The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-08-07
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Aug. |,


cry Fairy and free elections" the
stop thief" cry of the Democratic
thief, comes up very loud just now
from Mi sippi. The armed mobs OF
Democratic law breakers, so fearful
of the bayonct when in the hands OF
honest and loyal citizens. are again
at work to prevent the $4,000 Repub
lican maj )rity in Mississippi from
having a chance to express itself. Ii
appears that an Independent political
movement was started in Yazoo
county. Miss, whose 1000 Republican
majority had been overcome by Dem
ocratic shot-guns, whips. torches and
halters. There was danger in this
movement. 1t might result in pre-
venting the success OF the fraud and
force with which the Democratic
party carries elections. Mr.. Otto II.
Singleton, who now represents a
small minority OF the voters Of that
District in Congress. and his associ-
ates in the fraud and force business,
got out their shot guns, and whips.
and bowie knives, and haliers and all
the other Democratic symbols OF free
dom and fairness in elections. and
held a meeting. The following which
exhibits the result, is from a special
dispatch from Yazoo City:
THE best men Of the county-the
merchants, the planters, the farmers
and those engaged in other occupa-
gathered together in town to-
day to the number OF several hun
dred, and considering as they did that
the longer continuance OF the Inde-
pendent party in Yazoo was detri-
mental in the highest degree to the
interests of the county (seeing race
issue had arisen in consequence OF it,
a committee was appointed to wait
upon Capt. II. Nj. Dixon. the head OF
the Independent movement In this
county, and requested him to retire
from the canvass. This he at first
refused to do. giving reasons for the
ground of his refusal, which were
not deemed satisfactory to the great
assembly of earnest determined men.
He finally, however, decided to
quit the canvass now and forever, as
the foil wing will show, SO the polit-
ical canvass in this county may be
considered at an end. The Demo
cratic flag now waves over this glori-
Gus old county, uncontaminated and
unchallenged; and long may il wave.
TO THE PUBLIC.
For the sake OF the peace and har-
mony OF the comfy, and the affection
bear for my family and friends, /
agree to Withdraw from the political
canvass or race issue in the future,
provided, l will be protected in my
rights as any other citizen; and my
friend, X. A. Flanagan, is to be un-
molested in his rights. etc.
b. NJ. DIXON"
Yazoo City, Jaly 25, 1879.
And so the political canvass in that
county may be considered at an end
and the Democratic flag waves I'M
contaminated and unchallenged. The
votes We cast, counted and declared
three months in advance of the date
of election and the 1000 Z publican
majority in Yazoo county will by
their Democratic representatives In
the Mississippi Legislature vote for
jeff Davis for United States Sena-
tor.
This is one of the steps OF prepare
ton for the second rebellion 10 be in
auguTated after the next Presiden-
tial election Ia an attempt by force
to install the Democratic candidate
in the Presidential Office, with the
stop thief cry Of force and fraud for a
pretext. This is undoubtedly the
programme OF the unrepentant rebels
who rule the Democratic patty, and
who at the last session Of Congress
boosted OF their treason and declared
that their sentiments are now just
what they were when they began
their rebellion in 1861. And Northern
doughfaces in the Democratic party
are as subservient to their Southern
masters as they were before the re-
bellion.
Now comes q plan for building a
railway across the Isthmus, in place
OF digging a canal. The road Is to
be OF capacity to carry loaded vessels.
Captain Eads, OF the Mississippi
jetties, originates the scheme and
will ask the Government for a force
of engineers to examine into It.
LEO.
V. L. Mallot, general manager on the
Peru road, says that work began last
week to make the tracks of the Peru
and Michigan Central roads at Michi.
gan City conform to the new iron