The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-11
10 THE PUBLIC.
a Conn nmnfcaiion From hrs. "a
nm. Dixon, 0fHnHoO City.

| dire My husband was muir
dered in the streets of Yazoo City on the
morning of the 18th by James A.Barks-
dale. Democratic candidate for the Of
| fee of Chancery Clerk. Still, persecu>
ton and outrage are not yet spent; ca
lumny and prejudice pursuing him even
iuto his grave. Charges cannot now
harm the proud soul they were intend
ed to crush. 1t stands in the presence
of a Higher Tribunal. But above the
storm of rage that is now sweeping over
his family, may the voice of "a wife be
heard in behalf of the memory of the
father of her six helpless little ones?
| without proof, yet without remorse,
have the epithets of liar, infilel, muir,
derer. gambler, etc, been heaped upon
him That this was done by a body of
men, no single one daring to offer the
resolutions. but simply moving that
what was laid ON the table should be
read (befnre the mass convention called
bv DIR. Mccormick, Chairman Of the
| Democratic Executive Committee on
Friday, Ang. 49, makes 1t none the
less hurtful, even though it left IA brave
man without the opportunity of manly
defense. OF his enemies / except
neither justice nor mercy; but to his
friends and to the public here and ever
ywhere do [ appeal that tue memory
of a brave man be not blackened for
party purposes or private revenge. |
can refnte every SANDER ever'produced
against him. aud it was the intention
of him who was 50 ruthlessly and vIo~
lently torn from the arms OF his wife
and little ones. This so~called liar, IN
flel, murderer. grmbier, etc was the
same whose name brave men wore
proudly upon their b2soms in 1915, rs
indicating his leadership of them in the
hour of his c0untry's peril. Drawn mp
in rank and file on the streets of YazoO
City, my husband and his brave ON
rades received the commendati0n of La
mar, Singleton, George and others, for
his courage and fidelity to his country
Fair and true evinced their graf
itnde in souvenirs, poetry, music, etc.
and in the illumination of our city
which followed triumph of that time,
his name blaz~d from the windows OF
pr3udest homes. He was the man that
people delighted to honor, aud in proof
of nv assertion | have among his pri-
waite papers. letters from the first and
best men of this State commenting his
course. Yet the events which so glori-
fed him at that time are nov distorted
by his enemies and discussed to his in
Jury. From the murder, which is SC
elaborated in the scurriiOus resolutions
adopted in the mass convention, he was
exonerated by the testimony of Col.
Campbell, Capt. Wallace, W. a. Man
gum, and others of equa! integrity and
Intelligence. Ii the jury by whom h.
was acquitted lacked virtue and inteIli-
genca, as the Democratic resolutions
declared, let the sheriff and counsel for
the prosecution whose duty it was to SCI
lect proper iurymen he responsible
In this present campaign, which has
cost him his life, when charged with
midnight meetings and infeudmary
iufue,.ces upon the colored race,
he repeatedly demanleI an iuvea-
tigation of these charges. and chal'eng
ed MS accustrs to produce any reSp2n-
sible man, white or black. TO assert this
upon his personal knowledge, and
promising when they would do so, he
would leave the county Y 70 return
In all his political meetings he Invited
the participation Of his opponents. and
no one Inns eyer heeo ahie IN nrnluce
anv nrrnwart or onnooI from linn cal
o,i,taI to hr;ng ,hrut disc,rl ba. ,vaan
tha r.oos Hn was c,lla1 III, "r,ar ri
voilenc4.' | leave it to the puhl;c t.
,1,c;1n Who wers tho r,an Of violence
irrinr Ills c1mn,ion when the moi.
81 tLno 1lh,f Jniv thro,4a1aIhi.Hfa onl
No ,r,s nrJ.rnl jikao toipf and outbw
,ln,ya L,s hnn,n AMI family and tIAea
1,nar1, m,d, - ~ ,,,..arca Of ~.
s.n,;r tLo .,nnt,,rv r. bis howe nd
'ntalLv th.sa Io,y,ss saanrs cvan ov.s,
.L,a or,71a ',f HE of,,,gt lvior h,h,.
naa 4t.rn f.,,, L;,, -. he f,i7r1. 81,
naia IA IS r;nI.raa or r.ta,ioinn2
NInIn;rIt assaesin. in . han5 of trn,v.
~ ffta., e4rnng rathnrn5 themselves !,
hnsh ON fhn =, hlic ro,d ono mile
rnn~, W, C;.rta m,rlar I'M, ~, 4ho
n.rL. ~ III, on4;o;n,t,l ratrr, :, his
,,,,. f.,n, ris;+ r. snon fri,,ls i,
.ho onr,+r, MA uo,rv Divor or any
- hi. fr;anis rataI;ota nv NM
,lor Il, nv.+tom, en- :, ,l,9N AMI vyhoo
thn last haorf.rpndinr scene OF this
! l,,1 r,ralv was cnacaad ami nv hne.
sand Law ~slough.rrad in thnea strnats
VAS there any attemot ut rayeuoe? If
ha had usod inconIiarv Influence urop
the colored raca. as was asserted in the
Democratic resolutions wonll not
this have been the occasion for an out-
hrnok Of violence on the mart of the
co}orel ueonl49
That he was addicted 70 cards 7 adj
m,t as he was also fond ofthn turt. He
had the means and leisure TO indulge in
{ tbren omnsempnts and To fine ini1rv Of
NO ono. thev were at his own exuensa
and often in fine society of his accnsers
While these amusaments are not TO be
commended. when before were such
charges ever used for political capital,
and nv men who were equallv culpnble?
Wern This apnlied to ALL who occn~
nv the highest offices of our country,
T foor orr Congress- Halls and Senate
Chambers wonld lose some of their
hriohtest ornaments. He was a strictly
temnerate man. and no one had more
regard and appreciation for the virtue
ana chastity Of woman. AS ap enemy,
bo was hold and aggressive: AS a friend,
he was warm. a~ffactionate and true as
e+nel That he was NOT he outlaw por-