, 1879-08-05

pose TINT you would bo driven by this inter
rnnton TO abandon .rour candidates, who arc
eannot believe that sucli men AZ (ien. Miles,
Col. Harnctt Andrews, nnd other equally
cnlnent Ia your midst, no matter With what
nasty ,hey may 30 acting, will quiclly permit
known far and wtdo that ulcso geatlcn1en arc
leaders and otnnipotcnt In their influence, IL
they choose to exercise II, In the marty TO which
tic mob processes 10 belong, md In whopc 10.
perpctrAted.
One o., shcm,. ~ already stated, presided
over The Convention In this city; smother Of
them has honored hts party ami county BY ac-
They ara al aware Of the pledges Of thcis cn.
titc party a.,d press, and arc fully mud person-
ally committed to those pledges. Nor cnn thcy
escapo responsibility by, having 1t said that
they 20 not pa1tE'pate i'i or encourage the
manifest their opposition to II In suea, manncr
TINT the mob Itself would be an lnposaibftY.
In response to your request for my advice,
would ray: Preserve your orRantEaton: kesp
up, the free standard Of your constitutional
rights; FIRMLY stand to your duty, and 60 for
ward With determination that tho few hundred
violent mon composing tho mob shntl not,
without the tndossctnent or connlgance vi tho
gentlemen TO whom alluslc, drive You from
tenl 10 eTory community, and, II permitted, tho
mob would intercept mud dcfcat by murder and
raptoe anT party, be 1t ever 80 incrttoFious, II
cueoursecd o., connivrd BY the leading minds
Of the Opposition. Such men can 10 rcstrnincd
BY ITO laws which the anthorttcs refuse to see
executed. those tl1ey could safely dcfY, though
they would skulk from the presence Of cntght-
cucd men, such as those to whom l ha7o al-
luded.
was fully satisfied before receiving your let
ter aud the detailed stattn,cnta at tho gentle.
man who brought 1t TO mo- that no such mob ~
ttat could have been assclnoled In tic town Of
bonton or Yazoo CItv, utterly destitute os that
o'ob was from lts inception Of any huncst cnuso
or lawful Intention, unaoss It had been known
that ther werc opposed by q maturity of the To-
Eal voters, and know alao that extraordinary
Lying and artlficc must l,ave been employed, as
you sas it was. to induce tle better class Of
them to assemble, and your Information to this
effect but conlrms my previous convictions II
yol will pursuo the course which have here IN
dteatcd. tile action Of tho mob Of last Friday
md Saturday will most certainly react with
most lldmtlatlng and d[sgrscofu otfcct upon It's
leaders at'l authors, and 10 your favnr. 1Iun-
Ireas Of men not hitherto with you Will rally to
5orr standard, and you will yet achieve 4 Elori-
o ous triumph: Or, II am mistaken IN all this;
izo without consulting the other; II no citizen
eau east or rcceiro gOte without the consent Of
his Advetsarles; il party largely 10 the ma
1otit! can bo dispersed and scattered with I'm.
pnnity hY m armed ,nob-it requires no prophet
to forctell that nc shall cmbltter the people Of
tho Northern States and mako them steoitd"
agalnst us, all tflat tho lnborinE classes OF tint
md many uf tic netg1lborlng counties will leave
60 nnsso md 70 oanywhcrc-anyWhcrc out ot tile
Stale.
The emierants from this State will ind tho
river full Of steamboats, to carry them AWAY.
The fertile hill plantations Of mississippi will
20 given over 70 the; occupancy Of bslers, bcr@
nagnt'ccnt plantations Of the Yazoo and a1issis-
sippt bottoms will be returned to the dominion
Of nlltEators, moccastits, mud owls, and the still