The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-05

A Rspuhlican llssting at Canton Condsmns
Hill and Endorses Barksdals.
rHEsyorE MADE UNANIMOUS
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LHillAnnouncss himself a. Hybrid,
and Opposed to the Color Line.
MIXED BLOOD NOT WANTED.
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CANTON, MISS, Oct 2,al8 82 I,
Correspondence OF The Clarion. 81 tras 81 S,
James Hill, Republican candidate
for Congress, and his faithfully and
devoted friend Judge Robert. Alcorn,
addressed a large assemblyof white
and colorcd voters here on last Sat
urday. After q fiattering intro iuc
tion BY The Chairman Of the Repub-s
lican Executive Committee Hill took
the stand, aud for twenty minutes
devoted himself to ans@explanations
or rather statement ofathe peculiar
titles attending his / birth, saying
among other things, that his father
was pure caucasian and a good
Democrat, and that in his viens
mingled the blood of both races
Therefore, he observed, ] cannot
have drawn the color line. Or if 50,
would not, know wits which sidaaGo
sallign myself. In truth. lie remark
ed, / think | am the very man to
represent you. Being myself
by brid, neither flesh, fowl nor devil
l am the one man who could proper
ty represent the constituency com
posed Of niggers, injuns and whites
After thus parading his shame aid
and Boosting his parentage he stat.
ed in language as follows: sit is
charged that | don't know nothing
that l amt aware with he tariff
and all thai soiler thing. Now jos
see! Let me throw out hint. /
know enough to constitute this:
that the poor downtrodden negro
who works from early mcrn till
dewy eve, in the searching heat of
summer and the piercing cold of
winter, pays all the taxes. Now
how's thatT' .-. 81
He said when he went to Congress
it would be his pleasure and pride
to use his influence with mis- political
friends to secure large appropria-
tions for cleaning out our rivers and
stopping the ''craw fish holes" in
the levees, and being in accord with
the dominant party he thought he
might be successful, at least more
so, he remarked, than your repre-
sentatfon for the past eight years,
who in all that time has received
only 100000 for purposes which l
thought required 81 100000. He
forgot, so it seems, that even the
100000, small though it is, is far
more than ever Republican Con-
gresham obtained for us. He sta
tied in addition that he could be of
inestimable advantage to his con-
ystituents in the way of securing ap
| pointments for them, forgetting
again that he has already parceled
ont the offices he might possibly
control among the few who would
acrook the pregnant hinges Of the
knee that thrift may follow fawn-
Sing" eae es2 asse
/ Upon the question of a free bal
Efols full vote and fair count--the
only Issue he has heretofore raised,
! he was silent as the tombs of the.
Capulets, whether out Of knowl-.
fsdae d hat. two cofored men were in
audience armed with documen-
tary proof that he at least proved
fail vote, is not known.
He said that the Republican plat
form was broad enough for us all to
lstand upon, that it made the "rich
richer, protected the weak and
shielded the oppressed" That the
tendency of Republican principles
is to make the rich richer and the
poor poorer, we have always main
taiued, but scarcely expected him to
concede. #E .at1 esz . o..
His address was brief aud point
less. If he made any impression at
all it was bad. The white people
heard him with patience but he
made no converts among them Of
course. The colored people were
Disguised with. his coarsencss and
vulgarity, and many afterwards de-
clared their intention to stay away
from the polls. i a
When the speech was over, Mr..
George Handy, one of the largest
| merchants in the city, and gen
tleman distinguished Tor his conser-
yatism, offered the following reso-
lutions, which were unanimously
adopted: ID, ~
Whereas we the voters of Madison coun-
l,y, have this day heard the Hon. James
Hill, candidate for Congress, at this his
first appointment, upon the political issues
of the day and his presentation OF the meas.
ures which would command his support in
the event OF his election, aud
Whereas, we are impressed that those
measures would not promote the interest OF
this district and the State at large, but on
the contrary would retard our.progress and
iniuriously affect our peace and prosperity
as a people, and
Whereas, his candidacy ia based, and his
canvass conducted upon the theory OF an If
reconcilable conflict OF interest between the
white and the colored man, and
Whereas, such a course is calculated to
engender animosities aud promote strife and
contention between the races all OF which
We sincerely deprccatc and earnestly desire
to avoid; therefore be it h
Resolved, That we cannot consistently
with our sense of duty as patriotic citizens,
and our desire to maintain peace, harmony
and good will between the races, supporter
further countenance the Hon. James Hill
IN his Congressional aspirations; and belt
further. A
Resolved. That recognizing in the Hon.
Ethelbert Barksdaie a gentleman whose
distinguished abilitywonld guarantee rs a
representation in Congress worthy our his
tory and past achievements, whose views as
to public policy accord with those cherished
by us, and whose conservatism assures us in
him representative OF the whole district
and the interests OF bothraces, we. do hereby
promise him and pledge each other to use
our utmott endeaxors to secure his trium-
plant election. AZ as'n as@ssas Saess sS
: Madison thanks to the iCdefati-