1 10 10 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7/2189/petition.png 3213af50eccf04c0a992d9d4c834a712 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document His Excellency A Ames Governor Your petitioners would respectfully represent that Hon A. T. Morgan Sheriff of Yazoo County is now confined in in the jail of said county charged with the Killing of F. P. Hilliard late Sheriff of said county and that from our acquaintance with the Said A. T. Morgan and the history of the facts in the case of the Killing of the Said F. P. Hilliard we do not believe the said Morgan to have been guilty of a violation of the law. and further believing that the confinement of A. T. Morgan in jail is an outrage against justice and will if continued greatly endanger the peace of the county of Yazoo therefore pray your Excellency to pardon the Hon A. T. Morgan & release him from confinement <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-g--patterson--yazoo-coun">J. G. Patterson</a> <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/walter-boyd--yazoo-county-">Walter Boyd</a> } Representatives Yazoo Co. J. E. Everett Senator 13th Dist. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-washington-albright--ma">G. W. Albright</a> Sen. Marshall Co. [?] Reps. ” <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/charles-caldwell--hinds-county">C. C. Caldwell</a> Senator 11 Dist. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/ralph-williams--marshall-count">R Williams</a> Rep. Marshall Co. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/a--a--rogers--marshall-county-">A. A. Rogers</a>. ” ” ” <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-h--jones--issaquena-co">W. H. Jones</a> Rep. of Issaquena Co Miss <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/peter-barnabus-barrow--warren-">P B Barrow</a> 7. Dist <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-washington-chavis--warr">Washington Chavis</a> Rep. Warren Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/weldon-w--edwards--warren-coun">W. W. Edwards</a> from Warren Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/e--b--wilbourne--hinds-county-">E. B. Welborn</a> from Hinds Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--boyd--warren-county-">Geo. W. Boyd</a> Warren Cty <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-a--shorter--jr---hinds-c">J. A. Shorter Jr</a> Rep Hinds Co W. F. Harvey. Sheriff Hinds Co Geo W Anderson John D Weiles Jr Washington County— James Hill <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/blanche-kelso-bruce">B. K. Bruce</a> Bolivar Co Saml J. Ireland <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">James J Spelman</a> Rep. from Madison R. A. Simmons Enrolling Clerk of the Senate. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/harrison-h--truhart--holmes-co">H. H. Truhart</a>. Rep. of Holmes <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-washington-gayles--boli">G W Gayles</a> Rep of Bolivar Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-mccain--desoto-county-">T. McCain</a> ” DeSoto. Co, A. M. Trotter T. M. Campbell Senator 27th Dist Jos Bennett ” 11th ” E. A. Peyton Rep Hinds Co T. W. Cardozo Jas Ware of Rankin Rep. From Leflore & Sunflower. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-w--randolph--sunflower-le">J. W Randolph</a> <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-peal--marshall-county-">Alfran Pael</a>. Rep. Marshall Co Geo. Sumner <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alexander-kelso-davis--noxubee">A K Davis</a> F A Cloves Rep Amite & Lincoln co’s Geo. W. Davenport A. Newton H R Pease <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/w--h--harris--washington-count">W H Harris</a> member of house Wash. Co. S Brooks <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/isham-stewart--noxubee-county-">Isham Stuard</a> sen 17th Dist <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-a--cotton--noxubee-coun">T. A. Cotton</a> Rep. Noxubee Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-newton-handy--madison-c">Alfred Handy</a> Rep Madison co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/david-s--green--grenada-county">D S Green</a> ” Grenada Co George [?] <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/samuel-w--fitzhugh--wilkinson-">S. W. Fitzhugh</a> of Wilkinson Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Petition to Governor Ames Description An account of the resource Petition to Governor Ames in support of A. T. Morgan, the Sheriff of Yazoo County. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-02-12 Subject The topic of the resource Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Document at the <a href="https://cwrgm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project</a>. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History. morgan https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7/2166/petition2.png 2e058560001e4be35d70a3be9ef4d4a1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Jackson Miss March 20th 1874 To His Excellency A—Ames Governor, The undersigned would respectfully recommend That you grant to J. P. Ball Sr now confined in the Penitentiary a pardon for the Crime of Embezlement for which he is now suffering the of the law. Very Respectfully Chas W Clarke <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/w--h--harris--washington-count">W H Harris</a> Rep from Washington Co <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-h--morgan--washington-cou">J. H. Morgan</a> Rep Washington <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-s--simmons--issaquena-wa">Jas Simmons</a> Washington <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-gray--washington-count">Wm Gray</a> Senator 21 dist Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Petition to Governor Ames Description An account of the resource Petition from several legislators to Governor Ames, requesting the pardon of a convict named J. P. Ball, Sr. