The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-06-23
( llnlnlcr's Crusade.
WHAT A sTRAiGHrouT MISSISSIPPI Irrup.
LIcAN THINKS OF IT AND
OTHER MATTERS.

OTHER MATifESs
Chicag; Times.
Washington. Juao lGlh.-Gcn.
Chalmers position as an Indepen-
dent in Mississippi does net appear,
up to The present time. to have
gained him many friends. The Re-
publicans of that State do not ap-
pear to be anxious to onior into
coalition with Gen. Chalmers, and
thus fur he is Represented rs having
the Independent movement all to him
self, Gen. ii. p. Hurst, n prominent
Mississippi Republican, who is in
this city, in m interview published
in The Critic ills afternoon says:
Icau's SEQ how any intelligent white
man, with n particle Of respect f,r
himself or the honor OF his State, nor
even Oil illiterGte freedman, can con-
sistcnily vote for this little, contempt.
allie. mumilied, se.i.selected indeper-
dent leader, with lho sickoring odor
II ITO Fort Pillow massacre ever
cl;rging oSsut LIS f:ul and filthy
garments, stained with tho blood OF
tic NAMED aud bulldozcd Rcpubli.
cans, over which ho cawled to seat
in Crgress. When The Republicans
of Mississippi come to the point that,
l'ko whipped ours, they lick the
hands Of those that smiio them, no
success can or should attend their
feeble efforts to regain control OF a
State naturally Republican. Owing
TO fcliSh misinanaSement. the party
to-day is in tho har DIS f political
prostitutes, having neither honesty
nor capacity, and devoid of white
support. Like drowning men, these
vu!lurcs must grasp any rotten me-
icrill that comes within reach; and
now the people Gro prcac2ted tie
disgusting spectacle Of The red-hand-
ell hero OF Fort Pillow, The cham
pion candidate ia few years back of
tho srcatest bul!tlozirg feat on rec
ord, carrying Tie Shoes:ring district
with is twen:, thousand R,pub! lean
msiosiy, COL iidiag!y falling into the
living, ou;s!rc,chod arms Of the
Mississippi Republicans Oh, shame,
where is ;hy biuali?'
Wi! the cclc,cd r"op'e supper;
Chalmers?'
No. Aud .ct the people OF Miss.
is,ipp; dread negro supremacy more
than Calito.nians fear Chinese cheap
labor. Chalmers, am prepared 10
say TO my Republican friends in
Mississippi, is a liar and u hypocli'c,
and can't DO trusted. The present
Republican managers, being unabia,
To command tho fespcc. Of the libcr-
- WIKI. sisr3a-,rs,.. 'onfy succeed
by maFsing tho Blacks solidly and
Nining at the polls by sheer force OF
dMk number. This plan has been
repeatedly tried and can never asaia
succeed. 1t never could lave been
succcss'u! save through Tho support
It rec ived by Federal Baycncts at
Ito close Of u d.sast rohs civil war
The man who organizes the Rcpubii-
can party on c,lor line ia m enc
my TO both rae, s ard tho Lest inter
csts OF lie State, aud il is so regarded
by tie intelligent masses Of every
complexion. Ills is vel! understood
in Mississippi. The only hope for
he Republicans to gain c foothold il
The Sou'h lie to rec gni., as advisors
aud managers men OF rcrvo, in,elli-
gcnce and social standing, men ca
pablo OF controlling a large white fol
loving. This Gun hardly be done
jast now. rs such men. knowing the
bad rcpu.e in which tho Republican
party is held. will not net with it or
30 associated politically with It's fos-
silizod lea lers."
"Tho willie leaders should have
tho ciliccs then p
The great trorble of The whole el.
emcnt of tho Republican party re-
piled Gen. Hurst, lis that two thirds
Of them went into it for no cher
reason than 10 get Office, aud such
men, as a rule, had little capacity
and carried with them no white re-
cruits. Chalmers will carry no con.
siderable number of w.lito votes. A
few personal friends au follow, in the
hunt for spoil will vo.o for him, but
he will rot DC elected
GA tho whole, the Republican
in Mississippi bid, fair to
u blundciiuS farce. Twill not take
part in tho canvass. Those bossing
the .jo1 arc too fl! fer me to affiliate
with aud retain white friends.
shall go North, where I can freely |
talk my R,publ;canism and be rocos-
aiz ID md treated as gentleman.
have hal repeated Interviews with