National Republican., 1879-08-26

quont and the outlook seemed so black that
only about 150 Republicans were present when
| l called IL TO order. say II with shame now
that / there tried to make conciliatory
speech, In tho hope that thereby collision
might be avoided.
DIXON TAKES A SHOOT AT MORGAN.
From The first | was interrupted. Soon
Dixon and n number of his friends came in.
lie took position In the centre of the hall.
| One interruption followed another, until at n
| word Dixon drew one Of his pistols and fired at
a colored man in the audience, who had given
| no cause whatever for any assault. Fire was
ut once opcncned by all Of Dixou's party. The
explosion of the pstolshot put out all the lights
in the front of the hail. leaving only those on
and near the table at which / was standing
| Most OF the shots were directed at me. Three
lodged in the end of the table at which stood.
More than n score lodged I'm the wall behind
me. ! escaped by n side window. As soon rs
tho firing began the bell in the frc.engine
| house rang an alarm, aud by the time II ceased
II crowd of about 100 armed men had gathered
in the street IN front of the court house. This
showed that thoro had been an organized plan.
| | went up 10 the court room again and found
| that the clerk of tho circuit had been wounded,
and my friend Mitchell, who had been a cap
tain in the robol Gen. John Moigan's staif,was
| Killed, Our men were without arms or
organization to resist such assaults. | had
| taught them from the first to rely upon the
law and the moral power public opinion for
defense No Democrat would sorvc, aud
would not summon posse of republicans
alone. 1t WIS n revolution.
by morning the city WIS filled with bodies
| of armed and mounted men. One company
| was present that had come nearly twenty
miles. and some of its members lived quite
| thirty miles away. The members must have
| assembled in pursuance of n plan long before
| the firing commenced. | was in hiding eleven
days within the city limits. Armed men
searched for me daily At last escaped from
tho county. Such is the history of the
LAST REPUBLICAN, MEETING
| ever held in Yazoo County. Dixon's work was
so effective that IL party which for six years
had never had less than 1000 majority, re-
turned, according to the Democratic count,
just seven votes. That majority sent Single-
ton to Congress.
THE city government voted tax to pay the
expenses OF an extra police force just after
this meeting, aud tho money was given 10
| DiSons scouts Dixon himself took pos
session of the sherh's office. He also caused
| u warrant to be sworn out against me for an
| attempt to kill him the night before at the
meeting.
THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY OF THE SCHOOL
FUND.
Dixon had two assistants, or leutenants.
| One WIS man named Sublctt also q boon
| companion by the name of Harrison. On the
9th Of January, 1876, and Immediately after
| the new Democratic treasurer took his Office
it (the otiice) WAS robbed of the $2S, ,000 public
school fund. There were those who said
| Dixons crowd knew where that money went
| Snblett lett tho county soon after and went
| to Texas. While there he was killed by tho
| clerk of II hotol, and, 1t is stated, some Of the
missing bonds OF that school fund were found
| on his person. Dixon wanted TO he sheriff,
but lie could not carry the county conven-
| tion, so he became an independent. This,
| with other things, caused feeling of bitter
ness between Harrison aud Dixon. Hat
rison told Dixon he must look out or
his fate would be worse than Morgan's
| Conccivng this to be threat, the next time
they met Dixon took the drop on Harrison
and killed him. Dixon managed to escape
| conviction by n jury to die ut the hand OF n
| man who went cunning for him with good
| shotgun. Such, sir has been the fate of the
| three men who did the most to drive me from
my home In Yazuo. Taxes have not been MT
! terially lower than under Republican rule,
| while life and property have not beeu so Sc
cure. The school fund was stolcu and the
labor of the country has been bull dozed into
Il flight that in volume has only Just COM
monced. Property has deprecated in value.
! Fnally these mcu have been hOistcd by their
| own petard. That is, the means they have
used to overthrow the Republican rule, like
AN evil thing has returned to veX their very
| souls The story of the shotgun that killed
| Dixon will act all through the land rs means
| of crystal2ing the Republican vote into unity
of successful action. That. sir, seems to me
Gods righteous judgment on their political
crimes, aud the end is not yet"
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