The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-08-02
THE YAzOO MOVEMENT.

noor,v the entire white male population Oh :
rinb law-abiding county, representing
its morality, virtue, wealth and intelligence
ris;no in body and demanding the WITH
dro,yal of a candidate for office, ID blgh-
handed, unheard of, and outside the ao-
tbority of the constitution. But oelore
these good people are condemned 'neiF
situation should be considered. Ihere is
,sw which all communities recognize as
,,oromount above all others-the law OF
so,f. nreservation. Up to the year 1879
Yazoo county had been the scene OF an-
archy, race clashes, spoilation and muroer.
No civilized people on earth could stahu
snch local government which the irreS-
ponsible, ignorant and corrupt kaal0"i
party inflicted upon the county. Oatcnihe
the inspiration of that revolutionary epo'n'
yazoo rose in her might and sent the wnoie
herd of miscreants c1ouching to their notes.
and shook off the night mare that sat ike
a grinning, devouring monster upon noi
bosom. In doing this there were many
cases OF e1CtbScS, PSAA"PS'
STATIONS of hostility; but the thieves were
| in their houses, the hands OF the burglars
were upon their throats, the nimoie hnBefS
Of the pick-pockets were in their pockets
There was no time for splitting mars VI
Righteousness in getting rid of this olgnt
mon their peace and prosperity ms
worl, had to be done. Whatever 1t TOOK 10
do IT. that was justifable under the CIR
cunstances. Excuses and hostilltles were
resorted to beyond the necessities OF 'ne
case, and these the white people condemned.
/ az al, the men of Yazoo who figured
conspicuously in 1876 who was 1t tlla'
made himself the most notorious Tor MS
uniustifable violence in crushing OUT INC
Radical party Who fourished the pistol
the oftenest and contributed mos. W
Giving the crusade an air OF Dull
doing and bullying2 Common fame
and every intelligent citizen OF fazoo VIII
, orsu,ar at once that the man was ID. M
Dixon, the late independent candidate tor
Sheriff, whom the people have compelled
to retire from the contest.
The work of 1875 was done; the triumph
i was complete; the rout of the rapscalioh'
j. was overwhelming Now, Mr.. Dixon steps
forward and claims lions share IN the
achievement. He plumes himself as 'ne
author of Yazoo's deliverence. II dio II
. with nv little pistol says Dixon, land
am the proper man to be rewarded-tne
right man to hold the destiniss of Yazoo III
NV hands-I am the man for you to nomi'
- nate to the best office in the county
- The good people of Yazoo turned deal
!, ear to these preposterous claims. Ihey
o said, ''No, you are not the sort OF man WI
want, We want no man i'll places OF truS
whose only claim to distinction is handi'
8 ness in fourishing the pistol. We have nc
y sympathy with your stripe, and you mus
stand aside.
N Then thought Dixon "These people
don't know what they are doing Inc.
FORGET that I redeemed the county Blu
W. for me their necks would still be groun'
rnder the Radical heel. I'll show them
thing or two. The same power that tor
off the woke can fasten it on again. /
. mass the negroes against them and get my
self elected Sheriff in spite OF them, al
i, pll give them little more hell than the
,es have yet smelt.
- The fact that the negroes we're ready
4; submit to the leadership of such man
Dixon-a man who had pursued them mo
remorselessly and violently, perhaps thi
anv other man in the State--a man wi
is. never respected the law, and never scrupl'
,ss to trample on justice-a man OF turo'
=, lent and bad characteristic fact that I'M
- we're ready to mass themselves under sue
8e leader upon no question OF politics exec
bitterness and prejudice towards the Wni
race, is enough to show their own unwortl
-, ness and the peril of the white people
, 10 Yazoo.
per Inc question "ui0A CO.. ,ho,,
seryative men of Yazoo was, Could they,
"a Justice to themselves and their children al
nor good conscience, permit the restoration
~ the mobish anarchy and race terrori'
no+ which prevailed in the county previous
-. 1873. and if not, was it not the part
prudence and an exalted humanity, to
rest the movement early-to crush 1t IN
the buddy the gentlest disposal in sight
our the man who was matching out the
lous chief. They took the wiser course II
who told the leader to halt, and plainly SAID
ian, him we don't want any war OF races lie
part and YOU must abandon your work OF org
ers izing and arousing an element you ca
ues- control. We are not going to allow o.
our selves to be placed at your mercy or
hat mercy of the negroes. We have no COL
dence in you, and you must step 90
en- The nominee for D istrict Attorney
no the 9th District, is an ex excellent one