Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-19

SOUTHERN WoMES vILLIFlED AND IRA,
DUCED.
Daily Yicksburger, July $, lsi4I

uNGEHs
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The Court.house Of Warren county
dedicated 10 justice and the mainten.
ance OF peace and order, was desc.
Grated, last Mondsy night, by 3 drunk.
en- and bowling mob, whose proceed.
ings were characterized by ell the dev.
iltry, without any Of the order and de.
cornm, Of Milton's congress in pande.
monium. The writer OF this was al.
tracted TO the scene by demoniaC
shrieks and howlings, and by the voice
of a speaker whose excitement lifted
his vocal scale far above the general
din. Pressing in among the reeking,
sweating, sinking throng, the dapper
little saddle.coloTed C.e!k OF our Chan.
Gerry Court was discovered TO be the
speaker. We hesitate TO put 10 print,
from memory only, what be said in
the few minutes during which we could
command our patience aud suppress
our indignation. But we had no facil.
tiles for taking notes, and, therefore,
our report must fail far short OF his
vindic,iye and psssioDsie utterances.
The viilainous assertions 10 which
we allude, were introduced 10 illus.
trate the to.era,ive spirit OF the negro.
He said that the white man does as be
pleases with the mulato girl, aud the
negro man makes no protest; but let
negro only approach white woman,
and be is threalened-aye, even visited
with sn ignominious death. As an
instance, he mentioned the recent esca-
pade Of Young white woman with
negro man from Port Gibson, and de.
clared that the time was not far distant
when the Port Gibson s1fAir would be
repeated daily-it would be nothing
10 see large numbers follow the exam.
pie Of that Young lady. He would go
further, and say that there were thou.
sands OF Southern women, many here IN
Vicksburg, of the mos; respectable fam.
lilies who would do 30 Today we're they
not afraid. But these things would
change, barriers would be broke down,
for the white women now see that the
negro Is the coming mSn, that they
have the control OF the city and State
Governments. If be were not a mar.
ried man he could ge, the daughter Of
one OF the best families in Vicksburg,
and were be in the matrimonial mar.
ket, he would buckle on brace OF re-.
volvers, and meet the women's broth.
ers or fathers, who should dare TO in.
terfere with his love affairs, or rather,
attempt 10 prevent daughters and SIS
ters from their choice in the selection
Of q good husband whom they were
anxious 70 have among the colored
men.
At this point, we Jeff. Wnsi We
have given above lacks all the hideous
accessories tha, made every word 4 TWO
edged dagger, piercing 10 the hearts
core OF every mau who deems his life
but q poor sacrifice in defense Of a
Southern woman's purity and honor.
II lacks the fetid animal odor which
pervaded the courtroom; it lacks the
sardonic smiles OF the speaker as each
OF his vulgar illusions brought down
the house it lacks the ibidlnous leers
of ihe brutal crowd so suggestive OF the
midnight and lonely wayside rapes and
murders that darken the chronicles Of
the negro's freedom i; lacks all these,
and yet, the words written down IN
truth and soberness must brand this nc.
gro, Davenport, with an indelible
mark Of iniamy-as au outlaw, dam
gerous to the peace aad order Of the
community.
The man wLo cal yemsin passive aud
supine under the sting OF this open and
public Insult 10 tie ladies Of Vicks.
burg, should be driven from as:ocia-
ton with his kind. The man who
fails 10 repe. thi; wantou and outrage.
Gus aiiack-ty peSccfu, means, Il lie
can; by sieyneg weapons, il need be-
is a poltroon ani 8 coTard, and should
be buried tcuca;L q Dad Of scorn and
con;ume,y. Who, low, will fail 10
Vote-:corc us name for future ro.,
of iniamy. Men Of Nicksburg! Il Is
for you 10 overthrow The reign of b:u.
tality, ignorance and corruption in
your community. TLis is the noble
task before you; why stand sc all the
day idle"
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