The weekly clarion., 1879-02-26
JOHN Il. LYNCH OF ADAMS, IN HIS
ROLE OF AGITATOR:
He Undertakes to Speak for the COlOred
People of mississippi.
the People of Jefferson, Wilkinson,
Claiborne and Warren Counties.
Washington Republican,. ]

Washington Repu blican.
Calling upon Mr.. Lynch on yesterday,
The National Republican requested his
opinion As to the general views of the col
ored people of Mississippi regarding the
migration scheme. rs toreshadowed by the
resolution OF Senator Window.
Mr.. Lynch replied that the migration and
colonization of the colored people meets
with the hearty approval of the colored
people generally in Mississippi. My infor-
nation is that large numbers of them are
now leaving the State, and many more
would leave If they had the means TO defray
their expenses. In the county of Adams,
Mississippi, where L reside, there is not
much disposition among the coIoTed peo-
pie to leave the State, as the practice OF
bull-doZing has not yet been thoroughly
inauguraUed in that locality; but in other
counties, such as Wilkinson, Jefferson, Clai-
borne, and Warren, where mob law is the
only law that is known, recognized or re-
spected, there is a general disposition
among all the cOlored and many white peo-
ole to migrate to SOme section where the
rights of citizenship will be protected and
respected. l am opposed to emlgI alton
from the United States to any foreign coun-
try, and ] would be opposed to have the
cOlored people leave the Southern States if
We could be protected in the enjoyment of
life. liberty, and property. But as these
rights are denied to US and TO large num-
Der OF whites in many localities in nearly
all of the Southern States, the scheme to
promote III grafton comments lJSGII TO my
appreciation, and | will use whatever influ-
euce | possess to carry it into practical
operation. The cOlored people of manv
Southern States have been TO all intents
and purposes relegated back to of serfdom
We are denied every right guaranteed us
by the constitutional amendments. The
Government has failed to en- force the law
in our behalf and has shamefully denied US
that protection in the free enjoyment of our
inalienable rights as citizens that the Con-
Il 1aV1
ican citizens shall receive, and. unless the
laws are enforced in the behalf of the op-
pressed colOred people of the South. our on
IL hope tor peace and prosperity is to take
up our abode in some other section of the
Union and leave the south in the sole pos
session of those who so falsely claim. in
Congress and out OF it, that the "own all the
laud, pay all the taxes, and are the possess
sors ct all the education to be found in the
South, and are therefore alone entitled to
govern"
n. R.-From your experience, do you
| find many cOlored people who at every
election are fairly 'yearning" to vote the
Democratic ticket, as Is claimed to be the
case by Southern Democrats in Congress?
Mr.. NO, sir; but on the other hand
they vote the Republican ticket with as
much unanImitv as ever. when the Demo-
Gratis are so gracious as to permit them to
vote at all.
n. R-Did the Republicans make any
I =
/ tion in your State:
| Mr. L.-Ihey made no organized effort
| in any district, as they knew beforehand
what the result would be. In two districts
| there were Independent candidates against
| the Democratic nominees, for whom the
colored men voted in all the counties in
| their respective districts in which they
voted all. In counties where they failed to
vote for the Independents they did not vote,
/ but staid away from the polls.
| n. R.-Mr. Lynch, if General Grant
should be the Republican candidate for the
next Presidency, and the Republicans of
Mississippi were protected in their right to
vote. and the ballots were fairly counted,
would the State give Republican major
ity?
Mr.. L.--1es, sir; unquestionably. With
an election in 1880 free from intimidation,
murder, and the most shameful frauds,
/ General Grant or any other good, stalwart
! Republican can carry the State by from
10000 TO 10000 majority.