The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-09-19
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The killing Of Dixon Il Yazoo City.
Miss. Yesterday, Il : deplor2ble sequel
70 depiorable political incident IL
point q fact Il il simply crime grow
ing out Of local political excitement.
and should Be regarded and dealt with
precisely - similar crimes are treated
IN every law-2biding community But
sectional and partisan mzlignity will
doubtless leave no stone unfurned 20
give 70 the tragedy deeper and wider
significance. and % saddle upon the
Southern people II large share of the
odium attaching 70 deed Of blood Tor
which they are just about .s response
BILE - are the people Of the North for
the recent escspade Of Senator Conk-
ling at Narragansett Pier--Chayissfos
IS CD Nescs-
Dixon may be AL he j. represented,
but be had right to be candidate,
and the negroes had . right under the
Constitution 20 vote for him or not
To say that be shall not BE- voted for i
An invasion Of = free ballot The me-
croes are ignorant and many Of them
are vicious and dangerous. but still
they are electors To say that they
should not exercise their right Of SUI
frage. for such il seems il Was practl-
cally. vas 20 provoke race conflict
much sooner than 10 let them vote Tor
any deprsved man they might choose
We know that in many counties IN
North Carolina the negroes controlled
matters for years. and they elected
often very corrupt and dangerous men
70 Gil the Offices and yet the whites
never armed and said these things
should not be- North Carolinisns are
law-abiding- - Wilmington (N. CD Sfar-
Now. II may be that this was entire
" attributable TO N old personal feud
with which politics had nothing TO do
II may be that Dixon was one Of the
worst Of men. and he may have been
guilty Of many crimes and escaped IN
punished Neither Of these conditions
changes the features OF the case in the
least Barksdale. in the ere of the l.x
and good morals. il : nurderous -
sassin. who as richly deserves ths
.hemp- as did ever any miscre2nt who
took human life II Is high time ms
murderer shall be made % suffer rns
consequences Of his crime, and w
. hope. for the honor Of the State il
which IL occurred and the entlr'
South. that m impartial justice ma
mete TO him : punishment which VII
ever preclude the possibility OF MS re
peating the act Wilmington (N g
kerIeU-
The people Of Yszco County hsv
already compromised not only then
selves but their State AMI the whol
Snuth by Their previous high-hande
proceedings against Dixon ard Il
should turn OUT that politics had An.
thing TO do with this last afsir.
would create an indignation througl
out the country that will Be eve
greater in the South than II the Mort
The Southern people have already ~
fered more than they can Afford FRO
the outrages Of : few desperadoes. -
II i high time that the responsible
was shifted from . whole section
the shoulders Of the lawless rufiia'
who bv their conduct have given o.
enemies an opportunity Of chargir
mon = people the crimes Of fe
reckIe<<. desperate add wicked me
se II there Is any law in Mississippi i
~ time Yazoo County had taste o. T.
Z Norfolk Tirgissas-
= No apprehension. no alarm could u
i tify such N outrage on Law, on the u
- erfy Of the citizen and the freedom
- elections With the Executive. Jus
n ciary and Legislative departments
~ the State Government in the hands
- the Democracy there can be no excu
- for lawlessness- and certainly not I
Al lawlessness by the Democratic par
-, against those rights that the par
". boasts Of protecting sacred and invi
~ late Madisos (Hiss-) Homestead
II Bull-dozfng HIS borne it, legitims
u. fruit Yesterday in Yszoo Cour
-. Henry Dixon was shot to death "
II - We may. this terrible deed viii
leaves : widow and fztheriess childr
~. 70 LIES stern struggle. was bro1e
~ about by intolerance IN politics.
~ are not Al this writing in possession
~ the particulars Of the deed but the
cumstances that led TO II are knor
and they warrant rs in asserting y
!. the days Of the Democratic party
" Mississippi are numbered unless
~ leaders AZ once meet the responsible
~. that rests upon them The white '
~ ers Of Mississippi must by their cou
~ make future Affairs Of this kind an
ln possibility. The silent. powerful
iot Il the court that must try this fe
full evil Of bull-doxing. and pass
tence on II BY sweeping is afvocs
from al the channels that lead 10 p
n, Ticksbrrg Herald
a. The radical press and people q
ID North. however. will make no all'