National Republican., 1884-03-04

Tho following dollar contributions TO the
Mrs. ]. =. Matthews fund, not heretofore
acknowledged, have been received by THf
! NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,:
W \. Snylor, Texas. s.....,....,.,..,,,,....S 81 0r
Nathan Patten, Texas / "
Anonymous ..,,........,............. ] w
W. r. WORKS, ,.........,.....,..,...... "
isnae ~ ~ niien' city .''''....'.....'.,.'.'... "
Htnry blilnp', clly."... "
Emily S. IL. ChisOlm, ity...........,...,... 0C
Mrs. Chisolm in sending her contribution
writes to The REPUBLICAN as follows:
| see by editorial notice you receive small
contributions for the wife of tho murdered
Matthews, of Copiah county, Mississippi. Will
you do me the kindness to accept the in.
| closedp 1t is but q mite-l-wouid II were
more. My heart bleeds at the recollection OF
my own experiences In Mississippi. At
tho close of that dreadful April Sabbath,
before me lay, within a space of a few
feet, Johnnie, our dear son, with his little
hand shot off aud his young heart shot out;
Cornelin, our daughter baby, bleeding liter
ally from head to foot, exhausted and with
none TO bind her wounds my husband, truly
the image of his God, murdered by those
eSulting
In oownrdice so mean, in infony so vast
That hell gives in and devils stands aghast. 3.
My husband said to me-: MY death will
not go unavcnged nor bo in vain. The re-
publican party Ia too loyal to every principle
of freedom. They of tho north will rouse
them from their lethargy, and make 10 i'm
possible that such crimes can be re.enaoted.
Ny death will effect more than thus far living
could do" When have prayed at the feet
OF justice, kneeling into the very dust OF
entreaty, remembering his words, have
begged for legal rotribution for the sake Of
the living republicans of the south, and have
been soothingly told, They dare no moro to
do such crime" They waited not till the
blood Of my beloved had ceased to voice the
Lords question to Cain till in tho same
shameless state they made Henry Gully, the
murderer of my daughter, a member Of the
legislature. The murder of Vance and at
various times and places Of many poor no.
groes have scarcely been recorded. Now
the brave Matthew's uneasy sleep in n
bloody grave takes down another committee.
No loyal southerner, whether child, maiden,
or OF glorious manhood, is protected in life
under their own flag. We're such crimes
permitted in other lands the American con-
gress would be the first by unanimous vote
to utter protest against Mans inhumanity
to man." EMILY s. M. CHIsoLM.
WASHINGTON, March 3.
Mr., Billings writes:
Ihclosed please find one dollar for the fam.
lily of J. 7. Matthews, who was murdered in
Copiah county, Mississippi.
This Is contribution from an ex-union
soldier who suffers daily from disability in
Cured while assisting in killing the body of
the serpent secession, the one poisonous fang
of which yet remains to sting to death the
brave loyal citizen who dares to assert his
right at the ballot box in the state Of Missis-
sippi. HENRY BILLINGS,
212 G street, N. W., city.
WASHINGTON, February go.
Accompanying the anonymous contribu-
tions are these words:
hal, raia f,,nJ co. he "a
children of j. Prentiss Matthews, from one
who never voted anything except the demo-
cratic ticket but who promises never to vote
it again."