The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1903-07-25
GRENADA, MISS. JULY rs. 1903

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to live to come to trial, however
much mob violence may be, and
ought to be, reprobated. It is a
further fact that the persons in the
neiehborhood in which the crime is
alleged to have been committed
were by no means satisfied OF the
guilt of the accused. AS Judge
Canlpbell has said in his recon-
meditation for pardon to the COVER
nor, In which joined: There was
no Indignation manifested as to the
charge, no excitement and no dispo-
sitiOn to do violence, although the
spirit lof lawlessness then prevailed
to large extent. The case excited
no particular attention, which i'm
pressed me as being very strange" !"
Judge Campbell also said: AL
though / thought the narrative OF
the Offense and the accompanying
circumstances we'll calculated to be-
get doubt as to the facts charged,
/ had no alternative but to sentence
the prisoner for life as the law then
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This man suffered imprisonment in
the penitentiary for thirty-three
years, and there is no sort Of question
in my mind that any governor should
have promptly pardoned him, as
Governor Longino did, when the case
waS brought to his attention. l do
not know that the governor was in
fact informed that the convict was a
negro, but it is plain to any thinking
man that in the exercise of judicial
or executive functions any officer
would be infamous who. would give
even thought to the question OF
wealth, influence, poverty, national
ity, race or color.
The application to the governor by
Judge Campbell, in which 1 heartily
concurred, arose out of seeing by
chance publication in the Yazoo
City Herald, a newspaper published
in Yazoo City, which recalled to us
the case Of Nance, and on a confer
ence we concluded that the governor
ought to pardon him and that we
ought to ask him to do so. Publ
cation of the petition was made in
the Yazoo City Herald for thirty
days, as required by law. There was
no protest filed against the pardon,
and the editor of the Herald ex-
pressed the hope that it would be
granted.
II is very we'll known that do not
and have never figured in politics ,sex'
cept as private citizen interested in
the welfare OF my state, but I am
sure it is proper for me to say that
am amazed to find any charge made
against Governor Longino for this act
than which none can be more thor
oughly vindicated, and it is difficult
to, believe that any Mississippiar
could have resorted to such charge
for political purposes, and / know il
is impossible that it could be ap
proved of by Senator Money, Cover
nor Lonkino's distinguished opponent
for the United States Senate.
! Your friend,
S. S. CALHOON.
In view of the petition, and th'
! request of the trial Judge and the
District Attorney, could any man, a
Governor, have done less? Certainl.
Judge Campbell and Judge Calhoo'
were better prepared to pass on tn
case than almost anybody else. The
are both true and tried Democrats
and high-toned Christian gentlemen
Besides, the negro had made a goo
record while prisoner, and for abou
twenty-five years had been a trust
in the penitentiary.
10 circulate a thing like tina
against the Governor to try to defea
him, shows the desperate strait
in which Mr.. Money finds himsel
and his friends.
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