The Brookhaven leader., 1891-08-13
Southern Bloody Shirtism Re-
bukcd by an Old Rcb.

Editor Brookhaven Leader:
NV attention was lately called to
the Southern bloody shirt doctrine
contained in an article in the Missis-
sippian STYLED ''The Kansas Carbun-
Gle" which read like this against our
National Alliance Lecturer Willitts:
"The demagogic fustian of third
party Willetts; the notorious Kansas
Republican. Willitts. imported from
Kansas will meet with unmitigated
contempt from Mississippians who
wore red shirts in 1872 etc.
am one who wore II red shirt in
1873, and endorse Willitt's mission
to Mississippi in the interest of the
Alliance in 1891. | helped drive out
the alien, but now welcome Willitts.
helped throw off the black yoke to
open the way fol peace. was one
that swOre by the Eternal God that
aliens should not rule Mississippi
now swear that the principles taught
by Willitts shall rule with my aid.
am one who made good the heaven
registered oath, and register another
more binding in favor of Willitt's
mission, spilled some of my blood
in battle in Georgia. If necessary
would spill some in Mississippi for the
cause that Willitts advocates. ! fol-
lowed Featherstone, but to my sor-
row, and will never follow Hooker,
Stone, Walthall or George. was one
to avenge Chiffon "a Repu blican),
Sivley and Thompson as Democrats,
but for all this, | welcome men like
Willitts from Kansas on missions of
peace and fraternity. am one of
the sun-brOwned yeOmanry, the bone
and sinew of this Democratic COM
monwealth that can't be harmOnized
on such rotten tatfy as contained in the
carbuncle scurrility. | am one who
helped to redeem the State and don't
need advice from source that never
turned wheel. am one who loves
white supremacy if it be Democratic;
it is my heritage, but | scorn to give
aught or reason to bloody shirt doc
trine coming out of the carbuncle pa
paper. | love Democracy, as white
supremacy, but | won't vote to return
jim George to the Senate, and don't
care Il straw how Willitts came or
VIM "IotC iOl, WIZ VI
who speaks from the same
rostrum with him, his teach
ing will be honorcd by thou
sands in the Southern country and
the carbuncle converted into night
blooming cereus.
The Mississippian, with the Demo
cratic press generally, has given the
Alliance great credit for their good
work against the bloody shirt and
sectional feeling existing between the
two sections. They have been very
rescntful of abuse by bloody shirt pa
pers and sectional haters. Now the
Mississippian comes out the peer of
any bloody shirt sheet ever published
north of the line. Willitts nor any
other true Alliance man north or
south dare not try to teach such doc
trine as taught under the head of "The
Kansas Carbuncle.n Willitts is not
responsible for the death of Chiffon,
Sivley and Thompson. never before
knew what singing psalms to II dead
horse meant. can say truly to all
Alliance readers of the Mississippian,
they weekly hear Il psalm sung to a
dead horse instead of the Alliance.
And it has about the same effect on
the dead horse as on the Alliance.
Livingston, Polk and Willtts played
upon the intelligence of the farmers
and made too dear Alliance principles
to be effectually slandered 10y South
crn sectional haters that are trying
hard to destroy the fraternal relations
between Northern and SOuthren Ali
ancemen. OLD Rec.