ruled With an iron hand.
Then he spirit of the people L mean
of that prond Anglo-Saxon race, which
never yet has bent the k~nee-which is
like some rock of the -ocean--covered but
not broken arose from the darkness
II the mission of those adventures had
been of peace and good will, they
might, instead of exciting the colored
people against the whites. with whom
they are destined to reside, have cultrvat-
ell peace between them instead Of which
they snlidiicd the colorcd people into 4
mass for opposition tothe whites. They
were bloody instigators of scenes OF
murder, riots and the other evils which
follow oppressive taxation. The condl-
ton Of the people was well-nlgh des-
perate. Bat, gathering together, they
hurled their oppressors into that deep
from which there is no resurrection.
This brings me to the issue between
nv friend and myself. He assumes.
necessarily, that that party which bas
gone down in infamy without a defensi-
BILE feature-he assume it's champion
ship. / can not think Of any task SC
disagrneable az that which my friend
has undertaken to do. He is n lawyer
and has to plead some very bad cases.
but, my dear friend, yon never had as
bad d case as Won have got now.
We read Of Prometheus, bound upon
q rock. with % v~ulture devonrln2 h2f
pever-consumed ~vitals; of Tantalus, be.
fore whom delicious fruits hung, yet
which he could never grasp; we read 81
Sjssvphas, who continually rolled a stone
ND a hill only to have 1t TO roll bacs
apain-yet his is a worse JOB than these
When L think of Mississippi, prou'
Uississippi-prond in the chivalry o
) her sons and the beauty aud intelligence
of her daughters, being dominated b,
Ignorance, / have irresistably brought
to mind an instance which [ read in TIM
IT,. wells of an EngIislnnan. The travel
:. VEN. to g heather temple. Whel
5mir.,1 with it, he could but admir-
,ho artful vcrkma"ship and beantlfn
ornaments. but was s'.'nrlsed 10 nn'
the occupaut of the temple ana ''s i"1
Of the haathens to be a NE piaci
monkey. He could only reruark "
hv-stanier. "What a MAGNIFICENT TEN
nle 10 contain srch an ugly monkey
NV friend. then. undertakes to defenf
that marty which has worked SO muc'
ruin What a thanklcss task Won have
Cod grant that You NAV get forgiveness
~for,it. don't doubt Mt all that he !
:: honest: but he is the worst deludedm MAJ
I aver saw in my he.
r wish Auditor Mnsgrove had beer
hara-then T could give him some o
; tbe ticks which T have to lay on m
friend here. But the "Lord lovetl
whom he chasteneth," and I am jus
+ ~spanking him in the same spirit.
Musrrove in his report. after fon
. vaarsr of of6cn-holding, said that The ex
no,ees of this State V reached tn
oo,incticns, And this is what eats Ill
, the earnings of industry and impose
unon the people an oppressive pubiIl
| deht ,bis wav of expenditure Is pre-
, c;salv What nv friend proposes to cham
. MON IF he don't he is no good RadI
nol a,d "a one of Bvrons character
savs "What business have Won here?
What can Won do hut accept les psS
history which is the history OF m,srn'n
Every department. was conGncreh WIZ
,ttha most lavish expenditure. me Leg
islature seemed to have nothing " I"
h,,t 70 create Offices for the employment
Of IDLE drones. He knows that 70
y oils and lohhies of the Capitol wer'
III orally crowded with ignorant Office
seni- ers. $50. -
Tb,, cost of the Legislative department
ted 10 s165 600 for one year
Tho mo ratio Legislature. after
lonr COG, ION. expended $4,000 |
o,so nassaa p law that sessions of tn
Innielotnre .bouh he held binnn'a"y
Would Won have 1861 900 spent or $50.
oon9 VIII vor have Radical extrava
oanna or Democratic economy!
NV friend. who ia to follow. ~ Tx
Tho monrav in the show. he won't talk
A n negro said of the monkey. ne !
af-aid if he talks he VIII be put "
work. ITO Col. Deason.f NO prrs1 ~,
reflections, Judge. He is oh'v IKE bli
Tvs sheep. You all have hear '"a' all
IA to the Judiciary, it had hon or1nI
executions, among which I am pro,,o =.
mention the Judge of this district, H."'
james Smiley. He Donors the ermln
which he wears; but, with a few honor
able exceptions, they soi!ed the ern1lne
of their Office. Judicial appointments
were often conferred upon men who
we're not lawyers. Judges were mad
of men who knew nothing OF law; Inc
cost of this department was S3l2,ooo.
The Democratic Legislature met.
They reduced the number OF Judges
one third; the number Oh C~haneeiiors,
how many, Judge? (Coi- Deason)
"Ten." All, he Knows how many tney
reduced the number OF Chanceilors
..That is what Is the matter with han
nah" They appropriated S7O;oo0 TO
Judiciary. Which do Won like hest, 10
have a department supported at a cost
of 1912. 600 or so, 900? "Oh! listen to
the mocking-bird," but she don sing
that.
Now look at the Executive Depart