The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-09-25
VOL Iii.
BLOOD AND THUNDER" /"


an article under this poetic caption
appeared, copied from the Winston
Index, wherein it was alleged by that
paper that reliable information had
been received that the Chairman of the
q. b. committee had written a letter
to some member of the G. b. house
hold, of faith, in Louisville, instruct
ing him to be in Louisville when Gen.
West and Gen. Davis were advertised
to speak there, and to go armed. Mr..
Mr.. Wimberly mildly denies the truth
of the charges in the Yalobusha Stan
dard, and demands the letter in the
following classic terms:
The article styled ''Blood and Thunder"
IN the last issue of the COMET. copied from
the winston Index, is a lie, and if there
be such letter with my name to it, the
man that wrote it is thief and | demand
of the editor of the Winston Index to pro-
duce that letter, and unless he does it, he
Is thief; and | am sorry that when God
created man and woman, that any poor
woman was unfortunate enough to give
birth to such scOundrcl as the man who
wrote that letter. | will remind the edi-
tors of the Index and OF the COMET where
of they speak when they speak of me.
Let that letter come, or | will denolnce
you as set of infamous thieves. Rcmcm-
Der that you are not in Alabama.
A. Y. WMBERLY.
OF course the COMET is perfectly in
nocent in the transaction, and makes
haste to do Mr.. Wimberly the justice
to publish his denial. 1t is true the
last part of his polite card looks little
like the writer wanted to include this
inofiensive journal in rather an uncom-
Portable category of thieves;" but
we object to it. Every consideration
of justice and truth demands that the
Winston Index man should bear the
whole brunt of the fight about this |
letter, and it is nothing but right and
regular that he should be eaten up
before our time comes We are clear
ly entitled to the chance of the be-
ligerant party's getting choked on the
Winston Index. And we desire to
in this connection. that we
know the editor of the Winston Index.
He is an awfully fierce man-weighs
800 pounds-when he is aroused, he is
a Notwithstanding can stand in
his way. In the good old days of
he made his break
fast every morning on carpet-bag
steak, until that brand of cattle was
exhausted. Then he tried niggrr-meat,
)ut didn't like it-preterred Green
packers. 1t takes three Greenbackers
| month to appease his appetite. On
election days he arms himself with "a
Jolumbiads and 240O small arms and
Kills every man, without regard to
;olor, who dares to vote any other
han the straight Democratic ticket.
lie always carries his county, and he
lon't have to stuff the box to do it,
.ither. He makes clean sweep for
he ticket without being driven to the
necessity of resorting to false count.
As he manipulates the election so as
o drive off all opposition votes, he is
atislied to credit his own vote with
he number the opposition would have
'olIed if they had been there. That
no more than he is entitled to, and
t maintains the regularity of the tally
heets. If man ever crosses him in
is patriotic work, he lifts his foot and
uts it on him or under him, either |
being equally fatal to the {
Oter. He has been known to swallow {
mall men who recklessly undertook /
} vote the Greenback ticket at his
OK. Fighting! It's his element. ,
Ie can whip a regiment of common ;
len. Nothing delights him 50 much !
/, to he surrounded with few hun
red hostile foes with their pistols e
rawn on him. On such eXhilerating =
,casions it is refreshing to see him t
lietly draw his three hundred and d
xty-fiye shooter from his right 9
reeches leg and fire the right eye out d
every assailant at the rate of 100 t
ght eyes to the minute. l.
1t is a terrible thing to stir up the c
Winston Index man, but in the a
resent case he has to be dealt with L
efore this Office can he properly and +
irly reached. t