The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-11
HOW TssEY Ike.
The story that weaver Move.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. Republican,

in ihi, city, aud who Ia /, Ell travelling IN
the state at Mis-is pui for st. Louis
communicating firm. NJ. Weaver
was in Mississippi i'm nediateiy proceeding
and during the election. aid is we'll qualin-
ea 10 testify whether or not there a such
a condition Of affairs in that State as To
preclude a fair ballot On the day or cleo
ton he was in Kinds county, his business
there being to collect bills due and take
new orders. About 10 O'Clock he rode into
the village of Goshen Springs Tor the puf-
pose of seeing two colored farmers VINO
owed him for stoves. After tying his horse
he went to the polls, where he found the
men he was in quest of, and called them
aside to present his bills A number o.
white voters saw him call the
CoLoRED MEN
aside, and he was surrounded at once by
crowd who abruptly demanded ms
business. Weaver told them he was
travelling solicitor for st. Louis
house. and that he was there for the pur-
pose of collecting bills fiom the men with
whom he was talking. They refused to De-
lieve him, and accused him of being
Radical emisSary" who was there TO infu-
ence Republican votes Though the tive
coloied men corroborated the representa-
tons of MIR. Weaver, the crowd refused to
believe them, and he was forced to show all
the papers he had on his person, including
several thousand dollars in notes and &C
counts, before they were satisfied. From
Goshen Springs he rode to Pisgah Church,
whore there was another voting place. His
business here was similar to that at the
| former place, but no sooner did he attempt
to engage his colOrcd debtors in conversa-
| ton than he was
SURROUNDED BY A CROWD.
| of ten or twelve white men, who, without
| stopping to inquire the nature of his mis-
| sion began to menace him with threats for
| interfering, as they charged, with the free
dom of the ballot. Again he had to she'll
| out his Identification papers, and was glad
| to ride away with whole skin. In addl-
| ton to establishing his Identity as COM
| mercial traveller. who was not there to vote
or influence others to vote, Weaver, al
| though Republican,, thought it conducive
to his health and general safety to strenu-
| ously declare an enthusiastic preference
| for Tilden aud Hendricks. That night he
| went to the house of j. z. Barksdale,
! farmer, and staid all night. During the
night squad OF horsemen rode up to
| Barksdale's called him out aud told him
| they had come to see Weaver and find out
| what his true business was in that country.
| Luckily. Bark sdale stood we'll in the com
! munity, and, having known Weaver for
| some time, was able TO assure them that he
was all right. This satisfied the
MIDNIGHT RIDERS
and they rode away At later hour OF
ting up talking, they heard shots down the
| road in the direction of a negro cabin.
| Barksdale proposed that they take their
| arms and go out and see what the firing
| was about. The negro occupants of the
cabin informed them that while he was
asleep somebody came UP and hallooed. He
got up aud opened the door, and saw
la mum Der of colored persons whom
he recognized as members of the Demo-
cratic club in that precinct Fearing they
meant harm, he quickly shut the door and
secured it with bolt on heinside. Imme-
diately volly was fired through the door,
the bullets passing through, but none strik-
ing him. He seized a double-barreled shot
gun and through a chink-hole, return d
| the com pliment with the contents of both
| barrels, wIereupon the assaulting crowd,
| after one more shot, scampered off.
/ Mr.. Weaver was also at Brandon, in the
same county, and relates circumstance
which illustrates
THE BULL DOING SPIRIT
white Democrats of that section during the
election period. A farmer named James
| Miller, who lives two miles from Brandon,
on the day before election told his hands
| hat each of them who would go to town
and vote for Tilden and Hendricks, should
have mule to ride and an extra holiday.
but those who voted the Republican ticket
) should receive no favor at his hands. The
ueXt day Miller went to town himself, ar
irving just after the voting had commenced.
Observing one of his colored men, Jim
Brown, at the polls, he asked. Have you
voted yet. .Iim?" ooh, yes, l voted Mr.
Miller.' "Who for, Jim p II was bound
20 vote for Hayes aud Wheeler, boss" re-
piled Jim, whereupon the irate Miller struck
Jim tremendous blow with the butt end
of revolver, that piled Jim all up in a
bundle on the ground. In fact, the colored
man was badly beaten simply because he
had exercised his right of a freeman and
voted as he chose.
| Mr.. Weaver stated that there had been no
eXaggeration of the real condition Of affairs
| In MISSISSIPPI. 1t was really unsafe for a
white Republican to express his views on
| the political issues, and the man who did it
| carried his life in his hands Bull-3ozing
OF the colored people, however, was not ac-
com llshed so much by actual violence as
| 0y threats of starvation The white farmer
would tell his colored renter that he would
not
'RUN HIM
the coming year, that is, would not furnish
| teams, provisions and lands to crop with
II Said renter did not vote the Democratic
| ticket. Ihis threat was the most effective
threat that could have been made. as a col
ored tllier OF the soil in that region with
.ut Wnite 1armer to "run him" is in a bad
NIX, aud lucky If he escapes Want of food
ana clothing. So in this way, together
with certain degree of armed intimida-
tlon, the coiored voter was brought to the
polls and persuaded to vote his first Demo
cratic ticket. Nearly all the negroes in
Hlnds county, and the surrounding coun-
Ties, through which Mr. Weaver Travelled
belonged to Democratic clubs and voted for
!noen ana Hendricks. for the considera-
slon that they were to be rum this year
for necessary farm supplies. Mr.. Weaver
repeated conversation he had with
81 ROBINSON,
the wealthiest colored farmer in Kinds
county, 81 stated that he was a Republic
can, and wanted to vote that ticket hnt
was afraid to do So The threat was made
IhaI II ne voted tor Hayes and Wheeler
| every thing he had that could be L;lled
and everything he had that could burn