The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-03
Postmaster Meade.

he resignation of Mr. Meade was called e
Or upon the ground that "the interests III
f the public service required it, but
be explanation Of the action of the af
'Ostmaster General Is, that since the "a
ppointment of Mr.. Meade. it has come al
o the knowledge Of Mr.. Villas that Mr.. ii
Meade presided over a meeting, which w
vas held at HaZehuTst Just after the y
November elections in 1883, and subse- ol
luently TO the killing of Matthews, a b
Republican postmaster, by man named n
on election day. At this meet O
ng the persons participating took sides c.
~ resolution, with Wheeler and served
notice on the friends of Matthews that 4
-hev intended to stand by Wheeler, in 7
Ease they sought revenge for the killing I
IF Matthews. q
The appointment Of Mr. Meade was !
by Congressman Barks !
dale, who represents the district in ?
which Copiah county is situated, and I
this recommendation was backed up !
with numerous letters and a strong pc
tition signed by residents of the county.
Upon these the appointment was made, {
and the Postmaster General says it was !
made without KNOWLEDGE of Meade's
having participa ed in the proceedings
OF the meeting referred to above. When
the facts of bis participation in that
meeting became known TO the depart
ment his resignation was requested. 1t
is understood that this is in conformity
with the determination of the Admins
tration not to allow itself to become
involved in any of the political quarrels
which have occurred in the South
Washington Post.
The foregoing announcement in the
Washington Post, quasi Administration
organ, states in the most precise and in
| telligible form we have seen, the pro |
/ ceedings in reference to Mr. MEADE, the |
recently appointed postmaster al Halle
hurst. The Post is correct in saying
/ that Mr.. MEADE was appointed upon
numerous letters and a strong petition"
| We are informed that the letters were
written by very many of the most re-
spected and law-abiding citizens of
Hazlehurst, including Mr. E. c. VII
HANSON who was Mayor Of the town in
j 1853, and whose testimony before the
j Senate -HOAR Committee-sho that
ssree was strictly conservative and did not
Z cake part in the movement which, hap
PLY, eliminated in the overthrow of
misrule in Copiah county; and also in
Guiding Hon. URIAH MILLsAPs, late Re
publican Circuit Judge and resident of
the town. The petition for the appoint
ment of Mr.. MEADE, we are informed
was signed by probably four-ffths of the
, Democrats residing within the Postofice
/ delivery, including the members of the
e bar, most Of the business firms and
a citizens of all avocati0ns and religious
/ denominations. If The President desired
5 to reflect the wish of the people residing
!. within the Postofice delivery ia this
!. local appointment, aud to whom service
+ is to be rendered by the appointee, the
r inference is fair that he succeeded adj
= mirably, and it is confirmed by the fact
that no complaint, and nothing but APP
.. proyal, was heard from them after the
appointment was made; nor even from
any one of the other numerous and de
= serving citizens who asked to be ap
y pointed.
= 1t is stated that after the appointment
70 it came to the knowledge of Mr.. Villas
P. NJ. General, that Mr.. MEADE presided
l. over certain meeting at Hazlehurst il
: November, 1888, and that he has beer
requested to resign in consequence of ii
- What relation that fact could logical,
:. and legitimately have with his ftnes
i for Postmaster in 1885, doubtless tn
At good citizens who recommended him ant
y who are nest interested, have not beel
If able to discern. The meeting was he'll
st after the election and the killing O
10 MATTHEWS; and the testimony adduce
at before the Senate Committee, shove
" that the resolutions were grounded upo
s. rumors of threats of the bloody inter
a. tons of those at whom they were aimed
ut and were only designed to preserve tn
O. peace and the lives and good order c
the community. This was their Origin
I'll and subsequent events have demon
10 strated that if they did no good, the
IS did no harm. As for Mr. MEADE hin
no self, Mayor WILLIAMSON testified befol
n the Committee, that MEADE, on learnin
10 from Mr.. J. ?. MATHEWS that he a,
ds pretended violence from a meeting
vs citizens that was held before the election
70. assured MATTHEWS if it was attempte
he he would protect him, and that Ma
Mt THEws "told him this, and that he b
lie lieved that Col. MEADE meant just VIII;
nd he said" The Staying of MATTHEW
tv subsequently, was revealed on the tri
to have been a personal quarrel wit
In which MEADE had no sort OF connection
cd and Mr.. WHEELER, who did it, took tt
h. consequences, was indicted, stood h
" trial, and was pronounced mot guilty
bv by jury of his peers. Is MEADE to
he held responsible, long after the fact, fl
70 the act of another, and which act IL
de courts have decided was not crime?
he We do not exactly understand VIII
nv is meant by the alleged purpose "of tt
he Administration not to be involved
err any of the political quarrels which ha,
if occurred in the South" Since the owe
be throw of the Republican misgovernmel
in in the South, an era of peace has dawl
of ed. We are certain it does not inten
zee to put under the ban the men who we
en- conspicuous in the "quarrels" with Il
k. banditti who rode rough-shod over Il
les people and plundered them at will, an
of which eliminated in their expulsion an
ar the establishment of good government
he Such policy would amount to an i
to dictment of whole people-the vel
=" people, TOO, whose votes made Dem
We cratic success possible in the Preside
K tial election. Numerous conspicuous al
or splendid appointments forbid such 9
- inference. The "Copiah trouble" Ill
a. what in sectional slang is known as Il
,er Rebellion" belongs to the past, and
of is not wise to stir up the embers
"A either.
n, We hesitate to believe that Mr.. MEAT
al has been asked to resign without an o
mo- portunity to be heard in answer to Il
~ groundless clamor of Northern Republ
,er can newspapers who are presuming
i. dictate Southern local appointments: \
- that his removal will be insisted on.
~ so, we will accept the decision with I'll
best grace we can: but at the san