, 1879-05-06
Convention OF the Alarmed A.,
,",,2g.hs ~ I! of tho Mississippi S''
,,p7 Valley.
An. Earhcst Attempt to liz Nina.
~. to Remedy Past e0
4s.r Abuses,
The EXODUS Not DirnInish,,.
! tho Least, as Re- ;"
ii portad.
Negroes Lining the naah,, -.
threatening to Capture
+ atanmora,


TIE vscl1sDUna CoNvESTrov
srtcfa' oaphteh I'd The Tribune
VtonsButso, hfay 'i.-Ttle Convention h,,,,.
pletctl Its organization, appontcd It. Cotuna
!ces, hnd Il now ready for busfnes,, Wh,s Ws
did to!day WAS accomplished With Is lt1ls5.'
aa possible, considering tAe magultu3. NJ"
body, and ilse variety Of tic elements nj sM
It Is composed. The best spirit sccms tn ~.
vail i'he Chairman sci an examplQ lin,
happily followed, and tic delegates sro d.,G,
of tlofg oil tllat can be donc to l,ayo 4 eont'.
cnco lllht will rcdound to the welfare ot ="
Nothing Ina bean done tint will indicate Nj,
the Convention will do to sett|o the ,ts
troubles In tho Valley, though ,hc inor,
sion scens to be, general that 4 N
unravcl It In some Wiz. fItc Con7eotka
composed ot representative lcalng men al hi
races. Tic largest cotton.plantcrs In The No.,
nra fnomtcrs Of. It, md somo OF the t1ost INA,
enttal md Intelligent co1orcd men In tl,e s,,
OF Tennessee. Arkansas, Louisiana, nul llI.,.
6ipp! Iaro present. Tho Herald Bass odttou,u
That It, "cannot see why come Understand h
should not bo arrived ut. Tho pIautsu !,
surely i1eslrous that tho ldborcrs Of tho y,u,
shall haye 10 cause to leave, aud ihc lsborf,
arc surely anxious to remain Ia tlc seu{
~ p.''sra".o sr's t ~ .,s lssa ~ lug worm IN
WA" an"S .eSs.. ~ .n ss v s.sash1 aa'ss
W." y. , wv p.n @ .ss Nv Ieptesea*
~ tnc tohfcullo''t aHc 'apo!eF uo not Hau!t
lcayc. and tic landowners 10 not want heut
leave. It only rcmains, theu, to find outx
some OF the laborers lave left mud why thsr
Is great unrest among others, and, II po,,Ih]
to npnty the remcay. II Tho cousc Of the unt,
md removal are tn tho short crops, lawsuit
aud general hard times tt,at l1avo suept on
me ~.'o'o county, IL u p.a'nay OUT o. eRots
OF THO 'eonYenl.o"s W 'c"osc tlein' IL h
causes aro Of character on which any eaecte
be made by an authoritative declaration Of Iii
i,nl1y. wn t,aItcye It will be tlotc. anil ,h,ti
ouu., ,,,, w -, % ss,"a W. he,Iva 0v' ~, "tl @
met to consider tho material welfafa Il It
landowners aul !abosers alike, Md that |sss
interests VIII be suborilfnatca to ,hls e,n
NUN some NJ tlie colprcd de]eeate, ".
enu. ,n so,.'o ~ ~. ] V",,usoe e'sasp ~ as, Wa
snofe Sn 's c,,t. .neee sp' a, mt he bs s
ycntion hi good hun,ur. Ex-senator Too,e, q
AiIssIssint,i. tDado ycry postttye declaration ID
fa,,ar - .on,,rI,{, +ba ,,orrocu In I'm oycre.n
!asoA - st'.t' 49,
tllels pohteal raRuts' i1a so''uaeu tae he1.a@
Of tho Convention on the ConscTVattve, Il Gen.
Miles, Of Yazuo, did on tho ultra.Demoera!ls
aida, 11,a 1.ttar ignored uolltics, II isuude,.
s.a-., w., ,,,.ro. Viii trv ~ ,.oon nol,t,-, ,na
s!oou .ne attr'F" WI! t'3 ~ N.Y. t"'''1'ss sa
tic bulldoz'lls question CUT ot tAo eou'eal~a'
TO fh* ,re'tsrn 4s'oeaatfa F'S;:
WtuKsnuRo, MisB., May b.-Ihe Mlsshti'a
Valley Labor Convention met this aftetuooa
a. the southarn f,oncrrt f}ardgu. tha {}u.u.
