Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-23
NASBY.
His Visit TO the Peace-Loving Citizens of
Coniah County. NIississinni

lWlch may the devil git Is maxim Il howl
over the IlntOrchnit audience that hev hap
pened in Copiah County, Mississippi, and
in Danville, Nirginny, resultin from mis-
understandings eZ to the rites Nv Radikels,
black and white, to vote at eeckshuns, it
wuz deemed advisable for me to visit Missis-
sippi, and sckOor SIGH eXpresShuns from
the citizens of Copiah County ez wood dis
arm the opponence Nv the Dimocrisy, and
satisfy the minds NV the people NV the
North that life, liberty and the pursoot Nv
happinis wuz just sekoor ther ez any
where.
| wuz received with open arms by the
feeders NV the Dimocrisy NV old Copiah
(Which is trOoly the banner County NV the
State and WIZ most royalty entertained. |
wuZ assigned Il room at the principle
tavern, the proprietor NV wich wuz willin
to do his best for the COZ.
shell contribbit my sheer toward carin
for yoo while 700 are here" sed he, ur-
banely.
Let us understand eech other TO begin
with, sed l. " am willin the committy
shell pay VOC regler rates for my board, and
your conribushen be wat little sustenance
| shall require at yoor bar
The aco0t landlord looked me over i1eer-
fully, his eagle eye Resin on my nose,
which is truly 4 bcekun lite
" We will reverse the arrangement, eff its
all the same sed he. " Instid NV the COM
mitty's payin yoor board and / givin 700
your likker, the cOmmitty shell pay for yoor
likker and III give 700 your board. See?
Thus shell claw off the lee shore NV bank
ruptcy.'
And he remarllt thatall he wood want in
order to own the world in the course NV
few years wood be about 20 sch noses ez
mine to keep illuminated pcryidcd the
owners thereof wuZ well heeled in the
matter Nv money. But" he continyood,
sadly, =" its one NV the inscrootable DEGREES
Nv divine Providence. that men with SIGH
volcanic faces never hev the money to keep
up the crupshens. Is it becoz it took all
they inheritid and all they Good git hold OF
i'll their yooth, to perdoose the blaze? Mys
FERROUS are the ways NV Providencem
The first step wuZ to call meetin NV the
DimocriSy and hey EN- resolve. The rcso-
looshens would go forth to the world czthe
eXpreshn NV the people, and the thing
wood be settled. The meetin WIZ called,
and | statid its obiiX BRIEFLY. | sed to EN-
that the venal Republican press he'd spread
it broadcast that no Republican Good vote
in safety in Copiah county, and that the
effect Nv sich Statemence was inioorin the
COZ. | wantid the DcmOcrisy NV Copiah
county to brand the statement ez a false
hood and authorize me to publish it to the
world.
Various citizens made statcmence. One
citizen latled at the lice.
Why" Sed he, all men, dooly quail
fled, vote at our poles with list ez much
safety ez they Good anywhere. The Dim
ocrsy NV Copiah county bleeved in ekal
rites and ckal privileges. We woodent
| eggsackly hire carriages to bring Repubi-
lins to the poles, becoz they are Republi-
kins, but they have alluz bin permitted to
vote the same Ell tho they he'd testified their
deyoshm to Dimocratic principles on the
field in the ranks of the Confederate
armies
After one or two he'd borne testimony to
the same dchtetul state NV sentiment, the
follerin resolooShens wuz yOonanimously
adopted:
WAEEAs, The press NV the Republican party,
Wich IS ali Venal jist beCOz in II OapleasautneSS
arisin from Politikle discussion, ledge
Matthews wuz uncOndishnelly shot, hez branded
Copiah county cz place witch is intoeraut 10
everybody not NV the Dimocratic faith; and
wareas, these lies hev bin spyed broadcast oyer
the land, to the detriment Nv the county, and
eZ reason for not eleCtin that pure patriot
Hendrix, witch We admire, and wich shOuldhey
bin President instid NV NicePresdent, ez he is
nominated for; therefore be it
RcS0tred That every man, no matter wat his
race, kulor or poiukle creed may be, a.lluz hez
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eny body in this county.
