The Grenada sentinel., 1889-01-12


Tate OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1921 lttg
I1pp"h' .,... .,......-..-..- 2,@f %
Inlun.....-. ..'..'..''.-.''',. -Iu| o''
Totals. ..,.,...........--.-l7.qlS 1884
And agree with you that there was at the
tune said census was taken a white majority
OF 5Si voters in the District; and | further
agree with you, that there WAS, and is no eX-
cuse for fraud and the suppression of the
negro vote to maintain white supremacy and
civilization in this District. But deny that
said figures exhibit the true voting population
of said counties as it existed on the 9TH day
of November, ISSS, or that they furnish any
data from which any trustworthy estimate
can be made to determine fraud In elections.
i charge that since said census was taken
there has been a regular and continuous flow
of the Colored population from the hill coun-
ties (und those comprising this District are
such, increasing in volume as succeeding
years OF cotton culture impoverished the up
lands, the meanwhile the white population in
creasing, until there is to-day, and was on the
9TH day of November last, a clear white ma
jortY in this Congressional District of not
less than 1000 voters.
DIsprtAf Il Comprised may have given Grant
2G79 majority over Greeley, and in the year
in favor of Ames over Alcorn for Governor,
as charged by you, but deny that this signi-
fes anyth NJ, because neither Greeley nor
AlcOrn were Democrats, nor were they. po.it-
icaIIy, held in any higher esteem 10y thousands
OF Democrats i'll Mississippi than were Grant
and Ames,
so far from being true that this District was
Republican and made Democratic IN IS11 and
1876 by the "shotgun' policy, as CHARGED by
you, | assert the truth to be that it was Demo
cratic thcu-has been Democratic ever since
anI IS more dcciSiycly Democratic to-day than
ever before 1t is not true, as charged by
you, that Amackcr, 4 GrcenbaCker, carried
the vote Of the District in ls1s. but was
counted out for Col. Manning; nor is it true
that Manning was counted in again in $50;
nor that men were convicted, or pleaded
guilty. in the United States Court for count
ing him in; nor IS it true that Judge Hill de-
livered charge to the grand jury wherein he
threatened Democrats, or that Democrats
were alarmed at any charge he ever gave.
The oasis in he desert Of your poitica
life seems 10 be the election OF lSs2 To this
your mind continually recurs, and fingers
upon its miuutest details, with everincrcas-
ing p.casurc, When Tate county, through in
advcrteucc certified that the l412 votes in
that county, which were in truth cast for you,
had been cast for }. h. Chdmb'iSS instead Of
J. r, Chalmers, and the Secretary of State in
the count gave them TO Cbambliss, leaving
the plurality for Manning. Governor corn,
it is said, in expressing his pity tor you, re-
marked, THAT he did not blame you for your
tears, that you presented the pitiablc aspect of
having thrice been c0unted in to seats in Con.
gresS, to which you had not been elected, and
had been cOjuljed ont the only time you had
ever been elected in your whole life" Under
the circumstances we will, Of course, permit
you all the comfort you can derive from the
statement that your majority was 1&jJ which
was $50, and that il was the farest election
that had hccn held in the District since 1872
and was fairiD every county except DeSoto."
1t is true that was nominated by the Dem
Ocrats in 1884, as stated by you, and that |
have, as the nominee of the Democratic
party, defeated you in three successive cleo
tions but it is not true that have been three
times counted in. as charged by you.
And aver that these charges are not only
not true, but that you do not even believe
them yourself and never did believe them,
for you had the ampIcst opportunity afforded
you for the fullest Investigation, at the cX.
psnsc of the national government and you
declined to avail yourself of it. Having
served your notices on me that you would
contest my right to seats in the FOrty.ninth
aaH Fiftieth Congresses, and made flourish of
them in the newspapers, you never took the
testimony Of
SINGLE WITNESS
in either case. Having failed in these two
contests 20 find single witHCSS to sustain your
charges we now find that you have fallen back
on the "Oid Carpetbagger pdn' of searching
the census" for color from WnlCh 10 supply
the wanting testimony On this line you row
procecd thus: The grossncss OF the fraud by
which you have been counted in this time is
clearly seen by u comparison Of the vote Of
Col Manning in I88? when, with the exception
of DeSotO, the vote was fair to-wit:
1882 1888
Manning...... S.gl5 Morgan ......... 1898
Chalmers .... lO,C07 Chalmers ......... j,Sl7
Carter.....,.... l3l Witherspoon...... lO7
Total. Total .......... 1892
This vote as shown by the Official certificate
of Secretary Myers, used by you in the
Chalmers vs Manning contest, to be found on
page 9, and which is correct, is as follows, to-
WIT
Carter ,..,..................... l!9
Scattering .... ..-,,,.. .''..'''.'..'''..
Total. ............. ..........,.... 1S,GQ9
From this it will be seen that while the
total vote increased only 80 votes your pre-
tended majority is 1881, or nearly az much as
Manning's Total vote. Col. Manning was an
ablcr man that you, and that he was more
popular than you is shown by the fact that
his majority in 1872 over me in Tippah and
Union, the two Democratic counties OF the
District was 1891, while yours IN 1886 was only
s72, and in 1883, with presidential election to
help YOU was only 1872 And Witherspoon
to help you, will add
To one familiar with the facts the above
only shows the dire extremity to which you
are reduced in the abscnc Of evidence to sus-
tain your case, If you desired to make an
honest comparison of my vote with that Of
Col. Manning in 1882, and not to mlsIead why
al al nnv AGAINST Won in 1884.