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-03-20 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-s--simmons--issaquena-wa">Simmons, James S., 1847-</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-h--morgan--washington-cou">Morgan, John H., active 1870-1875</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/w--h--harris--washington-count">Harris, W. H., active 1874-1889</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-gray--washington-count">Gray, William, 1841-1919</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Document at the <a href="https://cwrgm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Civil War & Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project</a>. Original held at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History. ames gray morgan simmons wh harris https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/7/2164/morgan.png cebb5bf2ff2cfff3c709f2bb0b7155f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Signature of John H. Morgan Description An account of the resource Signature of John H. Morgan from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morgan, John H., active 1870-1875 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874-03-20 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/john-h--morgan--washington-cou">Morgan, John H., active 1870-1875</a> morgan signatures https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/20b737b5024a50f73a4cd25f90f1c5c9.PNG a72619228f54683837a853c0b8ff10a6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Now that Governor Ames has purchased a residence on the sea coast, we know he will entertain his friends this summer. Well, who are his friends? That's to be seen. A. T. Morgan was once his friend; so was Cardozo, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">Spelman</a>, Ireland and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-newton-handy--madison-c">Alfred Handy</a>, and lots of other collud gemmen of the Republican party. We feel sure that Governor Ames will not slight these distinguished gentlemen and their accomplished ladies, and that he will have them with him at the seaside this summer. It would be delightful to all, we have no doubt. In our imagination we can see them hob-nobbing one another, the collud gemmen waiting on the white ladies and vice versa. Splendid! Who says our Governor is not in favor of Civil Rights? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Canton Mail clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Canton Mail Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-04-10 Subject The topic of the resource Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933; Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon); Cardozo, Thomas W. (Thomas Whitmarsh), 1838-1881; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">Spelman, James J.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-newton-handy--madison-c">Handy, Alfred Newton</a> alfred handy ames cardozo morgan spelman https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/13ec637b69bd159e5a73b164714e7960.PNG e4a2b2c79b7ecf8ddc56a15dce8b6b42 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Now that Governor Ames has purchased a residence on the sea coast, we know he will entertain his friends this summer. Well, who are his friends? That’s to be seen. A. T. Morgan was once his friend; so was Cardozo, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">Spelman</a>, Ireland and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-newton-handy--madison-c">Alfred Handy</a>, and lots of other collud gemmen of the Republican party. We feel sure that Governor Ames will not slight these distinguished gentlemen and their accomplished ladies, and that he will have them with him at the seaside this summer. It would be delightful to all, we have no doubt. In our imagination we can see them hob-nobbing one another, the collud gemmen waiting on the white ladies and vice versa. Splendid! Who says our Governor is not in favor of Civil Rights? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Canton Mail clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alfred-newton-handy--madison-c">Handy, Alfred Newton</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-j--spelman--madison-coun">Spelman, James J.