The Grenada sentinel., 1889-01-12

military genius conceived and
won that brilliant victory, was only an
OBSCURE SUBORDINATE
himself. Indeed so assiduous, apparently,
have you been in encouraging this impression
that the colored people have come to regard
you as the perpetrator of the alleged slaughter
of their race incident to the stormng OF those
fortincations, and sincerely believe that you
were about
THE ONLY MAN
at Fort Pillow, and wantonly made
A SLAUGHTER PEN
of that battlefield with your own unaded
sword, You are well known among them rs
the "butcher' of Fort Pillow.
In addition to this they well underssaho
that you have not only treated representa-
tive man of their race, in their fpihio'i'
shamefuly, but that you are the tAther anu
the great
MASTER AND PROFESSOR
of all the election tricks and crooked the'ho'e
known TO the art of ballot-box mahlpuia'ion'
and that whatever corruption, IL any may
have obtained in Mississippi elections is the
direct result of your teachings and your prac'
tices.
No man in the State is better known among
his race than John Il. Lynch, of Natchez, lie
was at one time Speaker of the Mississippi
House of Representatives; has for years been
chairman of the State Republican executive
committee, and he says he was twice elected
to Congress over you from the Mississippi
River District, but that you robbed him each
time of his vote and his seat 1t is certain ne
has never failed to let this be known to the
coored people of the State, and it is equally
certain that they remember it against you
side by side with Fort Pillow" as CRIME
against their race. Here is wnat he Raid on
the floor of the House of Representatives OIL
the United States, Of and concerning you ana
your methods, in your presence and you
have never denied anything he said:
Mr. Lynch-"In reading one of Gaths let
tiers TO The Cincinnati Enquirer shortly after
the election of 1850 saw the following: The
Tribune interviewed Gen. Chalmers, u Mis-
sissppi, yesterday, who cooIy said: L thlnk
about 5000 votes ior Lynch were thrown out IN
the District, out of $1,000 in all. AS self
preservation is the first law of nature, l am in
favor of using every means short OF violence
to preserve the intelligent white people OF
Mississippi in supreme control of political at-
fairs. They are Justified in using every
means that wit or money. short OF open
bribery, can procure. If this is Chatme's'Sm,
he concluded, am pr0ui Of IT.
II assert with feelings of deep modification
and profound regret that III theofficiai person
OF the contestee Jamcs r. Cnalmers) in this
case the country is presented with
A living monument OF
Ritied ballot-boxes,
Stitied public justice, and
A prosttuted suffrage.
"AltnOuEh the gentleman has occupied a
49,, r.>'n tuIs no Tor the last five years no
one knows better than he does himself that
with possibly one exception, 1873, when the
Republicans made no organized opposition,
that he has never received as many as
ONE-THIED
of the votes poed at any election at which
he was a candidate.
His chef aim,
His sole object
seems to have been TO occupy seat on this
floor,
Regardless of the means by which
hat result might be brought about.
81 assure the house and the country of the
fact that it gives me no pleasure to feel COM
PEELED, i'll vIndcdting the cause of truth and
Justice. TO use such strong language in refer
ring to my distinguished opponent Gladly
would | ac iuit him of ever having
roul''e"a"Cco or
Ehco"laRca
'ne co''iii!Ssloh ol e!ection lrauAs II the lacts
would only warrant me IN so doing"
GRANT AND LOGAN
III HVultlCh 10 thlS, no men were Deld IN
higher cstcem 10y the ColOrcd people OF this
District than Gen. Grant and Gen. Logan
nc"ree'y " nelenoornooo can Oe louhu wnere
or no. ,o'oio'' NY" ""o SCI N.u 10 Hoi
~ 'NI mum ~ my n' 10 'e' '"'n 'iA''
'e"' N'""t was IcE"locN o1 "'I 'ol"teu pe"'
P'0 ~ '"'o ~ 90 '''t man "'o' an ''".l
~ "ho', sIoS oHcH 'neir ilcJ"oni aIin an lli
"'' '"''o N'9''"7 "'s" i'''' VIZ "'1
WOuid De Stefh'y resented ana remembered
ny 'heIl vi thcsc an" "lueFS you salu' III I"
Puohc Spcc"h al Lake Hlac MISS:
WY democrats Shou!o
support hrccIy'
peh' NNoIin'rs ID spoech at Lake eiuc'
-N'es'' SaNc inc loHO"luR rCtSoHS WHY DeIho-
cratS sh""Id support Horace GreeIy:
II Is true th"t ne 'Irce'N Drought ABOUT the
OIL the southern piackS, pul II Is
efualIS true 'naI ne cRuseu 'he ulsaoiltles 10
pe remove" lFo"' Tue us 'oiI"Hc"lseu "'liIes'
ne was the hfol 10 pfucialm universal am
ncstS, ana ms nomination AT tlnclnnatl COM
PEELED the unwilling Grant men to pass the
amnesty law, sucn as it is.
This is the first reason give why Southern
Democrats should support GrCcly.
The second reason is: ruut whenever Il
great majority party