The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-04-19
CONGRATULATIONS BY THE rEO-
PIE.


EHror Evening PosU
Your Journal advocates the cleo
ton Of the judiciary by the "peo-
pie" Permit me to ask you
whether YOU mean By tne term
people" those citizens who are le-
-alIy qualified to vote, or the three
individuals in each county who
have assumed the responsibility Of
10iEg The ertire voting FOR the
dear people otherwise known as
election commissioners What sort
ola Judge DO you imagine would
be chosen by the men who recent
~ assumed the prerogauvo Of dis
franchisiue several hundred voters
M this county upon the shameless
nretense that their registration by
Deputy Clerk was not vaiid2
Tsitpossih.e that there are any
intelligent men I'm Mississippi who
DO not know that the people have
ahiicatel their right to make
.hoica Of their rulers, and instead
of public officials being the choice
of the electors, that trjumvirate
iu each county iu tins State deter
mine, regardless Of the wishes Of
the majority, the result Of every
election. There is no use i'm mine
ing matters, there is no longer any
true Democracy in Mississippi; it
died when it became necessary, I'm
order to escape the evils OF negro
supremacy, TO steal from the peo-
pie, white and black, the right Of
franchise and 10 bestow it upon
Commissioners Of Election, The
victory" over the misguided ne
gro was won al the expense Of
etraugiiug every scmblaucc Of hon
esty in conducting public elections.
Let MS not deceive ourselves; there
IS no longer an election by the
people" They cannot elect a
constable. much less a Judge. who
does not pay tribute to tho trium-
virate, and so long as the fear Of
negro domination drives away ev-
cry other consideration honest
elections will not-cannot be held.
In learning how to cheat the mig
ger" we learned a method by
which we could cheat each other
and We practice it, Unfortunate-
Iy we agreed to pay a price for
the emancipation OF the State from
the bondage in which it was then
held By the IsAmaelites, into whose
hands if had fallen captive and
that price we are now paying and
must continue to pay, until the Mt
termost farthing is redeemed. That
price was the utter vitiation Of pub
lie morals in the conduct of cleo,
tions by the people. We snapped
of our black master for white
one, but the substitute IS not a
whit more honest or patriotic than
the old master was Who would
have been so mad as to have com
mitted the election Of the Judioia
~ to the negro aud its vfciou,
leaders when the Ames gang wa.
in power. And, yet, there was
manIiness aud spirit Of decency
about them which our present mas
tiers do not possess. for they only
crowded us and brow-beat us a
elections, while now our rights ar,
stolen by a secret conclave which
does nothing openly and above
board.
An election Of the judiciary b.
the people means but a delegation
OF the appointing power to tn
Commissioners of Election. vii
their appointments be better thai
they themselves arez Can waite
rise higher than its souree2 D.
you really think the averag
Board Of Election Commissioner
likely 10 select better Judges tina
TIE Governor Of course the th,
orv Of the law would be that Tia
electors would vote and have thei
votes counted, and go their choic
would be made effective, but tn
effects Of the twelve years educ,
ton Of those whose duty it is to r,
ceive, honestly count and recor
the votes OF the electors, in til