The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-08-28
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. u, 1879

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Aug. u, 1870.
Mr.. EDITOR The attention Of the
country is again called to Mississippi.
Henry M. Dixon, a well known citizen
of Yazoo County, was for some months
an Independent candidate for Sheriff
of that county, supported by portion
of the whites and large majority Of
the negroes, in opposition to Stubble-
field, the regular Democratic nominee"
An armed mob from all portions
of the county assembled on the streets,
near Barksdale's store, and sent COM
mittee Of six to the dwelling Of Mr..
Dixon with instructions to demand on
the part of the mob that he should i'm
mediately quit his canvass and leave
the county or die. He replied without
hesitation he would not quit. The
committee returned to the mob and re-
ported
"By this time the young Mayor,
Joseph H. Holt, appeared in front of
DiXon's house with gun in his hands,
and speaking to the mob said: "The
| Sheriff Of this town is with you and
will do nothing, but I. as Mayor of this
town, will kill the first man who
attempts to cross this threshold"
"The mob were for while appalled,
at the determined and unexpected &C
ton. Meanwhile the greatest conster-
nation spread throughout the town.
Mr. Dixon's wife and six small children
We're in the house at the time"
A parley of six hours was INDUCED,
the mob continuing to increase, when
finally Mr. Dixon, to save the lives of
his family, sent card declining being
@ candidate"
I A Herald's Vicksburg despatch says
the "Yazoo" plan has been tried in
Rankin County. A mass meeting of
| Democrats appointed a committee to
order Mayor B. T. Sutton to withdraw
from the canvass and leave the county
Mr.. Sutton is an old 2ad respected
citizen, with 40 offense charged against
him, except his candidacy.
The following, from the Albany
Journal, is right to the point. The
NatcheS (Miss.) Democrat says "inde-
pendency thus far in this state has
meant Radicalism, and 1t aciU be treat
ed aojtb the same seuer5ty that has met
all attempts to re0jUe Republication.
Here is the open avowal of force and
violence. It is plain declaration that
Republicanism has been suppressed
and Democracy made triumphant by
the rifle and bludgeon.
The chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, who is prominent
candidate for United States Senator,
has issued an address to his party
which concludes with these words
Relieved from the menace of organ
lied opposition, majorities are liable to
become Indifferent to the maintenance
of their own organization and to divide
among themselves. It should be re-
membered that the reforms which have
been inaugurated can be perfected and
carried out only by a rigid adherence
to the discipline and observance Of the
methods by aohich the Uictories OF 1875,
TO and II acre aoo2a" What are these
methods ?" How were these victories
Won? The dates are significant. Mr.
Barksdales list of the model cam
paigns and victories begins with 1875.
That was the year when the "Missis-
sippi plan" of bull-dozing was first tried
It was inaugurated in the same county
of YaZoo which is now the scene of a
similar attempt. In the election of
Governor in 1878, that county showed
8 Republican vote Of ,2409 and
a Democratic vote of GIL
In 1875 it's vote was returned Repub-
lican, I, Democratic, 4,044. These ex-
traordinary figures tell their own story.
No such amazing change was produced
by natural causes. Nothing short of
force or fraud reduced the Republican
vote from 2,409 to Z. or swelled the
Democratic vote from GIT to 4,o44. It
is matter of history that the method"
of intimidation was introduced in that
year of 1875, and it explains what
would otherwise be inexplicable. And