The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-04
The Mississippi Plan.

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lanta Constitution. a professedly Demo-
cratic paper, says: "We know very
well that public sentiment in that State
regards these ebullitions of ruffianism
with unspeakable horror" If this is
true, then Mr.. L. q. c. Lamar, Sena-f
tor from Mississippi. does not represent
the public sentiment of that State. He
does not regard these ebullitions of
rufianism with unspeakable horror.
On the contrary, he apologies for the
rufians and regards their atrocious
crimes as justifable means of Kidding
society of bad men, who demonstrate
their badness by daring to offer them
selves as candidates for Office in de-
fiance of the mandates of chiefs of the
Solid-South party. Neither do the rep
resentatives of Mississippi in Congress
represent the public sentiment of the
State. No expression of horror has
escaped from a single one of them since
the Yazoo ebullition of ruffianism, 50
far as. the country Is informed The
Mississippi " judges and Generals
in Washington who have expressed
themselves since tho assassination of
Dixon do not represent the kind of pub
lie sentiment referred to. They have
uttered no exclamation of horror, but,
on the contrary, they have busted them
selves in letting the country know what
wretch the murdered Dixon was, and
what wretches all his male relations
are or were. The Mississippi newspa-
pers of the regular" party persuasion
and about all Of them are of that per-
suasion-represent no such public SEN
timent. They are not in the least hor-
ri6ed. They regard the TYazoo per-
formances with the utmost complacen-
cy. They assure US that the 800 armed
men who " waited upon Captain
Dixon and commanded him to take
himself out of the way as candidate
for Sheriff, threatening him with sum-
mary shotgun execution in case ne
should not obey, were the best citizens
the wealth, intelligence and honah, sab,
The Atlanta Constellation does not
know that public sentiment in Missis-
sippi, meaning the sentiment of the
dominant party as we'll as the senti-
ment of men who are not "Conserva-
tive Democrats" regards these ebulli-
tions of rufdanism with. unspeakable
horror. 1t knows, or ought to know,
that the rufiians are constantly adver-
tASCo Wy bhO poi W Okk0 k0hS - eAO OSSe
citizens. 1t knows, or ought TO know,
that the official head-centre of the party
has issued q pronunciamento since the
Yazoo affair, partaking of the character
of Generals congratulatOry order aft
or a battle, notifying the local COM
mands that the methods of IT'S, s76 and
'78 must be pursued in 1879.l 1t knows,
or ought to know, that the method of
those years was the method of rufian-
ism, and nothing else. The Co,sstitu-
tion does not even heartily believe what
it says about public sentiment in Mis-
sissippi, for it adds that public senti-
ment is worthless unless it makes itself
felt in the direction of peace and good
order" But no such public sentiment
makes itself felt, and that is the strong
est proof that it doesn't exist, SO far as
the dominant party is concerned. A
pervasive public sentiment can not be
successfully defied for four years.
Z" Ebullitions of ruffianism have been
the order of the day since 1875, and
that fact amounts to q demonstration
that no pervasive public sentiment op-
posed to ruffianism exists. The Con-
stitution proceeds to say:
fthe Governor of Mississippi feels that he
is unable to cope with the political basharba-
zouks that infest the State. then 1t "a his duty
either to convene the Legislature, or to call
upon the Government for troops to suppress
the outbreak; for 1t cannot be denied that the
wisest, most Just, and easiest solution OF ruff
fanism that has outgrown, the powers OF q
State is . bayonet. n.II...f-,,.. fs
The Constitution will presently be
read out of the Bourbon Church for
heresy. If it were published in Mis-
sissippi its material would be pitched
into the river in short order by an
armed company of ''best citizens"
and its editor would be notified to leave
the State. never to return, within twen-
ty-four hours, or take the consequences.
No man can be good member of the
! "reguiar'' party who doesn't recognize
Mississippi as q nation. or who would
think for one moment of mentioning q
| United States bayonet as "solution
of rufianism that has outgrown the
powers of q State" The advice of the
Georgia paper is thrown away. The
Governor will do nothing, because he
was put in Office by rufiianism. If he
were to convene the Legislature, moth
ing would come of it, because majori-
ty of its members owe their election to
rufianism. In fact, pretty much every
man who holds an Office in the State of
Mississippi is representative of ruff
| fianism, and the party in power has no
hope or intention Of maintaining its
supremacy by any other means than
ruffianism, as Head Center Barksdale
has recently made proclamation. The
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