New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-05
men OF Jackson between the ages Of nineteen
and twenty mine, passed series Of resolutions.
Of which what follows was the core:

men OF JuChbOu UCtWCCu tiC usCc VI hhiCVSOh
and twenty-ninc, passed a series Of resolutions.
Of which what follows was the core:
We have earnestly believed In peace and law and
order, and We hope now that this government OF
negro butchers may peacefully yield to defeat, but we
want no peace bought at the price Of our manhood
and of our companions blood. Driven by no sudden
passion or blind impulse but actuated by firm and
deliberate OF tho duty owe to ourselves and
10 our race, hereby warn the negroes that IL any
one OF their attempts to run for Office In the ap
preaching municipal election he does so at his suprem
est peril and further any and all negroes OF
this city against attempting, at their utmost hazard,
by vote or Influence, to fost again this black and
damnable machine mIscalled government of our city
A thousand copies of this proclamation.
printed in red ink and surmounted with en-
blematic shotguns and revovers were scat
tered through the town. On December n
Democratic convention placed in nomination
William McIIenry rs the White Line candi-
date for Mayor and appointed a committee OF
one hundred "to sec that the ticket il elected"
Two Of the organizers of this movement are
reported to have been officials in the Federal
service one Of them a United States District
Attorney and the other a Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector. There was no concealment
of the purpose Of the White League. Repub-
lican candidates were distinctly warned that
they would take their lives in their hands if
they remained in the field. Republicans were
told that the "black and damnablc machine
misca,lcd n government of the city had been
doomed to the vengeance of the White League.
They were warned that they would be shot
down if they attempted to vote. since the
White Leagues of adjoining counties had been
invited to join in the fray on election day,
with the payment of their travelling ex-
penses guaranteed. The menace was needed.
The Republican candidates for Mayor and AL
dcrmcn withdrew from the field on December
49, On election day, January 2, not one COL
0rcd Republican voted at the polls. Tho
White League ticket was elected without
dissenting vote.
This plain and unvarnishcd recital Of facts
suggests pertinent inquiry. Can Mississippi
be said to have republican government in any
thing but name, when by outragcs like this
the mass Of the population of one of its chief
cities is disfranchiscd The majority of the
voters of the capital of the State were wantonly
robbed of the privileges of citizenship through
intimidation and threats of murder and mas
sacre. United States officials appointed by
President Cleveland were ringlcadcrs in this
conspiracy against free suffrage. What has
the Administration which has promoted Mr..
Lamar to the United States Supreme bench to
say about the leading part taken in this in
famous plot by its official representatives ?
What do Republican Senators who are seeking
for excuses for voting for Mr.. Lamar think of
this latest version of the Mississippi plan9