The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-19
That Caseyville A fair.

office unless paid FOR in asyance.
Thar C%aseyvIlle fair.
CAsEYvILLE. Miss, June 10Th, 1879.
Editor Brookharen L-dyer;-
In THE Ledger Of May 22nd there apa
peared an article purporting to be the
the law abiding citizens Of this and adj
joining counties, held near C~aseyville, on
the 18th of May ,::ostensibiy for purpose Of
putting down bulldozing positively and
peremptorily, and too impatient TO wal;
for the courts of the county to act, COM
planning of having waited patiently on
said courts and were sadly deceived.
Since which time, certain peaceable and
unoffending citizens IN that ~neighborhood
who saw proper to. stay at their homes
and pursue their usual avocations, have
been publicly styled %bulldozers, or sym
path,zers with bulldozers. And for what?
Simply for not attending a meeting of
men, who denounce the cohrts Of the
country, and propose to take the law into
their own hands to deal out retribntive
Justice to the offending parties. ssard with
the same breath exclaim, that they do
not know any of the parties they pro-
pose to punish. Which looks the more
like bulldoxing, joining that meeting or
s~teering clear OF it? While the charge of
bulldozing or sympathizing with it. has
been laid at the doors OF certain unotfend-
ing citizens, the said meeting itself became
IN object of suspicious. assuming 10 be a
mass meeting Of the aw-abiding citizens
Of this and adjoining counties. Can any
one believe that at that meeting there
were assembled all the law-abiding citizens
of said counties? or that this counter at
large ever heard of any such meeting
until its proceedings were published in
the ~BRooKuAvEN LEDGER? Whocve.
heard OF n county mas meeting being
held in one corner Of the county, and
without notice? If that WAS a meeting Of
the law-abiding citizens OF said counties,
then it seems that law-abiding citizens are
becoming scarce indeed. From when il
would appear that the law-ahiding citizens
OF sew raj counties had shrAnk up into
that meeting at Caseyville. L, it possible
that all the law. order and peace in several
counties have 0.d from the courts Of the
country anil sought refuge at C~aseyyille,
Miss. The place where, at the last elec>
ton, no voter could walk up to the polls
anu VD"b Ir ttChNt uIlbIttt& itll III
inspected. Why WAS thi. done, and
where were these law abiding sitiz-n-?
That question is easily solved.
In regard to the lawlessne.s alleged to
have been committed, I think the parties
so offending, .hould upon evidence, he pun
ishei before the courts Of the country;
and that from the party 40 greatly on,>
planning some o'ie might come forward
and make All affidavit, and that afidayits
would be made by several if they knew
any thing about what they were complain-
Of. | cannot nee why any one should be
censured for not joining that meeting to
denounce the %conrts, when the acts so
grievously complained of, were alleged to
have been committed since the meeting OF
the las. Grand Jury, and when no one
will come forward and make an affidavit
upon which any court can act. Let the
facts be brought out, and then see il the
courts refuse to act before assailing them.
Is man to be crnsured for not joining q
meeting of men who can wait no longer
upon the courts, proposing 10 take the
law into their own hands, and with the
same breath, resolve to look with indigna>
ton on any and all citizens who have not
the fear of the law before their eye.? Is a
man to be censured for not Joining a meet
lug ,.."na uh: :'s ~ arer"".o m"a
;as ~h" hss. - 49, a"nsnsd :. hpitJ pm
,ta ,;"n 10 IF .J"H"nn - "a.'I"
ton. :. net "ro,o.;na - "n, hmIt,a.a ~.
hmiida,ar, ppa"T :, 80, '1",;e..n'
for some one to rise and explain."
10 have seen no.,st mn az ,h.s,"wS.
you'll ,lnss resnIn,;ons have 49, w;,I""t
;,p AnJ &C., would ,ha, 49, 49, I..
f,r - r. ,hers , .,r;E;nn EL"nas. Ia'
w..n tho two w;,b ;m;Iar, ~ J;",;nu
t"e,,h,;ms III. m. .n;r;, IS ,J;sm..ion
800" H. 80 a"h"an;"s
the .ame circle of aeau ,intinceso The
one purporting to come from the Kegula-
uns asSoGla'ion OF TINS ana ADJOINING
citizen. of ,be same J;s,r;c, Of c,nn,ry
We're they both the produc. of the same
prolific brain? Was il he who posted up