The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-31
CoPIAyI COUNTY.
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Piay''-EEI- Political ssatu~--
We,esier'- OmciaI Duty ou
Election Day.
Matthew Character and An
gcccde Matters OF
Interest,
CorIAu COUNTY, Dc. q, 1888.

CorIAu COUNTY, Dc. u, 1883.
Editor vicksburg POST
notice yuu saw in YOUR publication of the
ar iclc written by me that am a Democrat
In that YOU are mistaken. ] am no Demo-
crat, nor do | belong to the Independent
Democrats, nor do | belong to the old Radi-
cal party. hal as soon be called thief as
to d" callcG what was once known amcng Us
as the Radical party in the dark lays OF
negro supremacy. So YOU see at once my
position (belongins TO neither rarty) gives
me better chance to make an impartial
statement thln could belonging to ei her
party. suppose NV saving that | voted the
Democratic tichrt was the cause OF you say
ing that ] was 4 Democrat. did vote the
Democratic ticket with the exception of one
name. which scratched for reasons known
to m,scIl 70 he Just. wear no mars politi
cll dog rcl'lr. 10 my OWL thinking in poll
tics - we'll Is in religion.
will continue my views IN regard to the
killing o. Matthews without paying any attcn
ton to the structures of any one. My idea IL
| the truth shouG he given to the public. !
find ihat f. b. Wheeler, r. Coxwell and &
NJ. Banksion were appointed Inspectors for
tie east side OF Haz'ehurst, by the commits
sioncrs t. hold the election on the 9th of
Nuvcmber. Why Wheeler did not act in the
capacity 1 am not able to say, but find that
he was TO act as one of the challengerS OF
the election, which 10 sition he was actingiIi
when Matthews killed. Not knowing any
thing more about it, ! propose to say no
more about that Madam Ramon says that
there lad been difficulty between Matthews
and Wheeler. This know nothing OF, but
IT do, appear to me ii there was diff u tS
between them that the day Of an election was
Il poor time TO settle il. II such men as
| Bud HIgdon, Capt. T. F. Birdsong and |. n
/ Ellis who are Wheclcr's bonds uen, were tt
tell me that they knew that Matthews anC
! Wheeler had had q difficulty, would beliey,
! it, but will rot believe what Madam Rumol
/ says.
/ As to those res Buttons that were passed
| by the mass meeting, | am satisfied in M
/ own mind that such resolutions were passet
under the impulse of the moment, not think
! ing bow they sounded. | am satisfied tina
/ the same body Of men would vote them dow
so quick that il would make the mans heat
! swim that would offer such resolutions Il
| this time. ErerythiI was done on boil
SIDES 20 excite the minds of each party Why
! | even heard than Matthews had received twt
boxes of Enfield rifles; actually some 0
the best men believed it. On the other hand
| heard the Il gro,s say that the Democrat
wanted to take all their rights away from
! them.
was personally acquainted with Matthews
and, outside OF politics, | always found hin
to he perfect gentleman; IA man i'll all bu,i
ness transactions upright and honorable
One of the most serious objections to Mat
thcws was his thirst for sepculations il
county warrants: when anyone would men
ton this 70 him, lie would say if it was no
for him the Democrats would put the war
rants down to nothing Matthews had hi
virtues as well as his faults
FAIR PLAY.