The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-07-07
An HONEST CONFEssIq
rae BarEaln ana Intrigue Ad-
mafH4cd.

AcF Aolpiiig themselves % me
colo poEiiH S. hlvo heretofore
elained ior lheir respective lead
ers any personal knowledge, or par
ticipaiion in Che matter while the
prostamme vas being arranged But
TIE Meridian Mercury, Of the S0ih OF
june igihtt frank and open manner
~ eharacicrisiic ~ "a editor, plain
N tells Us such was not The fact, at
ieastso iag IS one o. the great lead
ers Is concerned. -l
The Morrmy Says ale Banks.
dale) is not opposing Lamar's re-
election at an. or IN any manner, that
Va know Of OF believe. SO Ear as We
know or believe. be has fallen into
and is showing 10 accordance with the
programme mapped out By lis and
Lamars mutual lriends, to make him
Governor and Lamar bis own sue
cossor, in The interest of harmony
Al The opening Of the canvass the
Clarion bfistled al over with argu-
mengs and criticisms designed to
wesker Lamar, and the great princi-
pies involved, which it said has ere
hased twoufaclIons "a the Democratic
barty, we're brought ont in the boldest
relief "a the colnmns Of that journal.
In view ofthe fact stated by our
esteemed cotomporary, We would
nike to ask what has become Of THOSE
dhEAr rnNcmLrss Perhaps they
have been weighed in the balance
with 9 oandidacy for Gubernatorial
bonors, and haveiostlheir ponderosi-
~, The manifest desire Of the people
/ That Lamar should be returned TO the
United States Senate seems to have
begotten che "harmony" movement,
ana weconstrne The Mercnry's arti-
I cle 70 mean that at least one Of The
] crest leaders (acccp,ing the situation,
as. las heon his boast so often IN the
pasi) was willing 70 allow the great
4 brinelplts," WHICH had distracted the
patlg apd divided its councils, 70 be
huried under a non inallon for Gov
oraor. ais ll.
whether Or not our construction
81 the language used by the Mercury
is 2 fair and Legitimate construction,
We leay6the readers Of the MEssEN-
can toodecide, after they have read
the following extract copied from the
article Of June 8Oth:
eve haye seen that the Yicksburg
Commercial lays claim TO the honor,
m there e any in II Of the conception
~ the harmony plan, and to have
worked il up to a success The
Meridian Mercury FIRST conceived
and developed Il, in q well considered
newspaper article, sohioh brought a
letter from Major Barksdale the
Heag dag, and we hoped, Dat IN rain,
would bring one from Mr.. Lamar"
4 summary Of the facts presented
BY The Mercury shows;
LIST. That a mutual friend OF the
aniagonized leaders, (Col Horn) !,
ignoring the claims and aspirations
Of everybody else, did suggest the
harmony plan" giving 10 Lamar,
what the people had already decided
on-lhe u. S. senstorship; and to
his bitterest opponent, the Office Of
Governor
End. The suggestion drought q
letter from Major Barksdale the next
day"
Ord, The astnte originator Of this
scheme, for dickefiBg IN the public
oflless6f this State, chopped, Bat N
eaia, for an approving letter from
Mr. Lamar.
9Th fMajor Bafksdale has fallen
into ana is moving in accordance
WIN the programme mapped out"
5th Beth Of the journals claiming
he credit ~ Of originating the
harmony plan'' are more earnest
D theit advocaey Ct Barksdale than
ntnara# tH
10 view Of these facts, so clearly
cd distin0tly SET forth, We would
Ike % ask Can anybody now say,
.iihoht direct denial Of the truth
I the statement made by the Mercu-
Z, that there vas no "bargain and
and that Major Barksdale Q
as ignomnt Of the proposed sale,
! refused his assent? And we Il
Guild like to inquire further What v
to beeome'of the great NOUN v
AIN OF PRINCIPLE, which the u
arion editor has been pllino an for -
8 past 1--WE years. cut OF material
tracied from the electoral commits az
ID. the vote on the silver bill, the
clrine Of instruction, the vote on vi
Grant penslan hlll. he conarma- 70
D 81 Stanley Matthews, etc.
70 dlssipalo eli The momentous %
les ~ growing out Of Senator -
nngis aalIon d Congress. which 5f
CiaHaa editor has been discuss ter
with 50 much zeal and ability for cor
{ a decade, Is 3 consummation 40
outg 70 De wished. hut we scout ".
policy Of perehasing silence at
expense ofprneiple, as We doubt rec
peoples willingness % be sub On
sipely led into thisshameful trans. tol
%, b few dickering politicians. ~. -.
. aid the ViciEsbnFg Commercial pso
tie MefI1nn Mercury IN The ihei