The Grenada sentinel., 1889-01-12

1Ou anu Nhliihs "Vfc Opfonhik
1Ssa and you and were opposing candi-
dates IN 1884. A glance at the figures will
readily show why you had no use for theml
1852 1884
Manning ....... S,Tfg Morgan ..........,l4,S79
Chalmers ....,. a,T29 Chalmers ,........ l0,S8
Carter. l29 Johnson .......... go
Scattering sea-.
Total ...1 1s,GOS Total al............2 e, OPS
Here it appears that polled Gl23 votes more
than Col. Manning out of an increase of Tl7,
and that you obtained only ll04 out of that
number. Yet it suits your idea of logic to
exhibit the "grossness of the fraud by which
was elected, to pass this by and say that
Manning. about the result of the struggle
with whom you feel so uuremttingly happy,
''was more popular than you IS shown by the
fact that his majority in 1852 over me IN Tip
pah and Union, the two Democratic counties
of the District, was 1901, while yours in 1885
was only 572!"' (Which latter however Is not
correct.)
The truth is as shown by the details Of the
above votes, which you are careful TO with
hold that in lsS! Col. Manning only received
in these two counties 2340 votes, and in 1854 l
received in them G062, and that my majority
over you then was POSI-
This is the running behind" Naming that
exhibits to your mind the ''grossneSs OF the
fraud by which have been counted in this
term!"
Again, in further exposition of this great
fraud of 1883, you say: And yet while you
ran behind Manning in these two countess
which have G045 white majority, in the other
seven counties, with colorcd majority OF
2i5S where nv majority over Manning was
2i16 your pretended majority over me Is
6469!'
Here, then, we have you, on the
"oLD CARpErBAGGER PLAN"
resortng to color, as shown by the census"
to give you a seat in Congress to which you
were never elected!
Then let us look at this from your own
census" standpoint, and behold the result.
Tippah and Union, according to your table of
voting population submitted herewith, have
4l06 white voters and 1854 ColoTed. Now in my
1881 race with you pOlcd 30i2 votes in these
counties, and in your successful race with
Manning you polled only $40. Now while
Manning's majority in lSS2 was 1901 over you
my majority over your vote of 1882 in the
canvass of 1854 the next succeeding, was
2j@4; that is to say, in round numbers, on
your census theory, that threefourths of
the whites turned out and voted for me, and
only One-half the negroes turned out and
voted for you. And yet as Col. Manning only
received $40 of the white votes out of the
l7,glS allowed him under your census plan
of ascertaning the politics of gentlemen and
determining fraud in elections, and you re-
ceivcd 9,29 out Of the 1884 colored voters
allowed yourself the ,G5 rSsutttb g6n that even
tb'ttils day you pronounce it the fairest cleo
tiOO that hog bppD hold in that rir oil,
1873, and fair III every county except De
Soto"
Your 7c0j colorcd supporters" who did not
get to the polls on that happy day seem not to
have attracted your attention! But let us
explore your method further, You say: "Tho
other seven counties, which have a colored
majority of 245>, where my majority over
Manning was 2)tG, your pretended majority
over me is 6i6g."
In the first place it will he noticed that ac.
cordiEg to your own census" table that three
"of the other seven counties which have col
ored majomties, etc. have white maiortics
and that there are in the seven counties r, 500
white voters! And that while my pretended
majority over you is $3.50, yet my entire poll
in these seven counlic falls short of my "cell-
suS" allowance granted by you, @5i1 votes!
according TO your own census" method Of
asccraning who your supporters are, the
following results are obtained:
In IS,2 your vote was. as..................... 9,720
Your census supporters who failed to
vote were. ...... Observation-Disclosures. TlOl
In l>ni your vote was. waS....................lOB 10 Bj3
Your dCiauIting census supporters
were ...... ........... $500. 4 40
In ls>i your vote was 60. ....... ...... .1gI
Your dctauIttng census" friends were T., ,il3
In lo7S YCur vote was .,.. ...... ... .... i.slT
= dot M 80 .1C