National Republican., 1884-03-31
FREEDOMS PICKET LINE.
YazOo and Vicksburg Object 10 the Truth
Being Told.
A Characteristic Letter from n mississip-
plan in Regard DO A. It. NIorgnn's Book.
From IN. vlee,suro Herald, March 10. 1884


From ths Vcksburo Herald, March 10, 1884.
WAsHiNGToN, March IS, 1884. Some years ago
"Ce'-the Herald and One ofthe People, held some
slight converse with some Of state officials OF
that PERIOD and together arroyed such strong lines
of truth that Carpet-baggcry and knaNery moved
away No lives were taken, no blood was shed, but
ever since that glorious disappearance nearly every
one Of that set have termed themselves refugees
from home" Now, what farce this is, nay, what a
cold.boodcd swlnde 1t ls for such fellows M truth
and Justice peaceably drove away from Mississippi
TO claim TO he Refugees from home" Hot they do.
And there Is not living man In all the wide world |
cool enough with moral insanity sufficient to mako |
such claim outside of these so-cailed Refugees" |
II is 80 bald wicked, unscrupulous that II ut
tery arrays and nstoushcs The fact Is, that de-
cent, honorable men, north and south alike, never
would and never could have performed the part of
tho gentry who came, saw, and overcame our state
In schemes of open plundor and robbery and the |
truth equally Is, that these selEsame men are the
very ones, north, SOUTH east, or wcst who possess
audacy enough, dceing away from crimes com
mtted by them, to coolly, calmly call themselves
refugees from home" Yet they do.
Now, inclosed YOU will find conclusive evidence Of
an audaclty as unlimited as IL Is inscriptions un-
founded, and unjust. Here Is n circular headed
"Yasoo; or, On the Picket Line OF Freedom" now
book by the late sheriff of Yazoo county, Mississippi.
It is personal narrative in which the author con-
fines his statement OF facts, with two or three eS-
ceptlons to the personal experiences of his brother
and himself In company with the "lite garrison Of
the Yankee stronghold of Yazoo," OF which he Is
now the only survivor 1t begins with their arrival
in Vlcksburg 1S85), explains how they came to go
to Yazoo the same year, how they came to be known
as "polecats," then rs "o'oophcs' (dogs) then as
"scallawaRs," then as 'carpetbaggers" and thence
in the progress OF reconsructon, through all the
gradatlons of title from distinguished gentlemen"
| to "murderers' and Refugees" II explains and
illustrates NEGRO rising" the organization and
| operations OF the "kukluX khan" the National
i
| Mans party" the white Taxpayers Leagues" the
| "whte Leagues" and the Bourbon party" Italso
explains and Iustates the organization of the Loyal
Leagues" in Yazoo; of the "Repubcan party of
that county, and the operations OF those instrumen
| talitles in reconstruction
1t gives complete resume OF the history OF free
schools in Yazoo during the Reconstruction period"
also of taxation, and endeavors to present truthful
picture of the social and political life of the people of
that region, without regard to their politics, race,
| color, o religion.
The manuscript, which will make q volume of
about 400 pages large octave, is now ready for the
printers and will be issued about the first OF April
next, bound in cloth-prce s1.5o-and will be sold
by subscription.
The author has already list of 191 subscribers
result or but two days soliciting II this may be
taken as indicating the interest Of the general public
in the present condition of the south, the author
hopes for very large sale of the book Address the
author and publisher, A. \. MORGAN.
Lock Box 3s, Washington, d. G.
| TESTIMONIALS.
or his military record the late Gov. William II.
Smith, Of Wisconsin, says:
| - y "I saw him grow from boyhood to man.
2 His manly ana snGoS habits LED me
day' . ! He was among the very first 10 eniist,
was one of the best and bravest Of wisconsn,s gal
liant soldiers serving throughout the entire war with
great distinction.
The late Brevet Brigadler General John A. Kel
logg, of Wisconsin
| As commander of the veteran I'd Wisconsin bat
Talon he earned for himsefand command reppta.
sea on tEe don @ and was
sequently assigned TO command ofthe 4th New York
at Gse the surrender Of Gem I Lee .'''' A' '00'
Gen. I.ucius Farchd, late minister to Spain:
MS Is an SSsF in the ID soan
esrs have had many opRortunInes to learn his ex;
the best in the volunteer service.
I Hon. Angus Cameron, United States senator from
Wisconsin:
He is gentleman of excellent character and su.
A. Ames, late governor of Mississippi:
as ns %Ss one Inf,t, Of the faithful 9l in Mississippi
From the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, Feb. 90. 1884.
Two brothers, Charles +; and Albert T. Morgan, in
Y0rk but . reared A. at Fox Lake Ms one about
Ct a ss nT With se
United States. They served at the front to the end.
oSsTn oSoJ t 5 %a,
Of ss o bs and SHrda the @
e t me PSSsSsSSTS rHrGSd
sss 81 t1s sSS 1Esn 6S and
SS S % for had ssG aSSags by the
in company with an Illinois manufacturer, migrated
to Yazoo county, whore they rented for term Of
Win .Ssat S,Fss IS%
r9Sted SS out by malice and Ghh.eaneTy ;h.
| they had opened school their plantation the
children Of their laborers who numbered more than
oSnsep sSs Ss'Gss
eS esaas In nG a. MSs
1868. He was afterwnrd elected to the senate four
S "S %as sT Saak@ @ Sy Rsx xss q
Gnd tax tS solicitor for The s99ni which office
5SFns ns kH9 hohs the south By
ives @%ofs
lowed since that date this sheriff, robbed OF his
sided in This si afefsGs nom s home % and rlsnds a ds
rSs Saa h al Wsn OF 1 hS IN s sne
Gs % s@sS of Trns " b Or On the Picket
the political and social order in Yazoo is supported
he sasmy The author odSss no ,S quastSP s on social
or political and he cuts quite to the bone and to the
He does not wave the bloody shirt" but brings to
sGRGG %y m sG who
have died IN the war Of ofselEpreServaton on the old
while he neither shuts his eyes nor allows them tc
quhl III inc presence OF inc colu mercenAry stare of
, | the world.
The history Of Yaxoo Is the history Of every county
In the south where an honest determined, persistent
effort has been made to plant the seeds of n higher,
better civilization than that Of African slavery, and
his efforts TO bring out into the light the naked truth
about Yazoo, Col. Morgan shrks no responsibility,
and Will ask no quarter.
WAsHINoroS, d. c., Feb. 81, 1884.
] have taken great pleasure In reading the manu-.
script of Col Morgans "YaZoo; or, on the Picket
Line of Freedom In the South" II bears the marks 5
OF truth In every line II Is graphically and Vigor-
ously written Ibeeve twill be popular aud do ex-
ceent service in the way of opening the eyes of the
blind as TO what the south has been and In great
measure still " j. y. RANKIN,
Pastor First Congregational Church
| And all this from n man whose name can never be
remembered in Mississippi save with disgust Here
he Ia. a "reflgee from home" Driven away by his
own sins, his disgrace, with not single hand
upllited to do him personal violence or wrong, he
turns back upon the people he wronged after nearly
years ofsecretve silence and poisons and pollutes
the atmosphere of public opinion by the most
atroCous ISLANDERS.
This ia a secret circular, believe, and only day
since was laid upon the desk of every poor cmpoye
In the departments-mainly in the pension bureau
md they forced to subscribe TO this villanous
hook This copy came honorably to my hands, ana
Is the only copy known TO be outside of its present
clrcumscrbcd circle. '.
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