The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-09
. Letter from Caseyyille.

Editor BrO0khauen Ledger:-
Shocco starts out with another false
statement. He states. that l denied the
assertion that no white man had ever
killed another at Caseyville. Shocco.
when and where did ! deny it? When l
gave the news from Caseyville / did not
propose to go beyond my recollection
aud state what Tom. Dick, Harry and
Shocco said, but to state what | knew
to be facts. st won't do to rely on hear
say. | am sorry that Shocco is so dis
tressed about Morton and East. ! was
an infant at the time they were killed.
An old citizen gave me the dates when
they were killed. Shocco seems TO. want
me, in giving the news, to give all the
hearsays. If should. l would state
that Sboeco was once a Democrat, then
a Radical. then a Democrat, then a
Greenbaoker. Shocco reminds me. Of
an anecdote about two negroes, Teddy
and Sambo. Teddy was Il preacher,
Sambo a fiddler. Teddy was getting
the advantage of Sambo. Sambo pro-
posed to Teddy to let him preach. Fed
DIV accepted. Sambo got up, gave ont
his text-"there Is no Godp-found in a
certain chapter in the bible, and
blazed away, proving there was no God
and that there was a devil, and closed
by saying that the devil must have all
power. Teddy got up, gave out his
hymn and prayed aud took his text from
the same chapter and verse. Teddy
proved there was a God and there was a
devil and a Jesus Christ that had pow
err over the devil and closed by connec
ting his and Sambo's texts together
sthe fool said in his OWL heart there is
no God" Teddy wanted to know how
MANY there were who preferred to serve
God in preference to the devil The
whole congregation preferred God.
Sambo seeing that he had lost his in
huence, Joined Feddy's church. Teddy
received him and allowed him all the
privileges of the church, except to hold
office. The application I wish to make
by telling the anecdote is. that Shocco
took his text like Sambo, just enough
to carry his points, and leaves ont the
words that control the whole meaning.
He leaves ont the words 81 have never
known and inserts the words ''never
was" The next point is, after this
fall's election Shocco will do like SamA
DO after he has lost his influence, he
will join the Democratic ranks. The
| Democrats will receive Won but will
pevertrust you with Office, Shocco states
that I have a sensitive Democratic nose.
| have a Democratic heart. He thinks
I have done some close smelling, l
think Shocco's attack on Citizen was so
plain that any wayfaring man though o
Ifool need not err. He wonders II
would receive greenbacks for any little
service l might render to a community.
l have spent time, labor and money for
the benefit of this community. politi>
cally, reIigiously and for charitable pur
poses. and have received NJ greens
backs or compensation of any kind for
nv Services ] am a tiller of the soil
and don't make my living by petty Of
fees, Shocco tries TO bluff me with
his spirited animals and sharp snappers.
Spirited animals don't last long; sharp
snappers are to be avoided. He thinks
r had better let some one else give the
news WHO LuS iuiSOi opPShN"6NS h'p
head wherewith to hear. L did not
know that large ears added anything
to a mans intellect or knowledge, or
enable him to stand any more persecuN
cution. I would like to know if Shoe
co don't occasionally cooperate with
IStump.puller. Shocco closes with great
sympathy for the poor tax ridden peo-
pie of these United States, and predicts
dreadful times for the present law
makers. NV experience is that the
man who consumes SO much time
grieving over the condition of the poor
people is the very man that would take
the last nickle from the poor mans
pocket and the bread crumbs from his
table, and the man that is always find
ing so much fault with the Democratic
laws of Mississippi is n who is seek
ing a position to make his living with
out work, and oftentimes allows his
family to suffer Tor the necessaries of
life. The time has come when wishy
washy men and old dilapidated Radi-
calls sboald crawl into their holes and
pulI the holes in after them.
CITIZEN.