</a>; Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933; Cardozo, Thomas W. (Thomas Whitmarsh), 1838-1881; Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Canton Mail Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-04-10 alfred handy ames cardozo civil rights morgan spelman https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/9c01feb6ef1034901c8af05a97c4e912.PNG b0d028f4161adbc0f04c43f2593eb580 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A RIOT IN YAZOO CITY - THE NATURAL RESULT OF RADICAL TEACHING. From the Yazoo Banner, Sept. 21. It has been reported around Yazoo City, for many days, that the emissaries of Morgan had been going through the negro portions of the county, attempting to array the colored men against the white man, by telling them if the white people succeed in getting control of the county, that the negro would get but three dollars per month, and the white people by legislation would control these things. The Radicals held a meeting here last night, and Morgan, the Sheriff, and the leader of the poor negroes, attempted to reiterate the same sentiments, when a question was asked him by a gentleman, which was abruptly answered, and led to the riot. A pistol shot was fired from the centre of the gallery at Mr. Henry Dixon, which grazed his head and struck Mr. Ed. Drenning in the shoulder and wounded Dr. Moore, slightly; another pistol was fired from the left at Mr. Dixon, by a negro named Jim Clark, when the melee commenced in good earnest. Many shots were fired, perhaps more than forty. When the smoke of battle cleared off, there laid on the floor Dick Mitchell, who died in a few hours, and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">W. H. Foote</a>, the Circuit Clerk, supposed to be badly shot. We regret the death of Dick Mitchell - he was a brave man, but forfeited his life by joining Morgan and our enemies, and drawing his sword in their defense. How Mr. Dixon escaped from the shots that were intended for him, is almost a miracle. His coat was literally perforated. The shooting ended at Wilson's Hall; the fire bells were rung and the city picketed. At 11 P.M. all was quiet. Morgan and Everett left the city. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">Foote, William Henderson, 1843-1883</a>; Yazoo City (Miss.); Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-10-02 foote morgan violence yazoo https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/26a1522622985a905e288203f4a3b4fb.PNG 90db601b1d3ad89820e43ff6fd5970f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE YAZOO RIOT. Incited by A. T. Morgan's Incendiary Harangue. An Attempt by Radical Leaders to Maltreat a Colored Conservative. A Fight - Two Men Killed - And a Flight. Yazoo Herald.] While A. T. Morgan, the Radical sheriff of this county, was speaking, Wednesday night, at Wilson's hall, upon political matters, a row occurred between a white man and a negro in regard to something said by the speaker, in which Dick Mitchell, a desperate man and one of the rising luminaries in the Radical firmament was killed by a pistol shot, the ball striking him in the neck and resulting as before stated, fatally - and <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">W. H. Foote</a>, the negro circuit clerk of this county, wounded so severely that his life is despaired of by his physician. Dr. Moore's coat was perforated by a large sized ball, while Mr. Ed. Drenning received a slight wound in the shoulder. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clarion-Ledger clipping Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">Foote, William Henderson, 1843-1883</a>; Yazoo City (Miss.); Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarion-Ledger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-09-08 foote morgan violence yazoo https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/e988d157e4a211b8cd3de6a5ee8a8361.PNG 1a1947cdb1e31922b7411f3cf9f41260 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Proceedings of the Republican Nominating Convention of Yazoo County. In accordance with a call previously made, the Republicans of this county met in the Court House, at Yazoo City, at 12 o'clock M., this day, for the purpose of nominating a candidate to fill the unexpired term in the lower House, occasioned by the death of the Hon. F. E. Franklin. Capt. S. G. Bedwell, Chairman of the Executive Committee, called the convention to order, and, after stating the object of the meeting, Senator A. T. Morgan was called to the chair, who, after a brief allusion to the services, character and abilities of the late Hon. F. E. Franklin, proceeded to the business of organization. On motion, the Hon. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">W. H. Foote</a> was elected secretary, and the convention proceeded to business. Mr. Charles Smith moved that the convention now proceed to a choice by acclamation. Which motion was amended by Sheriff Hilliard, that the convention proceed to an informal ballot, to test the sense of the convention, and adopted. The Hon. P. P. Bailey then took the floor, and in an eloquent speech of some length, urged upon the convention the necessity of selecting a man of tried principles and commanding ability. Nominations being in order, Capt. S. G. Bedwell placed in nomination <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-m--dixon--yazoo-county-">James M. Dixon</a>, Esq. Rev. J. P. Robertson placed in nomination <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/f--dora-wade--yazoo-county-">F. Dora Wade</a>, Esq. Mr. Chas. Smith placed in nomination Hon. P. P. Bailey, and made an eloquent and stirring speech, in his support. At this juncture Senator Morgan left the chair, and taking the floor, placed in nomination the name of Gen'l W. R. Miles, and supported his nomination in a speech of some length, urging the necessity of choosing men of commanding influence and ability, and claiming that the day was passed for politicians to urge their claims