~ ss ,.,ah w.. ,.a,,,aa =, t,,a ,'tnco ,o,bJd
House 'Wa'cn "as 'n1eaueo as Inc p'Aeu ''tnAD
Ing tic Convention, ee!nE too tmah latn
were fnllY aN uclegates prcscht, ayef{ eosol
mud parish on tho Allsslsslppl hlyef heIstsa
aclena, Ask.s nntl New OEeans poias 'so;s
by E. D. farrar, Caatrtnan 81 te censa;t:ts ,i;E
ot hrrangcmeslss. uen' W. II. 1;cs' o. mo,us,
County, Mississippi, was maue tempof1!
Chairman,
asn. Miles, to q nt!et speeSh. etatea ~ IT,. IT,
1ect' OF the Copvonf1oll, wh'eh was ~ otaa s1's
mi ,9ss* 81 ts lms sen Il Vs. M
ul1: question t!lat hnd dtstnrbca luz He"1
ever since Industry hau oeet or.s''ASa
-capltal aud laoor: Addressing M ,,,,'a ~
colorcd portion. % OF the !a Coayea'Its;i ~;
tho speaker said: The ldou Of nasu,a -. -
mad9 tue e.! copseu man .sop,sa M ,r4no p dp. W.
satio, Gut II any desired to cn''EEate ~ Ma1s.' ss
Or osuwllpro no human power can p1o'o2t 5oa'
Yol1 hayu tllu same right to 20 as hass. ,v.
Turning to the whites. Gof1. Miles saIa: d I1G1 :.
arc t!ee ON neTa u thE Solit aittl 1ou o"eaa
l!Unrst III your transactions VIII LUG eo'''su
nnn."
Oh igos!oa committee or twenty "as ~
pointed On Ecrnianrnt osgnnznt!oi'' ma. -
pcnding the ahsgnce Ut alls CoInthli1ce' q q
tiov. HonEy y. Footc, being cal!e1 lpSa, .aa ~
dressed tho ConvcntlGH. lie ea1d no h,aa naa soa
ut tho carnrst request Ut flIr. Cottnn EXenasas
Of New ORLEANS 70 lond shnt psI,nn power ana ,aIu ~
evns!.ss!ng i.scsesss u uo great Mlsslsstepl u
10y. Hs urgcl botl wl'to and eolorsu y ~, snl
iIetr eyes to thu pnst, und 1thllu III nasa .S ~
together fur tllu futurc prosperity OF ule" u
t!Ye !a.Mi. .."r..
Tile following report of the Con'm'tt1sss s..
| Permanent Organization WIS adopted: ffte
/ dent, tsen. ". K. Miles, Of lfolncs Coaaill
Miss. Vlco.pres!dcnts. 7. i. Cassell As!1{sutt =
Tnln.; Jailca Hill Jackso1, MISS II. ~ ~
'insu.,, uelet.n, Aris., David YUnnE, Sosssn Ssa'
!1.a. (lll tho vtec-Prcsfdents nre colose4}s GU
tary, A. W. Cra,ldol!, aiaslsson Parls'1, IT,
After appu!nsl1IE Conim1ttoo on S!eueN''''
tle Cot!vrntlon adjourned for ono AoaF c-,s.,
On reasso,nbIing, tho Committees Oh CEeae'
| ami furn,or WIN hnn ct,tue ia fcsp01lse tO u
ca'i shn,,,h to entitled to yoIee II, lha proetf
in,ra nj thu Convention, also tausd n
Lai credentials from tho County ~
! Parlsh Conventions. Defnro tho spto y. y
teEen ." rnmnsnn is icoIore 3 Chairman Of
Staia Emancipation Eoctoty ot Louisiana !
If"ssetJ ti'o f:nnyantiuu, Ills remarks Fete
! .a,e..l csrtttmlarty tu Cutoreu ulau. Ito sa1d
hnn,d liz, vuiurci mon present would tsi'i ts,
fn.n within un ali tho resolutions or Tepottt.
trsducad. They Nero huro to listen to M tne =, p