Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-20
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Pastor of st. Charles Church
CHARLESTON. Ill,
Aug. IS, 1883.

DEAR " Il. Hill our very
| friendly letter came To- me this
morning ] have no complaint
TO make but will trust 30 the
same straightforward course
that | have tried TO lead so far
and hope for the best.
| have made more apologies
in private circles and in private
company for the condition of
political affairs in the South
than | ever made on any sub
ject in my life-on any similar
or related question, and wheth-
er | have talked to Democrats
or Republicans, | have invaria-
bly, la5ored TO remove any
prejudice against the Southern
political condition; and this fact
can be ascertained from every
gentleman of whatever political
faith in this county. | am not a
politician and have never been,
but when the force of circum-
stances becomes such that |
must be either a coward or i
falsiiier in order 10 maintain po-
litical silence, | prefer To exer-
else the right of a citizen, To
give a moderate expression of
what | believe and even know
To be true.
never opce mentioned one
ofmy Oxford friends in any thin =
less than in terms of praise. /
never mentioned 4 city or &
county election in any unkind
or unfair way. to put it no
stronger. After placing before
the people the strong induce
ment, not TO say temptation to
political control in the South. |
did say that [ have no faith in
the accuracy of the final count
in my own state in national cleo
lions, but | said it with the dis
tinct statement connected with
II tina; ! had no intention of pre-
tering charges against the PEG
( pie with whom | lived aud of
whose political surroundings
none of them not having lived
in Mississippi could form any
adequate idea.
In tails connection | also told
them what my ideas in regard
10 the social aud political affairs
In the South had undergone
much change since my c0unec
ton with with the Southern peo-
pie.
You can find out how this
speech came to be made, By
asking Mr. Henry Moore to let
YOU see my letter in answer to
lis Telegram. In that letter |
explained fully how the speech
came to be made. In it | told
him as nearly what | said as |
could DO considering the wholly
impr0mtu nature of the speech,
for which | have no apologies
to make What | said is not
new, ii is in the mouth of every
Republican speaker in every
state in the Union. l have heard
it before | said anything about
1t, and | have heard il since by
great men and those too who
make the bold charge without a
word OF explanation as to how
II happens, or what are the cir
eumstances bringing it abOnt.
By statement that / had no
Faith that even my OWL vote
would be counted ia 4 national
election If it became necessary
TO count i; out in order that the
State might go Democratic was
n 10 sense charge against the
decent people of Mississippi.
much less against the people or
a single citizen of LAFAYETTE
county.
Political matters are CONTROL
ed by committees and they ma
nIpuiate matters so as TO con-
troll elections and | know and
every intelligent white man in 4
Mississippi knows that the elec- I
ton In that aud many other
states are controlled.
Now then, l am perfectly con.
tent 10 submit TO your action. II
have said nothing here or else.
where that 1 am in any sense
ashamed OF; aud | have no r..
grets of any kind to offer. Nei-
Their can | "stOop TO conquer =
L did not before know and |
cannot how believe that a man
to live in Oxford must believe I
That the State has in it no faint
Of evil, nor did think that a (
man would be tried and con- Z
iemned IN an open court on i
purely political evidence CLEAN. !
70 from political papers. II
see DO reasons for sendinga I