The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-14
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I tive ibhis Yilws Is not tbs man o. se
quietly by aad permit the Noriher
fanatics anu slanlsrers 20 yll.gy hi
S .ale ans seetioa without q word o
defense. In recent debate 10 ID
S nate Dawes of Massachusetis said
There bad rasse,, Though The cit
on bis way North, where be cout
enjog hs oKn convictions, ven
erable, gr5y haired man, Who. four.
years ago had brought his capita
aad lis energy 10 build up hom
and business in Mississippi lie Ia.
been persecuted, his factory burne,
and his workmeu murdered, and q
last be lad H. give IN and return &,
Massachusetts
SENATOR GEORGE
asked for the gentleman name, saw
ing that he had never heard of sral
ana instauoo in Mississippi
Snator Dawes decline 10 give tht
name.
Senator Hale, alluiine 10 some re
marks upon carpetbag govcrnmcn
which had been quC ted by the Sena
tor from Mississippi Lamar said ht
still agreed there had been evils, buf
the Democrats of The South hadtaket
the wrong method Of relieving them
selves OF those evils.
Senator George, recurring to ths
statement made by Senator Dawes
as 10 gentleman returning from Mis-
sissjppl TO Massachusetts on account
Of the persecution be met with in the
former State, said he undertook 90
say that though the Senator from
Massachusetts might have met TIE
individual referred o., and Nigh have
received the Information, the Who'll
was myth lie had never heard OF
3 factory in Mississippi having been
burned, and as there were hut two on
Laree ia he State he would probably
have heard OF it. There was aot a
particle Of truth IN the recital Ii
was not fair tof the gentleman from
Massachusetts TO refuse to give the
name Of the person allnded to on the
grourd that it would expose him TO
persecution II the people OF Mis-
sisspni were such persons as would
burn q mans factory and murder his
hands, certainly they did not need the
stimulus Of the disclosure of his name
TO further trcsp0ss on bis rights
He then proceeded to reply at some
length 10 some remarks made by Sen
ator Hale as 10 the mississippi plan, %
asserting that many ol the murders
committed in the State Of Missis-
sippi, au6 attributed by lhs Reputl.
osn party to political causes, wera in
fact Attributable 20 other reasons
He warned tie Northern people
against placing credence IN The stories
they heard about Mississippi.
He uninterrupted At various times
by Senators Hoar, Dawes and McMil
Ian, and concluded his speech with
some remarks as TO tle debt Of Ms
'siasippi
Senator Dawes safd be had been
mistaken IN stating that a fsctory had
been burned-it was a Gin house
Senator George stated he had a gin
house burned, and had this morning
received eletter stating that several
of bis hands had been drowned, and
yet be had never been prosecuted lie
inquired of Senator Dawes whether
he Dad received his information as to
the outrages upon a Massachusetts,
man from the man himself OF at sec.
ond hand
Senator Dawes declined to answer
aud upon Senator George repeating
his question said somewhat angrily,
that it was a question which the Sen
ator had no right to ask BE as
serted the truth of what he bad
stated, and the Senator didn't know
what became a United States Senator
when he attempted to catechise him
Senator George do mot desire 60
violate the courtesles Of the Senate
but ! mean to say this in response tC
the Senator's hrsl suggestion, that
while | am q new member here, and
while ! shall endeavor to learn whai
is done to this body and its meme
bers, | certainly shall not either apply
TO OF submit TO being educated bl
him on that subject / suppose I may
make this statement withoutviolatine
the usaees Of the Senate. He haf
never stated, he said, as had been
stated by Senator Dawes, be hal
never heard Of the Halfway murder
of The ChisOlm murder, or Of the Dix
murder but had stated that he heard
Of them in sueh a way as to author
ize him tosay that what the gentleman
had said about them was not true
lie claimed Hat be had the right C
question the Senator who undertook
to repeat a false ealumuy on the peo
pie Of Mississippi, and TO ask bin
who the author was lie bad ths
right to know whose falsehood tbs
Senator was backing ty his authority
and he could tell the eentlman be
could not escape from the responsi,
bllitY Which he now took upon him
se,f The Senator, hefore the Amer
/ lean pee pie, had retsIled an infamous
slander on the people Of Mississippi
and il he refused to disclose the nam,
Of his informant ne became respon-
slide for tho falseheod he did no
believe a single workman he'd beer
killed He did net believe this falsl
situess lie was not g the habit o
believing men who did not disclosN
/ their names lie did not believe tia
/ Massachusetts, man had ever beer
there. lie did net believe he lad
an. Il was AZ easy matter fof,mel
/ TO represent themselves as victims O
an outrage, bul when peofie we're f
/ be held responsible for those oul
rages they ought to know their &C
ouser.