Year: 1875

in letter from Vicksbarg, gives
the following statement:
WHAT GORDON ADAM SAID.


As Colonel Gordon Adam, "a
Republican who has lived here for
Ten wears and an ex-Federal SOL
dier) said to me this mornings:
"These white people have borne
more than 1 thought any people
on God's earth would stand. The
war completely crushed the spirit
out of them, or they would have
risen in their wrath long ago. 4
They have been robbed aud plum
dered by lot of insolent, negro
official thieves untilit was narrow
ed down almost to question of
contiscation or fight. You have
no idea how unutterably wretched
has been the government under
which we have lived here. Fraud
ulont certificates have been issued
and we don't know how much the
county does owe. Taxes have in
creased year after year, end moth
ing to show for it. The negro Of
ficials, one and all, from top to
bottom, were ignorant, stupid and
unfit to hold offices. That fellow
Davenport, Clerk of the Chancery
Court, can't enter upon the rec
ords plain continuance of Court.
The negro Sheriff and none of his
negro deputies can write q simple
return. My God, the whites have
borne and borne, until forbearance
ceased to be a virtue and became
almost a crime. They rose in thcir


might and ousted these ignorant


officials, and the wonder to me is


that they did hot do it long ago.


No people OH earth, but those


whose spirits had been utterly


crushed by war, would have sub


nitted SO long. l tell you the


white league were justified in do


ing what they did, only they could


have got along BY Killing less of


the negroes than they did. But


they were SO wrought up, SO infu-


rated, and had borne so much,


that the wonder 10 me is they did


not kill more than they did when


the conflict came. ain a Repub-
4 lican, and have ever been such,


but l tell you there is no differ


once here between white Repub-


licans and Democrats in regard to


the evils of negro rule. But this


county is negro by four to one,
, and how continuance Of negro


rule is to be avoided | do not


see. l ain SO discouraged about it


that any three citizens may set


what they consider a just and rea-


sonable valuation on my property


here, and win take onc-half what
they estimate 1t to be worth and


leave. | like tho white people


here, they treat me well, and there
are few lawyers in this State who
have q better practice than /, as
pcrhapsAny one will tell you, but


l want to sell out aud leave. The


negroes have got into a political


groove that will ruin any country
: in which they arc in majority


at least until they learn better.
They will not vote for u decent


white man for Office. They pick


out negroes, and about the worst


specimens they can find. You


cannot do anything with them by
argument or appeal to their inter-


csts. They arc mulish, stupid and


insolent. In ten years they may
learn better, but until that time
, arrives | prefer to live elsewhere"
WHAT JUDGE BROWN SAID.
While Judge Brown strongly
condemns the hasty and illegal ac-
tion of the tax payers, lie as strong
, ly condemns the action of Crosby
, IN snmmoning posse of negroes
to reinstatc himself into Office bv
force.


Well, Judge" | said, "what
do you think of the action OF the
citizens in repelling by force the
attack of the negroes and driving
, them Off"


"They did exactly right, 'lho re =.
J piled "for it never would have
done to let those negroes into the
| city. They did wrong in killing
SO many, but they did right in dri-
wing them back. Rather than let
them into the city would have
J shouldered my shotgun and went
| out and fought with the rest.
When 1t comes to that, no matter
, how, every white man Is found
, shoulder to shoulder. II would


never do to let lot Of armed


country negroes into Vicksburg.


They might all get drunk and act
|, like lot Of wild beasts, and ter
) rify our women and children to
death, If they actually did no bod.
lily harm. No, sir; the citizens
did right to drive awa,' the me-