to the support of the majority in this county, on the grounds of sectionalism or of past party affiliation or association; that the civil and political rights of people of color were secure beyond doubt or possible legal question; because the colored man was becoming a power in the land which could not be overthrown or crushed without crushing the nation, and he very much doubted the ability or disposition of the late rebels to destroy the Constitution of the United States, or again attempt to withdraw from under its protection, or to ignore the obligations which it imposed. He said if any person, other than one of color, was to be the choice of the Convention, he hoped the choice might fall on Gen. Miles. Mr. Chas. Smith withdrew the name of the Hon. P. P. Bailey, whereupon, Senator Morgan withdrew the name of Gen. Miles. The vote ordering an informal ballot, was then, on motion, reconsidered, and the convention proceeded to a count by a division of the house. Mr. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/f--dora-wade--yazoo-county-">F. Dora Wade</a> received the majority vote of the Convention; Whereupon, Capt. Bidwell moved that the choice of Mr. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/f--dora-wade--yazoo-county-">Wade</a> be made unanimous. Loud calls were made for <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/f--dora-wade--yazoo-county-">Wade</a>, in obedience to which the nominee came forward, was introduced by the Chairman, and after expressing his thanks in a few brief words, did all any candidate could be expected to do, and withdrew followed by the cheers and hurrahs of numbers. On motion of Capt. Bidwell the following resolution was carried unanimously: Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that the members of the Legislature from this county be, and they are hereby requested and instructed to oppose what is known as the "Levee Scheme" of this State, and particularly so far as the same effects Yazoo county. On motion, The Convention adjourned in the best feeling and fully confident of victory. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">W. H. FOOTE</a>, Secretary, Nominating Convention. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1870-12-24 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/james-m--dixon--yazoo-county-">Dixon, James M., active 1870-1873</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-henderson-foote--yazoo">Foote, William Henderson, 1843-1883</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/f--dora-wade--yazoo-county-">Wade, F. Dora</a>; Yazoo County (Miss.); Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon) conventions dixon foote morgan wade yazoo https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/498043ca69fa02115a49e6474ff96a52.PNG 06773fdde8ae36bc79971b01747e7898 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Little Speeches for the South By A. H. Ellett 5. Contributions of the Cavalier THE LEGISLATION OF 1870-71. Question. You were speaking of Mr. Ames' first legislature. Could you tell us something of its personnel? Answer. Let's take the houses separately. First, the Senate. Q. All right, what about Hinds county? Who was the senator for Hinds, the capital county of the commonwealth, a commonwealth upon which the Anglo-Saxon had been building for one hundred and seventy years. This commonwealth founded on the adventurous souls of the three great Lemoynes - wrung from the French by the English in a war in which "they gained 2,000 leagues of territory and humanity lost a million men." Occupied by the proud Castilian upon the exit of the English. Taken by this republic from the loosened grasp of Spain - born a sovereign state among the sister states of this great union in 1817. Grown by 1861 to within four of the tallest, financially, in the sisterhood. This commonwealth made the best by the sons and daughters from the best blood in the world. For the county of Hinds, so named in honor of the Anglo-Saxon who on the field of Chalmette, on January 6, 1815, reconnoitered the veterans victors over Napoleon Bonaparte "to the admiration of one army and the astonishment of the other." For the capital city of Jackson so named for the hero of that immortal day. Will you have the senator for Hinds county please to rise and let us look into his face? A. Yes, sir, there he is, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/charles-caldwell--hinds-county">Charles Caldwell</a>, a son of Ham, descendant, not exactly of "the Mayflower," but of those whom the descendants of "the Mayflower" sold on our shores. Q. Lowndes county, named for William J. Lowndes of South Carolina, whom Henry Clay declared "the wisest man he had ever known in congress." Lowndes county, that had been represented in the olden days by such men as Tilghman M. Tucker, and Jesse Speight, and Dabney Lipscomb and Joseph Cobb and Jeptha V. Harris - Lowndes the home of Barry and Humphries and Neilson and Borders Banks and Blewett, Jas. T. Harrison, the father-in-law of Stephen D. Lee - of Geo. R. Clayton and S. S. Franklin, and many more of equal worth and no whit less renown - Lowndes, named for a scholar and a gentleman, the genial home of scholars and of gentlemen - who is the senator from Lowndes? A. