National Republican., 1880-08-16
THE BOYS OF SIIUBUDA.
Experiences of a Grcenback orator In
Alabama.
Spirit of the Solid soutf-Jeff Davis still
Their Presidont-Thirty- Min
utes Allowed to "Git"

Grcenbaokers Fare no Better than "Siggors."
Tho National Tiep, greenback organ, printed
here, contains letter from ]. II. Randall Civ
ing his experience in canvasslng Alabama for
Weaver, which will be of interest as an ad-
ditonal evidence that free speech is denied in
the south to every opponent of the robel dc.
mocracy
A grand barbecue was held at Kizer Hill, IL
being understood that the time would bo di.
vided between democratic and greenback
speakers. Que Of the Speakers with whom tho
audience seemed to be in sympathy included
In his speech the following: "Tho coufed
ercy still exists, my friends, and Jcif
Davis, tho best friond we ever had Is yet
our president aud devoted to our interests.
aud 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 tho great democratic
party, fora solid south will now give us entire
control of the general government aud we can
redress all our wrongs" In this strain he con.
inued for thirty minutes. When Randall at
empted TO speak sonfe men in the audience
cried out: 1--WE don't want any d-d yankee
10 come here and talk to us. We had letter
shut him up" AS soon MS these men had
lie had talked for about twenty minutes,
when n brass band from Mississippi, which
had been hired by the democrats, began to
play aud drowned his voice. The democrats
told Randall that they could not control the
band, and the music continued. Al last Ran
dali got another chance to talk, but the band
soon played again, and there was such con-
fusion that he was compelled to stop. Our
treatment by the bourbons," says Randall,
made more converts to our cause than any
grecnback speech that any advocate Of our
cause could deliver The democratic speakers
were not interrupted. The band came from
Shubuda, a ncighboring village in Missis-
sippi.
When Randall had filed his engagements
ho went TO Shubuda 10 take u train for the
south. He walked into the business part of
tho village 10 get drink of water, aud there
he was surrounded by men who cursed him
and declared that lie ought TO be killed, On
his way back to the depot he was approached
by wol.dressed and sober man, who gave
him the following note:
DEAR SIR: We will give you and your pard
thirtyfve minutes to pick up your duds and git
out OF this town. Yours to to dcqth, s.
Mr.. Randall expressed astonishment at the
intimation that peaceful and law-abidng
man could not stay in the place until the
next train left It, but was informed that he
must go to tho next station. "YOu had bet
ter get out" said the bul!dozers, while you
have chance. Your time is passing.
You'd better get right along or you'll
catch hell" Mr.. Randall appealed to other
men for protection, and at first thorc
seemed to BE- some probability that he would
get 1t, but as soon as the bulldozers explained
that ho was grecnback spcaker--"a white
man with black heart come down here to
divide the democratic party"-the conver.
IL Iha. t,,rn hall 1l,,.
withdrew for ten minutes, aud then returned
and told Randall that his time was up. He
ngain protested, aud found some bystanders
who took his part, advising the bull
dozers to let him alone. Tho bulldozers again
withdrew, aud soon afterward Randall went
TO the depot and bought his ticket. While in
the depot the dulldO2eis again surrounded
him, saying that II he ever came to the place
again they would fix him. They demanded
the note of warning, aud Randall gave il up
to avoid trouble. Mr.. Randall says Every
man, except one, constituting the bulldozing
crowd was sober, wcll.dressed and as firm in
their demands upon us rs auy crowd of its
disposition and intentions could be. Hence,
there is no excuse for them or the town upon
the basis Of intoxication."
In reviewing the situation he says 1--WE do
not think that the respectable people Of Shu-
buda indorscd tho conduct OF these bulldozers
but We do not think them responsible for the
laCh VI tHS hplIh VI IOlSTutIOH tDdt
bourbon.ridden country, and that this indif
ference breeds just such Spanish disposition
and cowardly conduct as leads half dozen on
dozen to attack one, OF behind mask to
shoot OF stab au enemy in the dark Tho fact
is, while democrats, as rule, do not approve
of this conduct, yet all those guilty of il are
democrats, and they want no meetings bu
democratic meetings, and no rule but dem
oeratlc rule, and prefer that everything els,
should bo kept out of the country
Tho effect of this rule is to corrupt
public sentiment, stultify the feelings
OF manhood and humanity, and to ge
men mngling in local and state, us we'll as ma
tional politics, in such u condition, with tht
feeling that they arc born rulers that there Il
nothing in the way Of fraud, dishonesty, buIl
doing or even murder; that they cannot b,
brought TO commit and justify in the courts
to carry their points 10 retain political as
cepdency In tho south. A solid south
and the election of Hancock means os
tracism and tho destruction of the in
dependent and greeuback parties in the south
as well as tho republican party, and no vote
are TO be counted opposed TO bourbon laws
bourbon administration and county rim
rule" Speaking Of the manipulation of IT,
returns, he says that tho sheriff CAV
certificates to two greeubackers entitliu
them to admission 10 the final count, bu
length upon the condition Of the south aud dc
Claring that 1t Is in the hands of an unrelent
ing star-chamber bOurbonism which nevita
bly, will undermine and destroy our govern
ment, he concludes as follows: "C0nsiderin
that, taken as whole, the northern and south
ern states represent two entirely dilleren
civilizations tho simple question for the pee
plo to decide is which shall rcign-tlo In
ierior or the superior"