The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-26

9 people are on the side OF free trade withou
Q knowing anything about the question"
!; ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
In the above conversation I have er
5 deavored to convey to your readers some {
/ the peculiarities that characterize the pc
litical situation down here. / have selecte
. General Mcmillan as the representative {
the best class OF Republicans to be me
with in Louisiana. Your readers can judg
for themselves how far the difficulties pre-
sented are capable OF solution in the diret
ton to which he points. Recently l me
another gentleman representative Of tn
best class oil men to be found anon
the opposition-Dr. John II. Mckay
OF Madison, Station, Miss. knew thi
gentleman when student at Bethan,
college about the year 1852, where he wa
greatly respected for his sterling qualitie
Of manhood. He is man Of high charac
ter as physician aud planter at his hom,
in Mississippi. He said to me that h,
voted for Garfield at his place In 1880, a
did his brother, DR.. Hadyn Mckay, Of thl
same locality. And yet, said he, l took ar
active part in wrestling the State Of Missis
sippi from carpet bag and negro rule il
1875. going so far as to make my office g
sort OF an arsenal for that purpose. ad
nit the terrorism practiced. There was
terrorism, and It is useless to deny Il, but
justify it as q necessity OF our situatiDn-as
a means OF self.preservation-ast the only
means OF saving our State from depopula
sion and coniiscation at the hands OF the
inscriptions adventurers and their white
and black allies who had possession OF us
and who were making our burdens toe
grevious to be borne. Said he, one class
or the other has got to rule in this coun'
try, and say that the white men ought to
rule. They own the property, have the
intelligence, pay the taxes and are the only
hope OF the State, and II they 20 under the
State is simply land OF barbarian, unfit
for civilized men and women to live in.
This is all there is about 1t.
"Well, said l, DR.. how came you to vote
for Garfield, q Republican,
"That is easily enough explained, said
he. felt that James A. Garfield was a
statesman, q broad.minded man, and that
he had the influence with the people OF the
North and with Congress to do us Justice.
! All We want is justice. A Democrat in the
Presidential chair would be an object Of
suspicion with the people Of the North, as
was the case in Johnson's administration,
and they would resent all his actions or
recommendations on our behalf. l felt
that our interests would be safe in Gar.
fields hands, and l was willing 10 leave
them there. All that is needed Is for such
men 10 be acquainted with the real eitaa-
tion down here. l have no hostility TO
the Republican party OF the North. l ad.
init that it includes the best class Of people
in that section, but 1t Is not so
down here. Parties change places as
you come South. The Republican party
in Mississippi was composed Of an ignor.
ant mob led by unscrupulous white men,
who imposed great and unnecessary, and
even ruinous burdens on the people OF the
State, and yet would not touch these bur.
dens with the tips .of their fingers. They
stood in the way Of the common prosperity
and we abated them as nuisance. And
II the Northern people could only know
the real facts OF the case they would ap.
prove what We did as a measure OF self pre-
serl alton"
"But, said I. Doctor, Mississippi is un.
doubtedly Republican State, is.it not, on
any fair count OF the vote? How do you
expect to controlit?'
"Yes it is, said he, you have $4,000 major.
ity in this State. admit that. You have
the numbers, and the fact that we gained
control OF 1t despite your large majority,
shows you at once how desperate was our
determination and how much more capable
the real people Of the State are Of exercising
control"
"But, said I, you do great wrong to the
people OF the whole country when you thus
suppress and prevent the true verdict OF
your State in a Presidential election. You
turn the scale in the electoral college OF
the Union on the side oi the minority BY
wrestling the vote OF Mississippi from the
party to which 1t fairly belongs" .
"As to that, said he, We do not care TO
control the Presidential vote Of Mississippi.
Personally, havc shown you how felt in
that way by my vote for Garfield. 1 haye
no objection to the Republican party being
in power at Washington. It's not the con.
troll of National politics that we are after.
II is the control OF our local affairs. Those
for whom l speak do not want oflice-they
want peace and prosperity in their daily
life. All VIC ask Is home government in the
hands OF the intelligence and taxpayers
OF the State"
"But, you must admit, that u for the at
tainment Of this end YOU terrorize the
voters, you cannot expect success for your
selves in your local elections and success
for the Republican party at Presidential
elections?
"You must understand our views, said he,
we do not want Republican victory or a
Democratic victory, per SO. No real bona
tide citizen Is denied the privileges oil his
convictions in our State. My neighbors
do not think any the less OF me for voting
for Garfield, nor Of any other man who Is q
genuine, peaceful and participating citizen.
II Is the loud-mouthed fellows who 20
about the country seeking to organize the
negroes against the whites-who, hold.
ing midnight leagues-who, in q word,
are burowing underground at night and
playing upon the prejudice and passions OF
the negroes by day, that we are after, and
the ones we band together 10 oppose by
force and arms II necessary. II politics
with US, were as they are In the NORTH, where
the interests Of the whole people are sub.
stantially safe in the hands Of either party,
there would be no occasion for such scenes
as have taken place 10 the South. But the
situation Is radically different"
STILL ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
While on this subject Of Mississippi pol.
itics will venture to give the substance Of
a conversation had with Judge Robert
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