The Brookhaven leader., 1884-03-13
Then and Now .

One morning last week gentle
man who has been a Repuilican for
year, and one'of TIC most Intelligent
and consistent OF his rarty, though
never 3 politician, dropped into THE
LEADER nffiee in quest ot n back
numher of the old Brookhaven
ledger aud being ia y social frame
Of min |, after making the ui 'ct Of
his visit kn'wn, remarked:
"The testimony of Judge Wharton.
Judge Copper, Auditor Gwiu and
some of the Others before tue lnves-
tigaling Committee made pretty
rough showing for the Pint Mat.
thews' side, didn't III"
Yes We sssented" ard nu doabI
a very correct one"
Well he continued, -he more
than likely said and did just what
they say he did; bat there is great
allowance To be made, nevertheless.
Matthews was big talker and Il
great buaster, and he said great
many things he never meant OF
thought al afturwari About thos c
threats, the fact that he never killed
any body and never had but few per
sUnal difficulties o: any sort, show
how little there was in them. though,
as say. lac probably made them.
There was this about Matthews, too.
He was every inch pnl tician, and
he had more sense and shrewdn ess
than any man in Coltish county. He
was also ambitions and looked long
way ahead He was the man who
got Jim Hill nominated for Congress
against Barksdale, and then supper
ted him. OF course he never expected
Hill to he elected, but he saw that il
Hill were al up then and the oppo.
sition to democracy kept organized
there would be good chance for the
Republican candidate next time, and
he would no doubt have been that
candidate himself. Aud l tell YOU
he concluded. as he picked up his
paper and took his leave, Matthews
would have made it warm fer Banks
dale o: any other men in the district
who ran against him"
As oar Republican caller disap
peared, another thought struck us in
connection with what he had said.
When Jim Hill was a candidate for
Congress against the gallant Banks
dale, he spoke here. Occupying
front seats in 1.-THE amen corner
near the speaker on that august &C
casion were the right Hon. Robt. J.
Acorn, Hills imam Friday
throughout that campaign; the right
Hon Morris Marks, Internal Revenue
Collector of Louisiana, who also de
livered very naughty partisan
speech; The right Hon. VIM. L.
Mitchell, the right Hon, Staten
Baker. colored, the right Hon. Ell.
Banks, colored, the right Hon. Jos
Abrams, the right Hon. V. L. Tyler
and possibly others, all high pri-
Yates in the rear rank" From "a
Republican stand point every thing
was lovely and the goose hung high"
But the most grotesqnely absurd
thing is yet to be told One OF the
Right Honorlbes. who on the above
interesting occasion was sandwiched
in between the Hons. Alcorn
and Banks, is now playing big
lnjun Democrat heep' and running
the so called leading Democratic
paper of Copiah county Oh a strictly
white color-line platform. He also ties
tilted before the Senate Investigating
Committee a short time since that
Print Matthews. whose negro Repub
lican candidate he supported for
Congress less than two years ago Al.
above mentioned, was regarded by
the people as a bad political a2ita
tor with gla,s eye" or language
t. that effect.
Ghost OF General Jackson but
comment is unnecessary.