The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-12
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The True Inwardness Of the Neave
tween the Weaves 3eS nhd :
the Republicans Nan&ional
Committee.
Mr. ". NJ. Edwardy. the editor and
pfdpffetof Or The sMSAfkof6erys (Aagy
News. Item, publishes the following in
l!t1tt Paper 2Sfdpstant.s&Iu
tAhs-laaspsadaatG saRahack Lahar QpEa
ty, of Alabama, was held at the Ex-
change Hotel in1M dntgnmety.ti Ilhhdi
beeuhsksd to represent tbs, Independns
entsiof Montgomery county. and wentl
ihto the confsrspce for the purpose OF
doing 80. AS I fhen understood it, tue
f9bject OF said' co~nferehce was TO ihaug<'
{rate such measures assWould 1tend ITO
}epeaf certain odious lA&s I'M exissencai
n this State. gandt 70 sectireanampsstis4
administration of State affairs. ahitWSsj
conscientious, in what I did, asI. 6fonas
Served it to, he a movement set, on foot
BY honest intelligent m6n 0f,th6' State,.i
fho waresidentif6ed withiiiits ofntetesSs,,'
Ind who had, Always iabofedto ptUmots
IT'S welfare. tuftan now satisfied that !
was deceived MS To; the intentions, pf tbs
Greenback party, aud / believe thAtitAA
majority of those wha took ,pa9Irtt in ttAllf
meeting ara tOSday iRnorapt Pt tthe
m ueut Of t the ps sTy saJf al satisRssd
that the me whose nnallsss are found III
the Greenback State ticket are = the xfbl
tims Of deliberate. seheme'stof 'entr&p
good men, Ifkuow they fisrei lnbt men
who would Intentionally 80 against the
,nterest of Alabsmas and lesean there.
fore only suppose bhntthey are, ,ttneIml-
selves ignorant Of what is gong op be
tween the Greenback aud Republican
Committees After taking part III the
conference, I was looked upon ASA lsa-
der Of the movement in this county.
aud when GENT Weaver . came,intO, this.
State, he at once communicated with
me. asking me to aid him in his cans
yass. I met Gen. Weaver at 'Bnmingf
ham, and he there cominnticated TO
me some or the workings and Intentions
of the Greenback patty andait (wab
! there that was first convinced that the
sole aim Of the tGreenpack Labor party
was, to overthrow the. DEMOCRACY, aud /
was also convinced that Weaver was
in reality exerting himseff iii thssfhter!
(, est 'of the Republican party. III had no
intention OF allowing myself toobs mis-
4 led aid tnadeAa dupe bf, aud bdidtnot
| Intend to be- nominsllyla Greenbacber,
and,iin reality only an instrumept jp
the hands lef the, Republican, party, To
overthrow 1.-The State. Government of
I Alabama. Tat once set to work to AZ
certain whether Of not it Wis a Party
coiutdtdicted il good faith. af~dn*hether or
not it was only a deceptive schemea;to
nis,ead t%he}peoplst The position / had
takenin the new party procured for me
1.-THE confidence of it's, Leaders,, aud, they
1did,n hesitate to communicates to me
I|their Intentions. Before TIE Chicago
4 C~onyention + FAD openly iexpressed1a
DISCRIMINATION to shpport Grant, III pref
~erenceto Tilaen, and the Republican
party !rtakingnit for granted that my
sympsthies1 were with them readily
communicated TO me what their sidf
was doing. Cohsequent1y was soon
placed in possession oftbe actual facts
lin the case TIE reformation obtained
frbn both parties csnvinced me that
| the whole movement was a. daring b and
skilfuily managed scheme to oyerthrov
the Goyhrnmept Of Alabama. fWsth,al
t9e laGts ytipam W. rIS asSJl
pos7 ~ ,u al eah Ssct;oSs Z MI
Which vas saiiaieainatrf aIss cdaots. All,
row assefs fast pn1.
mau !. tha "a
pr ana nearVy oosopo r;Ian tf' 80
PWn,snplp ~ f,fsS61dd
.esTEfaGs T5S K Ihss /, 3df
N Ike q canH5t sysa b. aassered. . Il
charge: guy ~ anl
asn - - pstun"nnE
hca11aa "a 49, m na
1870 p fn !. s.. 49, ~
q h4 6g1fbs
& tgfbpfam 4s H.
3Erfns,,isuIF IL oat, carrsed Il to saiI
tE9os, ii I'D sbsseif AND aiala forsaits
EPhs tsisgram isxuow on file al the W.
T1rSrg Oh Is sssc saatsR ,suainehamAov
tnar tlst Can We rs rsl move,
nents are directed IN a osaaanniTtteaen , n
Wash;ngton Civ. and that OF I'M strffHA
val Ia M~onHgbfneYTy. ii sas aaeei,essaty FOR
nm 4too {cbbnaiaanscaBe VITA SafdlsomnhstW
tee n erderdoIf find out whent rf1isisapq
roihtment for uWfst Rireia iatbagna{
He had no control eHsrr his own
meats 'buta vas ignorant himself When
and where he, wonId "a" 81" S.7"t
3 Gen. Weaverss aYbeas6s iare9 sppasfha
by moneyed tmen aofthNs1 9Sesfhthti naTaiey
Have sent him thus lar afveb hun6ared
,ldoIJarso. Hietn1dne y gave nut Hhenjhe!
reac6ed GhsttsnoUpa. and hdtelegrsphr
ed for more which ,was sssnt. ,,him ba
acknowledgements order to Huntsville,
ILAia' NNno' su' ~ epni" 7l'"'s
a The National Gfsenbeck" Exfcu-
tfve icommittesi rs iH' EXPERIMENTATION
With the Nfti6nal hef1tfSfcaair Hkecui
)HSe OonithittssJ and It'll eiiow1veemmft
Tteas will NEST h<eenetI sessisb)aO Oth'
loaAo August the OH. ! This oYss cara,
wnpicated tonne dbvi, Jesse, Hrper, a
'Ipembfrr, Of fhe dGreegback ,Nati9nal
Oommjttee, who IS now ,spedking ID
NORTH Alabana.h y met hihHhIn B,rnf'
Iiigham on the 24th.i tahd' hAs7nforrnsd
lime that Gsu. Weaver awoHid completes