Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1880-08-31
IMPORTANT TO GREENBACKERS.
GREENBAcK LEADER DRIVEN OUT or
MISSISSIPPI TowN By HANCOCK MEN.

Washington special TO the Boston Journal
Gen. Weaver is not the only Green
hacker who has discovered that the Demo-
cratic party South is the party of bigotry,
intolerance and oppression that the
Southern leaders still connect energy with
murder, as they did when they were
Shareholders. still believe that there is no
virtue excep, in violence, and that the
readiest way to convince man of his
errtr is to put him 20 death. Gen.
Weaver has told his story, and now comes
not less distinguished Greenbacker, Mr..
J. II. Randall, who tells his. 1t reads
like one of the pages from that portion of
our history, the arguments of which con-
sists in the hiss of the scourge, the bark
of the pistol and the clash Of the bowie
knife. Mr.. Randall has been campaign
ing for the Greenback ticket in Alabama
and in Mississippi along the Alabama
line. The National Iiew, the National
Greenback organ, will to. morrow contain
startling account, over his own sigma
ture, of extraordinary experience.
Mr.. Randall found that the Democrats
everywhere insisted upon divided time.
and raising the South side "bloody shirt.
and appealing to Southern prejudices.
The Democrats finally began to disturb
the Greenback meetings. At last, at a
place with the remarkable name of Shubu-
da, the Democrats decided that they could
tolerate free speech no longer. At the
closing meeting Randall reports one of
the Democrats as saying this:
1.-The Confederacy still exists, my friends,
and JEFF Davis, the best friend We ever had,
is yet our President and devoted to our
interests, and If Hancock is elected, and
we have no doubt he will be, you will be
paid for all the property you have lost
through radical rule, and you must stand
by the great Democratic party, for solid
South will now give Us entire control OF
the General Government, and We can re-
dress all our wrongs"
Mr.. Randall had not proceeded far in
reply to this speaker, when he heard,
1--WE don't want no ID Yankee to
come here to talk to us-we had better
shut him up" but he was paci6ed and
quoted by the disciplinary conduct OF
our friends. We had been talking about
twenty minutes, when the Shubuda band,
about $50 feet from the speaking stand,
began to play. Knowing that we could
not be heard while it was kept up. we
appealed to the audience that We were at
the mercy of the Democratic managers OF
the meeting, and were to speak at their
invitation. but we would not go on il
they couldn't stand our kind Of talk.
We would wait until the Democrats got
done, and hold a meeting under the
management of the Greenbackers.
But the interruption continued so thai
the speech could not be heard. Mr..
Randall thus describes the subsequent
proceedings:
We walked into the business part Of
the village to find some water, and on
our hunt passed through . group of young
men, several of whom we at once recog-
nized as players in the band we had par
ticularty noticed that started the disturb
ance at the time of our speaking at Kizel
Hall, and they at once recognized US and
commenced with: "Theres the Green
hacker now, d-n him." "Three cheers
for Hancock" cd d-n the Yankee
Greenbacker he ought to be killed
"Let's give him HE'LL" and some other
phrases of a like character. We quietly
passed on, said nothing, got our drink
and returned back through the group to
the team being followed part of the way
by those young men yelling at US, as they
halted about fifty yards from our team:
In about ten minutes young man, well
dressed and perfectly sober, separated
from the group, came up to US, and we
had as near as we can remember, the fol-
lowing conversation;
NJ. B. D. (which means Mississippi
Bulldozer) -"Is your name Randall ?"
"Yes, sir. ---.----
NJ. B. D.-"Are you Randall, the
great Greenback speaker
81 expect ! am" sg boos 4.
NJ. B. D.-"I have 9 note was re-
quested to give you; read it and give me
Jour answer. 1s