The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-27
Proceedings of the Democratic Mass
Meeting Held in Yazoo City,
Miss, Aug. 18th, 1879.

/ Pursuant to "A call, meeting of fully one
/ thousand Democrats was held in Yazoo Civ Oh
Friday, the 18th inst.
Dr. z. j. Mccormick was selected to preside
| over the meeting and on motion Mr. Jno. T
Posey was requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman, after explaining the object OF
the meeting, made the following remarks:
L will be pardoned for saying a word or two
/ in regard to myself and what / had to say on
the 10Th of July, | do so on account of my Off
cial position in the party. And in the interest OF
truth, to refute the many falsehoOds that have
been circulated as to what did saw | do not
do this by way of apology to Ii. NJ. Dixon, OF
his friends. To them have no apology or ex-
/ PLANTATION to make. | did not advise ON that
/ day, or any other day, that an armed force or
any other force, go TO the house of H. NJ. Dixon.
l did not advise on that dav, or any other day
/ that any proposition, written or verbal be made
] to ii. NJ. Dixon. On the contrary | most siren
uously opposed sending him any proposition
then, or at any other time. l did say from the
/ balcony OF the Fromherz building after the
reading of Dixon's card Of withdrawal by Cant.
Griffin to the crowd, after being called upon re-
Peatedly for speech, that l congratulated the
! people on the brief and peaceabIe solution of
the canvass
l wish it to be distinctly understood that 7 do
endorse most heartily the action of the citizens
on the 10Th OF July, and so will every good man
who IS acquainted with what took place and
the causes necessitating it. There was no NJ
litical issue involved. There was no noIiticaI
principle sought to be overthrow Of main
| tanned 1t was simply spontaneous uprising
u tiS PCOIIS W put uQWI man not because of
his politics. but because he was personally OBJ
noxious to ninety per cent of the white people
of the county.
will say that have a becoming regard for
the opinions of all good men, and that / most
heartily despise the opinions of the Criminal
class.
did, upon the earnest solicitation of several
gentlemen, ask Capt. S. S. Griffin to 90 to
Dlx0ns house and witness his signature to his
card of withdrawal.
1t was moved that the Secretary read all pa
Pers lying on his desk k, wheFeupon the following
We're read and unanimously adopted:
The Democrats of Yazoo county. assembled
IN mass meeting at Yazoo City, on this, the 18th
day OF August, 1879, do declare as follows:
That we have been grossly and persistently
mlsrepresented and slandered by persons and
newspapers both at home and abroad in refer
ence TO meeting of citizens of this county at
TINS place on the 18th of July last and famili-
arly known as the "Yazoo Affair" 1t is al
Ieged against us that we will not allow any
man 10 run Tor ONCE in our county indepen-
dent OF the nomination of our party This
charge we denounce false II has been
made malicious y by some. and In ignorance
Dy others Inc ignorant we excuse, but the ma
ilclous we denounce as liars and scoundrels
we recognize the right of any man to run for
Tor any ONCE IN our county, whether he bases
his claim for ofhce on the Democratic tradition
OF honesty, fidelity and capacity or not We
agree to adjourn all such questions as these for
arbitration at the ballot-box, but we do not
recognize the right of any man to run for Of
color prejudice such issues, in our opinion, |
Will eliminate in strife and bloodshed, and in
such conflicts the really guilty almost always |
escape. while the comparatively innocent s1f- |
Ter. More than this such issues disturb the |
peace ana quiet Of our people imperil the /
lives of the innocent; disrupt the peaceabIe |
relations which should subsist between the
races engender discord and hate between
white and black disorganize and ruin our Ia
Dor system. and thus destroy our every hope
Tor the peace, harmony and prosperity of our
people We believe and declare that the man
ID NJ Dixon is running for the office of Sheriff
OF this county on the race issue and color-line
prejudice alone. We declare as our beliefthat
he has sought and is now seeking by all the
devlish devices of lew corrupt intriguer in
politics to array the colored people Of our
county against the whites-to stir up q race
prejudice and race confict-and to bring
and all this, because he wants the fees and \
perquisites Of the Sheriff Office and sees no Il
other way Of getting them. For these reasons
we say that the man II. M. Dixon Is not ct ~ II
be sheriff Of our county, and we here deny that II
ne has right to be allowed to run for such II