Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-09-01
Greenhack Mass Meeting.

Last Saturla, the Grrrnbackcrs oi Clai-
borne parish met III mass meeting AZ Hoo
nrr. They rcorganizrd the Executive couI.
mittre aud aplnintAd delegates 10 some
conventions. Dining the meeting Capt.
Wrhh DELIVERED hing " ,ndrd speech i"a
small crowd, not more than nnr-ihlrd Of
wham Mere Grceuhsckrr-.
When Webb had finished, DR.. Nix, of
Arizona. tnnh t.r stand, as he stated not
To- make a speech, bnt 10 call attention TO
an artirlr IN las, weeks Guardian, concern.
ing II lrttrr hr had written Ia the National
Journal The Doctor seemed sggrirvrd
very much at one particular phrssr III the
article; aud that WA, where We stated b.
chad h,-n sprwrd up 10y the good people
If Arkansas" &c, aud gave the assertion
the tie We mmrdint.iy arose and stated
10 the meeting aud 10 DR.. Nix that we
WROTE the artielp, and that the a~scFtI"n
uot of our own kuuwlrdg" If how DR.. Nix
>t""d in Arkansas, politically "r otherwise.
The chairman called us To order and we
respected him. After this. and hrfnrr the
meeting adjourned II friend tn hoth of MS
intrrp"Srd aud managed :" ct the consent
nf both Nix aud nur~'lf L. have \ friendly
meeting between ~, which We did. In
that meeting, mutual friend being pres.
emf. We told Dr. Nix that the report WAS
current in this parish tina, Nhrn b. left
Arkansas hr did nv stand VIII there with
hI- party. and that il Wis upon This report
We had based the a~S,riinu. lie asked It's
tor AZ author. We began to think. and ~
the last who lad talked t, u- abuu, !, was
the brightest ON our ulul. We nruiiuurd
the name at j. ". lI'lhrrt, Esq., whoon,r
lived ~ Arkansas. himself and knew Of Dr.
Nix there. Aud then Nci,qu,strd pr. Nix
tn rctraci the har-h language hr had used
~ Ia rs. He Was manly enough 10 do 81
! lie ven; before Ghr meeting and rrtract'd
AL that h. had said H. applying To- rs. We
then stated publicly 10 the meeting that
We were satisfied. IT, this connection We
~iii state, III hrhalf of DR.. NiN. that thu
general reports that he Was -; aside by his
party ia Arkansas, upon Which our asset
or busnre, character MOI social standing,
hut concerning MS political status, and
| that it was IN this poii cal srns" We made
n,r of the assertion for We were comment
my on political document of hi, own
composition. or "nr own knowledge We
/ know nothing of how DR.. Nix stands with
; his Arkansas friends. Aud. aside from pol
! tics, We have never heard ANYTHING drrog.
a'"Iy IT, him nr hi- character. Bnt We do
/ think that his letter To the Journal is nm
srn.fou>, uukind a"d that the iu-iuuat,"n
! therein made ~ tu sho;.guus being used AZ
| The ballot here, l. not true.
The Doctor say, that he will Xrt crrtld-
cate. Of charAc,rr from Arkansas This IN
doubt hr can ho, aud that h. will viudicate
and establish the truth Of hiS letter. This
We do not believe he can do. We have
consented for him to use space in the GuaI-
dian.
The Railroad from Mouro- "a Shreye-
port ~, MS now Ia be almost dead issue
The Mouroc papers SAY that materials are
being brought there for the purpose of con
.fructing the bridge over the Ouachits
river But It seems that work has not
actually commenced rs Yet. All hop-s oi
shipping the present. crop ofi on that road
as WAS promised last spring, have Danish
ID, and mules will be in As mnch demand
| thi. fall and winter as ever. We seem q