The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-09-08


L P Cooper, of Menphis, The court
house was Utterly packed with audi
tors. Ham Carter, who was denied
q division Of time by Chalmers &C.
cupied conspicuous position ia the
gallery, where ho was busily engaged
in taking notes throughout the en-.
entire debate. At l1:30 o'clock this
morning Col. Tom Harris opened tho
discussion by announcing the torms
agreed upon, as follows: Chalmers TO
open in o speech Of an hour and q
quarter; Manning to reply in nm hour
and three quarters, Chalmers reioiu.
ing in As minutes. and Manning clos
Ing in Is minutes.
CHALMERS
was then introduced amid modera te
applause, and began by saying that
his return to the home Of his child
hood filed his heart with pleasure.
He had been raised here Democrat
and 80 in principle he yot remained,
but the pes had deserted its prin::
ciples and no had left it. His speech
was mainly q repetition Of hls APP
pcal letters and his former speech
here, and in his rejoind,r he said
nothing new.
MANNING
was greeted with round otter round
Of applause, and began his address
by accepting tho nomination Of the
Oxford convention, which had vindi-
Gated his Con gressional record.
He then replied to Chalmers attack
upon his record, and proved that
every material charge brought
against 1t was without foundation.
He then demonstrated by Chalmers
own utterancesin Congress, and in
tho pross, that the latter had been 10
tho recent past upon every side OF
every political question, and he de-.
nounced his course with terrible
irony and o scathing sarcasm. In
his reply to Chalmers almost every
sentence he uttered was followed by
storms OF applause.
| When the debate was ended the
followers oil Chalmers could scarcely
conceal their chargrin, nor the Dom.
ocrsts repress their uuLounded de.
light. The debate proved beyond al
cavil that the candidate are any thing
bat equally matched, Chalmers being
notably over awed intellectually. aud
in every other respect, by the stand
avd.bearer Of the Democracy.-Msm.
phis Appeal.
Special to the Times. Democrat.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 4: Col. Var
Il. Manning and Gen james r. Chal
mcrs, candidates for Congressional
honors in tho Second Mississippi
District, opened tho canvass ut Hol
ly Springs. The speaking was in the
courthouse md there was n very
large crowd present. A bttcr figh'
had been expected. and the people
wero not disappointed. Chalmers
led of. He criticised some Of MN.
ning's votes in Congress, but was
not 30 severe as might have been OK.
pected. Manning made q very ag'
gressive speech, holding up Chal'
mers as an inconsistent man, an o.
fec seeker and characterizing him in
terms that must have bceu terribly
scorching. The negroes, few Green
hackers, and somo democrats wore
with Chalmers, whilo most OF the
whites sustained Manning.
No outbreak occurred, but IL 10 I'm.
derytood that n correspondence was
opened by Chalmers as soon as the
mceting was over. The rumor is that
Ed. Watson. Esq, represented Man.
ming, and that C>l. Tim Harris, a
one-armcd ex.confedcrato and n
Greepbacker, was Gen Chalmers,
friend. The gentlemen were to lave
spoken at A.hland, 20 miles away
| from railroad. Horses had boon en-
gagged for the trip, but up to mid
night had not been called for. RI
NOR had it that Chalmers demanded
q ro,raotion ofihe offensive language;
that Manning asked him to specify
tho language, and the reply was that
the whole speech was offensive.
THUS matters stood, until this NOR
ming, when. through the influence OF
friends, oil the correspondence was
referred to Senator ] z George, aud
Judge L, P. Cooper, o we'll known
lawyer of this city. These gentle
mon effected m honorable adjust
ment Of the difficulty, and the can
vass will be continued tomorrow ut
Corona, Miss