Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-11
THE HERALD.
YAz0O.
A Communication to the Public
From the Widow OF the
Murdered Dixon.
She Pixies the RssponsibiIity of His Murder
Upon the Democratic Organisations.


She Pixes the Rsspensibiiiiy of His Murder
Upon the Democratic Organizations.
yicksburg (aiss.) Herald conservative Dsm.) An.
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TO THE PUBLIC.
Political luminosity and personal
hatred have at Length accomplished
their dire purpose. My husband
was murdered in the streets of va
zoo City. on the morning of the
18th, by James A Barksdale, Dem.
ccratic candidate for the office of
Chancery Clerk. Sill. persecution
and Outrage are not yet sreht-csl
umny and prejudice pursuing him
even into his grave. Charges can.
not now harm the proud soul they
were intending to crush. 1t stands
Ia the presence of a Higher Tribu.
nal. But, above the storm of rage
that is now sweeping over hls fami-
ly, may
THE VOICE OF A WIFE
be heard 10 behalf Of the memory of
the father Cf her six little ones
Wi bout proof, yet without re-
morse, have the epithets of liar, in
d Ell, murderer, gambler, ETC., been
heaped upon him. That tins was
done by body of men, no single
one daring to offer the resolu lions,
but simply moving that what was
laid on the table should be Rad (be-
fore the mass convention called by
DIR. Mccormack, Chairman Of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
on Friday, Aug. 15), makes it none
the less hurtful, even though it left
4 brave man without the opportu-
mites of manly defense. OF his en-
emies | expect neither justice nor
mercy but to his friends, and 70
the public here and everywhere, do
lappeal that the m emory of a brave
man be not bIackened for party
purposes or private revenge.
CAN REFUTE EVERY ISLANDER
ever produced aga nst bin, and it
was the intention of him who was
so ruthlessly and violently torn
from the arms Of his wife and little
ones.
This sIcslled liar, rfidel, muir
derer, gambler, etc., was the same
whose name brave men wore proud
| ly upon their bosoms in 1875, IS 10 /.
dicating his leadership of them 10
the hour of his country's peril.
Drawn up in rank aud file on the
streets OF Yazoo City, my husband
and his mrsdes received the com.
mendation of Lamar. Singleton,
George and others, for his courage
and fidelity TO his country. FAIR
and true women evinesd their graf.
itude IN souvenirs, poetry, music |;
and in the illumination of our city
which folio owed the political triumph
OF that time, his namei hlazed from
The windows of our proudest homes.
He was the man that
PEOPLE DELIGHTED TO HONOR;
and. in proof of my assertion,
have, among his private papers, let.
ters from the best men of this State
commencing his course. Yet the
events which so glorified him at
that time are now distorted by his
eneu Hud discussed to his injury.
From the murder which IS 30 eIab.
GRATED in the scurrilous resolutions
adopted in the mass convention, he
was exonerated by the testimony of
Col. Campbe |, Capt. Wallace, W..
q. Mangum, and others of equal in.
tegrity and intelligence. If the jury
by whom he was acquitted lacked
virtue and intelligence, as the Dem.
ocratio resolutions declared, let the
Sheriff and counsel for the prosecu.
ton, whose duty it was to selact
proper jurymen. be responsible.
| 10 his present campaign, which
has cost him his life, when charged
with midnight meetings and incen.
diary Influences upon the colored
race, he
REPEATEDLY DEMANDED AN INvEsTI.
CATION
of these charges, and challenged
his accusers to produce any resp0n-
sble man, white or black, to assert
this upon his personal knc Wedge,
and promising, when they would
do so, he would leave the county,
never to return. 10 all his political
meetings he invited the psrticipa.
ton of bis opponents, and no one
has ever been able TO produce any
argument or appeal from him cal.
culated to bring about discord be-
tween the races.
He was called the man of VIC.
lence." leave it to the public 70
decide who were the men of vio-
ienes during this campaign. WIZ n
the mob of the 10Th of July threat
ened his life, and he was ordered,
! like thief aud outlaw. to leave his
home and family, and these de-
mands made in the presence Of his
family,-the sanctuary OF bis bone
polluted by these lawless scenes,
even over the cradle OF bis almost
dying bsbe,-wss there from him
or his friends one single act of vic.
lence or retaliation?
MIDNIGHT AssAssINs,
IN band of TIVE ve or fifteen strong,
gathered themselves in ambush on
the pm )lic road, one mile from va.
zoo City, 10 murder him on tho
night of his anticipated return to
his homo from visit TO some
friends 10 the country. Did Henry
Dixon or any of his friends retaliate
by highway murder. or any attempt
so to do? And when the last heart.
re- ding scene OF th dark tragedy
was enacted. and my husband lay
slaughtered in these streets. was
there an. attempt at revenge 2 Ii
he bad used inceudiary influence
upon the colored race, as was as
serted in the Democratic resolu-
tions, would not this Rave been an
occasion for an outbreak of violence
on the part of the colored people?
That he was addicted to cards
admit, as be was so fond of the turf.
He bad the means and leisure to in.
dulgo in these amusements, and 10
tho ioiurx, IF No ma. than mana a ,