The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-28
MISSISSIPPI MURDERS.
WHATSOEVER MAN SOW
ETH THAT SHALL HE
ALSO REAP
III. M. Dixon OF Mississippi Muir
ders Men for their
opinion sake,
And I'm return Is murdered for
IEis own opinion.

1t vail be remembered that til,
HERALD of week before last contain
ed an account Of a Democratic mol
in Yazoo County, Miss, forcing II
NJ. Dixon to withdraw from the ract
for Sheriff under threat Of his lif,
being taken if he refused. Dixon wa
an Independent candidate and wa,
fast gaining ground on the regular
Democratic nominee, and consequent
" u mob of murderous Democrat,
forced him to withdraw. He after,
wards had some words about it will
one Barksdale, another candidate, anC
is murdered as the following Telegram
shows:
New YORK, Aug. 20.-A specia,
from Vicksburg, Miss, says the va
zoo county difficulty, growing out OF
Dixon running as an independent can.
didate for sheriff, eliminated in the
shooting of Dixon by James II.
Barksdale, candidate for chancery
clerk. Dixon was shot three times
and died at 4 p. M, yesterday.
JACKSON, MISS, Aug. 20.--Yester-
day al YaZoo City a difficulty occurr.
ed between ]. H. Barksdale and Ii.
M. Dixon, resulting in the death Of
the latter. Dixon, while passing
down the west side of Nam street
was hailed by BArksdale from the
east side. who advanced to the mid,
die of the t Ieet, armed with a doub.
le-barreled shotgun. Dixon halted
and Immediately drew q pistol.
Barksdale raised his gun to his shout.
der, and Dixon seeing This moved
toward a stairway, when BarksdalC
fired, four buckshots taking effect il
Dixon's back. Dixon then fred sew
eral times at Barksdale, but without
| effect. Barksdale fixed a second shot
but it missed his victim. Dixon bled
internally, and died AKA p. N.
Such is the state of affairs in the
Democratic State of Mississippi. And
such a state of affairs did this mar
Dixon help bring about. In 1875
this man Dixon led a mob that killed
several Republicans on election day,
simply because they were Rerubli-
cans, and for this gallant act he
was presented with a fine silver set by
the Democrats Of Yazoo county. Lit.
tie did he then think that he wa!
sowing the seed that he should some
day bitterly reap the harvest of. But
it is done, and Dixon is as pndesery.
ing of sympathics as the Democratic
mob is that ordered him killed.
The Chattanooga Times, a Demo
cratic paper takes this view Of it:
The shot-gunist of Yazoo county
have murdered Dixon, whom they
lately forced to withdraw from the
canvass as candidate for sheriff. Mr.
Barksdale's murderous shots are
worth at least seventy-ive thousand
votes to the Republicans in Ohio
Pennsylvania, New York, and Maine
We have sympathized with the white
people Of Mississippi in their troub
les, but we can neither approve nor
pass by in silence q state of affairs
which practically abolishes the ballo'
and leaves, no government save the
irresponsible DEGREES of the mob
Mississippi must speedily crush the
Yazoo spirit, OF we shall have an ad.
ministration at Washington which
will teach her the value of moderation
in a course of lessons not to her lik-
ing.
The Atlanta Constitution an othel
Democratic paper says OF it:
If the Governor of Mississippi feel.
that he is unable to cope with the pc
litical BASH bazouks that infest the
State, then it is his duty either t.
convene the Legislature or to cal
upon the government for troops tx
suppress the outbreaks; for it can not
be denied that the wisest, most JUS
and easiest solution of rufianism thai
has outgrown the powers of a State
is the bayonet.
Thus is will be seen that these
Democratic papers that so loudly de
nounced the presence of Government
troops in Mississippi are now "reap.
ing their reward" in a different way
from what they expected. They go'
the troops removed and now they see
the effect. Truly cal it be said
"Whatsoever nan soweth, that shall
he also reap"
MEMPHIS FEVER RECORD.
RanOrf0 firnHn tho nynru1np pn.