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/robert-gleed--lowndes-county-">Robert Gleed</a> - dusty son of a dusky dame. Q. Call up Washington county. Named for the foremost Anglo-Saxon on the shining rolls of fame. Washington, the hospitable home of Colonel Wade Hampton, son of Major General Wade Hampton, military hero, himself a United States senator, and the father of a United States senator. The home of Thomas Hinds, and Jacob Yerger, and Robert P. Shelby and Wm. A. Percy "the Grey Eagle of the Delta." Washington one time represented in the senate by men like Henry Vick and John I. Guion, J. J. B. White and W. L. Johnston, Peter B. Stark and W. S. Yerger, who answers to her roll call now? A. Rev. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-gray--washington-count">William Gray</a>, Gray by name, but a darker hue than that by nature, come from the care of his colored flock to sit in the seat of the mighty dead, and dictate law for a million people born of those who wrote the Magna charta. Q. Call Warren county. Warren upon whose soil stands the heroic city, and in whose soil the souls of her heroes sleep. Warren county, in which Tobias Gibson first preached the Methodist faith, in which Alexander McNutt and Wm. L. Sharkey, Joseph Holt and S. S. Prentiss and many more of fairest fame flashed out upon the realm of law a light that shall not die. Warren named for the hero died for Anglo-Saxon freedom at Bunker Hill; what present son of the blood is representing her? A. I'll call him up and let you see. Rev. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">T. W. Stringer</a>, stand up. We want to look at the self-denying African who is willing to leave the preaching of the gospel long enough to come up to the capital and rewrite for Anglo-Saxon Mississippians the statute laws of half a century. That's the senator from Warren, Rev. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">T. W. Stringer</a>, colored. Q. Call Adams county. A. Yes, sir. Adams is no mean county among her sister counties in the state. By her name perpetuating the name of America's second president. Home of Natchez, in the olden time, the fairest daughter that dwelt in the rich domain of the Father of Waters. You are calling now for Adams county, the oldest and one among the best. It's capital city for half a century the seat of government for three successive controls. The "Natchez country," where Andrew Jackson wooed and won a Rachel no less fair than she whom Jacob kissed by the well in Haran. Adams county, the abode of learning wealth and culture - represented in the years agone by men like Bingaman, and Fountain Winston, Robert Dunbar, and John A. Quitman, John C. Kerr and Geo. H. Gordon. Who'll stand in the senate and answer now when the name of Adams is called? Look, there he is, Rev. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/hiram-rhodes-revels">Hiram R. Revels</a>. The colored shepherd of his colored sheep has come into the white man's senate to set his seal upon the statute books of Mississippi, and later go to fill, in the United States senate, the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. I have the honor of introducing to you the Rev. <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/hiram-rhodes-revels">Hiram R. Revels</a>, of Adams. Q. Enough for the senate, what about the lower house? Any colored brethren in it? A. Adams had three, Noxubee had three, Warren had three, Hinds had two, Holmes had two, Panola had two, Washington had two, Wilkinson had two, sixteen others had one each. Q. These being set to care for the political welfare of a great Anglo-Saxon state. I would expect them to have far more than the ordinary equipment of their kind. Could you specify some of the special qualities or attainments that rendered these the proper people to man the ship of state, while men like J. Z. George, and L. Q. C. Lamar, and E. C. Walthall, were shipped ashore and Jefferson Davis lay bounded in the chains of political disability. What resplendant attribute was brought by these intruders to the service of the state that they should sit in the seats of the mighty dead? A. Well, sir, in the first place there were in the herd Fifteen Parsons, twelve of these in the house of representatives and three of them in the senate. Any one acquainted with the usual equipment of the colored minister in America, in the year of grace, 1870, could tell you how the state must have been blessed by their services. The fact that half of the entire herd could not write their names, but signed their salary receipts with an "X," did in no wise impair the potency with which they drew their salaries. I hope the fact of the tax levy of 1870 being five times as great as that of 1869, will be considered sufficient proof of this last statement, or if it needs any further verification it may be found in the following little table: Entire state expenditures for 1869, $463,219.71; for 1870, $1,061,249.90. Q. Is there further evidence of the capability and unflagging patriotism of the flock? A. I think so. The fact that they sat ten and a half months of the years of 1870-71, drawing $7.00 a day and 20 cents mileage, and the further fact that after the agreement to adjourn had finally been reached four of the members drew up a long protest that they sought not to abandon their posts; that it was their duty to work "diligently and considerately, deliberately, dispassionately, moderately, and without too much haste." If you know of a more comprehensive appeal than this to stay and get your $7.00 a day instead of going home to your 50 cents and board, I wish you would call my attention to it. Any man with the least political acumen must be able to see that $7.00 a day in the shade is better reading on the human thermometer, than 50 cents a day, at the caboose end of a "bell-cord." Q. This making a good, dark background, what figures occupied the remaining area of the canvas? A. Three other groups. 