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cres for opinions .sE will not be tolerated by
the people either u the North or South
neither will the whipping and mutilating Of
innocent negroes be winked at, but that the
laws will be enforced against all offenders. A
large majority Of the people Of the South, cs.
peciuiiy Of Mistrtrpi- no better live any
where in this land.sre slroady thoroughly
and order; aud II the Columbus Independent
or any other paper In the State dares 10 con.
tinue the advocacy of mob violence for politi
cal purposes, such sheets VIII eventually be
smothered beneath the indignation Of a long
suffering and outraged public. Candidates
who run against the regular Democratic nomi-
nees may In some districts possibly meet with
defeat but that they will 20 10 the grave, as
the Iadspendeni suggests, Is extremely doubt
full that Is II they are made Of the right sort
Of stuff. The H,dependent aud all other Bour-
bons may find that bull-dozing. midnight raids,
and murders will not control the approaching
Congressional elections even in Mississippi"
The majority of the people Of Mississippi
will not submit this fall to be trodden down
by the heel Of oppression. brutality, and
crime. They begin to know and under
stand their constitutional rights as citizens,
and to feel the necessity Of defending them.
They see that in submitting longer 10 the
reign Of terror they sink their rights Of citi-
zenship and their manhood. The day OF
tame submission is over. Those who declare
for the defeat Of or q grave for the oppo-
ncnts of Democracy have aroused the spirit
Of freedom aud manhood in that State,
which now utters words Of defiance, and
gives solemn warning that they will main
tain law and order ut all hazards, and that
those in that State "who dare to continue
the advocacy of mob violence for political
purposes will eventually be smothered be-
meath the indignation Of a long
"and outraged public.' This admonition
has the right ring and no doubt echoes the
feeling and determination of the people
who havo been crushed to the very earth by
cruelty and bloodshed. It is to be
hoped that this warning presages
the day when every Republican
and Independent in Mississippi, will de-
mand proper respect for his political rights
in peace and quiet, but II that is longer
denied him, let the struggle for the mas
terry in open strife be short, sharp and de-
cisive. We counsel no outbreak, no vio-
lence, except under the Democratic declara-
ton of war, which points to the grave as
the resting place of all opponents who can
not be overpowered by other agencies
short of it. II such things are to be toler-
ated in Mississippi, they may be in New
York Ohio and Pennsylvania, and TO toler-
ate them for one moment anywhere, Is to
surrender every ennobling attribute Of
American citizenship. The time has come
when Republicans and Independents, North
or South, must fight fire with fire, and It
were better to appeal to arms to maintain
our rights than to supinely surrender them
to Democratic dictation under the index
finger pointing to the grave as our home il
we cannot otherwise be consigned to defeat