Ecsolfed. That We onhesltatiny assert that in
| no county in the yoonyun is life more secoor,
nor nowhere Is the rite To spcek or print ones
views more sakTedly respected.
EcSOird, That dcpeudin entirely on argument
| for success, We hereby prOclame abSlOot free
| dom NY speech and pulitikle ackshen in this
county. and that Republicans and Dimocrats
| may be ashoored NV Twin together in harmony,
| ez quiet ez Il Sundy -skool and that no violence
| ever WIS permitted or ever viii be
al Tsf
NY discussion nv poltikle questions IS sacred,
ANA the Dimocrisy Nv Copiah county viii alllM
manetanc it.
| Res0'rCd, That eZ-
At this pint in the readin NV the resoloo-
! shen prominent Dimokrat rushed into
/ the meetin house in a very much cgg>citd
state.
Wat is up" asked the chcerman ny
/ the mcctin his face shown considerable
alarm.
Wat is up" replied the eegscitid ci;-
zen, everything is up. 4 cousin Nv that
id Matthews, with we laid out last yecr.
! is back here, and he hez organized the Mig
gers and Il dozen OF two IVY radikcls wjch
! hev started the sawmll down on the Run,
and they are this minuit holdin a meetin
at old Pulikin's house. to nominate Re
| pubikin tikkit, for this fall and to beside
wether they shell send DELIGHT to 4 Rcpub-
| likin state Conyeushun 20 nominate clcc-
| trel tikkit,
The HI VOC say" cja<ilated the
! Chccrmau. This is serious This will
never do Gentlemen this meetin is tn
wunst adicrncd for an hour and the breth-
rem present will immciitiy load their shot
guns and revolyels and report here III
wunst'
Bat, scd in agony, remember the
/ rcsOlOOShCnsi
Rcmemberthc rcsolooshens, Ny friend,
them reslooshcns WIZ all well emit when
We '>poscd the fell Spcrit NV Radikclism
WIZ entirely squechcd, but now that We
end it rearin its hydra head it must be
stepped onto wunSt more and this time
! cifcctoOally. RcS,4uGshens are all well
enulf and We are pcrtcckly willin tn 20 on
when we get back and adopt en-, and YOU
may cirkclatc en- North: but the biznis in
hand Just now is to Squclch this proposed
risin Nv the niggcrS. We are for peece
with en-, but we kin only hey pccce by the
complete submission OF the Radikel ele-
ment to the powers that be. We are wiliin
! the Radikcls shell vote Of they vote with
u~-niggers and white. We viii even drop
the color line, cf the niggers will vote with
US White men to the reSkoon'
And thcy piled ont ny the house. and
SIGH cz didn't have their weapons with en-
went and got en-.
They returned in about an hour and the
meeting rcorgani2ed to hear the report
| Kernel Siugger spoke:
1t is, says ne, the same old story Of
attempted coerShun NV the inodcnsive citi-
zcuS OF the county by the blood-thirsty
and brootcl niggers, melted thereto by
selfish dis0rgauizers which wont act with
the democracy, but persist in bcin radillal
| fire brands. sum thirty Nv them assem-
hlcd 10 concoct skcems agin the ncighbor-
| hood when we surprised en-. Wat hap
pcncd? !, myself, shot the devil Solomon
! Grabill, Il Niger long suspected NV disor-
ganizin and disturbin tendencies, thro the
winder. and as he fell the rest of EN- imme-
| ijtly run to the woods. The runnin WIS
proof positive that they was as
Sembled for an unlawful purpus.
! sposc that the papers i'll the
North wood denounce the shootin NV Ora
bill, and the Subsekent KILN nv n half
dozen more ez they run ez politikle muir
ders, but to sich he shood anser that ther
runnin was proof positive conclusive
proof, proof entirely satiSfaktry TO the av-
erage Copiah county Dimocrat, that them
niggers and radikel white men wuz assem-
bcd for an unlawful purpose Eff they
wuz not 50 assembled, what did they run
for ez soon ez they heard the pleasant
sound NV my shotgun and the shreek of
Grabill shot through the kidneys? IF 4
passed. NV niggers Shood cum upon this
meetin, wood we run fur the woods? Not
any. Then why did they run? It waz
becoz they knowd they wuz assembled cz
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