1. The carpetbaggers. 2. The scalawag. 3. The white man. Q. What chance did the last named class have under the circumstances? A. About the chance a snowball would have in Biloxi. Q. Who was speaker of this aggregation? A. Dr. F. E. Franklin, of New York. Q. Could you give a few other prominent names to indicate the lairs from which the animals came? A. A. Warner, Connecticut; W. H. Gibbs, Illinois; H. W. Warren, Massachusetts; A. G. Packer, New York; H. W. Lewis, Ohio; W. B. Cunningham, Pennsylvania; and A. T. Morgan, Wisconsin. This last named one is the one who killed the sheriff of Yazoo county and himself became sheriff. Who was a close personal friend of Governor Ames, so much so that when the judge declined to grant bail for the murder, the governor promptly turned the judge out of office and appointed one who would and did turn Morgan loose. He is the same gentleman, also, who having married him a negro wife, urged negro men to reciprocate by marrying the daughters of their former masters. You will remember that out of these things grew the Yazoo riot in 1875. Mr. Warner, of Connecticut, it was who later became chairman of the state executive committee of the republican party, and in the final struggle against the democracy of the state besought the president to send down more Federal troops to enable him to save the party, which meant save himself and the other jackals with him who were feeding upon the mangled body of the south. Leaving the representative from the land of the wooden nutmeg, we come next to a pure blooded son of the Pilgrim Fathers - a breed that has always been able to spare enough time from their own business to attend to that of every one else. Mr. H. W. Warren so ingratiated himself with the philanthropic gentlemen of his kind, that upon the death of Dr. Franklin, he, the Hon. H. W. Warren, of Massachusetts, became speaker of the house. Q. Could you summarize some of the work done by this aggregation? A. Three things: 1. Repealed about all existing legislation. 2. Ratified the 14th and 15th amendments. 3. Elected three United States senators; J. L. Alcorn, late of Illinois; Adelbert Ames, of Maine, and Rev. Hiram R. Revels, colored, of North Carolina, Indiana and the union army. Thus endeth the first lesson. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource Vardaman's Weekly clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vardaman's Weekly Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1908-06-20 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/charles-caldwell--hinds-county">Caldwell, Charles, -1875</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/robert-gleed--lowndes-county-">Gleed, Robert, 1836-1916</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/william-gray--washington-count">Gray, William, 1841-1919</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/thomas-w--stringer--warren-cou">Stringer, Thomas W., 1815-1893</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/hiram-rhodes-revels">Revels, Hiram R. (Hiram Rhoades), 1827-1901</a>; Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Mississippi caldwell gleed gray morgan revels stringer https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/21d13e548961c0ad4d8e06162f7192eb.PNG a8d417a0e64caf52ed62fb8d19d7cefe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource DeeDee Baldwin Assistant Professor, History Research Librarian <a href="mailto:dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu">dbaldwin@library.msstate.edu</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Messrs. H. W. Warren, President; J. Tarbell, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alexander-kelso-davis--noxubee">A. K. Davis</a>, J. J. Smith, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--boyd--warren-county-">Boyd</a>, of Warren, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/harrison-h--truhart--holmes-co">H. H. Truehart</a>, A. T. Morgan, <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Merriman Howard</a>, and Evans, of Claiborne, the new Board of Trustees of Alcorn University, had a meeting Friday in this city, and made a demand for the books and records of the University. The next meeting will occur on the 25th of August. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot clipping Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Weekly Mississippi Pilot Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1875-08-07 Subject The topic of the resource <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/alexander-kelso-davis--noxubee">Davis, A. K. (Alexander Kelso), -1884</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/george-w--boyd--warren-county-">Boyd, George W., active 1872-1875</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/harrison-h--truhart--holmes-co">Truhart, Harrison H.</a>; <a href="http://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/exhibits/show/legislators/merrimon-howard--jefferson-cou">Howard, Merrimon, 1821-</a>; Morgan, A. T. (Albert Talmon); Alcorn State University ak davis alcorn university gw boyd m howard morgan truhart