Daily Republican., 1879-10-20
More or the Mi.siss,ppi Plan.

Another instance OF now Tie Missis
sippi plan works has just been brought
to light, though it occurred some time
ago, and it is OF such a character thai
it shows that no matter how law-abid
ing some of the people OF that state
may be, that class is in such minori'
ty that its influence is not felt in check
ing crime and political outrages. Again
it is a lady that tells the tale OF how
the better class Of Mississippians rid
the community of Republican men and
women, and her story, though it does
not reveal such horrid butchery as
that of Mrs. Chisolm, reveals one nc
less revolving to civilization, and one
which would make even a savage Ute
Indian blush for his race. Mr.. and
Mrs. Price, the latter the subject of the
ill-treatment of the chivalrous Missis,
sippians, were not yankee oarpet-bag
gers, but were English people who set
tied in Kentucky, where they lived for
twenty years before the war. Mr.. p,
however, Joined the Union army, and
this was the heighth of his offence. At
the battle of Pittsburg Landing he rem
dered some material service to Con-
federate officer who was captured. The
officers watch had been taken from
him, and months afterward Mr.. Price
recovered it. AS soon as the war closed
he went to Mississippi and restored it
to its owner. The grateful ex-Confede-
rate importuned him to remove to Mis-
sissippi and engage in planting. He
finally decided to do so, and went there
and invested all he had, some $1,000.
He was Republican and that was his
only crime. He took an active part in
politics and was for several years a
member OF the State Senate. His wife,
q lady of culture and refinement, was
ap ointed postmistress at Grenada by
President Grant, and held the office
several years, until she and her fami.
ly, to save their lives, wers obliged to
fee from the State where they had in
vested and lost their all.
To show the height to which the
chivalry carried their polite attentions
to Mrs. Price, she says upon one occa-
sion they mounted two negroes, attired
in red shirts and caps, on broken
down mule which they drove into the
post Office. The negroes were then
made to sing the most insulting, OBJ
scene and vulgar songs, while the crowd
in the background cheered them on,
yelled, and repeated their order to the
Postmaster to leave town or take the
consequences. To show what chival-
ric and law abiding class these Missis-
sippians are, Mrs. Price states the
Mayor of the town and other leading
citizens led the cheering and threw mp
their hats in delight at the insults
that were being heaped upon the
yankee" Postmaster. On another
occasion citizen of the town stood in
front of the Office for couple Of hours
about midday, cursiug Mrs. Price and
ordering her to leave town saying
among other insulting things that "No
id carpet bagger" could stay there.
About this same time another young
man belonging to one of the first fam
lilies of the County called at the post.
Office, and indecently assaulted Mrs.
Price and being repelled in the assault
he called her names not fit to be- re-
peated. On another occasion a large
coffin labeled "Price's Coffin" and COW
cred with Ku-Klux devices designed
by Mr.. Barksdale, cousin of the
Barksdale who assassinated Dixon on
the streets of Yazoo, was planted up
right against the door of the office one
night, so that when the door opened
it would fall inside. 1t turned out as
intended, and dozen or mora of the
Leading citizens" We're on hand
early in the morning to witness the
elimination Of the joke for they after
wards explained that it was "only a
little pleasantly In order to show
the elimination of these outrages we
clip from the New York Tribune" the
following in addition to what we have
already condensed:
On still another occasion Mrs. Price
was violently assaulted by the sheriff
of the county, burly rutfian named
French. He ehoked and shook her on
til the blood ran in streams She was
i'll for weeks atterward and will never
recover from the injuries then inflicted.
Her husband appeared before the grand
jury and besides his own testimony
gave in the names of number OF wit
nesses who saw the assault on his wife
committed. Subpnnas were issued
for these witnesses. The subpnnas
were placed in the hands of the sheriff
who had made the assault to be served.
Nothing was heard from them after
ward and this Mississippi conservator
of tAe peace was never tried, much less
punished.
The post Office and all the other build
ingS h-lnnginL to the Price family