The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-02-27

Summit February g 1873.
70 the Editors0fthe Clarion

10 the Editors 0fthe Clarion:
In looking overyour excellent journal OF
February 9TH inst. / find this language
used by You as an editorial: '.In our own
State there is but one section in which a
law breaking spirit does not largely pre-
vail over every Other influence. We allude
to two of the counties (Amite and Pike, in
the Southwest" Presenting that yon, who
are so well acquainted with our people.
would not do thu county of Pike Intentional
| i,jnstice. permit one,whO has been citizen
of the county stnigh on to' forty wears
raise my voice in behalf of county that
has ALWAYS been noted for peace aud quiet
u1e andin tunes gone by, for netting out
Justice to all aw-breakers,- no matter what
heir Standing or Influence iyht have been,
did they but vinlate the laws OF the land. The
presumptiOngis that you had reference 10 this
new tangled offense with the singular hut
expressive name "bulldozing."s As to Pike
county, we have-never heard. nor can it be
established by proof, that bu5 one case of this
kiud ever happened upon the territory
of Pike county. | allude TO the killing ol
Frank Porey al Osyka last Summer. What
was done by our ctiZ ms and court on that
| occ isi,n? The parties suspected Of hayina
engaged in the killing, have been indicted
arrested and are u'rd bonds for their ap-
| pearance at our next term OF Court on the
| bird Monday of this month, and DO ton
of the parties are frnm our neighboring
State OF Louisiana. and the offense was COM
mitted right on the Stare line No other
case has been reported and in no part of our
licounty has any bulld"Zing been committed
| by our citizens. Ia the adjoining county oil
! Lincoln, the homes of the District j nd re Dis
| trict Attorney. State Senator'S ard no telling
how many suh-Stslte officials, rumor saws
and from what evidence we can get there
las been considerable of bulldoZing and the
Grand jury now in session are ferreting the
matter out without the assistauce or inter
ventiOn OF that Radical relic, Investigating
committee" Is it fair then that our gooC
name should be furnished by the conduct o
our neighbors aud our citizens branded
wherever they go as bulldozers.
1t has been suggested, and heard a prom
inent planter assert, that two irdS of the
| notices to ''vamoose the raneh," that has
created much confusion and fear among the
colored people, is the workings Of sub-agenls
of emigrant tramps who by this way,
through their fears, easily pursuade the col
Ored man TO emigrate 70 better country in
the g sugar region, or the Yazoo country ,
And many of them being largely in debt to
the merchant. are glad TO have an excuse to
pull up stakes aud settle their Indebtedness
in that way. But as many of the poor, de-
luded people are coming back. sadder and
wiser people," we hear of but little emf.
grafton.
This we have written in justice to the
law-abiding citizens of Pike county, and
have but this to add. Ii the various parties
who have been engaged, Morton-like
"waving the bloody rag y in prints and tes-
timony, were strictly catechised as to their
own knowledge of these affairs, there would
be but small amount of testimony elected
from them. and by the strict rules of eve
dence would be ruled out of court.
a74 PIKE.