The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-08-28
SHOT DOWN !!
Capt. Henry M. Dixon, of Yazoo
County. Miss, Assassinated.
elimination OF the Democratic
Effort to Secure His With
draWai.
from the Chicago Tribune, Aug. al
A VicksbUrg dispatch of yesterda,

from the Chicago Tribune, Aug. M1
A Vicksburg dispatch of yesterday
says:
VIcKsBURG, Aug 20.-The Yazoo county
difficulty, growing out of Dixon running as in
dependent candidate for Sheriff, has cul,nin
ated in the fatal shooting of Dixon by James
H: Barksdale, candidate for Chancery Clerk.
Dixon was shotsthree times
Another telegram says: lser
VICKsBURa, Miss, Aug. ooh. M. Dixon.
late independent candidate for Sheriff of
Yazoo county, was shot, and died last evening.
The affair is shrouded in mystery
We showed yesterday that Mai.
Barksdale, Chairman of the State
Democratic Committee of Mississippi,
in company with Congressman Single
ton. visited Yazoo county just previous
to the elimination of the late difficulty,
and ordered the suppression of the In
dependent party organized under the
leadership of the late Mr.. Dixon. The
result of that order was the assembling
Of the mob and the retirement of Dixon
from his candidacy for the Shrievalty
under threats of death. After this
achievement the local paper announced
that peace reigned in Yazoo county. It
did reign there precisely as peace once
reigned at Warsaw. The peace enjoyed
in Yazoo county was the peace of the
shotgun policy. But Dixon was not
content with that sort of peace. He
had been bulldozer of the most ap-
proved Democratic type for years, and
he didn't like to take his own physic.
He declared that an agreement entered
into under duress was not binding, and
that his agreement to, retire from the
Shrievalty contest was not considered
binding by himself or his friends, and
added: t- f... ....
1t was never my intention to abide by it, and
I am now free to say that am still candidate
and will continue to be, and, if elected, which
[ fully expect to be, will take charge of the
Office upon filing my bond and oath of office, or
test my rights under the laws of the land.
This resolution Of Dixon to resume
the contest has cost him his life. He
talked glibly forty-eight hours ago
about Testing his rights under the
laws of the land" and now he is dead!
"Shot to death by Democrat under
orders of the State Democratic Com-
mittee of Mississippi" this should be
the verdict of the Coroner's jury sitting
on the remains of Dixon. Rights un-
der the laws of the land" indeed!
There is no such thing as ''the laws of
the land" in the State of Mississippi!
It may be very disgraceful to the re-
public, the nation, but it is fact new
ertheless, and the people of the North
had best consider how long the barbar-
ism of the mob can be permitted to
reign in Mississippi without communi-
eating it's poison to every part of
the body polite. The Democratic
leaders of Mississippi ordered the
Democrats of Yazoo county to
raise mob and suppress Dixon as a
candidate for Sheriff. The mob assem-
bled with shot-guns and said, Dixon,
retire from the canvass or we'll shoot
you'll" Dixon at first refused, but his
wife and six children needed him, and,
as the mob numbered 600, and only one
man in Yazoo county offered to stand
by him, he surrendered. Then Maj.
Barksdale Issued circular declaring
that the campaign of 1879 should be con-
Quoted as those of 1875, 1876 and 1877
were conducted, namely, under the
shotgun policy. In word, Maj. Banks
dale directed the suppression of such
Independent parties as should be Or
ganized in any of the counties by Mis-
sissippi mobs! We wish it to be dis
tinctly understood that Maj. Banks
dale, Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, speaking for the Dem
ocratic party of Mississippi, de-
creed the shooting of Dixon
simply because he dared to become a
candidate for office against the regular
o-Confederate organization! And
we 60 further and say that the Demo
cratic leaders of the North are response
BILE for the assassination of Dixoni Here
is an assassination inspired by the Dem
ocratic leaders, not of Yazoo county,
but of the State of Mississippi. The
foul deed is committed in the interest
of "solid South" and the Northern
wing of the Democratic party calculates
upon holding the South solid by this
means assassination. It can be held
by no Other means. Abolish terrorism
throughout the South and several South
ern States are sure to 60 Republican.
It follows that the Northern wing of
the Democratic party consents to MUIR
der in order to win party victory at
the polls! How do you like to wear
this brand of infamy-how do you like
it, respectable Democrats?
There is campaign in progress in the
State of Ohio. Speakers-Democrats-
from all parts of the North will partici-
pate in that campaign. What have you
got to say, gentlemen, about this fiend-
ish murder, instigated by the Demo
cratic Committee of Mississippi! Dare
you defend it? Dare you attempt to
explain it? You, Gen. Ewing; what do
you think of shotgun campaigning?
What do you, once brave soldier, now
acting with, that party, think of
Democratic State Committee order