. The Bailey controversy in Texas. a meeting was held and passed reso-lutions, which met, as they deserved, the unqualified condemnationof the people of Copiah County. No one of unprejudiced mind wholistened to the witnesses on this point can, for a moment, believe thatthese resolutions expressed the general sentiments of the people there[and yet Captain Joe made a vehement speech in support of thoseresolutions, and his JDemocracy, his discretion, or his standing oughtnot to have been called in question even by Democratic United StatesSenators]. Reprehensible and indefensable as these resoluti
. The Bailey controversy in Texas. a meeting was held and passed reso-lutions, which met, as they deserved, the unqualified condemnationof the people of Copiah County. No one of unprejudiced mind wholistened to the witnesses on this point can, for a moment, believe thatthese resolutions expressed the general sentiments of the people there[and yet Captain Joe made a vehement speech in support of thoseresolutions, and his JDemocracy, his discretion, or his standing oughtnot to have been called in question even by Democratic United StatesSenators]. Reprehensible and indefensable as these resolutions are,they do not justify the inferences which the majority of the committeeseek to draw from them, nor the accusation against the people of anentire county. * * * [Thus it is seen that the Democratic minority of the committeesought only to protect the good name of the conservative and law-abiding Democrats of Copiah County, which had been brought inquestion and subjected to reproach by Captain Joe and his societyof Bulldozers.]. HON. JXO. M. DUNCAN,Now UF Houston, Texas. The Political Life-Story of a Fallen Idol 35 MISSISSIPPI PRESS COMMENT. WHY MATTHEWS WAS KILLED. Every bullet that was shot into Matthews will be worth thou-sands of votes to the Republicans, because it will be said, and can-not be denied, he was killed on account of his politics by intolerantDemocrats.—Vicksburg Post {Independent Democrat). Of course our people do not want and will not submit to a ruleof ignorance and corruption, but this can be averted without com-mitting such a terrible murder as was that of Matthews, and with-out passing such foolish and intolerant resolutions as those of theHazelhurst mass-meeting.—Vicksburg Post (Independent Demo-crat.) AN INDEPENDENT VIEW. We have repeatedly defied those who are disposed to condemnthe Post for its utterances in regard to the Matthews killing to namea single word or sentence of ours that would or could be used by theRepublicans of the North. We ren
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