The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-08-27
THE MISSISSIPPI PLAN. |
How It Was Applied to Greenback
Orator.
The BulldOHers Break Up His Meet
ings and Order Him to Vacate
That Region. Af
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gy with murder, as they did when they
were shareholders still believe that
there is no virtue except in violence,
and that the readiest way to convince a
man of his error is to put him, to death.
Gen. Weaver has told his story, and now
comes not-less-disting1ished Green
hacker, Mr.. j. 81. Randall, and tells his.
1t reads like one of the pages from that
portion of our history the arguments of
which consist Of the hiss of the scourge.
The bark of the pistol, and the clash of
the bowie-knife Mr.. Randall has been
campaigning for the Greenback ticket
in Alabama and Mississippi, along the
Alabama line. The National VseU. the
National Greenback organ, contains q
startling account, over his own signa-
ture, Of extraordinary experiences. Mr..
Randall found that the Democrats every
where insisted upon dividing time,
and raising the South side "bloody
shirt, and appealing to Southern pre-
JUDGES. The Democrats finally began
to disturb the Greenback meetings.. AT
last, at place with the remarkable name
of ShubuGa, the Democrats decided that
they could tolerate free speech no long
er. At the closing meeting, Randall re-
ports one of the Democrats as saying
this: "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 lrule, and
you must stand by the great Democratic
party, for q solid South will now give us
entire control of the General Govern
ment, and we can redress ali our
wrongs" Mr.. Randall had not proceed
ed far in reply to this speaker when
he heard, '"We don't want no -
Yankee to come here and talk to us We
had better smut him up. '''' iaBut, . says
Mr. Randall, I'D" he was pacifed 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
mot go on. If 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 Green
hackers. - But the Interruptions coontin-
upd, so that the speech could not be
heard. Iy ewoi tan.49 10 dts
III Mr.. Randall thus describes the subse-
quent proceedings -. ...nI
We walked into the business part of the
village to get some water, and on our hunt
passed through group of young men. several
of whom we at once recognized as players in
the band we had particularly noticed that start
ed the disturbance at the time of our speaking
at Kzer Hill, and they at once recognized us
hacker now, - him';" "Three cheers for
Hancock &C., --- the Yankee Green
hacker, he ought to be killed !" 'sLet's give him
49,, 2 and some phrases of like character. We
quietly passed on, said nothing, got our drink,
returned back through the group to the team,
being followed part of the way by these young
men, yelling at us as they halted about fifty
yards from our team. In about ten minutes a
young man, well dressed and perfectly sober,
separated from the group, came up to me- and
we had, as near aS we can remember, the follow
ing conversation VIZ
NJ. B. d. (Which means Mississippi Bull
dozer) IS Is your name Randall?" "i
n. eyes, sir" a tnsflg tepF
NJ. B. p" Are you Randall, the great Green,
back speaker p ~
II expect I am"
NJ. B. Do have note was requested TO
give. you; read It and give me your answer
"Very well. sir eil1e@ att Ia} as -
We took the note, written on leaf
torn from a pocket memorandum, and
read as follows .lA 3"Iiem n
AUG. /, 18SO.-DEAR SIR !: We will give You.
and your party thirty-ive minutes to pick up
your dads and git out OF this town. Yours to
death, The BOYS OF SHUBUIA
Mr.. Randall-"Do you mean to tell me that
an American, law-abiding citizen, on the way to
attend to his business, cannot stay in this town
to take the first train Of cars going South ~
M. B. D." We know you, and you can't stay;
you must go to tho next station" ss5
Mr.. R.-"Who gives this order?'
M. B. De The Boys of Shubuda. Your time
is passing you better get right right along or
Mr.. R.-'.You don't mean that they will lay
citizens would not approve any such conduct
toward peaceful, law-abiding citizen. Besides,
see what a reflection it would cast upon your
town.
NJ. B. D. (going off -" You better go out of
here while you have chance 80 s44
We started directly for the group of bull
dozers, making inquiry of persons we met
where the Marshals house was had it pointed
out to me, but'was told he was not at home
Noticing man sitting under store shed near
the railroad track, we went up and asked him
IT there was any protection there for civil
citizen from an insulting and nleddlesome mob.
Then, turning to group of bulldozers five of
whom were gentlemany. well-dressed, and
sober, he said & guess he wo 1t do you any
harm, boys; better let him Alone BY this
tune there had gathered fifteen, or twenty
black men and two middle-aged white men.
The M. B. d. said "You don't know what
you say, nor who he is; we heard him yester-
day. Then, turning to us, he said 3: sYou're
white man with a black: heart, come down
here to divide the Democratic party, and we
don't want and won't have no such - men.
IN this county" The party who had served the
note of warning to leave on us followed up
with: 9 He's one of the trump cards of the
Greenbaek party, and yesterday he gave the
Democrats -. - him, we can fix him.
We run things here" M aa 500
L1IC was budOs 11F. Il1DQall WAS
escorted by the Democratic leaders to
the railroad station and put on the train.
from which he addressed the violent
crowd as follows:
| am sorry on your account that your conduct
has been such toward me this day as to confirm
me In the belief of all that has been said in
other parts of the country about your treat
ment of men who honestly disagree politically
with you, and reflects discreditably upon you,
is true. shall take particular pains to air your
conduct toward me throughout the whole coun-
try: not out of any ill-will toward you, but be-
cause 1t Is not right for any people in any
State to act as you have acted You
endanger, and by such conduct DESTROY.
personal freedom of thought popular
liberty, the foundations of all our institutions.
and aunihilate all honesty in elections. ex-
pect to continue in this cause, and, if the way
opens, shall canvass this State for the Green
back ticket, for all parties in this country are to
be heard, and have the right not only to VOTE.
but right to have their votes counted, and the
quicker you learn this and prepare to helpit
along by standing up for it here in Mississippi
among yourselves, the better it will be for the
whole country. We don't want to run your
affairs here, but we want the same rights here
that are assured to all United States citizens in
every State in the Union, and that you can have
In other States" a8
DEAN STANLEY was not equal to his
opportunities when he performed the
marriage ceremony of Professor Tyn-
dali. The Dean should have asked the