Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-23
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR 9NOwDBN.
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1879.
Some of the republican newspapers call upon

Some OF the republican newspapers call upon
Sc0ator Lamar and the members Of the u. s..
House Of Representatives, from Mississippi to
denouuoe publicly the recent shooting Of Dixon
IN that State. We wonder what these same
papers would think Of tho southern papers if
they could be silly enough to demand that Sen.
ator Conkliog aod tho representatives in Con.
gress from New York make it their business to
sccurSe and cry aloud for the punishment not of
dGa!l5t. and one too who had given desperate
warning CT what nc had to expect, and for
the condemnation of the whole community in
which he resided. but for the penalty of the law
upon auy ono Of tic numerous sneakiDg,
tblcVlsE, and cowardly mutderers, with ac-
cunts 0! whom the newspapers Of that
State arc constantly filled. There arc bad
men 10 Mississippi as there arc in New
York. tut criminal statistic, show lat
the ra'I1 Ct crime amorg the white people of
the former State is less than among those Of the
latter. That the adherence OF crime BIZ the
same llco is no less in Mississippi than 10 New
YoIk everybody at all familiar with the people
ct the two States is thoroughly satisfied but
they sre also c0nvioced that the law abiding
people OF the former State would think any in,
teriereIco h7 membera of Congress, or any
body else, With tho business of their courts as
impectlnont as o smila! Interference with tie
courts Of New \ ork would be looked upon by
the citizens OF that State. 10 this connection
1t will not be amiss to say that while those
d3mtcfa.ic papers who are Vying with their
radical contemporaries 10 den0uociog whole
community because an tx bulldGz4r has been
tslled By One Of his tJimer competitions NAV
be tcInI under the Impression that they arc
thereby taking the Wlni out OF the latter's sails
and derrl7lDg them e the opportunity to mako
party capital, It IL no. improbable that they are
dolna irjusiic3 to ih3 s!a5cr Of Dixon, aud
gtpvora wi0gg 70 The people Of Yaz)o and Of
the whole State 81 Mississippi. Ono murderer
does not Imply community Of murderers any
noic than one sraiinw makes summer, fer if
i! old New lc:E ud Il; dangerous State
IN winch to live, Gnt as nOno OF the particulars
ii the aitiir referred 20 have been published, it
"Juiu " lu-L ~ WcN ~ WGlG until tuCy are
Known belorc indgmoDt is rendered. There is
no;hiog more calculated to provoke strife than
an active canvass for otiic, and nothing morc
common. in the South OF least, than personal
qnarrc!s between opposing c.ndilates, nor have
duels from such causes been at ell ipfteuleni;
but the commuoitcs 10 which such urfortu-
nate atfAlrS have occurred, while deploriug
thtm, WIZ 40 MR. responsible for them than
thty would have been fer any other Incident
over which they had 20 control; aud as from
ali that c.n be gathered about tho Dixon
affair il seems that that affair was ia tho
nature OF duel, i. mag bo that tho residents
OF \ 2zoO arc 90 moro to be blamed for it than
were the people OF Lludoun county 10 this
STATE 10 be tlImed fer the shooting of Mason
BY lis cousin, COL Jack McCarty. 1t will 10
AMPLE time to ccrsurc the ciIz .us Of Yazoo
when the court of that courty shall have tried
the case and decided upou it against the law
end the evidence, aod when they shall have
approved The III ust verdict.