Daily Republican., 1879-08-06
A NOTE.
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The Yaz0O Outrage.

"Evety Evening and "Morning Her
alp have never yet heard Of the late
Mississippi outrage on the freedom Of
action and speech, the papers elsewhere
throughout the country are not slow in
sllu ling to it, aud there Is q general
dsnunciation of it from both Democratic
and Republican papers. With ons ex-
ception the Wilmington papers have
not heard Of it, or if they have they
have not had the independence to al
luds to it nor the irmnsss to denounce
it. For once the persecution and out
rage was NO. committed against Re-
publican. Captain Dixon was a white
man, native of Yazoo, Mississippi,
always Democrat and not only an ac-
tive confederate soldier, but he was
prominent amongst those who aft r.
wards took au active part in stamping
out R-publicanism in Yszoo county. So
effeotually did he do his work that rom
. Republican majority Off, 900 formerly
cast in the county, not single Repub
lioan vote was cast in 1874, and a Re-
publican member of the Legislature was
murdered and the money found upon
his person, some s3,00o,' was paid into
the Democratic campaign fund, with
which to aid in.. n..corruptins and stufdag
the ballot boxes. For his extraordinary
activity and effectiveness in aiding in
changing the politics Of Yazoo county
after the Mississippi plan, he was pre-
sented with a valuable silver testimon.
ial by his friends and fellow Democrats
and was styled the bravest of the brave
in the inscription thereon. 1t does
not appear that Captain Dixon had any
sympathy with the Republican party,
the National administration, or with
Northern ideas whatever, in his effort
to run as an independent candidate = for
Sheriff of his county. He was still the
same uncompromising Democrat he had
always been, but as an American citi.
zen he thought he was entitled to the
full protection OF the law in the enjoy
ment of all his rights. 1t happens that
Captain Dixon wanted to b. Sheriff of
Yazoo county, and in his claim for the
nomination he had a great many sup,
porters, but the Democratic Convention
nominated another man. He then au-
nounced himself as an independent
candidate, when large portion of his
fellow Democrats and all the colored
voters, who compose majority in the
county, rallied to his support. His
election being thus assured by large
majority, the regular Democrats, seeing
defeat inevitable, gathered mob of
three or four hundred rough loafsrs,
all armed and full of whisky, who wait
ed upon Dixon in force, informing him
that he must get out of the county tho
next morning, never to return, or
"abde the consequences" Dixon was
courageous and brave man, but
around him was his wife and six child
rem, whose lives were in danger. To
save his own life he would have made
no effort except to sell it as dearly as
possible, but to save the life of his wife
and children he would make any sacri-
fee. He saw no relief, and recolecting
the brutal murder of Judge Chisholm
and his family two years before, he
signed a paper Withdrawing from the
canvass on the express condition that
he and his family and friends should
be sparei. Thus the election campaign
has already ended in Yazoo county,
and as a Democratic paper in an ad
joining county says, "ths Democratic
flag fl es victorious over Yazoo."
Now, it is not Captain Dixon that
We are interested in SO much as
whether man be he Democrat or Re-
publican, black or white, shall be pro-
tected in his lawful rights. Though
Captain Dixon has clearly been the VIC
tim of outrage, and his case must ex. ,
cite sympathy, We only sse in it an in E
stance of ths determination of the I
Southern bulldozers that nobody shall t
live in the South except they support {
the regular Democratic ticket. Were we |
to give way to the sug ugyestions of sci |
fish partisan spirit, We might say that '
Dixon was served right, now that {
the persecut ons he was active in wag
ing against the Republicans had re.
turned to plague the inventor, "He a
knew how it was himself" but there is t
a principle broader than this to be con t
sidered and the case of Dixon more {
than any other that has happened, has t
brought that principle before the pub f
lie. Shall man be protected in his /
inalienable rights as guaranteed to him 8
by the Cons tuition is he question O
which 10 ms up behind th-s- Southern 8
prosecutions, and it is question which t
will have to be- answered by the FEEDER. O
al COVE nm-nt ther atirmativelv or t
negatively, sooner or later. 1t is evil 8
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