The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-09-04
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Ashort time ago a party Of men
in Yazoo County, Miss, committed
a fragrant outrage. An Indepen-
dent ticket had been placed in the
field there and they determinedt that,
by fair means or foul, they would
put an end to the movement, so they
formed themselves into a mob, fore
ed one Dixon, also called Democrat,
who was at the head of the ticket, to
withdraw, and thus broke it up,
There can be offered no excuse suf-
|cient to justify such an act. This is
aefree country and it is among the
lhasis principles of the Democratic
tparty that every man in it shall be
allowed the right to worship God ac-
cording 10 the dictates of. his own
conscience and vote as he sees fit.
We are glad that Bithsone accord,
so far as we have seen, the Demo
cratic press of the whole country,
North and South. have most .emphat-
ically condemned this outrage. And
yet while we would not for a moment
make an effort to excuse the crime
of which this Yazoo countymob was
guilty, there are certain matters to
which weMould like to call the at
tention of the stalwart Northern
press, who have seized uponsthis in
cident with so much, delight, who
have endeayored to make the entire
Democratic party in our section re:
sponsible forIthe acts of o few law
less individuals, and wholhaye paint
ed the transaction in grossly sexag'
Grated colors, in the hope that they
may induce their readers to- believe
that the South is Inhabited by q Sc,
of barbarous banditti, and that it,
politics are wholly controlled by thu
Shotgun Democracy" 1t should
be remembered by such as thes'
that there was q time when radica
carpet baggers and their friends rul
ed the South. In those days fraud
Speculation, thieYery, robbery ant
all manner Of outrage were constant
lyi perpetrated upon our citizens
) The property-owner and tax1paye
had no voicejein the Government
while their hard earned money wa
. ,wrested from them by heavy taxa
l ton and all manner Of extortion t
8 fill the carpet-bags of hungry Rad
t cal,adventurers, kept in power onl..
at the point of United States bayc
nets. Business was everywhere pal
. rlyzed; free-horn citizens were ,arres
0 ted and thrown into prison sad lib
e tam by United States Marshals an
n Federal satraps; ~desolation reigne
supreme and poverty and destitutio
stared men in the face. In cours
| iof, time, however, Radiealism an
~lcarpet-bag thieves were supplante
5 by Democratic rule, and under th
%benefcient sway of that party me
took heart afresh; civil liberty VIZ
again enjoyed; solitary places bega
+ to blossom as the rose, and threaten
s ed ruin and civil discord were SUI
ceeded by prosperity and peac'
Under these circumstances is it an
:. wonder that men interested in I'll
soil of Yazoo county, Miss,-me
whose every prospect andihope
If life rests upon continuance OF Den
ocratic rule should view within
4lonIv adherence but considerable
c the rise Of q party among them cal
n ed for policy's sake Independen
It but having as its main supports o.
Radical lenders and their allies
! Had they not good reason to loo
with alarm upon the growthain the
;e midst of any movement the tende,
cies of which were to revive Radios
ism and possibly subject them on
g more to the horrors of carpet7b:
. rule with all its attendant mise
~ and woe@SGUdnaab News, Dem