The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-03-06
Meade and Hurnett-Par Mobile
EraIrum.

/ npu1a bHCN OlUer pulIJlCaiIN.
there is a similarity between these
two WORTHLESS who have been figuring
so conspicuoMsly before the people of
this great Union for the last few
months in connection with the Copi-
all outrages, that is striking. Never
were two men brought into close al
position between whom the likeness
is So perfect. Pat in bag and shak
en- up together and each would fal;
out first They size up amazingly
alike all round Both are carpet
bagrcrs to Copalr county, both small
of brain, and yet hnlh with Il super
abundance OF check that would defy
the Hghtnin9'S force In au evil hour
for the gool p 'ople Of that county.
they were placed respectively ut the
head Of the two opposing parties as
. chairmen OF the Executive Commit
tees. We learn that the Democrats
placed Meade in this position b p
cause ii was well known that they
had a bold and INSCRIPTIONS Ioliui
+ cal foe in Print Matthews, and the
idea W - to meet Greek with Greek:
hut they got all they barganed for
ana great deal to spare. Burnett
was doubtless placed in the pc
sition he occupied by Matthews, or
through his influence, tor similar
reasons, and the sequel shows that
he ac'cd his part as we'll as adj
verse circumstances and his limited
ability would allow.
In addition to holding the p,sition
Of Chairman of the Democratic
! Executive Committee, Meade also
edited Tor the campaign the leading
! Democratic paper OF the county -
God save the mark-and many of it,
utterances were meant to suggest
intimidation and violence, or they
meant nothing at all, After the acts
of violence accompanying the elec-
ton, continuing as editor Of the so
called leading Democratic paper OF
Copiah. it was largely his business to
denounce and viIiity the respec
table Democratic paper, which con
demned them, at the same time crea.
ting the impression that the entire
Democratic party of the county had
a hand in the responsibility, when in
tact his paper was mainly represent
inc a little mob who did not deserve
the honorable name of Democrat.
BY this means, with the assistance
he got outside from few other pa
pers who were lahoring under the
mistaken idea that they were doing
God service to the Democratic party,
and still further assisted 10y Burnett
who had gone on to Washington to
misrepreseut the other side OF the
case, the partisan Scnate inNestlga-
! ting committee was obtained which
is to furnish campaign material for
the Presidential canvass.
Before the Senate committee, the
testimony Of neither one of the Co
plan Chalrmcn WAS Crcditabic to him
Burnett had stated in Washington
To Il newspaper reporter that the
horse was l6 feet high and he swcrc
to this before the committee ali the
way through, though his testimony
wa l'"Peatne" o' some OF the most
iSspeetan'c men III ''"I Ian -c'nh'y.
ne ma" Ht'' nom the H",'AIy Tor ills
/ HE anu IelS l@~''''N' Ia" pfaclitt'
"Leh Air' hi""o' 'hv 'tc"'1 'icfh
enp"e" from t"F ic'oI" IhaC "'0 o.
"Io cases on docket, barnett VII" Al
I"LnrN IN oI small ai@n' h'aAit
Before the committee, ton the iilhe
beng, Mca les cheek seeined t" have
f'isakcn nln, ana BIS manhrr was
hacked amt ""g4'i. lie stated thai
he had never encouraged or advised
violence; knew surprisingly little OF
what brought the disturbances about;
had never commented on them adj
vefeeIy IN his paper because they
were IN the hands Of the authorities
and he was afraid OF creating lrju-
dice against The accused. tWheth
er he would have observed the same
pious rnLe had it been his OK which
Was gored was not a~ked.) lie re-
gardrd Print Matthews as a bad and
INSCRIPTIONS man so much so chat
good men under his influence would
become corrupt and their admins