, 1879-08-06
THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN.


An Independents Account OF tho 1nzoo
Annkr-A Story OF Oppression In d Solid
Houthcrn State. .....
p. YAzoo C1rY, Miss, July 3o.-Edaor Of
The Vcksburg Herald: have lust read
4 copy Of your paper OF the 2oth, aud perceive
that you do not understand tho true state
Of affairs here. There IL no faco Issue
In this thing, as these sheets hero would
hayc you. .belieyo. Fifty per cent OF the white
people, among them 25 per cent ot tho most
respectable In the county. ara independents,
among whom arc many that arc well known in
your city. It is truo tl.at ne negroes wore
almost unanimous for the Independents, and
whya Because 1t ts the only CHANCE they liave
had since 1915 to vote.
1was born und raised tu your clty, was there
In tho cyontfui city eampagu Of 1874. Dixon
was tl,cEc,-the boat having stopped ut Ills
hulsso on the river at night fur thu purpose Of
notifying and getting him to come down, whicl,
hu did, leaving his wife mud house full
Of children, 10 flghs raee-ssues. H. the fall OF
1874 moved to Yazoo, mud III September,
1876, was ngnln by hls side to fight raee-
tsaucs aud carpat-baggers for fnzoo; aud, Werc
there ANYTHING like IL hero now, D!xsn Wo'ild oe
the first man to oppose It. The Convention party
hero tlaye done tn0rc by their abuscof Dixon to
consolidate tic negroes tor him than any other
cause lu tlc world. Dlxon has had .staro-
ng propositon' that, Il they y,';i' WGu!d ,,nt, nTo
or black, to make affidavit tiat lie Ind ever held
Il secret Or night meeting, or used any argument
proIudical to wbito prople, Or eyer made ~ in-
iat,nasotY speech. or likewise 4 any eandlaate
things, ho would withdraw from, thu canvass.
Was not tiat much easier done than what they
did, If their causu WAS tustf ~.
Sheriff, L. l.. Ta5lor, placed where he III In 1915
by Dixon, WAS awarc of, aud probably helped
| to plot, the whole thing hare lcen told TINT
lic refused tic services OF plenty Of Eooa c!ti.
| poso Of qucll'nk ihe mob, and nun a"nre that
| tIo hun none of his deputies out. Illc
| road from penton to Yazoo City was nm
pushed tureo consecutive nights BY Convention
guns, for tic purpose OF killing Dixon aud my.
| srif as wa returned to our homes from Alaai-
son County, whero We iul been to rssit some
fr[rnds. Caut. lIcury Stubbictleld, the Conven-
| mob, after his brother bud tried totnurdcr Dixon
follr days beiore bY sttslttng him from behind
| with a two-pounJ weight, white he "as hay
Ing IL flstlrun with another tnan. TllcJ spcak
| OF having merchants, 1aruicrs, au planters to
compose their 800. 1t 10 truu TINT there were
| IL Ercat many respectable men hero Tint day;
/ hut fcw OF them, however. Ind anything to %
with It, and those WHO did were blind WIN
preIudico and rago gu account Ut lles HUT hnu
bcai, told ttian, by Convention candidates and
their friends. A great many weru told that
Dixon would be at Benton Oh that day with
1,UN armed negroes, fur TIC pnrpose of giving
ialscl1oofls wero sent aeerotlY all over The
cotuty. The negroes VI .a.,,, TITS county rtt:,
respeettq nar havo they syss ,Sa, ,%.i worked d
Tic mob wcro nen wlu alaa not tnucl 70 los1,
unl who did uot euru whnt might hcfall tho
country proyidrtl tl!ey could brat Dfxun aiul
c!ss themselves and frictts; !,s. Every n'an
atanch mud true Democrat, bud nayer
nrt, raudidatc for thu Legislature, lie
bulng the ouly negro on Ito ticket, We Having
,Ms bccn Democrat s'nce 1875. The last
ticket he yotea was "A DelnocratEa cue. Moro
ttAlI tint. ho Is ollc OF our town Conncttmetl.
nominated nnA ELECTED III ward Of this city
maJori.y. sneh' slr. 4 true statoment M a! q
give this place IN ynur valuable paner, as II
l,as Il large circulation in. this county. Out
patriotic papers here. arc afra!d 10 publish sllc
articles as thls for :cur 1t wall ruin Democracy
They DO not heatitatetto publish anything thai
the other candidates toll them, though they be-
y To- b. IT, Auoef this f9ase tss tlas tra
nut haye my iretsds t1 yolr cty think tint
would support anybody for Office On ract
ticket.
Committee Of this county, md WHO was G
meulbcr OF that body En 1877, viitacd nm
nbusct! Il. l.. Iaviur. who was the uon'iuet
for Sheriff In that year, accusing him Of spcru
latEug In county warrants, md dcnolhclni
him as a thfst because tlo was personall,
up,oscl to him, aml tried to yet Capt
Dixon to ruiz independent oga.i,st him
lle cottsu1tcd so,1lu oF Dlxon's best Irteuds
mud tried TO get !!leu to uss tller influence t.
get film tu run. Failing lu this, le tried to Ec
Joseph II. Holt to run fur !l,o suIs,c. oil!ce
lie ulso tried to get Dr. uaGbury, Robert q
llulsou, md Charles 1satrus 10 run ngatns
tic roguar nominees for Rcprcsenta
tiyes. Judging tbs prcsunt BY tho past fund
know every spot ou hlnl), believe A1m 10 b.
the man who concoctcu thts sclcnlu OF yi,piny
think 1t to DO hts rup!y to DIxon's card Of cx
posure, and boliuyo hm to bs y hettos judy
Ut When unl whera to strlkp the assassin
blow tlan nj IL 0f yelIow-teycr.
T. A. FLANAGAN,