The Brookhaven leader., 1889-01-10


in 1889, and you and were opposing candi-
dates In 1s4l A glance at the figures will
readily show why you had no use for them!
1852 1884
Manning ...... s,741 Morgan ........... H,s7e
Shalmers ...... @IZg Chalmers .'.... lV'S.S -
Carter. ........... E9 Johnson .......... 80
scattering g'.....
Total ......... 1S.60S Total. ...........26,"25
Here it appears that polled 6l23 votes more
than Col. Manning out of an increase of 74l7,
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 uRremittingly happy,
was more popular than you Is shown by tie
fact that his majority in 1882 over me III Tip
pah and Union, the two Democratic counties
OF the District. WAS 1901. while yours in 1876
was only 572!!" (Which latter however Is not
correctD
The truth is, as shown by the details Of the
above votes, which you arr careful TO with
hold. that in 1852 Col. Manning only received
in these two counties 2240 votes. and in 1854
received in them 1852. and that my majority
over you then was 20Sl!
This is the running behind Manning that
exhibits TO your mind the 'grossncss OF the
fraud by which have been counted in this
termv'
Again, in further exposition of this great
fraud of 1883, you say: And yet while you
ran behind Manning in these two counties,
which have 30i5 white majority, in the other
seven counties, with u colOred majority of
2i5S, where my majority over Manning was
2576, your pretended majority over me is
e4s9!'
Here, then, we have you. on the
"OLp CARPETBAGGER PLAN"
resorting to cnlor, aS shown by the census"
to give you 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 1864 colorcd. Now in my
1884 race with you pollcd 502 votes in these
| counties, and in your successful race with
Manning you pol!ed only $40. Now while
Manning's majority in 1882 was 1901 over you,
| my majority over your vote of 1882 in the
canvass of 1884, the next succeeding, wa
1924; that is to say, in round numbers, on
your census theory, that three fOurths 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
lT,9lS allowed him under your census plan
| of ascortaining the politics of gentlemen and
determining fraud in elections, and you re-
| ceivcd 1929 out of the 1884 colored voters
| allowed yourself the result seems to have
| been such q thing of joy to you that even
/ to this day you pronounce it "the fairest eiec
| ton that has been held in that District since
| 1873" and fair in every county except De-
| Sots!'
Your 7C05 colored supporters" who did not
| pot fr hn m hail han n m
| have attracted your attention. But let us
| explore your method further. You say: "The
other seven counties, which have a colorcd
| majority of 245S, where my majority over
Manning was 1916, your pretended majority
over me is 6469"'
In the fret place it will be noticed that ac-
cordiEg to your own census table that three
''of the other seven counties which have col
ored majorities," etc. have white majorities
and that there are in the seven counties l.. s09
white voters! And that while my 'pretenled
majority over you is $780," yet my entire poll
| in these soven coun les fails short of my seem
| sus" allowance granted by you, 25i1 votes!
According to your own census method of
| ascertaining who your supporters are, the
| following results are obtained:
In 1882 your vote was. e.................. a,129
Your census" supporters who failed to
vote were. .... ......................... 1905
In S4 your vote was as...................l0 ~, $50
Your detauting census supporters
were ..........,....... .................. 6,5IO
| In lsS6 your vote was............ ....... 4,791
Your defaultng census friends were l., ,543
In lSSS vCur vote WAS 80. .....-... .. 5,Sl7
Your defau!tng census" friends were. u,5l7
In le&2 the Dehocratc vote was. s,149
Leaving whites at home. Observation-Disclosures. {, l69
This was the year of blessed memory"
In 1884 the Democ attic vote was. IA ,8I2
Leaving whites n t voting ............ 3,046
In 1886 the Eemocratic vote was -. ..... 1853
Leaving whites not voting. ........... -. 10,05n
In 1873 the Democratic vote was. ........ 1898
Leaving whites not voting ...,.. So. -. 3,940
And these are the figures by which the
"grossness of the fraud by which ~ you have
been counted in" is clearly seen!
That head must be 'fearfully and wonder.
fully made" which, in scanning these figures
can find that in 1882 the election was the
fairest held since 1873" and that it was fair
except in DeSotO," when ZOOS colored voters
and 9l69 white voters remained away from the
polls OF their own free will and choice, and,
at the same time, can find that in 1854, in 1876,
and in 1855, those same cOlOrGd voters who did
not turn out and vote tor you as shown by
the figures appertaining to your votes in
those years did So because they were
"Intimidated," or
Suppressed" or
"Disfranchised"
by my frieads, and that in consequence you
and in 1888, as you were in 1881!
To the mind not
INPERvIoUS
to the truth the teaching OF the foregoing
figures cannot be mistaken, and will venture
to assert that you are the only white man that
can be found who cannot find an honest way
of accounting for your several successive
crushing defeats!
The truth is, as heretofore stated. the Dis
trict is white. and known to be 70 securely
Democratic that the only apprehension the
whites have ever felt about the matter was
that Democratic voters have always seemed
to think and feel that your candidacy never
amounted even to the dignity of opposition;
and that they in consequence. feeling no un-
easiness about the result, would neglect to
turn out to vote.
To meet this alone. in all races with you, the
efforts of Democratic party managers have
always been directed. The sense of security
on the part of Democratic voters has for it's
source a knowledge of the fact that you are
to-day the most unpopular and
THOROUGHLY DEsPIsED
white man that ever lived in the State of Mis-
sissippil
EYour political and other tergiversations,
General when invested with a little brief
authority. has damned you in the estimation
of both white and black. and neither will toll
crate you. In truth there is fully one half of
the colored voters in this District who never
have voted for you. and who cannot, by any
sort of strategy. be induced to do so. And