, 1880-10-23
A Congressional District with Over
5000 Republican Ma"
iority,
In Which That Majority 1sto Be Sup
pressed by BulldozinE
and Fraud.
The Negroes rropnrlng for a General Ex-
odas III Case Of llancock's
Election.

ltlteii'En11t c0l0retl tuAtl. Just returne frnin
MI cxtc'tlctt trip through nlost Of tho cniton
belt IN Mississippi. lie Is u member OF II
New Orleans house handling good t1cnt Of
COTTON. Ile was out oil l,,ls1ncss-trtp In tho
Interest OF Ills House. 11a is wtu-awake nMl
thorougli.gotng; is aliyo to tho Interests Of
his race; Is Of course Republican. mud kept
MS eyes ainl lils enrs open. liz gives at, In
tcrcstiilg nccot!nt, political md otherwise of
particularly rs seen among md affecting the
Interests Ut tic blacks.
THIS "M1ss'ss1rrI Dgi!rA."
1t may perhnps ba rs well 10 explain, Is Tint
lnrge section of Mississippi lying between
The rivor and the railge Ut hills, or "high
lnnsls," running south from the lin Of Tell
l'csscc, ncar the centre of tho State, ali
grouping out at roint III tteblufTs nj Vleks-
burg. IL COMPRISES tic "low lnttls' 'bor-
uer'i,e tho mississippi, tho big mud tho Little
Sanfiowor, t''e Black, mud thu Yazon Rivers.
llore nre some 4,000.0 acres Of M fertile
lands rs tho Almighty ever Raye Il, tin nrntnl
a"ot,on n,nno s,,,,,, % ~ sut's'. .nis
seel"l, "'ono sno1la oo Capable ol ra's i11g MI
prcsout entire production OF tho wl,ole
,,reaatnd the nraot .vs as: - ~" IT, alo eo-
=. s..h"se" Wv ets"' !l'hss U. u'H plhcks'-
tilolr acttai voting strength being probably
hot fur from 20,000 III excess OF the whites.
Hero very naturally should bo tho great Re-
PUBLICAN stroneloid. liars, hnwnvnr. il tho
i,..a - ,.. .',"1 o.c' h""esst' ~ e11o
"c ,ora ,os u. onu u ss'a, ,sslss'tu palldozer
Aeio nus oee.' the tslea8Io VI tlc 1'lAssaefes,
lnnfuers' l,l allu outrages which hive given the
aM,e .'', s"eh an ihellslaole la'l,e; and lcre,
"llprH Uf Fort Plll,,w.', and nrcsort Knnrn.
aentutivn ~ t1,o N,..t.,,r,i ,,,t,.sa1 ns...s
ic"ms IN con@rcss r 'SS'SS'pp' co'ofeo 1epao-
''9 arha ~ peltn SGne,eIs s rs mos,v conr,so, ,,,,
rba shosetr,,,~ 11,a,r,"t ,,s., ;''s.1u
liz nccni,ar al,nns ~ fn,to,,n,t ~" 'sa i1u
of thn N1ssispnr s i. ,v'", 'n winnings
structed by tho Democrats for special pur-
pusr. They pruposcd to hedge Il, tl,e rrtat
lnass Of tho voting blacks by themselves, m r'
Tlo Istrict ,vns ti,s ,,iy.n ~ N v1sa' act,'n IT,:
publican maturity Ut not fur from 1860.
At tho time Ut lts construction tlorg wns nm
thought, even among tho Deluocrats, OF its
ever rotlrt.i!g any l5,tt II Republican TO Cor
llcan yoters-t,oso WHO wolli,i otherwise be
slre to cnrry two or three t,thor Co, grnssfnt,.
al districts for tho Rcpublicnits~nil within
inc 0ne district The "SEhestrinE District"
f!iias E!ve;i M over to the Ker!blicAns original
y ny ta9 pehiacIats tl'en,selyss ~ Chg Mcut.s
fon tf,o Ga,e , wy ttss,f nay
the oI',ts fo1cs Of slots,i, logic, a Way l1al0
t;hnIpa.Is Il IpIsl-"'o" p'per-asA returning Gen.
e''ai'''e'a, -..-...
THE "1ERo OF FORT rILLow,"
to Congress.
The Golored nlemhcr Of tho New Orleans
netee'tfs sscq tyas ts ts as aSSS IsHnF ss s
4 very large proportion Of tic goitton raisctl
in tie SECTION Is raised ,llo1l sllnrcs, Nllci