National Republican., 1880-09-04

served in tho rebel army from the outbreak to
tho close of the war, aud who until recently
has acted with the democracy
A CARD.
CoFFEEvTLLE, Miss, Ar~" ~
demoorsts m onaay, oE 'n0 SS' INST. the so.caled
ties ace Us county and adjoining coun.
..-embled at this place In mobs, with their
shotguns, bowie knives and pistols, they said
to koep the peace but later IN the day they
changed their programme, appointed n COM
mittee. consisting of one J. L. Eskridge and
w. p. Hyde, friend, to call upon me and de.
maud that / coase advocating the national
greonback cause or would be dead man be-
fore midnight My reply was THAT would
when God called me away, and not until then"
About ono hour later l was waited on by
another committee, consisting OF r. w. Jones
and w. Il. Wynn, saying tho people demanded
an unconditional surrender Of my political
principles. My reply was that hoped when
| did that God would wither my right arm, OF
that death might come instantly, aud II they
intended carrying out their threats fnr de-
cency's sake not to mob mo, hnS anpoint q
committee Of 6ve-give INC three hours, notice
that l might TiHa up my matters, and then
they couls take nie--tie my hands behind me
Ito me to a stake, blindfod me, aud shoot
mo-in other words, take army sty lie; but for
Gods sake not to have mo assassnatcd al
night but do II in open daylight.
They said that they had nothing further ia
do with II; that would be left with the parties
who gave them instructions.
My friend Mr.. l. Q. Steele, who was with me.
asked them if nothing olse but an uucondi.
tiond surrender Of my politics would satisfy
them. MIR. r. W. Jones, ono of the commi ittoe
replied that he thought not.
remarked TO Mr.. w. T. Wynn that he was
the secretary of our court, the Foresters; that
l thought owed some dues, and to please call
and get the money, that might get o receipt
in full, SO whom was murdered that my fam.
ny would get the benefit OF my policy. He
aus So then went around to my store there
to await the result of their hellsh schemes
but God in His goodness saw fit to prevent
thtm and has continued to do SO up to this
good hour, and l have faith To believe that He
will continue to do so.
Now, these are all facts, and still not hall
told, and l will in few days, give out my com
mum ication In full.
AS above stated, these arc facts, and he who
denies 1t lies.
was born In Marshall county, MississIppl
and when boy my father moved to Memphis
tennessee. and when the first cannon fired nj
FORT Sumpter volunteered my services, join ed
the Harris zouave cadets of the One.hundred
and-hfty. fourth sr. Tennessee regiment
ieit my home TO fight for what | believed
my rights aud the liberties Of our southern
people. mover returned home but once
during the war, and that was caused from
sickness aud Of such nature that was dis
charged from infantry, but soon connected m y.
sell with FORESTS cavalry and there rename
until we surrendered at Grenada, Missis.
sippi.
havo heard and read of these things, said
to have been committed in the south, aud
must confess that did not believe half TINT
heard, and the only reason that can assign
ls that L was u member of the democratic
party, and, like hundreds and thousands o.
others that are now members of the same
party, blinded to ito corruption and incapa
bility OF controlling anything but mob
In 1861, when William l.. Yaney, In Mem
phis, made his noted secession speech, wa,
standing near my father, who looked at mt
and said MY son, If that policy is carried out
and democracy is upheld, it viii be the dam
nation OF tho south"
l, in the language of my father, say If de-
mocracy gets control of this government, il
VIII be the destruction of the liberties of it,
people,
God, let the heavens fall, let the earth sink
let the sun cease to shine; but for mercy's
sake, and lor the sake of tho rising genera
ZION, crush the so'called democracy, is my
honest and earnest prayer.
will give 1t to you in full next week. Re-
spectIuIly, A. \. WIMBERLY,
Chairman G. B. State Ex. Com.
-lConccyillc (Miss.) YalObu-ha Standard.